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It makes dental equipment and supplies, like drills, X-ray machines, and fake teeth, then sells them to dentists and dental labs.
DENTSPLY SIRONA is a dental company. It sells the tools, machines, and materials that dentists and dental labs use every day. If you have ever sat in a dentist's chair, there is a good chance some of the equipment above you came from this company. It runs two main businesses: one makes the equipment and technology, and the other makes consumable supplies and specialty products. The equipment side sells things like imaging systems and treatment centers. The supplies side sells things like artificial teeth, orthodontic brackets, and filling materials. A little more than half its revenue comes from consumables and the rest from equipment and technology, though the mix shifts as the company reshapes itself.
Think of it as the office-supply store for dentistry. Dentists do not just buy a chair once — they keep buying drills, filling material, and replacement parts. That repeat business is the steady part. The bigger, lumpier part is when a practice buys a new scanner or X-ray machine, which is more of a one-time purchase. The company sells mostly through distributors and directly to labs and large dental groups, and it makes money in more than 100 countries. In recent years it has been simplifying — selling off slower pieces and focusing on the higher-growth areas like clear aligners and digital dentistry, while trying to fix profit margins that lagged peers.
The company was born from a 2015 merger between DENTSPLY, an old American dental supplier, and Sirona, a German maker of dental chairs and imaging gear. That merger promised scale and a full lineup, but it also created a bulky company with too many brands and weak cost control. New leadership has been cutting costs, divesting non-core units, and pushing into digital workflows where a scan feeds straight into a design and then a printed or milled part. The company pays a dividend and has used cash to pay down debt after past deals. The big question hanging over it: can it grow again while fixing its margins, in a dental market that grows slowly but steadily as more people keep their teeth longer.
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