Sirona Dental Systems Donates Dental Handpieces to Affiliates of NCOHF

Posted: June 10, 2009
Sirona Dental Systems Donates Dental Handpieces to Affiliates of National Children’s Oral Health Foundation
 
Charlotte, NC - June 5, 2009 – Sirona (Nasdaq: SIRO), a leading global manufacturer of technologically advanced, high quality dental equipment, today announced the donation of 340 dental handpieces to the National Children’s Oral Health Foundation: America’s Toothfairy (NCOHF) for distribution to its non-profit dental facilities. 
 
Twenty of NCOHF’s Affiliates received handpieces to use in the care of economically challenged children in their communities. The Affiliates are part of a growing national network of non-profit dental facilities that receive product donations, funding and sharing of best practices through NCOHF.
 
Sirona’s donation, valued at close to two hundred thousand dollars, will help defray costs for these Affiliates. Fern Ingber, President and CEO of NCOHF, said “We are grateful to Sirona for the generous donation. This gift will help our non-profit Affiliates to help even more children in desperate need of oral healthcare.”
 
Michael Augins, President of Sirona Dental Systems, LLC. commented: “NCOHF is a wonderful organization and this donation represents an excellent opportunity for Sirona to give back to local communities, helping to extend dental care to those who otherwise would not have access.” 
 
About Sirona Dental Systems, Inc.
Recognized as a leading global manufacturer of technologically advanced, high quality dental equipment, Sirona has served equipment dealers and dentists worldwide for more than 125 years. Sirona develops, manufactures, and markets a complete line of dental products, including the CAD/CAM restoration equipment (CEREC), digital and film-based intra-oral, panoramic and cephalometric X-ray imaging systems, dental treatment centers and handpieces.  Visit http://www.sirona.com for more information about Sirona and its products.
 
About the National Children’s Oral Health Foundation: America’s Toothfairy (NCOHF)
National Children’s Oral Health Foundation (NCOHF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, dedicated to raising awareness of the #1 chronic childhood illness: pediatric dental disease, facilitating delivery of comprehensive pediatric oral health services, and eliminating this preventable disease from future generations. NCOHF draws on vast national resources to secure and distribute product and financial donations along with innovative preventive programs to a growing network of not-for-profit community-based universities, health centers, dental clinics, and mobile programs throughout America.
 For more information about NCOHF, please visit http://www.AmericasToothfairy.org.
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