Here are six key notes on dental companies.
Aspen Dental and Got Your 6, a nonprofit that supports veterans, provided dental care to more than 4,000 veterans this year. The total value of services totaled $2.8 million.
Carestream Dental sponsored the Cohen Teaching Award. This year, The American Academy of Periodontology presented the award to Yau-Hua Yu, DDS, according to DrBicuspid.com.
During the third quarter, 3M reported earnings of $2.05 per share, surpassing Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.01. The earnings reflected a 3.5 percent increase compared to the third quarter of 2014, according to Zacks.
Biolase Director Paul Clark bought 134,579 shares of Biolase stock in a transaction on Nov. 10. The total value is approximately $100,934, according to Dakota Financial News.
The Blue Card granted Alpha Omega-Henry Schein Cares Holocaust Survivor Oral Health Program the Max L. Heine Humanitarian Award. Stanley Bergman, Henry Schein's chairman of the board and CEO, accepted the award.
Analysts expect Patterson Companies to report earnings per share of $0.59 for the current quarter. The firm is expected to report its results in May 2016.
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