Corporate Profiles

Philips Oral Healthcare

Every day, orthodontists and dental professionals are entrusted with the smiles of patients seeking to make them healthier and appear brighter. Smiles have the power to communicate success, a warm personality and attractiveness, yet many patients don’t seem to understand how they should have an active role in their oral health maintenance.

In December of 2010, Philips Holdings USA, Inc., a subsidiary of Royal Philips Electronics (“Philips”), acquired Discus Dental, LLC. Discus Dental joins Philips Oral Healthcare, Inc. (“POHC”), makers of the Sonicare power toothbrush, as part of the Philips Oral Healthcare business. Now, Philips offers a full product portfolio of oral health and whitening solutions to dental professionals, combining the cutting-edge products and deep industry relationships of Discus Dental with the research-driven, design-oriented culture of Philips.

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From the newly introduced Accu-Force™ and Shape-Fit™ products, to the new Resolve® line of brackets, these products are the result of considerable dedication, determination, and the resolve to overcome a challenge like no other we’ve faced. The Resolve® name represents both the culmination of a goal to prevail and the starting point of a continual journey. And, while the Resolve® line is but one of the many products that make up our complete offering, we feel it is an accurate representation of who we are and what we stand for. So as you join us for a journey to explore a little bit about who we are, we simply ask that you keep the word “resolve” in the back of your mind. Because it’s the word, the action, and the mindset we keep “top of mind” in everything we do. And so far…that’s working out pretty well.

Ortho2

Ortho2 began as a collaboration between Dan Sargent, an emerging technology connoisseur and entrepreneur, and Dr. William Iversen, a well-established orthodontist. In 1980, Mr. Sargent was starting his career as a recent computer science graduate, and Dr. Iversen was looking for a way to computerize his orthodontic practice. This was before personal computers supported large storage drives. As a result, they naturally came together as partners to develop the program for a Wang mini-computer. In 1982, Ortho2 was formed (then called Ortho Computer Systems), and they proceeded to rewrite the program for both the Apple® and IBM® XT computers. Soon after, in 1985, they incorporated and added several additional orthodontists to the board of directors. The initial system, OneTouch, was a DOS-based system. In 1998, they revealed ViewPoint, a Microsoft® Windows®-based system. Now they have done it again this past year with another all-new, innovative, and cutting-edge practice management system called Edge™—a Cloud or web-based system. For all these years, the Ortho2 mission statement has been simply “To help our orthodontic partners succeed.”

ChaseHealthAdvance

All answers below were given by Hugh Bleemer, president of ChaseHealthAdvance

Can you please tell our readers what ChaseHealthAdvance is, and what sets it apart from other patient finance companies?

ChaseHealthAdvance is a patient-financing product that provides attractive payment options which healthcare providers can make available to their patients to finance orthodontic and dental treatments. Our product is offered through Chase Bank USA, N.A., a division of JPMorgan Chase & Co., a company with over 200 years of lending experience.

There are several key attributes that set us apart from other patient financing products, especially in the orthodontic space:

1. We offer the highest minimum credit line in the industry. With our $5,000 minimum credit line for approvals, we lend more money per case than any other program in the market

2. We have developed special programs specifically for orthodontic treatment, which allows us to charge practices low service fees for our most attractive longer-term, no-interest programs

Imaging Sciences International

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Located in Hatfield, Pennsylvania, Imaging Sciences International was founded in 1992, with the initial goal of introducing high-quality tomographic imaging systems to the dental community at a reasonable cost. From its initial CommCAT Imaging System and four following generations, to its modern-day i-CAT® technology, the company that began in the Keystone State has evolved into a key player and global leader in the development and manufacture of advanced dental and maxillofacial radiography products.