Glidewell Celebrates 50 Years of Service to Dentistry

Industry-leading dental laboratory and technology developer marks half-century milestone with employee acknowledgment
Posted: February 4, 2020
Edited by Dentaltown staff

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.—On January 15, Glidewell commemorated its 50th year of operations with an employee celebration on its campus in Irvine, California.

“I’m not normally a man to celebrate milestones,” president and CEO Jim Glidewell, CDT, said to the hundreds of team members in attendance. “I’ve always feared that being too proud of one’s achievements can lead to complacency, impeding continued growth.”

U.S. Navy and Vietnam War veteran James R. Glidewell founded his company on Jan. 6, 1970, in Orange County, California. Spurred by a desire to make rehabilitative dentistry affordable for all, he applied a unique blend of technical knowledge, business principles and marketing philosophies to expand his one-man operation into a multifaceted technology company among those at the forefront of the oral health industry today. 

Glidewell now occupies one million square feet of office and production space in Irvine and neighboring Newport Beach, California. Employing a diverse team of certified technicians, engineers, scientists, clinicians, and support personnel, Jim Glidewell continues his lifelong dream of advancing the materials and techniques available to treatment providers, enhancing knowledge through free education platforms, increasing patient access to premium services, and in growing the careers of the nearly 5,000 individuals.

For more information, visit glidewelldental.com.
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