Heraeus’ Prosthetics Division Makes Donations to Three Charities

Posted: September 27, 2011
Heraeus’ Prosthetics Division Makes Donations to Three Charities

Nothing artificial about Prosthetics Division’s commitment to restoring the smiles of thousands of underprivileged patients worldwide

SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, September 27, 2011 — Heraeus Kulzer, LLC, the worldwide leader in dental esthetics, announced today that its Prosthetics Division has donated denture teeth to three charities serving underprivileged individuals both in the United States and overseas.

In August the Division donated denture teeth to The Giving Hand Foundation (www.givinghand.info), which is dedicated to promoting the development of dental clinics providing free services to needy individuals in North Carolina and selected Third World Countries. Heraeus plans to make similar monthly donations to the Foundation on an ongoing basis. On August 12-13, Heraeus also partnered with the Foundation by hosting Dental Access Days in the educational facility of its South Bend, Indiana corporate office. As a result, a total of 131 low income patients received an estimated $146,000 in free and badly needed dental services.

Heraeus has also been making donations of denture teeth to the North Carolina Missions of Mercy for several years. This organization, an outreach program of the North Carolina Dental Society (www.ncdental.org), has the following simple but crucial mission: “To provide free dental services to those in financial need with few or no other options."

In addition, Heraeus has donated denture teeth to the Afghanistan Dental Relief Project, which was founded in 2003 to provide dental care to a nation that has only 134 dentists and one dental x-ray machine to care for its 32 million inhabitants. Death from multiple abscessed teeth is common, which is one reason that life expectancy in this war-torn country is only 42 years.

“Missing one or more teeth can be not only a serious blow to one’s self-esteem, it can also represent a serious health risk,” said Christopher Holden, Heraeus president. “Our company is committed to doing whatever we can to help dental practices and labs transform lives, and I cannot think of a much better way of doing this than to provide the denture teeth that can give people their smiles back.”

Heraeus’ Prosthetics Division markets four lines of denture teeth under the PALA® brand that offer an unsurpassed combination of esthetics, durability and anatomical correctness.


About Heraeus
Heraeus, the precious metals and technology group headquartered in Hanau, Germany, is a global, private company with over 155 years of tradition. Our businesses include dental products and biomaterials, precious metals, sensors, quartz glass, and specialty lighting sources. With product revenues approaching € 2.6 billion and precious metal trading revenues of € 13.6 billion, as well as more than 12,300 employees in more than 110 companies worldwide, Heraeus holds a leading position in its global markets.

About Heraeus Kulzer Dental: Transforming Lives
The Heraeus Kulzer Dental Division mission is to advance the oral health of patients around the globe. To that end, we continually apply our research, science and global resources to deliver unparalleled innovation and exceptional products to both dental practitioners and laboratories. While product safety and efficacy are always our main goals, we also aim to create value-based products that unlock new levels of productivity in dental practices and dental laboratories. Interrelated products including the Venus® brand of low stress composites, Venus White® Whitening Systems, Flexitime® Impressions Systems, Gluma® Desensitizers, iBond® Bonding Solutions, PALA® Mondial® Teeth, and Modern Materials® Gypsum Products offer exceptional diagnosis, treatment, and restorative care.

Heraeus also collaborates with health care providers, researchers and academic institutions to support community wellbeing and overall oral health. To that end, Heraeus is a corporate supporter of the National Children's Oral Health Foundation, a nonprofit organization that provides access to care for thousands of underserved children, and the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

Heraeus is the world’s largest private refiner with over 50 years experience. For more information on Heraeus or its products, call (800) 431-1785 or visit www.heraeusdentalusa.com.
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