History
The company traces its roots through division Patterson Dental Supply back to one established in 1878 named Patterson Dental Company. It remained focussed solely on the dental products market until the 21st century when it branched out into the veterinary supplies market through 2 large acquisitions, JA Webster in 2001 (92.5 million dollars) and ProVet in 2004. For about 130 years it dealt only in dental supplies. It began selling rehabilitation supplies in 2004 after acquiring Ability One Products Corporation followed by Medco the same year. It went public on the Nasdaq in 1992 with an IPO of around 480 million dollars.
Specialties
Patterson Dental provides a virtually complete range of consumable dental products, equipment and software, turnkey digital solutions and the most-needed services to dentists and dental laboratories throughout North America.