With the holidays beginning, especially at Thanksgiving, we hit pause, even if it’s just for a moment, and reflect on things we’re thankful for in our lives. Here is a peek at what some of the many people that work here at Ultradent are grateful for this year… Here’s wishing you a wonderful and bounteous Thanksgiving holiday from our table to yours.

The importance of making a quality impression cannot be understated, as the caliber of an indirect restoration depends on the precision of the impression on which it is based. Thermo Clone™ VPS impression material , Ultradent’s newest restorative product to come to market, is an exciting new advancement in prosthodontics and restorative dentistry. Thermo Clone material makes it easier to take accurate impressions, which I believe is the most important step in the indirect restoration process.

“I can tell you that volunteer humanitarian dentistry is one of the most rewarding things I've ever done,” says Dr. Clyde Larsen of the extensive dental humanitarian work he’s performed worldwide since his formal retirement.

In her 20+ years with Ultradent , Melanie Jones has certainly worn many hats—and that’s practically an understatement. “A great part of our culture is that the company gives everyone an opportunity for growth. I’m a person who didn’t know what I wanted to be when I grew up,” she says with a laugh.

Shannon Pace Brinker travels the country and even the world lecturing on dentistry, but during one of her stops last year in Salt Lake City, Utah, where she happened to be lecturing on Ultradent’s Opalescence Go 6%--a ready-to-go, pre-filled, disposable whitening system, when she met a family she won’t soon forget. It was a connection that she says, changed her and changed them forever.

Megan Barnes, a chemist in Ultradent’s Quality Control lab for the past 21 years, loves to travel and explore. In fact, she says she spends more weekends on the road visiting a new site or exploring a new national park than she is actually home. She’s also traveled all over the world, exploring the pyramids of Egypt, the rich history of Athens, Greece, and many other exotic locales.