What do you do at Ultradent? I’m a chemist in Research and Development. I started in Quality Control, but I wanted more hands-on experience with the products and having a hand in creating new products, so I moved over to R&D and I love it. How many years have you worked at Ultradent? Just over three years.

If you could choose anything, aside from being a dentist, what would you do as a profession? When I was a young boy, I often thought about hydraulic engineering, because that was the cutting edge of engineering at the time. I’m still fascinated by hydraulics. There are so many wonderful developments that have occurred just in my lifetime in that realm—through World War II and the hydraulics used in the war efforts, to hydraulics used in excavating. We even use hydraulics to a lesser degree at Ultradent, which brought about the trademark syringe delivery method that Ultradent has become known for.

“I’m a traveler and had been visiting Cambodia for about ten years and got to know quite a few people down there. My journey to Cambodia in 2006 left an indelible impression on me. I was deeply moved by the images of the extreme poverty and desperate circumstances in which many Cambodians live. Kindredhouse was born from an idea in 2007 on a return trip to Cambodia with my daughter, Riley Bassett. The idea was to establish a group of friends, family, and volunteers to try to make a difference in the lives of rural Cambodians. This organization is an extension of our shared love of culture and strong belief in service,” says Erin West, of Draper, Utah.

After having become the leader in tooth whitening with Opalescence® PF and the custom tray system, what was the “why” behind creating Opalescence Go®? Opalescence Go and Ultradent’s UltraFit Tray. Well, we were continually looking at the whitening marketplace and listening to the needs and feedback from our customers. When the over-the-counter whitening strip products came onto the market, which was very well received, we saw that there was a great need for disposability—that the customer placed great value on not having to get custom trays made, not having to load the tray, and not having to clean their trays afterward. That was a very big deal. However, with the strips, we also saw that they only whitened the front teeth and were difficult for people to get them to stay in place or wear for even a short amount of time comfortably. That’s when we set out to create a disposable, prefilled whitening tray that would offer whitening coverage to all of the teeth on the upper and lower arches with increased comfort and adaptability for the patient.

The complete line of Opalescence tooth whitening products is backed by over 25 years of scientific research and industry-leading innovation. Over the last two decades, we’ve learned what’s important to dentists and patients. We’re driven to continue leading the way in the tooth whitening industry. With the only products that combine all of the following unique features and benefits, it’s no wonder Opalescence tooth whitening systems is trusted by people all over the world for healthy, dazzling, bright, white smiles.

The Fourth of July has always been a major holiday for me and for my family. We have some fond memories and stories surrounding it. We usually get together and barbeque, and over the years we’ve even done little parades with all the grandkids. They dress up in patriotic costumes and we use the tractor to drive them around our center island while the adults clap and wave. It makes the kids feel particularly special.

If you could relive one happy memory, what would it be? Boy, there are so many happy memories. Certainly, with my 14 kids and 33 grandkids, as well as my lovely bride, Leenie—there are so many great memories that picking one above the others would just be impossible. Top: Dr. Fischer enjoying Barcelona with his wife, Leenie. Bottom: Dr. Fischer loves spending time with his grandkids. Do you have any hidden talents? You know, I’m just a farmboy at heart. I’m not too complicated and pretty much what you see is what I am. But some people out there might not know that I love to garden, I love carpentry, and I love tractors and my backhoe. I love being outdoors feeling the earth beneath my hands and feet and the sunshine on my face.

“The first thing that drew me to the Uveneer template system was the ease of use,” says Dr. Chad Goeckeritz of Falling Creek Dental in Draper, Utah. Dr. Chad Goeckeritz of Falling Creek Dental in Draper, Utah holds the Uveneer template system Dr. Goeckeritz says before he adopted the Uveneer template system in his practice, he would often spend up to an hour and a half to two hours on a chairside composite veneer case. “Before using the Uveneer composite template system, I would spend hours stacking and layering and doing everything by hand with the little mylar strips and teflon tape around the teeth to try and get the perfect shape. They turned out great but it was just so time-consuming,” he recalls.

I just returned from Taipei, Taiwan, where we had a great meeting with our Asia-Pacific team. The meeting included the Asia-Pacific team manager, Jim Wilson, along with many of our distributors and numerous key opinion leader dentists from the area. It’s a once-a-year, three-day event that we all look forward to, as it’s a chance to get to know each other better, hear some wonderful lectures on the latest and greatest in Ultradent products and procedures, and see another beautiful, interesting, and fascinating part of the world. View of the cityscape of Taipei, Taiwan This particular annual event was organized in large part by our very own Ashleigh Speer and Josephine Siew, who deserve huge credit for how fabulously it all came together. They worked hard with their teams and got more than 40 doctors to attend, some of whom spoke at the event.

What is your name? David Landeen What is your title? Video Production Specialist Photo David Landeen took of Dollar Lake in the High Uinta Mountains in Utah Where did you take the cover/calendar photo? The photo was taken at Dollar Lake, which is in the high Uinta mountain range here in Utah. It’s on the trail to Kings Peak. I was up there with a youth group as their leader. One morning, another one of the leaders and I woke up super early to get some pretty shots of the lake. Just as we were about to leave, the lake got crystal clear, the sun was coming up, and you could see the mountains perfectly reflected in the water. I had to go through a bunch of bushes to get the shot (there was no trail) and I got completely soaked, but it was worth it!