Barbara Maddalena Having been with Ultradent since the opening of its Italian subsidiary in 2005, there’s not much Barbara Maddalena hasn’t had her hand in, and in her own words, it’s been “quite an adventure.” She says, “I’ve covered so many different roles from the beginning because we were so small at first! I’ve worked in ordering and shipping, accounting, regulatory and quality control, as well as staffing! All of those experiences mean a lot to me because I was able to touch so many different aspects of the company, deal with so many different issues, and help to solve so many kinds of problems— it’s given me the experience and wide perspective that helps me make more informed decisions in my role at Ultradent today.”

“I could talk for a very long time about what makes Peak Universal Bond the best bonding agent on the market,” says Dr. Fischer, founder, president and CEO of Ultradent Products, Inc. Although the statement may at first come off overly self-assured, it is in fact, quite the opposite. Peak Universal Bond comes from an arduous, more than two-decade quest of trial and error after trial and error.

  “I often say that with dentists, half of our brains are in our hands. If you can’t use your hands, you can’t be a dentist because it’s just such a hands-on profession. I love being able to shape a tooth—it’s like an art to me that I enjoy immensely,” muses Dr. Dan Fischer, president and CEO of Ultradent Products. “There are many similarities between art, construction, engineering, and dentistry. Hey, we even build bridges!” he chuckles. A talented and innovative craftsman, even in the dental sense, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that in his senior year at Murray High School in Salt Lake City, Utah, Dr. Fischer received the prestigious Sterling Scholar Award for Industrial Arts, which included drafting and metal design.