SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Notes to Financial Statements [Abstract]

Net Sales

The following tables set forth information about the Company’s operating groups for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011:

Third Party Net Sales

	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
(in thousands)	2012			2011			2012			2011
Dental Consumable and Laboratory Businesses	$	258,786		$	246,062		$	505,717		$	477,182
Orthodontics/Canada/Mexico/Japan	86,317			85,728			159,219			174,174
Select Distribution Businesses	78,433			82,892			151,684			157,058
Implants/Endodontics/Healthcare/Pacific Rim	342,312			196,399			666,956			374,213
All Other (a)	(2,854		)	(1,638		)	(4,169		)	(2,681		)
Total	$	762,994		$	609,443		$	1,479,407		$	1,179,946

(a) Includes amounts recorded at Corporate headquarters

Net Sales, Excluding Precious Metal Content

Third Party Net Sales, Excluding Precious Metal Content

	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
(in thousands)	2012			2011			2012			2011
Dental Consumable and Laboratory Businesses	$	206,862		$	214,181		$	414,346		$	415,289
Orthodontics/Canada/Mexico/Japan	77,037			77,433			142,878			157,908
Select Distribution Businesses	77,130			80,490			148,783			152,530
Implants/Endodontics/Healthcare/Pacific Rim	340,305			193,523			662,268			367,949
All Other (a)	(2,854		)	(1,638		)	(4,169		)	(2,681		)
Total excluding precious metal content	698,480			563,989			1,364,106			1,090,995
Precious metal content	64,514			45,454			115,301			88,951
Total including precious metal content	$	762,994		$	609,443		$	1,479,407		$	1,179,946

(a) Includes amounts recorded at Corporate headquarters

Intersegment Net Sales

Inter-segment Net Sales

	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
(in thousands)	2012			2011			2012			2011
Dental Consumable and Laboratory Businesses	$	58,486		$	55,636		$	112,887		$	111,006
Orthodontics/Canada/Mexico/Japan	1,054			953			2,233			1,937
Select Distribution Businesses	2,974			3,729			6,292			7,477
Implants/Endodontics/Healthcare/Pacific Rim	42,409			43,756			80,748			81,798
All Other (a)	56,329			55,458			110,309			106,835
Eliminations	(161,252		)	(159,532		)	(312,469		)	(309,053		)
Total	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—

(a) Includes amounts recorded at Corporate headquarters and one distribution warehouse not managed by named segments.

Segment Operating Income

Segment Operating Income

	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
(in thousands)	2012			2011			2012			2011
Dental Consumable and Laboratory Businesses	$	63,295		$	61,536		$	124,764		$	117,519
Orthodontics/Canada/Mexico/Japan	3,897			4,314			4,263			13,593
Select Distribution Businesses	138			587			(850		)	445
Implants/Endodontics/Healthcare/Pacific Rim	77,224			63,188			143,383			117,613
All Other (a)	(33,119		)	(25,758		)	(71,729		)	(46,086		)
Segment operating income	111,435			103,867			199,831			203,084
Reconciling Items:
Restructuring and other costs	(2,528		)	(6,863		)	(3,765		)	(7,496		)
Interest expense	(14,584		)	(5,570		)	(30,366		)	(11,913		)
Interest income	2,011			2,430			4,308			4,258
Other expense (income), net	(748		)	(1,434		)	(1,230		)	(1,504		)
Income before income taxes	$	95,586		$	92,430		$	168,778		$	186,429

(a) Includes the results of Corporate headquarters, inter-segment eliminations and one distribution warehouse not managed by named segments.

Assets

Assets
(in thousands)	June 30, 2012		December 31, 2011
Dental Consumable and Laboratory Businesses	$	1,012,143	$	1,180,001
Orthodontics/Canada/Mexico/Japan	286,997		328,376
Select Distribution Businesses	207,377		168,500
Implants/Endodontics/Healthcare/Pacific Rim	3,102,736		2,881,591
All Other (a)	261,503		196,930
Total	$	4,870,756	$	4,755,398

(a) Includes the assets of Corporate headquarters, inter-segment eliminations and one distribution warehouse not managed by named segments.