SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2013

Notes to Financial Statements [Abstract]

Net Sales

The following tables set forth information about the Company’s segments for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012:

Third Party Net Sales

	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
(in thousands)	2013			2012			2013			2012
Dental Consumable and Laboratory Businesses	$	255,223		$	266,244		$	519,852		$	521,379
Orthodontics/Canada/Mexico/Japan	82,079			83,195			153,414			153,549
Select Distribution Businesses	66,115			63,753			126,929			122,846
Implants/Endodontics/Healthcare/Pacific Rim	358,453			352,657			695,097			685,802
All Other (a)	(860		)	(2,855		)	(2,198		)	(4,169		)
Total	$	761,010		$	762,994		$	1,493,094		$	1,479,407

(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)	2013			2012			2013			2012
Dental Consumable and Laboratory Businesses	$	218,794		$	211,604		$	430,824		$	423,713
Orthodontics/Canada/Mexico/Japan	73,900			73,915			138,871			137,208
Select Distribution Businesses	65,981			63,592			126,698			122,524
Implants/Endodontics/Healthcare/Pacific Rim	358,140			352,224			694,410			684,830
All Other (b)	(860		)	(2,855		)	(2,198		)	(4,169		)
Total excluding precious metal content	715,955			698,480			1,388,605			1,364,106
Precious metal content	45,055			64,514			104,489			115,301
Total including precious metal content	$	761,010		$	762,994		$	1,493,094		$	1,479,407

(b) Includes amounts recorded at Corporate headquarters

Intersegment Net Sales

Inter-segment Net Sales

	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
(in thousands)	2013			2012			2013			2012
Dental Consumable and Laboratory Businesses	$	54,907		$	56,852		$	106,739		$	109,321
Orthodontics/Canada/Mexico/Japan	937			1,054			1,766			2,233
Select Distribution Businesses	213			401			1,504			795
Implants/Endodontics/Healthcare/Pacific Rim	32,387			38,186			66,411			72,225
All Other (c)	60,238			56,328			117,665			110,309
Eliminations	(148,682		)	(152,821		)	(294,085		)	(294,883		)
Total	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—

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

Segment Operating Income

Segment Operating Income (Loss)

	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
(in thousands)	2013			2012			2013			2012
Dental Consumable and Laboratory Businesses	$	65,589		$	65,251		$	127,339		$	128,596
Orthodontics/Canada/Mexico/Japan	5,028			3,228			6,891			2,961
Select Distribution Businesses	(671		)	(1,020		)	(2,296		)	(2,461		)
Implants/Endodontics/Healthcare/Pacific Rim	78,503			77,095			142,354			142,478
All Other (d)	(23,414		)	(33,119		)	(54,730		)	(71,743		)
Segment operating income	125,035			111,435			219,558			199,831
Reconciling Items:
Restructuring and other costs	2,169			2,528			2,834			3,765
Interest expense	11,507			14,323			26,728			30,105
Interest income	(2,243		)	(1,984		)	(4,418		)	(3,862		)
Other expense (income), net	4,223			982			7,141			1,045
Income before income taxes	$	109,379		$	95,586		$	187,273		$	168,778

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

Assets

Assets
(in thousands)	June 30, 2013		December 31, 2012
Dental Consumable and Laboratory Businesses	$	973,168	$	1,007,307
Orthodontics/Canada/Mexico/Japan	299,275		294,348
Select Distribution Businesses	170,824		192,684
Implants/Endodontics/Healthcare/Pacific Rim	3,157,931		3,195,382
All Other (e)	273,485		282,576
Total	$	4,874,683	$	4,972,297

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