SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Net Sales

The following tables set forth information about the Company’s segments for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013:

Third Party Net Sales

	Three Months Ended
(in thousands)	2014			2013
Dental Consumable Businesses	$	173,976		$	163,707
Dental Specialty and Laboratory Businesses	432,407			447,977
Healthcare and Emerging Markets Businesses	124,946			121,739
All Other (a)	(1,215		)	(1,339		)
Total net sales	$	730,114		$	732,084

(a) Includes amounts recorded at Corporate headquarters

Net Sales, Excluding Precious Metal Content

Third Party Net Sales, Excluding Precious Metal Content

	Three Months Ended
(in thousands)	2014			2013
Dental Consumable Businesses	$	173,914		$	163,609
Dental Specialty and Laboratory Businesses	391,681			388,916
Healthcare and Emerging Markets Businesses	124,802			121,463
All Other (b)	(1,215		)	(1,339		)
Total net sales, excluding precious metal content	689,182			672,649
Precious metal content of sales	40,932			59,435
Total net sales, including precious metal content	$	730,114		$	732,084

(b) Includes amounts recorded at Corporate headquarters

Intersegment Net Sales

Inter-segment Net Sales

	Three Months Ended
(in thousands)	2014			2013
Dental Consumable Businesses	$	28,601		$	30,230
Dental Specialty and Laboratory Businesses	50,231			42,965
Healthcare and Emerging Markets Businesses	3,306			3,114
All Other (c)	60,785			57,427
Eliminations	(142,923		)	(133,736		)
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
(in thousands)	2014			2013
Dental Consumable Businesses	$	58,509		$	54,315
Dental Specialty and Laboratory Businesses	73,913			69,678
Healthcare and Emerging Markets Businesses	4,724			1,466
All Other (d)	(30,783		)	(30,936		)
Segment operating income	106,363			94,523
Reconciling Items:
Restructuring and other costs	793			665
Interest expense	10,955			15,221
Interest income	(1,435		)	(2,175		)
Other expense (income), net	388			2,918
Income before income taxes	$	95,662		$	77,894

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

Assets

(in thousands)	March 31, 2014		December 31, 2013
Dental Consumable Businesses	$	699,477	$	699,386
Dental Specialty and Laboratory Businesses	3,380,841		3,404,604
Healthcare and Emerging Markets Businesses	932,147		869,907
All Other (e)	76,968		104,150
Total	$	5,089,433	$	5,078,047

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