Young Innovations Snapshot
Young Innovations makes dentists' hands taste better. The company makes many of the dental instruments and supplies used during your six-month cleaning and check up: flavored examination gloves, prophylactic angles, cups, brushes, pastes, drills, cleaning systems, and X-ray equipment sold under brand names like Panoramic, Young Dental, and Denticator. The company even markets the little bags filled with oral care goodies given to patients. The company markets largely through distributors, but also sells its products directly to dental schools, military bases, and VA health care facilities. More than 80% of its sales are in the US. Vice Chairman George Richmond owns about one quarter of the company.
