Investment firms complete Carestream Dental acquisition

DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Aug 31, 2017

The acquisition of Carestream Dental by two private investment firms has been completed.

The company was acquired by the firms Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and CareCapital Advisors, part of Hillhouse Capital Management.

Ed Shellard, DMD, previously the company's vice president of sales and marketing, has been named chief dental officer. Lisa Ashby, formerly the company's president, has been named CEO.

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