Zimmer Biomet reports lower dental sales in Q4, 2018

Zimmer Biomet has reported lower sales in its dental segment in the fourth quarter of 2018 and for the year.

For the quarter (end-December 31, 2018), sales in the company's dental segment were $104 million, down 3% from $108 million in the same quarter of 2017. For the year, the company reported dental sales of $411 million, down 1.8% from $419 million in 2017.

Zimmer Biomet had net sales for the quarter of $2.071 billion, an increase of 0.1% from $2.018 billion in the same quarter a year ago.