Dentsply Sirona names new CTO

DrBicuspid.com staff writers

May 7, 2019

Dentsply Sirona has named Cord Friedrich Stähler, PhD, as its new chief technology officer (CTO).

Stähler most recently served as senior vice president and head of global medical device and service businesses for science and technology company Merck KGaA.

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