BIOLASE Expands Core Capabilities As It Appoints Three New Board Members With Significant Dental Experience

FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif., Aug. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Demonstrating a deep dedication to increasing the core capabilities and variety of its Board of Administrators, BIOLASE, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIOL), the worldwide chief in dental lasers, immediately introduced it has appointed three new board members to its Board of Administrators (the “Board”), efficient instantly. Drs. Kathleen T. O’Loughlin, Carol Gomez Summerhays, and Martha Somerman be part of a Board that has been instrumental in establishing and implementing the Firm’s marketing strategy, which has demonstrated vital progress over the previous a number of quarters.

“As we embark on an aggressive progress technique, I’m happy to welcome the brand new Board members as their intensive expertise in dental observe, translational and medical analysis, and dental schooling shall be extraordinarily useful as we proceed to execute on the BIOLASE marketing strategy,” commented Jonathan T. Lord, M.D., Chairman of the Board of BIOLASE. “We’re delighted to have every of those ladies be part of our board and stay up for their contributions as we proceed to execute on our plan for long-term progress.”

The brand new Board members are confirmed leaders and can allow the Firm to realize its progress prospects:

• Dr. Kathleen T. O’Loughlin is at present the Government Director of the American Dental Affiliation and is retiring from the American Dental Affiliation by the tip of this 12 months. Beforehand, Dr. O’Loughlin served as Chief Dental Officer of United Well being Group, and from 2002 to 2008 she served as President and Chief Government Officer of Delta Dental of Massachusetts. Dr. O’Loughlin serves on the Board of Administrators of the American Dental Affiliation and beforehand served as a Trustee at Tufts College. Dr. O’Loughlin acquired her Masters in Public Well being from Harvard College, a Physician of Dental Medication, Summa Cum Laude, from Tufts College, and a B.A from Boston College.
• Dr. Carol Gomez Summerhays is at present the Chair of the Board of Councilors of the College of Southern California Ostrow Faculty of Dentistry and is a former President of the American Dental Affiliation and President of the California Dental Affiliation. Dr. Summerhays labored in personal dental observe from 1982-2015. Dr. Summerhays served in america Navy Dental Corps from 1974 to 1989. Dr. Summerhays acquired her Physician of Dental Surgical procedure from College of Southern California, and B.S. from College of San Francisco.
• Dr. Martha Somerman is the Chief Area Editor of Frontiers in Dental Medication. She was the Director, Nationwide Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Analysis, Nationwide Institutes of Well being (NIH) from August 2011 to December 2019 after which served as a senior advisor for NIDCR till her retirement on Could 31, 2021. As well as, she was the Principal Investigator for the Laboratory of Oral Connective Tissue Biology, Nationwide Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Pores and skin Ailments, NIH, from August 2011 to Could 31, 2021. Her laboratory workforce centered on figuring out elements controlling the event of the periodontal complicated and making use of this information towards creating methods to regenerate periodontal tissue misplaced as a consequence of illness. Previous to changing into NIDCR director, Dr. Somerman was Dean of the College of Washington Faculty of Dentistry, a place she held since 2002. From 1991 to 2002, Dr. Somerman was on the college of the College of Michigan Faculty of Dentistry the place she served as a professor and chair of periodontics/prevention and geriatrics. From 1984 to 1991, Dr. Somerman was on the college of the College of Maryland School of Dental Surgical procedure. Dr. Somerman acquired a bachelor’s diploma in biology and a D.D.S. from New York College, a Masters in Environmental Well being from Hunter School, and a Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the College of Rochester. She accomplished her periodontal residency on the Eastman Dental Heart in Rochester, New York and is a diplomat of the American Board of Periodontology.

Along side the brand new appointments, Dr. Michael DiTolla and Garrett Sato (retirement) resigned as members of the Board to pursue different pursuits. The appointments enhance the scale of the BIOLASE Board to 9 members.

About BIOLASE

BIOLASE is a medical machine firm that develops, manufactures, markets, and sells laser techniques in dentistry and drugs. BIOLASE’s merchandise advance the observe of dentistry and drugs for sufferers and healthcare professionals. BIOLASE’s proprietary laser merchandise incorporate roughly 271 patented and 40 patent-pending applied sciences designed to supply biologically and clinically superior efficiency with much less ache and quicker restoration occasions. BIOLASE’s revolutionary merchandise present cutting-edge know-how at aggressive costs to ship superior outcomes for dentists and sufferers. BIOLASE’s principal merchandise are revolutionary dental laser techniques that carry out a broad vary of dental procedures, together with beauty and sophisticated surgical purposes. BIOLASE has offered over 41,200 laser techniques thus far in over 80 nations all over the world. Laser merchandise below growth tackle BIOLASE’s core dental market and different adjoining medical and shopper purposes.

For updates and knowledge on Waterlase iPlus®, Waterlase Categorical™, and laser dentistry, discover BIOLASE on-line at www.biolase.com, Fb at www.fb.com/biolase, Twitter at www.twitter.com/biolaseinc, Instagram at www.instagram.com/waterlase_laserdentistry, and LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/firm/biolase.

BIOLASE®, Waterlase® and Waterlase iPlus® are registered emblems of BIOLASE, Inc.

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