WARSAW, Ind., Feb 05, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ZMH; SWX: ZMH) a worldwide leader in the orthopaedics industry, announced today that its Zimmer Dental division has formed a collaboration with the National Foundation of Dentistry (NFDH), a non-profit organization located in Denver, Colorado. The collaboration was established last year and has already provided treatments for individuals who otherwise would not have access to such care.
"Zimmer Dental continues to demonstrate its strong commitment to improving patients' lives," said Ray Elliott, Zimmer Holdings Chairman, President and CEO. "We're pleased to partner with a leading non-profit organization such as the NFDH to further enable the dental profession the opportunity to access resources for providing less fortunate individuals with much-needed dental assistance."
In an unrestricted product donation, Zimmer Dental is providing dental implants and related restorative components as identified by NFDH as those most likely to be useful in their efforts.
Donated Dental Services (DDS) is the National Foundation of Dentistry for the Handicapped's program covering most of the United States. DDS is a collaborative, direct way that the dental profession reaches out to individuals with special needs and offers the only realistic chance for many elderly, disabled and medically compromised individuals to receive needed dental care. The goal of the DDS program is to return patients to good oral health, enabling them to reach an affordable maintenance level.
About Zimmer
Founded in 1927 and headquartered in Warsaw, Indiana, Zimmer is the worldwide #1 pure-play orthopaedic leader in designing, developing, manufacturing and marketing reconstructive and spinal implants, trauma and related orthopaedic surgical products. Zimmer has operations in more than 24 countries around the world and sells products in more than 100 countries. Zimmer's 2006 sales were approximately $3.5 billion. The Company is supported by the efforts of nearly 7,000 employees worldwide.
Zimmer Dental is a California-based operation. The company, which started in 1981, offers one of the most comprehensive dental implant product lines available. Zimmer Dental is a market leader in the development of world-class implantology products, practice-building strategies and educational programs focused on empowering clinicians and improving patients' lives. Visit Zimmer Dental on the worldwide web at www.zimmerdental.com or call 1 (800) 854-7019, or, for outside the U.S., 1 (760) 929-4300, for more information.
About the National Foundation of Dentistry for the Handicapped
The National Foundation of Dentistry for the Handicapped is a charitable affiliate of the American Dental Association and is committed, through collaboration, to arranging comprehensive dental treatment and long-term preventive services to needy disabled, elderly or medically compromised individuals through a national network for direct service programs that involve more than 12,500 volunteer dentists and 2,600 volunteer laboratories. For more information, please visit www.nfdh.org
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