Category: People

5 reasons Benco delivers Herman Miller furniture to dentists across the U.S.

  • January 22, 2019
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At Herman Miller, people are important because they give purpose. From their earliest days as a small town furniture company, to the global family of brands they are today, Herman Miller’s focus has always been people —  colleagues, neighbors, customers and partners. Five years ago Benco Dental, the nation’s largest family-owned dental distributor in the U.S. introduced Herman Miller furniture to the dental community. I visited Herman Miller’s home office in Michigan earlier this month for a weeklong hands-on training…

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Headed to Northeastern PA? This small Dental Museum packs a punch.

  • January 7, 2019
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America’s largest privately-owned dental distributor has a surprise in store for all who visit its home office situated in the rolling hills of Northeastern Pennsylvania. Neatly tucked amidst the Benco Dental CenterPoint East distribution center and office complex: a fine dental museum. The brainchild of the company’s Chief Customer Advocate, Larry Cohen and his wife, Sally, the museum features dental artifacts collected by Cohen. In 2010, when Benco opened the doors of its new home office, Larry brought with him antiques collected…

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Did a dental mentor change your life? Nominate her today for a #LucyHobbsProject Award. #LHP2018

  • April 17, 2018
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One year ago this month, Dr. Emily Ishkanian took the stage at Loews Philadelphia Hotel as one of the six inspirational women honored by the Lucy Hobbs Project in 2017 as the recipient of the Project’s Mentor Award. The Henderson, Nevada-based dentist demonstrated commitment to education early, graduating as Valedictorian from her high school. Upon obtaining a degree in Kinesiology from the University of Colorado, Boulder, she returned to Nevada to pursue a career in dentistry. In 2010, she graduated…

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Do you know an Industry Icon? Nominate her today for a #LucyHobbsProject Award.

  • April 4, 2018
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IF THERE IS one single maxim that encapsulates Dr. Patricia Blanton’s approach to leading the dozen-plus state and national organizations she has helmed over the years, it’s this: “The wrong culture can never create the right plan.” She is, after all, a woman whose abbreviated curriculum vitae is five pages long — and she has applied this mantra at every stop throughout her varied career. It was especially pertinent when, in 2003, she was elected the first female president of…

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Do you know a Woman To Watch? Nominate her today for a #LucyHobbsProject Award.

  • March 28, 2018
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Dr. Irene Marron-Tarrazzi was one of the half-dozen outstanding women who took home a 2017 Lucy Hobbs Project Award after the Project’s 5th Anniversary Celebration in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The American Dental Association Vice President embodies the fighting spirit and community devotion that pioneer Dr. Lucy Hobbs Taylor – the first American woman to earn a degree in dentistry – once did herself. Read on for Dr. Marron-Tarrazzi’s story, and find out how to nominate a Woman to Watch for a…

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