BIOLASE, Inc. announced it has appointed three new board members to its Board of Directors (the "Board"), effective immediately. Drs. Kathleen T. O'Loughlin, Carol Gomez Summerhays, and Martha Somerman join a Board that has been instrumental in establishing and implementing the Company's business plan, which has demonstrated significant growth over the past several quarters. The new Board members are proven leaders and will enable the Company to achieve its growth prospects: Dr. Kathleen T. O'Loughlin is currently the Executive Director of the American Dental Association and is retiring from the American Dental Association by the end of this year. Previously, Dr. O'Loughlin served as Chief Dental Officer of United Health Group, and from 2002 to 2008 she served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Delta Dental of Massachusetts. Dr. Carol Gomez Summerhays is currently the Chair of the Board of Councilors of the University of Southern California Ostrow School of Dentistry and is a former President of the American Dental Association and President of the California Dental Association. Dr. Martha Somerman is the Chief Field Editor of Frontiers in Dental Medicine. In conjunction with the new appointments, Dr. Michael DiTolla and Garrett Sato (retirement) resigned as members of the Board to pursue other interests. The appointments increase the size of the BIOLASE Board to nine members.
BIOLASE, Inc. is a medical device company that develops, manufactures, markets and sells laser systems in dentistry and medicine. The Company's systems allow dentists, periodontists, endodontists, pediatric dentists, oral surgeons, and other dental specialists to perform a broad range of minimally invasive dental procedures, including cosmetic, restorative, and complex surgical applications. It offers two categories of laser system products: Waterlase (all-tissue) systems and diode (soft-tissue) systems. The Company's all-tissue Waterlase dental laser systems consist of its flagship Waterlase iPlus, Waterlase Express, and Waterlase MDX. Its soft tissue diode laser systems consist of the Epic X, Epic Hygiene, Epic Q, and Epic 10 diode lasers that perform soft tissue, hygiene, cosmetic procedures, teeth whitening, and provide temporary pain relief. Epic X, and Epic 10 systems feature its 940 nanometer wavelength with patented pulse technology called ComfortPulse.