Great Lakes Dental Technologies

Headquarters

Tonawanda, NY

UEI

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CAGE

42771

Employee ownership is central to Great Lakes Dental Technologies, which grew from Peter R. Breads’ small Buffalo orthodontic laboratory, opened in 1965, into a Tonawanda company with more than 200 employee-owners. Today, its team produces custom appliances for orthodontic, dental, and sleep-and-airway professionals while also developing products and training laboratory teams from its 78,000-square-foot headquarters. Great Lakes is certified under MDSAP to ISO 13485:2016.

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