TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Florida-based biopharmaceutical company Oragenics, Inc. (OTCBB: ORNI) (www.oragenics.com) has announced that the company’s oral care probiotics – including EvoraPro®, EvoraPlus® and EvoraKids® – will be available to dental professionals across North America through Patterson Dental.
“Building a relationship with Patterson allows us to vastly expand the distribution of our oral care probiotics to dental practices throughout North America,” said Peter Maroon, Oragenics’ Dental Channel Director. “We are very pleased to be working with such a well-known distributor.”
Patterson Dental Director of Marketing, Merchandise Mike Smurr said, “We are delighted to be offering a novel product such as EvoraPro to our dental practices. This unique and innovative product contains beneficial bacteria that help maintain an optimal balance in the mouth, effectively extending that fresh-from-the-dentist clean feeling.”
About Patterson Dental
Patterson Dental, a leading distributor of dental products, equipment and technology in the U.S. and Canada, serves as the largest business in the progressive, global Patterson Companies (Nasdaq: PDCO) family of businesses. Patterson is committed to creating value for customers through products, services and lasting relationships. Dental professionals who partner with Patterson enjoy the convenience and peace of mind that come with relying on one trusted source for everything they need.
About Oragenics, Inc.
Oragenics is a biopharmaceutical company focused primarily on oral health products and novel antibiotics. Within oral health, Oragenics is commercializing its oral probiotic product, ProBiora3®, and developing its pharmaceutical product candidate, SMaRT Replacement Therapy™. Within antibiotics, Oragenics is developing a pharmaceutical candidate, MU1140-S™ and intends to use its patented, novel organic DPOLT™ platform to create additional antibiotics for therapeutic use.
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