no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . june 2009 benco dental type dental supply and equipment distributor industry dental healthcare genre private founded 1930 founder benjamin cohen headquarters wilkes barre pennsylvania usa area served united states key people larry cohen chairman and chief customer advocate chuck cohen managing director rick cohen managing director products dental supplies equipment service technology and office design services number of employees 1384 as of november 2015 website http benco.com benco dental is an american dental product and equipment distributor based in pittston pennsylvania . 1 contents 1 history 2 services 3 references 4 external links history edit benco dental has been privately owned and operated since 1930 2 when first generation owner benjamin cohen moved to northeast pennsylvania after six years of traveling from train station to train station selling dental supplies . 3 benco dental is now the largest privately owned full service distributor of dental supplies dental equipment dental consulting & dental equipment services . the company has remained family owned and is in its third generation of leadership . during the company s 80 year history benco dental has grown from a single storefront location in wilkes barre pennsylvania into the nation s fastest growing dental distributor with 50 regional showroom locations and 5 distribution centers servicing over 30 000 dental professionals in 48 states and washington d.c. in 2010 benco dental opened 4 a new 280 000 square foot 26 000 m2 corporate headquarters distribution center and equipment showroom in pittston pennsylvania . the new facility centerpoint houses the largest dental equipment showroom in north america featuring 25 fully functional operatories 13 operational digital imaging panoramic x rays including 2d and 3d units 3 sterilization centers office design & lab concept suites and a summit training center that will host continuing education courses . benco operates two other destination centerpoints in costa mesa california and flower mound texas . 5 additionally benco dental s footprint includes four distribution centers fort wayne indiana jacksonville florida reno nevada and dallas texas over 400 professionally trained sales territory representatives and 300 factory trained service technicians . benco dental has been named one of the best places to work in pa for 2014 ; this marks the twelfth time in 14 years that benco dental has received this recognition . 6 the best places to work in pa program solicits surveys from participating companies associates and compiles the results prior to assembling the final rankings . services edit benco dental s core products and programs include the bluchip buying club dentistry s original customer loyalty program ; painless 8 with forecaster an electronic ordering and product management software ; painless web e commerce and materials management system ; insite dental office design & architectural services ; benconet cad cam dentistry including benco s onevisit solution for same day dentistry digital imaging and open architecture operatory integration system solutions and transitions group a practice development consulting service . benco dental powers the lucy hobbs project a national long term program based on three pillars networking innovating and giving back . named after the first american woman to earn a degree in dentistry lucy hobbs this project aims to bring women together from all facets of the dental industry dentists dental assistants hygienists receptionists sales representatives and others . the project is free to join and offers networking opportunities education programs and charitable events . annually it honors exemplary women in the dental community at a celebration hosted at locations across the u.s. benco operates under the tagline of we deliver success smile after smile . references edit jacksonville fla. panel approves incentive for dental equipment company . . knight ridder . 2002 03 15 . retrieved june 16 2009 . company expansion benco dental extends reach the local supplier . the times leader . 2004 10 13 . retrieved june 16 2009 . allabaugh denise 2009 06 02 . benco dental to open headquarters in centerpoint park in jenkins twp . . the times tribune . retrieved june 16 2009 . dental equipment company expands . the times leader . 2009 12 29 . retrieved march 22 2010 . flower mound ideal setting for benco dental expansion news dentalaegis.com . www.dentalaegis.com . retrieved 2015 11 24 . pennsylvania dental firm earns best places to work status for 11th year dental industry news dentaltown . www.dentaltown.com . retrieved 2015 11 24 . external links edit pennsylvania portal companies portal dentistry portal website facebook twitter retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title benco dental & oldid 743073555 categories american companies established in 1930dental companies of the united statesluzerne county pennsylvaniaprivately held companies based in pennsylvania1930 establishments in pennsylvaniahidden categories orphaned articles from june 2009all orphaned articlespages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 7 october 2016 at 16 56 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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