CORAL SPRINGS, Fla., July 27, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Union Dental Holdings, Inc. (Pink Sheets:UDHI) - http://www.uniondental.com - a provider of multi-state dental services for union members, is pleased to announce that it has built a specially designed operatory to perform Oral Surgery and IV Sedation Dentistry. This opens a completely new element of dentistry because there are a tremendous amount of patients who require the sedation in order to perform these procedures. The operatory is equipped for all aspects of these specialties. Funding for the operatory was provided from internal profits of the Company during the quarter.
Dr. George D. Green, President and C.E.O. of Union Dental Holdings, commented: "It is very exciting to add this aspect of dentistry to our company and be capable of performing implants which appear to being used more and more to replace the permanent and partial bridges commonly used in dentistry. We can now state that we perform all aspects of dentistry for our patients and allow them to have all of their dental needs taken care of in one facility."
About Union Dental Holdings, Inc., Direct Dental Services, Inc. and Union Dental Corp.
Direct Dental Services and Union Dental Corp. are wholly owned subsidiaries. Direct Dental Services provides dentists with "areas of exclusivity" to participate with various unions including the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), United Association of Plumbers and Pipe Fitters (UA) and The Association of Flight Attendants – Communications Workers of America (AFA-CWA). Direct Dental Services receives annual management fees from the dentists in exchange for practicing in these "areas of exclusivity" where CWA and IBEW members use the dentists' services. Union Dental manages a dental practice in Coral Springs, Florida.
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