As the holiday season quickly approaches we, at Atlas Frontiers, find ourselves gearing up for the dental portion of our sales activity. This area of equipment resell always astonishes me because it is amazing how many dentists throw away or store their older equipment. Often times this unused, older equipment is quite valuable and can be put to great use overseas.

I am reminded of a dentists office that we visited last year. After perusing through some of their newer equipment, that the doctor needed help selling, we reached the deeper recesses of the basement. The doctor mentioned that this equipment was undesirable and was most likely headed for the landfill. We immediately stopped the doctor and told him that this equipment was still very valuable and could be used to advance the dental care in many different countries. We left the office with saved “junk” and after six weeks of going through our selling process, the doctor received a check for almost $500. This is money that was destined for our local dump and is now being used in many countries across the globe.

The moral of this story is not to say that our company helps keep the environment green and reduces waste (though these are true). The moral of the story is that practically any piece of dental equipment, no matter how old or used, can be purchased and put into good practice by someone else. It is very interesting to see where our equipment goes and our upcoming dental run has me excited for just this reason.