Allen Schick

Schick Technologies, Inc. develops, maufactures and sells medical and dental digital-imaging equipment. Its product, CDR (computed dental radiography), an X-ray system that uses less radiation than conventional equipment, fits inside the mouth, incorporates an oral camera and produces the images on a computer instead of film. The company also makes the accuDEXA - a bone densitometer, CDRPan - the digital panoramic system that retrofits to existing panoramic systems and CDRCam2000 - hand-held intraoral camera. Schick's products are based on technology developed at the California Institute of Technology's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. It has a distribution agreement with Patterson Companies. Schick Technologies was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Long Island City, NY