ARPINO DENTAL, LARGEST INDEPENDENT HANDPIECE REPAIR FIRM IN NEW YORK STATE, JOINS HANDPIECE EXPERTS NETWORK OF CERTIFIED DEALERS

Montreal, January 23, 2008 - Handpiece Experts today announced that Arpino Dental, New York State's largest handpiece repair firm, has joined the Handpiece Experts Dealer Network. Arpino Dental has over 32 years of experience in handpiece repair and is the state's leading service provider. Arpino Dental offers a full range of handpiece sales and repair services for all major handpiece brands.

Jean Castonguay, President and CEO of Handpiece Experts, said, "We are very excited to welcome Arpino Dental to the Handpiece Experts Dealer Network. Arpino has a proven track record providing uncompromised quality in handpiece sales and service to thousands of dentists in New York. We believe the strong support and positive reaction we are receiving from the service industry, in particular Arpino coming aboard, is a validation of the Handpiece Experts' value proposition to independent dealers. Our support for dealers, including certification, marketing, and an extensive parts catalogue, represents a powerful mix of benefits to help dealers grow their businesses to new heights."

Joe Arpino, President of Arpino Dental, said, "We've worked very hard over the years to make Arpino the number one repair firm in New York - in Handpiece Experts we recognized an opportunity to take our business to a whole new level. Handpiece Experts is a strategic partner offering the right mix of marketing support, quality parts and products, and a certification program that will help expand our business. Their competitively priced catalogue of leading brand and quality after-market handpiece parts and products provides us a new competitive advantage to acquire new customers, and increase our service offering to our existing clients."

Handpiece Experts

Handpiece Experts ensures quality certification as part of an integrated group of dental technology companies offering dentists a variety of products and services to solve any handpiece-related problem. The 100+ dealers in North America offer both mobile on-site and mail-in services. All Handpiece Experts Dealers adhere to our certified quality practices. Visit www.handpieceexperts.com for more information.

Contact: Mark Scott, VP, Marketing and Sales
Tel: 1.866.937.8882 ext.105
m.scott@handpieceexperts.com