BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. and NEW YORK, N.Y. – (Marketwire – Oct. 21, 2011) – OMERS Private Equity, the private equity arm of the OMERS Worldwide group of companies, has partnered with existing management to purchase GEDC Super Holdings Inc. (together with its affiliates, “Great Expressions” or the “Company”) from affiliates of private equity firm Audax Group. Founded in 1982 and…

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. – September 6, 2011 – Richard Beckman, Chief Executive Officer of Great Expressions Dental Centers (GEDC), announced today that GEDC is participating with Alternative Revenue Development in the Michigan UNITE program to provide additional revenue streams to school districts through a local sponsorship. The program is designed to help maintain a quality education for students by offering…

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. – August 8, 2011 – Great Expressions Dental Centers (GEDC) announced it has acquired the Goodman Orthodontics practice of Dr. Sindy Goodman DDS, MS and Dr. Robert Goodman DDS, MS located in Novi, Michigan. Drs. Robert and Sindy Goodman became two of the 27% of all Orthodontists to earn the distinguished status of Diplomates of the American…

ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. – July 19, 2011 – Great Expressions Dental Centers (GEDC) has relocated its Dental Center in Zephyrhills to a newly built location in the Zephyr Commons shopping center. The Zephyrhills location is one of Great Expressions’ 23 offices in the Tampa-St. Petersburg area. Located at 7950 Gall Blvd, in the Publix plaza, the new dental center accepts most…

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. – July 7, 2011 – Great Expressions Dental Centers (GEDC) announced it has acquired the Wright Dental Care practice of Dr. Scott Wright DMD, FACP and Dr. Elizabeth Hevia-Wright DMD, located in Belleair Bluffs, Florida. Wright Dental Care was established in 2004 and provides complete family dentistry, including preventative and restorative care, sedation dentistry, dental implants, as…

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. – March 2, 2011 – Great Expressions Dental Centers (GEDC) has opened a new Specialty Center in Bloomfield Hills, MI. The new location will provide Endodontics, Periodontics, and Oral Surgery services to area patients. The Bloomfield Hills Specialty Center is Great Expressions’ third specialty location in Southeast Michigan and compliments the two existing specialty locations in Livonia…

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. – January 20, 2011 – Great Expressions Dental Centers (GEDC) today announced that it will donate $15,000, five percent of the revenue generated on Martin Luther King Day, January 17, 2011, in its 26 Atlanta locations to the Martin Luther King Memorial Project Foundation. Richard Beckman, Chief Executive Officer of Great Expressions, said “We are focused on…

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. – December 29, 2010 – Great Expressions Dental Centers has completed the acquisition of Smilecare Dental Associates, located in Jacksonville, Florida. Smilecare operates 14 dental practices throughout Jacksonville providing general and specialty services including endodontics, oral surgery, and periodontics. Smilecare employs 23 general and specialist doctors and 110 team members. The addition of the Smilecare practices to…