Segment Reporting (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Oct. 29, 2011


	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	October 29,		October 30,		October 29,		October 30,
	2011		2010		2011		2010
Net sales
Dental supply	$	550,605	$	563,210	$	1,083,972	$	1,105,888
Rehabilitation supply		133,570		132,626		268,022		260,100
Veterinary supply		172,700		161,578		352,303		341,213

Consolidated net sales	$	856,875	$	857,414	$	1,704,297	$	1,707,201

Operating income
Dental supply	$	56,408	$	63,589	$	109,869	$	124,552
Rehabilitation supply		18,807		18,302		36,577		35,535
Veterinary supply		8,044		8,261		18,806		19,089

Consolidated operating income	$	83,259	$	90,152	$	165,252	$	179,176

Sales Information By Product


	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	October 29,		October 30,		October 29,		October 30,
	2011		2010		2011		2010
Net sales
Consumable and printed products	$	569,972	$	547,332	$	1,144,934	$	1,133,935
Equipment and software		214,025		243,557		413,676		435,778
Other		72,878		66,525		145,687		137,488

Total	$	856,875	$	857,414	$	1,704,297	$	1,707,201

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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