Frontier Dental Lab Group (Frontier or FDL Group), an integrated dental lab platform, announced its partnership and investment in Friendship Dental Laboratories, LLC (Friendship), a full-service dental laboratory based in Rosedale, MD.

Brent West, President of FDL Group, said, “Friendship is known as one of the leading full-service dental labs in the Mid-Atlantic and has experienced tremendous growth in recent years through the leadership of George Diacoloukas. We couldn’t be more excited to have George and the rest of the Friendship team join the platform and look forward to sharing best practices.”

“My family and I take immense pride in all we and our team of managers and technicians have accomplished at Friendship Dental Laboratories since our inception in 1973. We are excited to partner with Frontier as they will be able to provide us with additional resources to support growth as we continue to invest in our employees and technology, which will allow us to best serve our dedicated customers. I am looking forward to working with Brent, Gil, and the rest of the Frontier team,” said George Diacoloukas, President at Friendship.

Friendship is a full-service, NADL certified dental laboratory offering a full suite of fixed restorations and removable prosthetics including crowns and bridges, implants, removables, and aligners. Headquartered in Rosedale, MD with another lab in Baltimore, MD, Friendship serves a tenured and diversified customer base of private practices, governmental institutions, and DSOs. George Diacoloukas will join Frontier’s Board of Directors, in addition to continuing to serve as President of Friendship.

“We are honored to partner with Friendship, a best-in-class dental lab that will be highly complementary to FDL Group and will bolster the platform’s presence in the Mid-Atlantic. George Diacoloukas is an outstanding leader, and we look forward to the collaboration between the Friendship and FDL Group teams, “concluded Jimmy Frye, Vice President at O2 Investment Partners.