DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc. (XRAY)

Dental equipment and consumables, 21% in the U.S. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 26, 2026. Ranked 71 of the 95 Healthcare companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

The filing states 14,000 employees, 3,000 in the United States, making dental equipment and consumables, so one pattern carries the whole workforce.

The figures on this page come from the company's own annual report and from BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. They are estimates with a stated method. Nothing here says what the company will do: within reach is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings.

What follows from the reading

Share of working time within reach of AI, on the long-run pace at four in five: 19% now, 31% at the end of 2027, 36% at the end of 2028, 38% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 38% desk work, 16% people work and 46% body work. These are the site's industry estimates weighted by the shares below: estimates with a stated method and range, not a forecast of what the company will do. By the same patterns, at the end of 2028 about 57% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 35% becomes checking a model's work and 6% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.

Headcount

14,000 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). Approximately 3,000 of 14,000 employees in the United States (21%), stated.

The filing: “As of December 31, 2025, the Company and its subsidiaries employed approximately 14,000 employees globally, including approximately 3,000 in the United States.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: 3,000 in the United States and 11,000 abroad; employees outside the U.S., particularly in Europe, may be under collective bargaining agreements, union contracts or works councils; nine employee resource groups with about 4,700 members.

Companies read with the same leading pattern

Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.

• Abbott Laboratories (ABT, 115,000 employees)18% now, 35% by 2028
• Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX, 72,000 employees)19% now, 36% by 2028
• Boston Scientific Corporation (BSX, 59,000 employees)19% now, 42% by 2028
• Stryker Corporation (SYK, 56,000 employees)19% now, 39% by 2028
• Baxter International Inc. (BAX, 37,500 employees)19% now, 37% by 2028
• Align Technology, Inc. (ALGN, 20,290 employees)19% now, 36% by 2028
• Solventum Corporation (SOLV, 20,000 employees)20% now, 43% by 2028
• STERIS plc (STE, 17,937 employees)22% now, 39% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

13 sentences in the filing name AI. Thirteen sentences: the company launched clinical AI-powered features in its DS Core platform (DS Core Diagnose) in the United States and names AI and analytics among the systems it is expanding, with the attendant risks.

• “The Company continued to expand and simplify workflows through clinical AI-powered solutions by launching DS Core Diagnose features in the United States.”
• “With this expansion, dental professionals are able to use DS Core Diagnose for a wide array of functions, including visualizing AI-powered and CBCT-based illustrations for enhanced patient communication; combining X-rays, intraoral scans, and annotations in a unified digital Canvas; and sharing treatment plans digitally.”
• “The breadth and complexity of our information and technology systems have increased and we expect that they will continue to increase as we expand the services enabled by DS Core and further develop our Enterprise Resource Planning ("ERP") systems and product offerings to utilize artificial intelligence ("AI") and analytics (such as DS Core).”
• “AI-based platforms and tools are increasingly being used in the consumer health industries, and our use of this technology, as well as its use by our business partners, may continue to increase and could lead to the unintentional release of our confidential information, which could negatively impact us, including our ability to realize the benefits of our intellectual property.”
• “Additionally, the advancement of AI and large language models has given rise to additional vulnerabilities and potential entry points for cyber threats; threat actors may have additional tools to automate breaches or persistent attacks, evade detection, generate sophisticated phishing emails, or impersonate employees or senior management.”

Its annual reports, year by year

Sentences naming AI in each annual report, counted by one rule, beside the median report in the Index that year. Each count links its filing. Every company, by year and sector

• Fiscal 20211median 0
• Fiscal 20222median 0
• Fiscal 202311median 1
• Fiscal 202411median 4
• Fiscal 202513median 10

Headcount by filing year

As reported in each year's annual report, with the filing. A year marked not read had no figure the reading could take from the report's text.

Limits of this reading

• No count by segment: one pattern by description (c).
• The data service's segment table is from fiscal 2022 and was not used.

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0000818479-26-000075, the filing. Read by Claude Fable 5.1 under rubric version 1, by the method. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.