Our Story

Four Decades of DCI

Forty years ago, equipped with a small home loan, a concept for an improved dental syringe, and a makeshift office in their living room, John and Janelle Spencer started DCI. Drawing from their own firsthand experience in the dental industry—John having been a top representative for a major dental supplier and Janelle working as a dental hygienist—they turned DCI into the world’s largest and most trusted dental parts manufacturer.

Eventually becoming a multi-generational family business with the addition of their children Jason and Amy to the company, they then expanded further with the launch of DCI

Edge, the company’s dental equipment brand. To this day, the Spencer family continues to lead DCI with their continued commitment to quality, affordability, and making every customer’s life easier—values that have made DCI Edge the fastest-growing dental equipment manufacturer in North America.

In pursuit of this continued expansion and growth, in 2023 DCI went through a transition of ownership to the dental manufacturer NSK—another family-run company with decades of experience in the dental industry and a shared focus on the customer, employee, and community. DCI has maintained its entire leadership and sales team during this transition and will continue to do so in the future.