SAN MATEO, Calif., Feb. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- PreXion, Inc., (www.prexion.com ) the leader in high quality 3D Cone Beam Imaging systems for dentistry, today announced that it has appointed Keith G. Bateman as Director of Marketing.

PreXion President/COO Robert Meier commented, "We are excited to have Keith on our senior management team and I look forward to working with him in this capacity.  His extensive sales and marketing leadership, experience and success in the dental and high tech medical equipment businesses over the past 15 years will help us maintain and accelerate the significant growth we experienced in 2009.  Due to our industry leading high quality images, powerful and intuitive software and excellent customer support, PreXion has become an important player in the dental 3D imaging/cone beam market.  We are making the necessary investments in personnel, marketing, R&D and other areas to continue winning market share."

"PreXion is well positioned for aggressive growth as a leader in clinical, technical and diagnostic capabilities of our advanced 3D Imaging CBCT systems.  We have a strong team internally and also across the U.S. which resulted in significant gains in market share in 2009 with an especially strong Q4," noted Bateman.

Keith joined PreXion as a Regional Manager in March 2009.  From 1999-2007 he was the Executive Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing at Biolase Technology, Inc.  During his tenure at Biolase, he played a key role building Biolase into the global leader in dental lasers.  He was a founder and a driving force behind the formation of the World Clinical Laser Institute (WCLI), the largest dental laser teaching organization in the world.

Keith was a founder of Technology4Medicine and held management positions with HGM Medical Lasers' international and domestic divisions. He also served in the U.S. Foreign Service during the 1980's and is a graduate of the University of Utah.

About PreXion, Inc.

PreXion, Inc. (www.prexion.com ), the leader in high quality 3D Cone Beam Imaging systems for dentistry, was established to focus on the development, distribution and service of high quality dental and industrial CBCT scanners and imaging software.  The PreXion 3D Cone Beam CT scanner is unrivaled in delivering the highest quality images with the fastest processing times and providing the dental community with powerful user-friendly 3D tools.  PreXion 3D CBCT systems provide the dental community with tools for faster, more complete and more accurate diagnosis and treatment planning.  PreXion is a spin-off company of TerraRecon, Inc.( www.terarecon.com ), a technology solutions provider of advanced 3D imaging systems for medical and industrial applications since 1997.

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