---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000818479-22-000007"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "XRAY"
cik: "0000818479"
company_name: "DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc."
filed_at: "2022-02-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T05:08:32.217184+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# DENTSPLY SIRONA appoints Dr. Dorothea Wenzel to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Dr. Dorothea Wenzel appointed to the Board effective February 22, 2022.
- Board size expanded from 10 to 11 members.
- Dr. Wenzel is deemed independent and will serve on the Audit and Finance Committee.
- Compensation follows standard non-employee director plans.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000818479-22-000007
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: XRAY
- cik: 0000818479
- company_name: DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-02-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/818479/000081847922000007/0000818479-22-000007-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/818479/000081847922000007/xray-20220222.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000818479-22-000007
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000818479-22-000007.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000818479-22-000007.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Dr. Dorothea Wenzel was appointed as Director at DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: Effective February 22, 2022, DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Dr. Dorothea Wenzel to the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) and expanded the size of the Board from ten members to eleven members.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/818479/000081847922000007/0000818479-22-000007-index.htm

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