dentsply sirona inc stock fell almost 9 in morning trading after the dental products maker posted a drop in sales and profit for the first quarter the company posted a 6 decrease in quarterly sales to 965 million analysts surveyed by factset were expecting sales of 991 million it posted a profit of 65 million or 30 cents a share compared with 117 million or 53 cents a share a year earlier stripping out onetime items earnings were 52 cents a share analysts surveyed by factset were expecting adjusted earnings of 56 cents a share the first quarter was a challenging quarter and our financial performance and revised outlook reflect the impact of largerthanexpected macroeconomic headwinds and lowerthanexpected performance in the united states interim chief executive john groetelaars said mr groetelaars said demand for dentsply sironas products remains strong and that the company is managing through supplychain challenges the stock fell almost 9 in morning trading to 3584 a share the stock is down 35 so far this year last month the company terminated its former chief executive and board member don casey after finance chief jorge gomez resigned from the company to join moderna inc write to will feuer at willfeuerwsjcom