Dentistry Uncensored With Howard Farran

Dr. Kyle Vining is a dentist-scientist from Brookline, MA. He is a Fellow at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, where he is completing his Ph.D. with Professor David Mooney. Kyle practices general dentistry at a multi-specialty private group practice in Brookline, MA.   Kyle's research goal is to discover new insights about biology and improve ways to treat disease by investigating how materials interface with biology. Kyle and his colleague Adam Celiz from the University of Nottingham recently won a prize at the Royal Society of Chemistry's Emerging Technologies Competition in London, UK for their dental material technology that may one day lead to regenerative treatments in restorative dentistry. They are developing a therapeutic dental biomaterial that can be placed in contact with vital pulp tissues to stimulate native dental stem cells to regenerate or repair dentin.   Kyle was also recently awarded a K08 Me

Graduated in Dentistry at University of Bologna in 1987. He has many publications on national and international dental magazine (Farran Report...) and is a brilliant speaker at national and international  seminars/courses. He wrote two books : "How to manage a dental practice and get out alive" and "I hate dentist...but not you doctor" Co-wrote with prof. Carlo Guastamacchia "Management of dental practice" Organize courses for colleague and for dental assistant about practice management and communication in the dental office.   Practices dentistry in his own practice since 1987. Associate Certified Coach of International Coach Federation Journalist (Journalists board of Friuli Venezia Giulia/Italy)   www.TizianoCaprara.com   Book - How to manage a dental practice and get out alive: https://www.amazon.com/How-manage-dental-practice-alive-ebook/dp/B01JF91LF4

Daniel A. 'Danny' Bobrow, MBA (finance), MBA (marketing) is CEO  American Dental Corp. He is also Executive Director of Climb for a Causetm and the SmileTreetm, and the 888NowSmile (www.888NowSmile.com) patient referral portal.   Danny's been published in Dental Economics, Dental Products Report, Dental Town, Dental Compare, Dentistry Today, and many other profession-related publications.    He is also a Certified mediator and arbitrator, personal trainer, health and nutrition coach, and member of the National Ski Patrol and International Mountain Bike Association.   He served pro bono for several agencies including; the Better Business Bureau, Youth Justice Institute, Center For Conflict Resolution, Illinois Department of Human Rights, the Circuit Court System of the City of Chicago, and Loyola University School of Law. He also served on the Board of the National Association for the Mentally Ill, Illinois Chapter.  He is an Advanced Communicator and Advanced Leader of Toastmasters International.   Danny was

Tom Clark is founder and CEO of Banyan (formerly Social Dental), a healthcare marketing platform. Tom created the industry's only HIPAA-compliant patient photo and review sharing app to help doctors grow their practices by building trusted relationships with patients. Previously, Tom was president and CEO of WhiteCap Dental Solutions, where he disrupted the dental implant industry's dependence on field sales by selling directly to dentists. Under Tom's leadership, WhiteCap achieved a three-year growth rate of 625%, hitting #734 on the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing companies. When he's not building businesses, Tom enjoys spending time with his family and boating.   www.Banyan.com

Dr. Selvan has had an innate and deep seated passion for science and the nature around him since first grade. Dr.Selvan has had a long journey in dentistry since graduating from Dental school in India back in 1988 with a BDS degree.  He was selected for an Orthodontic  postdoctoral program in Wisconsin but he couldn't pursue it for financial reasons. He went on to completing the advanced standing course at NYU attaining his DDS degree in 1992. Due to his keen interest in Hospital dentistry, he proceeded to complete a hospital based Residency program at Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York city in 1993, where he was exposed to Anesthesiology, oral surgery, TMJ and OR surgeries and protocols.   From there on he worked in and around Philadelphia as a general dentist in various dental practices for 6 years. Armed with this experience and the arsenal of clinical, administrative and business skills he decided to open his own private practice in New Jersey where he practices to this day. He is the current president of the N

Dr. Graskemper currently practices full-time in Bellport, New York and is an Associate Clinical Professor at Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine, teaching professionalism, ethics, and risk management.  He was the Past Director of Professional Responsibility courses and Past Editor in Chief of the Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine GPR Literature Review Journal.   He has been awarded 6 Fellowships: Academy of General Dentistry, American Endodontic Society, International Congress of Oral Implantologists, American Society of  Osseointegration, American College of Legal Medicine and American College of Dentists.  He is also a Diplomat in the American Board of Legal Medicine, and has a law degree. He is a Board member of the International Dental Ethics and Law Society, American College of Legal Medicine, and the Suffolk County Dental Society. He also provides practice management consulting and expert witness testimony.  He belongs to many professional organizations, and has served as a consultant to several S

Dr. Arthur Bilenker is a private practice dentist from Cranford New Jersey who also happens to be the Chief Dental Officer for the New York Army Nation  Guard. Dr. Bilenker, a 1982 grad of FDU dental School also teaches part time at Rutgers Dental School in Newark NJ for the past nine years. He is the current Chairman of the New Jersey Dental Association Council on Dental Benefits which deals with dental insurance, government regulation and the evolution of corporate dentistry. He has been on that committee for the past 12 years. Dr. Bilenker has lectured since 1996 on emerging dental technologies and currently lectures on the evolving dental insurance marketplace and how it is affecting private practice.    Howard met Dr. Bilenker a few years ago one night through Marc Daichman of Asteto Dent Labs. He gave the first lecture on Dental Insurance issues and then I gave the second lecture.   www.CranfordSmiles.com

After qualifying from Leeds Dental School in 1996, Dr Harry Singh followed the traditional VT, Associate and Principal routes in dentistry, owning three dental practices along the way. Amongst these was 'Aesthetics', an award-winning private practice in Hertfordshire. Like most dentists, Harry was making good money; however, it left him working long hours and missing out on family time, hobbies, holidays, going to the gym, healthy eating, etc. Even when Harry was away from the practice, he found himself thinking about patient emergencies or complaints, as well as staff issues. Feeling alone on a professional level and unhappy with his lifestyle, Harry sought to make a change so, as well as practicing dentistry, he started to invest in property and stumbled upon some professional property secrets that helped to develop his business interests. Over a 2-year period Harry bought 27 properties and sold 6. The profits from these deals allowed him to buy into dental practices and set up 2 squat practices. The passiv

As a recognized speaker and practice operations specialist, Amy Deschamps works with professionals to teach them to better understand that "the numbers" matter when a practice is looking to achieve results, make an impact, and improve effectiveness within the dental business. Amy is a true thought leader who takes practices beyond the basic systems and strategies to an unparalleled level of application.   With a wide-ranging clientele that includes individual, group and multi-practice entities, Amy is a transformation expert who has coached hundreds of dental professionals on the unfiltered story the numbers reveal about the health of the practice and the steps necessary to initiate specific goals and systems implementation for success. Her combination of business sense and compassion will leave you inspired and positioned with the tools to make positive changes for increased success.   www.D4Metrics.com

Michael Schuster, D.D.S., is a seasoned national speaker with a reputation for being honest and to the point. His dedication to the profession of dentistry and the rights of dentists to develop trusting, mutually respectful relationships in a private care setting without the intrusion of third party influence is evidenced by the thousands he has helped to create such a practice.   Dr. Schuster enthusiastically describes and strategizes for his clients how it is possible to be competent about money, work smarter and not harder, live a debt free life, create a patient referral driven practice, and generate high case acceptance while acquiring an ethical, rewarding and profitable practice.   Dr. Schuster believes that dental schools have inadequately prepared graduates to run an organized, profitable small business. He has spent a lifetime traveling, teaching and helping dentists obtain the knowledge and apply the skills necessary to bridge that gap.   Michael Schuster, D.D.S. is the Chief Executive Officer of T

Born and raised in Wichita, Kansas, Dr. Steven Haase graduated from Wichita State University and obtained his Doctorate of Dental Surgery from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Dentistry in 1988.  Dr. Haase relocated to Austin to begin his third dental practice, Oak Canyon Dentistry, where he treats patients of all ages.  He practices in most areas of specialty dentistry, thus minimizing the need to refer patients to another office.  Dr. Haase spends time with each patient and believes in painless dentistry for the entire family while utilizing the most current materials to provide natural-looking restorations.   His professional career outside of his practice includes lecturing on, and teaching,  cosmetic dental techniques to dentists around the country.  Dr. Haase has published writings in numerous national dental journals, as well as writing a children's book titled "Visiting the Tooth Doctor".  Dr. Haase, along with his patient, Grace Stephens, began the "Give Back A Smile Program", a natio

Dr. Scott Holbrook Dahlquist was raised in Arcadia, California the youngest of six children of Carlyle and Helen Dahlquist.  Scott's father was a dentist, a graduate of USC Dental School and the owner of a private dental practice in Alhambra, California.  Scott's older brother, Carl, is also a practicing dentist in Blue Springs, Missouri.  Dr. Scott Dahlquist graduated, like his brother, from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Dentistry.  After having returned to California to practice for a short time in the Coachella Valley, he bought a dental practice in Salt Lake City, Utah.  He successfully merged another practice with his own and ran a solo private dental practice in the affluent Holladay area of Salt Lake City for eighteen years.  When the opportunity presented itself to join up with his former classmate from UMKC in a group practice in Kern County and to move back to his California roots, he moved his family to Bakersfield in 2007 and became a partner shortly after at Capital Dental Grou

Dr. Barry Freydberg is a 1968 graduate of the University of Illinois College of Dentistry, has been in full-time practice since graduation. Presently he practices in Skokie, Illinois, where he emphasizes esthetic dentistry and sleep apnea treatment and in Phoenix, AZ where he limits his practice to the treatment of snoring and sleep apnea.   He is a Fellow of the Academy of General Dentistry, a Fellow of the International College of Dentists, a Fellow of the American College of Dentists and a Fellow of the International Academy for Dental-Facial Esthetics.   In 2004, Dr. Freydberg received the distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Illinois. In 2007, Dr. Gordon Christensen appointed Dr. Freydberg as the Director of Technology at the new Scottsdale Center for Dentistry. In February 2009, the Chicago Dental Society awarded Dr. Freydberg the Gordon Christensen Lecture Recognition Award for his outstanding teaching contributions over the years.   Dr. Freydberg, an active member of the Chicago Dental So

For over 3 decades, Steve Anderson has studied, applied, proven and proclaimed: All human action is grounded in Natural Law. Know the law and better results can be predictably designed. Ignorance of the law, however, does not free one from it. As a Behavioral Physicist, he identifies the applicable Natural Laws, educates, and designs systems to accomplish predictable, consistent results.   www.TotalPatientService.com

Dr. mOe  Anderson is an author, dentist, and dynamic mOe-tivational speaker. She is a graduate of the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry and Baylor UniversityShe has published six books including a bestselling romance novel, a book on Ebonics, and her most recent release, "Success Is A Side Effect: Leaderships, Relationships, and Selective Amnesia." She believes each person must have a customized definition of success and a personal Board of Directors to achieve their highest potential.   In her lectures, podcasts and writings, Dr. mOe freely recounts the numerous challenges she has overcome and the lessons learned with courage and grace. Her story has been called a "master class in corporate ascension" taking audiences from her greatest accomplishments to the lows of being diagnosed with a rare, malignant form of cancer in 2012, then again, in 2013.   This native Texan has a very diverse background which includes owning a private dental practice, owning a GNC franchise, hosting a Time Warner Cable t

Paul is a 4-time TEDx speaker. He is also a Senior Fellow in one of the World's Leading Think Tanks and holds a Lifetime Service Award to the Accounting Profession in the UK. He was honoured as a Social Innovation Fellow in his new home of Singapore; something he shares with film-star and philanthropist Jet Li and Walmart Chairman, Rob Walton. He was one of the first 10 people in Hewlett Packard in Australia. He then created one of Australia's first computer companies and then The Results Corporation where he helped develop and grow 23,000 small and medium scale business enterprises. In the dental world, Paul was principally responsible for the introduction of Dr Paddi Lund into the world of business with his 'Happiness Centred Business' concept. Paul's programs are now estimated to be in use by over 230,000 businesses worldwide and he continues to push the boundaries. He recently featured in Forbes Magazine alongside Sir Richard Branson in a global piece on 'disrupters' in business. He is Chairman of the B1G

Dr. Lambert J Stumpel is a 1982 graduate from the Royal University of Utrecht, School of Dentistry, the Netherlands. He practiced on the island of Aruba till 1985 after which he was in private practice in Breda, the Netherlands. In 1991 he relocated to San Francisco, CA He is the former (1992-2006) Director of Implant Prosthetics,  Oral & Maxillofacial Residency Program, University of the Pacific, San Francisco, CA . He is the developer of the 3D Click Guide®, holder of two patents, has authored over 25 scientific publications and a textbook chapter . He is a fellow of the Academy of Osseointegration a member of the Pacific Coast Society for Prosthodontics. Dr. Stumpel maintains a private practice in San Francisco, CA and is the CEO of Idondivi, Inc.    www.3DClickGuide.com

Dr. Taylor Kim is a general dentist with a passion for implant dentistry.  He is a graduate of USC, School of Dentistry and has been practicing in the valley since 1999.  Dr Kim is supported by his lovely wife, Luisa and two wonderful kids, Ethan and Elise.   Dr. Kim fuels his passion in implant dentistry through continuing education and is even more passionate about educating the general dentist to better understand the basics and foundation of implant surgery. Dr. Kim is currently serving as the AIC course director for Hiossen implant system, which offers a basic, introductory course in surgical placement of implants and the highlight of the course and what makes it unique to other courses, is the live surgery portion, where the attending doctor performs the implant surgery under the guidance and supervision of Dr. Kim. All those who have attended,  found this portion to be invaluable in their understanding of implant surgery and have gained greater confidence to start placing implants the very next day!  

Dr. Timothy Kosinski is an Adjunct Clinical Professor at the University of  Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry. He is a Past-President of the Michigan Academy of General Dentistry. Dr. Kosinski received his DDS from the University of Detroit Mercy Dental School and his Mastership in Biochemistry from Wayne State University School of Medicine. He is a Diplomat of the American Board of Oral Implantology/Implant Dentistry, the International Congress of Oral Implantologists and the American Society of Osseointegration. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Implant Dentistry and received his Mastership in the Academy of General Dentistry.  Dr. Kosinski has received many honors including Fellowship in the American and International Colleges of Dentists and the Academy of Dentistry International. He is a member of OKU and the Pierre Fauchard Academy. Dr. Kosinski was the University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry Alumni Association's "Alumnus of the Year," and in 2009 and 2014  received the Academy of Genera

Over the years, Phil has represented numerous dental practices and gained valuable knowledge about the unique needs facing general dentists, oral and maxillofacial surgeons, pediatric dentists, orthodontists, endodontists and periodontists in business transactions and situations they encounter during the lifespan of their practices. He assists dental practice clients in structuring, negotiating and documenting employee arrangements, partnership arrangements, acquisitions, separations and sales.   Phil is a regular contributor to publications and websites that covers dental office management and offers resources for dentists. He also frequently addresses dental students at the University of Maryland School of Dentistry in Baltimore and the Howard University College of Dentistry in Washington, D.C., helping them to prepare for legal issues they may encounter upon graduation.   www.wtplaw.com