Dentistry Uncensored With Howard Farran

Jerry A. Jones is the CEO of Jerry Jones Direct (JJD), an over two-decade old marketing and advertising firm whose clients include Dentists and Financial Services Advisors in the US, Canada, Australia and England. He's a widely-published author of several books and thought leader, writing opinion papers and articles for a variety of publications. Jerry also writes and publishes three different newsletters and a magazine every month, leads dental mastermind sessions, and creates marketing and advertising campaigns for his private client Financial Advisors, Dentists and ClearPath Society® Members. He is also the Founder & CEO of Wellness Springs Dental® in Salem, Oregon, which includes an incredible group of three Doctors and an amazing team. Wellness Springs Dental® Wellness Springs Dental® is a national dental office franchisor.   www.TheStateofDentistry.com www.JJDBooks.com www.WellnessSpringsDental.com www.JerryJonesDirect.com www.ClearPathSociety.com

Graduated dentistry 1980. Had high-volume family-oriented practice from 1986 to 2000. Sold it then set up high end adult-only practice in 2001 and sold it in 2009 to retire. Got bored after 6 months and started doing locum work. Noticed how inefficiently practices were run and started consulting and lecturing. Have been lecturing on case acceptance since Dec 2014 and on efficiency starting February this year.   www.TheRelaxedDentist.com

Dr. Standridge is a general dentist in rural Kansas.  He graduated from UMKC School of Dentistry in 2010.  Out of school he worked in both public health clinics (FQHC) and private associateships.  In 2012 he started his own practice back in his hometown of Eureka, which at that time had no dentist.  In February of 2015 he bought a second office from a retiring doctor in the next town over, Yates Center, about 30 miles away.  He has spent copious amounts of time learning and implementing advanced services such as orthodontics, implants, splint therapy, sedation, and more.  Dr. Standridge is on track to receive his Fellowship through the Academy of General Dentistry in July 2016.  Dr. Standridge is married to his beautiful wife Sara, and they have a wonderful infant daughter, Hazel.  Dr. Standridge's hobbies include reading and adding to his personal library, attending theater productions with his wife, and health and fitness.  Dr. Standridge is currently undergoing self-experimentation with a primal/ketogenic

Dr Wallace is a board certified oral and maxillofacial surgeon with over 25 years in private practice.  He is a consultant to the medical insurance industry in maxillofacial surgery.  He is the inventor and CEO of the Larell One Step Denture, a revolutionary method of fabricating complete dentures in a single office visit in about an hour, all without the use of an outside lab.   www.LarellDentures.com

LUIS CARRIERE. D.D.S., M.S.D., Ph.D.   Ph.D. Degree (Cum Laude) University of Barcelona (UB) 2006 DDS degree by the University Complutense of Madrid (UCM) MSD degree by the University of Barcelona (UB) Joseph E. Johnson Award American Association of Orthodontists. San Francisco May 1995. International Design award  Delta Gold ADI-FAD 2009 with the "Carriere Distalizer MB" Inventor of the Carriere Distalizer and the Carriere Self-ligating Bracket Invited Professor at several Orthodontic Departments of Universities in USA, South America, Europe and Asia. Speaker around the world.   www.Carriere.es

Martha Cortés, DDS, New York, is a general and cosmetic dentist, as well as one of the few fully certified neuromuscular dentists from the prestigious Las Vegas Institute, Las Vegas, Nevada, which is a celebrated and world recognized post-graduate training center for restorative dentists that takes year of hands-on-training to accomplish. Dentists who graduate from LVI are leaders in the field of restorative aesthetic dentistry, which emphasizes placing the bite in a correct fully functional position.   Recently, she appeared on more than 50 TV news stations throughout the U.S. discussing the prevalence of gum disease in children and adolescents, as well as another interview on Bio-Esthetic Cosmetic Neuro-Muscular Dentistry™. Dr. Cortés is a graduate of University of New York at Buffalo, School of Dental Medicine.   An international lecturer and published author, Dr. Cortés is the current president of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry New York Chapter and the past international chair for consecutive

Dr. L. Stephen Buchanan, DDS, FICD, FACD is a diplomate of the American Board of Endodontics and an assistant clinical professor at the post-graduate endodontic programs at USC and UCLA.  He maintains a private practice limited to endodontics and implant surgery in Santa Barbara, California and is the founder of Dental Education Laboratories, a hands-on training center serving general dentists and endodontist upgrading their skills in new endodontic and implant technology.   www.DELendo.com

Josalyn Sewell is a dental hygienist, an Orofacial Myofunctional Therapist and a Professional Development Manager for Stratus Dental Group. Her full time position includes teaching and coaching dentists and team members how to create a remarkable patient experience that leads to patients for life. Josalyn has a thirteen year old son with autism spectrum disorder and is passionate about educating dental professionals how to work with patients on the spectrum. She has several published articles on the topic and has enjoyed teaching courses for ADHA Annual Session, RDH Under one Roof and the Autism Society of America. Josalyn has a blog that she writes about the adventures of raising an extraordinary child in an ordinary world.   www.AutismAintForSissys.Blogspot.com

Bill is not a dentist, he's a professional photographer.   Bill teaches intra-oral dental photography to dental labs and Practices. His workflow is simple, easy, and created for the non-photographer. Bill knows how your camera works and guides you step-by-step through the set-it-once and forget it process that will immediately transform your camera from a source of frustration into a useful tool. You'll get in-focus, properly-exposed, color accurate images each and every time.   Bill was a session speaker at the 2014 Rocky Mountain Dental Convention and teaches dental photography to Dental Practices and Labs around the country. He's refined his course with the input from many doctors and now offers it as an online course!   www.DentalPhotographyMadeEasy.com

Joshua Austin, DDS maintains a full time restorative dentistry private practice in San Antonio, Texas. He is an editorial director and columnist for Dental Economics focusing on dental products and technology. Dr. Austin lectures around the country to study clubs and dental meetings about these topics along with online reputation management and social media. Dr. Austin is a graduate of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Dental School and spent five years post graduation as faculty in the Department of Restorative Dentistry. His approach to his "Pearls for your Practice" column is a fresh approach in today's commercial driven dental journalism. When you read a "Pearl," rest assured that you are getting an honest evaluation of a product, which was used by Dr. Austin in clinical practice on a patient.   www.JoshuaAustinDDS.com

Joy Moeller, BS, RDH is a dental hygienist who has worked as a myofunctional therapist for over 35 years.  Myofunctional therapy (OMT) is neuro-muscular re-education of the head and neck muscles. We teach people how to chew, breathe and swallow correctly and eliminate oral habits. Myofunctional therapy has now been proven to be effective in reducing AHI numbers by 50% in adults and 62% in children as well as lower oxygen saturation, snoring and sleepiness outcomes improve in adults. Joy is a founding lecturer with the AOMT and teaches courses in OMT. Joy is on the board of the American Sleep Apnea Association, and the Academy of Applied Myofunctional Sciences. Joy wrote a children's book called "Tucker the Tongue Finds His Spot" and is currently on the board of the AAPMD, a multi-disciplinary medical and dental group interested in airway problems where she received a life-time achievement award March of 2015 for leadership. She also wrote a chapter in Sleep Medicine Clinics, published June 2014 that is on Ped

Hollie Bryant: speaker, writer, coach, and off-site team member for many practices across the United States.   Hollie has over a decade and a half of advanced training in TMD, Myofunctional Therapy, Sleep, Cosmetic, and Implant services.    Hollie's education, management experience, and clinical skills have allowed her to provide a modernized spin to the traditional consulting services. Hollie worked for some of the heavy hitters in dentistry - Dr. Ross Nash, to Dr. Jeff Blank to Dr. Brad Durham and their management styles, and exceptionally high standards created a solid foundation that is now reflected in her daily work.   Hollie's made a lot of doctors and their practices and educational facilities a lot of money - and then one day she took the leap on her own and Bryant Consultants was created. She loaded up her condo in Savanah Georgia, and moved back to her small home town in Kingsport TN where she grew her consulting business in the basement of her parents house.   Hollie is involved in a ton of organi

- Graduated The Citadel in 1994 - UT Memphis DDS 2001 - UT Memphis MDS Ortho 2004 - Bought small Ortho practice in Jonesboro AR 2004 - Created and Started S4L.org - Founded TheProOrtho.com 2010 - Cremated Young-Docs study group on FB 2013 - Started OrthoPundit.com 2015 - First annual TheMKSforum.com 2015 - I do a good bit of speaking and writing but limit my focus to the business of dentistry and orthodontics - Currently own Arkansas Dentistry & Braces with Justin Bethel DDS and we have several locations across Arkansas ARsmiles.com   www.OrthoPundit.com

Lorraine's background includes many years of business administration and successful treatment presentation, as well as extensive studies in communication and leadership skills.   In the last 8 years as a practice management speaker, Lorraine has enjoyed learning and laughing with thousands of dental professionals across the US, in Canada, and Sweden. Her presentations are known for offering easily implemented, simple solutions for enhancing the new patient call, treatment presentations, and systems implementation.  One of Lorraine's specialities is assisting business owners in managing difficult or conflictual conversations with team members and patients.   Recently, one attendee was thrilled when she was able to go back to the office and in the next week convert a patient to schedule and complete a case including multiple crowns even though her practice did not participate with the patient's insurance company.   www.GuthDentalConsulting.com

Dr. Hedge is widely known as one of the top-notch cosmetic dentists in the United States. Dr. Hedge received his Bachelor's degree from Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio where he majored in biology and chemistry. While studying at the Ohio State University College of Dentistry, he conducted research resulting in the publication of seven abstracts and one paper, and received numerous awards at the state and national levels.   After graduating from dental school, he completed a general practice residency at Richland Memorial Hospital in Columbia, South Carolina. This advanced education included training in anesthesia, pediatrics, emergency medicine, geriatrics, TMJ treatment, endodontics, periodontics, orthodontics, oral surgery, prosthetics, and implantology.   Dr. Hedge is nationally recognized not only for excellence in clinical programs, but for sound business practices that make full use of the newest technologies in dentistry. He is an alumnus of the renowned Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies,

Brett Taylor is either refreshingly insightful or mad as a cut snake. No one knows for sure. He can't even spell PC, so expect a complete lack of bullshit, unless of course he's trying to bullshit you, in which case expect a lot of bullshit. He often wonders if Australian expressions, idioms and nuances of speech are understood by Americans, but he doesn't wonder enough to actually give a rats arse.  He's a former Vice-President of his State ADA (didn't see that coming did you?), lectures nationally and internationally on stuff he makes up, interviews people for the Australian Dental Association, has had 3 near death experiences AND has written a book called "Simplifying Life- Satisfaction Guaranteed or Your Chaos Returned". Despite his bruising schedule of introspection, self-aggrandisement, and taking the piss out of himself, he still practices dentistry full time  to a group of bemused patients who know what he's like, but keep coming back regardless.   www.edgedent.com.au

I was born at a very young age in Anderson, MO before the time of preschool, kindergarten, and sandboxes. Spending the first nine years of my life on a small farm, I invested my 5 years before school playing in the dirt, swinging on a tree swing, and throwing rocks at almost any target, moving or fixed, that I noticed. My family moved to the north central Missouri town of Marshall when I was nine. I started my formal education when I was 5 and graduated from UMKC School of Dentistry 19 years later. I went back to Marshall, flat broke, but with no educational debt and have been practicing general dentistry there for the last 38+ years.

Dr. David Fantarella has been in practice as a general dentist in Hamden and North Haven, Connecticut for more than 15 years. His general dentistry practice has an emphasis on implant, cosmetic and laser dentistry. Dr. Fantarella received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Physics from Dartmouth College. He received his degree as a Doctor of Dental Medicine from the University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine. He completed his residency training at the University of Connecticut Medical Center in Farmington, Connecticut. His awards include the American Association Award for Excellence in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, the National Society of Dental Practitioners Award in Law and Ethics in Dentistry, and the American Academic Periodontology Award for Outstanding Achievement in Periodontics.   www.DavidFantarellaDMD.com

Tom Ziegler graduated Dental School from the Ohio State University (DDS, cum laude) and then spent 3 years in the US Army as a dentist in Germany before returning to the Ohio State University for an MS in orthodontics. He then practiced for 30 years in Cincinnati, spending time as an Associate, a Partner and a sole owner. In 1994 he graduated from Salmon P. Chase, School of Law at Northern Kentucky University (JD) and founded Ziegler Practice Transitions, Ltd., an orthodontic practice transitions consulting firm that appraises orthodontic practices and negotiates and drafts the legal documents required for brining in an Associate, Partner or selling 100%. Tom has lectured to orthodontic residents around the country for 20 years, first through 3M Unitek's Bottom Line University Program and more recently through his own Webinar Series. Likewise, Tom has been the key speaker at the AAO Annual Session Practice Transition Program several times over the years and Ziegler Practice Transitions now sponsors that Progr

Dr. Joel C. Small is a clinical endodontist, coach, entrepreneur, speaker, and the author of "Face to Face: A Leadership Guide For Healthcare Professionals and Entrepreneurs." In his coaching practice, Dr. Small works with a limited number of motivated healthcare professionals, specializing in work with Endodontists. His clients are looking to experience personal and professional growth while taking their business practices to a higher level. Together they work to reduce their stress and time at work while seeing more profits.   He received his DDS (Doctor of Dental Surgery) and completed his residency in endodontics at the University of Texas School of Dentistry in Houston, Texas. He received his MBA, with an emphasis in healthcare management, from Texas Tech University. He is a graduate of the University of Texas in Dallas, Jindal School of Management, post-graduate program in executive coaching.   Dr. Small is a co-owner of Phase II Associates a dental consultancy and brokerage firm located in Dallas, Texa