Dentistry Uncensored With Howard Farran

Alan is married with 3 daughters, and graduated from Midwestern in 2013. Alan is a serial entrepreneur with multiple businesses, inventions, and patents while practicing dentistry part time.   One business many of the newer dentists may be familiar with is CourseSaver.com which has helped over 75,000 students prepare for their DAT, and other entrance exams. His newest business is ReminderDental which follows the success of CourseSaver offering comprehensive services at only $50 per month.

Shamil Radia started his first online venture 16 years ago and since then has created millions of dollars in new revenue streams for multiple industries across the globe.   He is the co-founder of Bizi360Dental, That Smiling Dentist, BiziMobile, Bizi360 and several other startups, is regularly called upon by the top leaders across the globe to help automate their transactional revenue streams. He is widely known as a pioneer in building online sales funnels.

Steve is a general dentist in Keizer Oregon. His background is in microbiology and public health dentistry with an emphasis on the care of patients with special needs. He was involved in the early development of the dental program-serving clients for the Oregon Health Plan and served as dental director and CEO of Capitol Dental Care for ten years, before returning to private practice in 2005. In recent years Steve has focused on introducing caries management programs and utilizing silver ion products in countries in the developing world.

Dr. Kunstadter graduated from U.M.K.C Dental School. While there, she co-founded the U.M.K.C Dental Outreach Program.  The program has taken students, facility and alumni to third world countries to provide dental care for 25 years. Dr. Kunstadter has led and participated in over 24 medical mission trips worldwide since 1982.   Dr. Kunstadter has been in private practice of dentistry for over 30 years. In 2001, she co-founded The Smile Salon, the Midwest’s first Dental Spa. In 2004, she was designated an “Innovator “ by the Invisalign Corporation. In 2008, she achieved the designation of Elite Preferred Provider with Invisalign, which is awarded to only 1% of Invisalign providers in the world. Dr. Kunstadter was the first woman dentist to be awarded this honor. She is an international speaker with Invisalign and continued to receive Elite Status during her tenure at the Smile Salon.   In 2013, Dr. Kunstadter was appointed the Dental Director of The PAINS Alliance of Kansas City, an organization developed to a

Joe Strom was an Army bratt growing up in Germany and Washington DC.  He received a full ride scholarship to The Ohio State university and was commissioned as an Armor officer in the US Army upon graduation.  His training was primarily on the M1A1 Abrams Tank and spent 12 years in the US Army Reserves.  The first part of his civilian career was spent working in Sales and Sales Management in the bio-tech and Medical Device industry primarily working for Johnson and Johnson.  In 2004 a friend talked him into leaving the corporate treadmill and help build a technology SAAS company.  This is where he fell in love with technology and how it can help businesses be successful.  He was fortunate enough to see this company through an acquisition from its biggest competitor.  After a successful transition, he started acquiring rental properties and for a few years he built a successful real estate portfolio of multi-family units. He still had that bug for SAAS startups and in 2015 went to Weave as the VP of Sales.  Her

Connie says she hates long introductions so let me sum her up in just 25 words. 25 years. Two million people. 1,000 organizations. Hall of Fame speaker. Award-winning author. Seven books. Former Radio/TV personality. Comedienne. Human Behavior Expert. And…( what we all probably could use now and then)….a Therapist. Bottom line: Get ready!  To dig deeper, laugh harder and learn more about how TO GET WHAT YOU WANT out of life than you ever thought possible!   http://conniepodesta.com/

Chad Park is the President and CEO of Acero Crowns, a leading manufacturer of preformed pediatric dental crowns.  Dr. Park graduated from dental school in 1996 and completed a GPR residency program at UT School of Dentistry and Hermann Hospital in Houston.  He graduated Harvard Business School in 2010.  Dr. Park and his wife Dr. Rita Ne own and operate 6 Bravo Dental Clinics throughout Dallas.  They have 2 daughters age 8 and 16 and he is a avid Crossfitter.   https://www.acerocrowns.com/ http://bravodentaldallas.com/

Chad Park is the President and CEO of Acero Crowns, a leading manufacturer of preformed pediatric dental crowns.  Dr. Park graduated from dental school in 1996 and completed a GPR residency program at UT School of Dentistry and Hermann Hospital in Houston.  He graduated Harvard Business School in 2010.  Dr. Park and his wife Dr. Rita Ne own and operate 6 Bravo Dental Clinics throughout Dallas.  They have 2 daughters age 8 and 16 and he is a avid Crossfitter.   https://www.acerocrowns.com/ http://bravodentaldallas.com/

Dr. Roda graduated from the Faculty of Dentistry at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada in 1981 and maintained a full-time private general practice in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia for ten years. He returned to school at Baylor College of Dentistry in Dallas Texas, and received his Masters of Science (Oral Biology) and Certificate in Endodontics in 1993. He became a Diplomate of the American Board of Endodontics in 1998. Dr. Roda has published and lectured internationally, most recently co-authoring the chapter on non-surgical retreatment in the 11th edition of Pathways of the Pulp. He is a Visiting Lecturer at the Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health, Past President of the American Association of Endodontists, Current President of the Arizona Dental Association, and is an active member the American Dental Association. Dr. Roda is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Endodontics, and is an Endodontic Consultant to the Arizona State Board of Dental Examiners. He maintains a private practice limited to End

Born in the UK, Michael Grant underwent a typical British boarding school education and studied business in Munich, Germany, on a scholarship from Siemens AG. After working for Siemens Dental for a number of years, he spent 2 years working for a US company in South Korea and 3 years in Australia for Espe prior to its sale to 3M. Following that, Michael was in charge of Espe Premier, Espe’s US subsidiary in Norristown PA for 10 years. For the past 18 years, Michael Grant has been an independent dental industry consultant working with DMG Hamburg, Henry Schein and Hu-Friedy. He is now based in Bangkok, Thailand, where he also has an organic farm 2 1/2 hours north east of Bangkok which specializes in 100% organic production of most fruits and vegetables, including mushrooms as well as producing numerous Thai FDA-certified health foods, beverages and snacks. He’s also about to open a restaurant and farm shop and cottages for organic farm stays are planned for 2019.   Joel H. Berg is Professor and Lloyd and Kay Ch

Mason Fuller is currently growing a company called Atlas Resell Management. Their company provides a marketplace for used dental equipment. They help doctors and office managers recover cash from unused dental equipment. Their service is comprehensive by appraising, packaging, storing, negotiating, selling and shipping these goods worldwide. Helping their customers since 2004, Atlas Resell Management will turn dental equipment into cash and solve the used equipment problem.   He is focused on building a team of great people at Atlas where they share a set of values based in fairness, honesty, accountability, helpfulness, learning, and positive attitude. Their focus is centered on being of great benefit to their customers & partners. Mason intends to create a lasting, positive impact in the dental equipment industry.   https://www.atlasresell.com/

Certified Orthodontist, Paul Ouellette, DDS, MS, AFAAID has dedicated his life to his profession as an educator, inventor, humanitarian, philanthropist, author, entrepreneur and leading proponent of the implementation of cutting edge technology applications in dentistry.   Link to Dr. Ouellette’s “Shake the bone! Tap Tap for Rap!” video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBwxEPX9ip4   http://www.dentalspecialists.com/index.html https://www.bracestoday.com/

Dallin Gomez is 3rd year dental student at the University of Utah. He’s the founder of the mastermind group “Making Money After Dental School,” a group aimed at helping dental students and young dentists learn the business and money side of dentistry. He’s also the founder of candentist.com, a website for young dentists and dental students with tons of free resources and dentist job listings. His favorite people are his wife, Katelyn, and two daughters, Rosemary and Chloe.   https://candentist.com/

Travis Slade was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. His parents were significantly impacted by the housing crash of 2008 and lost every dime to their name. Seeing poor business decisions mixed with some bad luck inspired Travis to study accounting and bring sound business principles to small businesses. Soon after graduating with a degree in accounting, he worked with his brother’s dental practice and learned first hand the challenges a new dentist faces in running their practice. After working with his brother, he joined Thomas Wirig Doll, a Bay Area Dental CPA firm that serves over 1,000 dentists.  It didn’t take long for Travis to realize that his passion in life was helping dentists make smart financial decisions. He is a CPA that specializes in accounting, taxes, and business planning for early-stage dentists.   http://rootedwealth.com/

Dr. Jessica Emery is:  A wife, a mother, a daughter, a sister, an aunt, a Chicago cosmetic dentist, an entrepreneur, a creative, a visionary, a philanthropist, a smile stylist, a girl boss, a LOVER OF LIFE!!     Dr. Emery grew up just outside of Boston, in Worcester, Massachusetts.  She followed in her mother's footsteps and attended Tufts University School of Dental Medicine.  She opened Sugar Fix Dental Loft in Chicago, completely from scratch and built the practice of her dreams!  At Sugar Fix, Dr. Emery has created a spa-like atmosphere treating her patients to white-glove service that she has become known for.  She is also the creator behind ALL of Sugar Fix Dental Loft's social media and marketing.   Additionally in the fall of 2016, Dr. Emery launched another business:  dental soiree.  Dental soiree has been a dream come true for her and holds unlimited potential for the future of dental marketing.   http://www.sugarfixdental.com/ http://www.dentalsoiree.com/ http://www.soireestock.com/ http://www.smil

After purchasing his practice the Pennsylvania Center for Dental Excellence in Philadelphia in 2007, Dr. Leonard Tau solely used the power of the internet to help grow his new patient base and went against the traditional way of marketing one’s dental office .  He lectures nationally and internationally on internet marketing, social media and reputation marketing and its ability to make your dental office more visible and credible.  He is also the General Manager of the Dental Division for Birdeye a reputation marketing platform and founder of iSocial Digital a consulting firm that helps dentists develop a comprehensive online marketing plan.  His content rich, engaging seminars allow him to bring his first hand experiences to his audiences.   Chosen as one of the top leaders in dental consulting by Dentistry Today, Dr. Leonard Tau DMD is a Dentist, Consultant, Speaker, Practice owner and Podcaster. Few professionals within the dental industry have the level of expertise, knowledge, and passion for the field.

Nancy Zelno, author and leader in healthcare practice improvement, shares the strategies and systems to help your practice improve. Her long history of creating winning results for healthcare teams stems from holding every position in a practice (aside from provider), which has given her a comprehensive understanding of the entire practice.   After more than 15 years in the dental and medical fields and eleven years in corporate settings such as Reader's Digest and IBM, Nancy set out to help numerous healthcare practices master success by helping them organize their practices, stressing the need to work smarter and not harder.   Since 2001, when she founded Dynamic Administrators, Nancy's unique approach to practice Development has helped her clients to create effortless and fulfilling lives and to grow their practices using a "team-first" approach. She has brought her lively, enlightening presentations to consulting and meetings across the country.   Nancy was awarded the Manchester Who's Who Registry as a P

Dr. Neal Nealis graduated from the University of Illinois - Urbana engineering school in 1974. He pursued a brief career for two years as a petrochemical engineer building chemical plants for Amoco Chemical Corporation. Upon graduation from the University of Illinois College of Dentistry he entered into private practice in general dentistry. Additionally he has served on faculty at the University of Illinois and Loyola Colleges of Dentistry. He lectures to dentists and dental students on occlusion, aesthetics and practice management. He is past president of the University of Illinois Dental School Alumni Association. He is an active member of the Chicago Dental Society, the Illinois State Dental Society and the American Dental Association. He currently practices general dentistry full time in downtown Chicago.   http://www.nealnealisdds.com/

Grace Jun is a mother of two kids and is married to a dentist. She started dental school at age 33 to escape the difficulties of raising kids. She remembers thinking while in dental school “I got to play while I was in dental school and my real job started when I got home”. Despite the challenges of immigrating to America in 1982 and learning a new language and culture, she struggled through her own mental blocks of being told: “she was stupid”. After many years of schooling with a Bachelors and Masters in Psychology/Behavioral Science, she was exposed to dentistry by her husband, who changed careers from engineering to dentistry also at age 33. Grace Jun graduated from the University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry in 2013 and since have opened a dental assisting school and her own practice, Grace Dentistry in Oklahoma City. She is an advocate for women who seek second chances in life and have since become an inspiration to other women who thought it was “too late” for a new career.   https://www.drgraceden

Eric Sperling is the managing director of The Social Television Network which is a video marketing and advertising company based in Phoenix, Arizona. He started the company back in 2011 after leaving a successful career as a local television anchor and producer. As a sports anchor, he noticed how local media and advertising were shifting to more digital and social platforms.  They put their talents as story-tellers to work creating videos for local businesses and teamed up with digital marketing experts to become and all-in-one video marketing solution. The company started in Eric’s upstairs bedroom, but they have grown tremendously over the last 7 years and have just opened one of the largest dedicated social media video advertising production facilities in the Southwest in downtown Phoenix. A majority of their video advertising clients are in the healthcare space, including dentists, orthodontists, and oral surgeons.   https://stntv.com/