Dentistry Uncensored With Howard Farran

Jim Ferrell sat down with Howard to share his 30+ year dental story, how he rocked the industry with DentalFax, (which he recently sold and rebranded as “The Dental Facts”), and his new passion for filming with drone equipped cameras.

Allan is a 1980 graduate of Baylor College of Dentistry in Dallas, Texas. After dental school he attended a General Practice Residency at the Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri where he experienced dental O.R. cases delivered by Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists. After ten years of private practice he said, " I want to do Anesthesia." So while still practicing dentistry part-time, he got his Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree through the Accelerated Option at St. Louis University, worked in the ICU at the VA in St. Louis for a year, and then attended the Nurse Anesthesia program at Washington University in St. Louis at Barnes Hospital.    www.SedationConsult.com

James D. Ingebrand (Jim) is the President and General Manager of 3M Oral Care Solutions Division.  3M Oral Care provides a broad range or award winning innovative dental and orthodontic products to clinicians around the world.   Ingebrand brings more than 33 years of experience within 3M to his position. He started his career with the company in 1984, working as a marketing analyst in the Corporate Marketing Research Department.  Ingebrand has since developed his experience through a series of US and global assignments in 3M’s medical, pharmaceutical and dental businesses.  He was named Vice President and General Manager of 3M ESPE in 2014 and assumed leadership of the combined 3M ESPE and 3M Unitek business in 2015.   Ingebrand holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry, as well as a Masters of Business Administration degree, both from the University of Minnesota.   http://www.3M.com/oralcare

Dr. Edward A. McLaren DDS, MDC Graduated from UOP  in 1983 Graduated from UCLA in Graduate Prosthodontics 1990 Former director of UCLA graduate esthetics Founder and director of UCLA advanced esthetics and restorative dentistry full time graduate program Founder and director of UCLA master ceramist program Former Professor UCLA school of dentistry Professor at UAB school of dentistry Founder and director of UAB advanced esthetics, restorative dentistry and masters of material science residency program Founder and director of UCLA master ceramist program Founder and director of UAB master ceramist program Author of the textbook “The Art of Passion”: teeth, ceramics, faces and places Author of over 80 articles   www.edmclaren.com

Garland & Chris Mahan whose company, Mahan & Associates, LLC;  in Nashville that have been serving the Healthcare Community for Collectively over 50 years. They specialize exclusively in the Dental and Medical market space have a dynamic and complementary service model where all things are coordinated for the most optimal financial and practice development outcomes possible. Their company, provides distinguished service lines that are essential to all Practice Businesses. They provide Financials & Write Up Services, Tax Strategy and Tax Services, Practice Management Services, Payroll & HR Services, Pension and Retirement Planning Service and Financial Planning Services. With coordinating all these separate but necessary disciplines, they are able to offer a competitive advantage to their clients by integrating all business services and objectives to work in a competitive manner. Today we will be discussing one the core disciplines that affects all of us and that is Taxes and what initiatives a

Mark Eric Bailey is a graduate of Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA. He has been actively engaged in real estate brokerage / development / investment as well as the creation of several businesses over his career. He has arranged business financing for 36 years and has served health professionals exclusively as Capital4HealthCare, LLC since the early 1990s. In 2005, he founded Dentcetera-Advisors, LLC to provide dentists acquiring practices with buyer’s representation services nationwide. Dr. Chaffin joined Mark in each of these endeavors and in 2009 they founded Dental Recovery Solutions 360, LLC together.   Mr. Bailey’s endeavors have followed the business trends in dentistry. First, he focused on carefully crafting financing for dentists to excel in practice with Capital4HealthCare, LLC. Its not the rate, term or amount of a loan but the combination thereof which creates the best financing solutions.   During the growth years of dentistry pre-2008, it became apparent that practice buyers were not being repr

Dr. Jennifer Hirsch Doobrow, a Board Certified Periodontist, is the Owner and CEO of Periodontal and Implant Associates, Inc. located in Cullman, AL.  She earned her DMD at the Medical University of South Carolina in 2007 and received her certification in Periodontics from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in 2010.  She serves as a faculty member for the Pikos Institute, was the General Chair for the 2017 Gulf Coast Dental Conference and is the 2017-2018 Chair of the Leadership Council for the UAB School of Dentistry. Dr. Doobrow is on the Executive Council and serves as the Corporate Advisory Chair for the Southern Academy of Periodontology and sits on several committees for the American Academy of Periodontology.  She holds Past-President positions in the Alabama Society of Periodontists and the Wilson Chenault Dental Study Club.  In 2012, Dr. Doobrow was recognized as one of the University of Georgia's (UGA) prestigious 40 Under 40. Most recently, Dr. Doobrow was selected as one of the Top 10 Y

Dr. Marco Brindis is a full time faculty in the department of Prosthodontics at LSU School of Dentistry where he maintains an intramural restorative practice devoted to esthetics and implants with an interdisciplinary approach. He earned a D.D.S from the Universidad Intercontinental in Mexico City in 1998. He did a Preceptorship in Dental Implants at the Universidad Intercontinental in 1999 and a Preceptorship in Dental Implants at the Dental School at the UT Health Science Center in San Antonio in 2002. He completed a surgical Implant Fellowship at the Biotechnology Institute in Vitoria Spain in 2003. He got his Certificate in Prosthodontics at LSU School of Dentistry in the Department of Prosthodontics in 2007. He then completed all the Esthetic and Occlusion courses at the Pankey Institute in 2007. Dr. Brindis is very passionate in the field of interdisciplinary dentistry for full mouth reconstruction, esthetics and implant dentistry. Also he is involved in the development of new implant protocols to treat

Brenden Smith is a Senior in Dental School at the University of Louisville in Kentucky and stopped by the studio to chat with Howard about corporate dentistry, the importance of demographics when opening a profitable dental office, how to engage with patients, and more.

Dr. Martel received his dental degree from the Rutgers School of Dental Medicine. He is a Fellow of the Academy of General Dentistry and a former President of The Atlantic Coast Dental Research Clinic and the Past President of the Florida Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry. Dr. Martel is former faculty with the Dawson Academy and former visiting faculty at Baylor University. His memberships include the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, American Dental Association, Academy of Osseointegration and the American Equilibration Society. Dr. Martel is a nationally recognized lecturer of Implant Dentistry and maintains a private practice in West Palm Beach, Florida.   ADVANCED TRAINING: NYU, The Rosenthal Institute of Aesthetic Dentistry, The Dawson Center for Advanced Dental Study, TMJ and Occlusion, The Piper Clinic, The Seattle Institute for Advanced Dental Education. Has completed thousands of hours of advanced training including Functional Aesthetics, TMD, Occlusion, Cosmetic and Implant dentistry.   Owner, Fo

Phil Eckman and Kevin Criscitiello are two past dental school roommates from the University of Maryland.  They both have been in private practice for 8 years and have decided it is time to give back to more patients.  In 2017 they invented XrayUpload.com to help people across the globe.

  Dr. Gajjar lectures on managing medical emergencies in the dental office, has been a lecturer of oral pathology and clinical instructor at the Canadian Academy of Dental Hygiene, and has served as a clinical instructor in the Oral Diagnosis and Emergency clinics at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Dentistry. Dr. Gajjar is a Master of the Academy of General Dentistry, a Fellow of the Academy of Dentistry International, a Fellow of the Pierre Fauchard Academy and a Fellow of the International College of Dentists. He has served on the Disciplines Committee, QA Committee, as Councilor, and currently serves on the PLP Committee of the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario. He is a Clinical Examiner for the NDEB, President-Elect  of the AGD, is certified in IV sedation and serves as the official dentist for the Miss India Canada Pageant and Suhaag Publication Group.   www.drgajjar.com

Best selling author, student of human nature, avid outdoorsman at 5 star hotels, speaks fluent smart ass, can see and reflect your life mission in 5 minutes flat, loves having 2 sons so he can play with their toys, still fantasizes about his wife after 25 years, loves ideas, but loves results even more, can simultaneously laugh and cry for different reasons at the same time, has never been star struck (but did not get a chance to meet Martin Luther King, and there would have been teenage girl screaming if I had).   I am dedicated to instigating a global movement of Conscious Creators and supporting people to organize their life and resources around their passions and gifts.   www.MastermindtoMillions.com

A graduate of University of Tennessee, College of Dentistry and UALR School of Law, Ken has practiced dentistry in Arkansas for over 35 years and practiced law for over 22 years.  He is a member of the Bar in Arkansas and Texas.  His dental interests vary, but over the past 10 years he has increasingly focused his practice on the treatment of Sleep Disordered Breathing and TMD.  He is the only DDS/JD/Diplomate of the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine in the world.  This fact keeps him very busy lecturing and consulting on Oral Appliance Therapy and the successful implementation of Dental Sleep Medicine.   Ken is on the editorial board of Dental Sleep Practice Magazine and writes a legal column for each edition.   His consent forms are widely used in dentistry and dental sleep medicine and are included in two of the major software programs for dental sleep medicine.  He provides consulting services for various insurance companies and actively defends and consults dentists who are facing legal challenges.

Julie Varney, CDA, FAADOM, Director of Dental Practice Coaching and Team Training for Darkhorse Tech, Inc is a motivational in-office coach, empowering while equipping dental teams with Simple Solutions Today for Powerful Results Tomorrow.   Julie earned her CDA from Hudson Valley Community College and in 2016 was awarded Fellowship with the American Association of Dental Office Management, where she is an active member as a Chapter President. In 2016, she was named Top 25 Women in Dentistry by Dental Products Report magazine. Focusing on building confidence and organizing chaos in the dental practice, Julie’s mission is to enhance each dental team members career, by embracing their passion and bringing out the leaders within them.   www.julievarney.com

Dr. Tim Quirt studied at the top of his class from high school through Dental School, graduating with honors along the way. He is currently working on his MBA.  He has since grown several successful businesses; -As Regional Director created ways to increase Same office growth in his regions over 5%. - Multi doctor and location dental service organization before affiliating with Heartland Dental. 12 locations spanning the states of Wisconsin to New Mexico with combined revenues of 25 million plus.  - Multi site Dental assisting school company that serves as a stepping stone for many people to enter the health care field.   - Was a partner in a dental lab for many years providing high quality lab products to group practices. - Served on the board of a large finance company offering investment options to dental and medical patients.  - Consulted with many dental offices over the years to help with operations and a focused effort to increase patient/business results.  Dr. Quirt is known for: - Vision - Executive

Erin’s passion is to bring skill, comfort and care through dental hygiene.  Her goal is to focus on patients who’ve had compromising dental experiences.  There have been situations where some patients have gone untreated for extended periods of times, which allows her to help patients find healthy perceptions of themselves and strengthen their confidence.   Erin knows there is no single approach that is right for everyone. Her vast experience in the dental field since 1995 includes a range of modalities consisting of; Soft Tissue Management, Paradigm Shifts in Technology, Clinical Behavior as well as Clinical Verbiage and Techniques.  As the founder of Techs For Teeth, Erin has become particularly sensitive with coaching individuals and helping them structure an ACTION analysis, Clinical Excellence Through Team Work, Perfecting Team Efficiency, Understanding Your “Why”, and Team Mission Statements that aid in patient and clinical proficiency.   Erin’s educational and professional background includes a Bachelo

Born in La Paz- Bolivia, where she graduated as a General Dentist in 2010. Won a scholarship to study in the US, where she lived for more than 2 years, studying in Columbia University and New York University, taking as many courses as she could afford. Previous to her trip, had 3 jobs (as a Dentist and English Teacher) in order to afford her trip. Returned to Bolivia and got an Internship to study Oral Maxillo Facial surgery at the Hospital de Clinicas de La Paz. After that, she took an international Cleft Lip and Palate Course with Dr. Brian Sommerlad. Currently, she is taking an International Master’s Degree in Pediatric Dentistry and she is Working as a General Dentist in a Non-Governmental Organization. She is also a proud soccer Mom of a three year old boy.

Dr. Josh Turnbull is founder and CEO of Lydian Dental, a new aspirational brand of dental clinics with locations in Phoenix, AZ and Austin, TX. Dr. Josh’s story began in 2008 where he was doing research both at the Mayo Clinic and with Dr. Gordon Christensen at the Scottsdale Center for Dentistry. This led him to pursue an MBA at Harvard after he completed his DMD at Harvard School of Dental Medicine. During these years, Dr. Josh realized that the dental industry was experiencing massive consolidation, but he was disenchanted by much of what he saw in the corporate dentistry world. He asked himself, “Why is there no Mayo Clinic of dentistry”? Thus, Lydian Dental was born. Lydian is out to make dentistry more affordable, convenient and fun. They like to call themselves the “anti-corporate” brand of dental clinics, with a focus on great design and user experience, which they were recently recognized for nationally in Wired Magazine. They currently have 3 Lydian branded clinics in operation and a mobile clinic

Passionate about integrating technology, Brett Wilson, President of Digital Doc is focused on growing the business of dental practices.  Over the past 16 years Brett has sold dental equipment, managed in the dealer network, had a couple of start-ups and continues to wear the entrepreneurial hat as he runs the family business, Digital Doc who manufactures their line of intraoral cameras in Northern California.  When Brett isn’t on the road he keeps himself busy in Tulsa, OK, where he lives with his wife, Brooke, a dental hygienist and three small children.    www.digi-doc.com