Dentistry Uncensored With Howard Farran

Dr. DeWitt “Witt” Wilkerson graduated from the University of Florida, College of Dentistry in 1982, the same year he joined the Dawson private practice group in St. Petersburg, Florida. He serves as a Senior Faculty/Lecturer and Director of Dental Medicine,              the Dawson Academy, where he has taught over 600 days of lectures/hands on courses President, American Academy for Oral-Systemic Health(AAOSH) Adjunct Professor, Graduate Studies, University of Florida, College of Dentistry. Past President, AES, (American Equilibration Society, Leaders in Occlusion, TMD, Comprehensive Oral Care) Past Associate Faculty and Special Lecturer, L.D. Pankey Institute.   Witt lectures both nationally and internationally on the subjects of Restorative Dentistry, Dental Occlusion, TM Disorders, Airway/Sleep Apnea, and Integrative Dental Medicine.   It has been said that form follows function and deformation follows dysfunction. The future of Dentistry’s role in complete health will center around these two principle

Prior to her lifelong dream of starting a business, Nicole Foster spent 14 years in medical sales, most recently selling Invisalign for Align Technology. Before that, she pursued her M.B.A. from Santa Clara University – a life-changing experience that changed her outlook on everything. While she was there, she was President of the Women in Business network and organized a groundbreaking conference with 13 renowned speakers and funded it through sponsorship. She also completed her Bachelor of Arts from UCLA.   Nicole has a passion for helping small businesses thrive, and loves working in the dental and orthodontic industry. She created ClearEdge Innovation to offer the best marketing solutions to dental practices to help them grow their business and stay current in the modern business landscape.   www.clearedgeinnovation.com

The Lease Coach is North America's #1 Authority on Commercial, Retail and Office Leasing for Tenants. Dale Willerton and Jeff Grandfield have exclusively worked for tenants including Dentist and other healthcare professionals since 1993 and successfully negotiated over 3000 tenant leases across North America.  Willerton and Grandfield are co-authors of the book Negotiating Commercial Leases & Renewals FOR DUMMIES.   www.TheLeaseCoach.com

Grandpa Howie educated some of his grandkids on just how much sugar there really is in their favorite, seemingly healthy beverages. Try this experiment at your home too and be sure to post the aftermath on dentaltown.com!

Howard sat down with dental legend, Dr. Omer K. Reed, tp discuss life, the early days of dentistry, the industry’s trajectory, best practices, advice for new grads and so much more on Dentistry Uncensored.

Ruairi Gough is a Marketing Graduate from Trinity College Dublin and has worked in Sales & Marketing for over 20 years in 3 different countries - Ireland, UK and USA. On graduation from University Ruairi spent 10 years working for some high profile companies including News Corporation and IMG World, and also smaller companies involved in radio and ambient media. In 2011 Ruairi identified a niche for dental marketing in Ireland, just around the same time that the Irish Dental Council started to relax the rules about dentists marketing directly to patients. Having successfully dominated the marketing in Ireland, Ruairi set about building his business outside Ireland, and now boasts clients in 5 countries including UK, USA, Germany and Japan. While visiting dentist clients over the years, Ruairi came up with the idea for the toothsign.com unit, to help patients easily identify their local dental office. In the last 12 months almost 100 units have been sold into 5 countries. Some interesting things about Ruai

Eddie graduated from University of Toronto in 1995  with an HonsBSc and began his foray into the dental industry shortly thereafter. His love of science, nutrition and people led him to pursue a sales career in the medical and health industry. His search to work in this industry was realized when he began working for Bosworth and then American Dental Technologies. He has been with Henry Schein Canada now for the past 17 years. He is married to his beautiful wife Gina and together they have 2 amazing children , Cristina and Michael. Eddie is an avid learner and continues to look at life with a curiosity mindset.   www.thewhole2th.wordpress.com

Sam Dominick graduated from SUNY at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine in 1995.  He completed a 2 Year GPR at the VAMC Sepulveda.  Dr. Dominick met his wife Jody during dental  school and has been married to her since 1998.  They relocated to Arizona in 1999 and Sam began working for Today's Dental in 2001.  He opened his own practice in Chandler in 2009.   www.mosaicdentistryaz.com

Dr Josh Renken is a full time practicing dentist in Springfield IL. He started and owns two dental practices- Renken Dentistry and schon dental and is in the process of building his third and fourth. He is a member of the ADA, Illinois State Dental Society, AGD, AAFE, and the ICOI.   As he has grown his practices, he has managed to develop unique tools and concepts to dramatically improve practice performance. In turn, he wants others in dentistry to succeed in dentistry without resorting to short term gimmicky tactics and low value transactional approaches.  To offer help to other dentists, he wrote his first ebook, Dr FriesWithThat- How you can deliver compassionate care in a drive through world. He recently released his second ebook “Subscribe Your Practice to Success”-Why a subscription model is healthier for your patients and more profitable for your dental practice.   He continues to develop and offer these tools and services to dental teams through his companies Health Assurance and practicewater.   re

Glenn’s substantial business acumen and insight have been deployed in a wide a variety of areas, notably, process engineering, supply chain management, disruptive technologies, sales and human resources.   Early on his career, Citrix Systems’ senior leadership team and his peers recognized Glenn’s gifts – among them, his aptitude for navigating clients through operational challenges and generating innovative solutions. He played a key role in a successful process re-engineering project during his 2010-2011 university internship, where to this day he maintains a mentee relationship with the COO. Later, as the 4th member of the SaaS-based HRIS liability management HR4Health team, Glenn showed a flair for engaging customers and team members in the areas of pre-sales, training, support and renewals.  During his time with HR4Health, the team accelerated growth by 370% year-after-year, while boosting customer satisfaction and one of the most important company metrics, Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR). It was here th

Dr. Joseph Field, DDS is the ideal dental practitioner for anyone who is afraid of the dentist, nervous about dental implant surgery, and adamant about receiving the very best in dental care.   Dr. Field specializes in dental implants and esthetic restoration, but he’s much more than an implant expert: he’s distinguished for his gentle and caring chair-side manner, his expertise in general and implant dentistry, and his use of advanced dental technology to guarantee the best clinical results.   Dr. Field is committed to providing a stress-free dental implant placement experience for his patients. Widely recognized for his attentive and personable chair-side manner, Dr. Field is not only adept at putting patients at ease and helping them feel comfortable, but he also offers a variety of additional relaxation options – from aromatherapy and paraffin treatment to IV sedation – to guarantee his patients a calm and relaxing experience.   Dr. Field has achieved a nearly unmatched level of skill in dentistry: his Di

The goal of the Concierge Contact Center is to teach dental offices to better handle phone calls and provide excellent customer service in order to convert more leads into new patients during after hours, on holidays and over weekends. Over the last 7 years the business has grown exponentially, as John and Lynette have made groundbreaking phone services available to small, medium and large practices.   www.conciergecontactcenter.com

Dr. Guy W. Gross earned his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree in 2002, graduating with honors from the  University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Dentistry.   Since then he has become both a Fellow and Master of the International Congress of Oral Implantology, a Fellow in the Academy of General Dentistry, and a Lifetime Qualified Member of the Crown Council.   In his private practice his main focus is on Dental Implants and Reconstructive Dentistry with an emphasis on Sedation Procedures and Cosmetic Dentistry. He also owns and operates a dental practice management company that operates and manages a large group of dental practices across the state of Kansas and Oklahoma.  His biggest role in the management company is in the mentoring of doctors and dental teams on clinical excellence and leadership.   He has lectured both nationally and internationally on topics such as Dental Implants, Case Planning, Practice Management, Cosmetic Artistry, and 3D Imaging.  He has been a faculty member of OsteoReady,  teach

Dr. Michael Apa received his dental degree from New York University College of Dentistry. He currently holds several academic and teaching positions. He is an Assistant Clinical Professor at New York University College of Dentistry in the Aesthetics Department, and a Senior Clinical Director and Instructor at the Aesthetic Advantage Continuing Education program in New York, Palm Beach and London. Dr. Apa is a renowned lecturer both nationally and internationally. He is a member of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry and recipient of the AACD Excellence in Cosmetic Dentistry performance in the first five years of practice award. He is a member of the American Dental Association, the Academy of General Dentistry, the Editorial Advisory Board, the Journal of Implant and Advanced Clinical Dentistry.   Approximately 1 year ago Dr. Apa opened a 5000 sq-ft state of the art dental clinic in Dubai with a dental laboratory onsite. The clinic has been built around creating a seamless and luxurious client experien

Cindy always knew she wanted a profession where she could help people. As a young receptionist at a dental practice in Branson, Missouri, she found her dentist to be a willing mentor—and the job just clicked. She quickly learned about the many aspects of working in a practice, and her training in clinical and clerical skills provided all the tools she needed to embark on a lifelong career.   Along the way, Cindy has served as a certified dental assistant and office administrator, in addition to earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Administration. She loved getting to know her patients and used her quick sense of humor to make their appointments—and her work—fun and rewarding. Just ask the Branson entertainer who sat down for X-rays one day and asked what the lead apron was for. Cindy said it was in case he blew up, then proceeded to go around the corner and flinch as she pressed the button. When she said they’d gotten lucky because he was still there, he laughed so hard the plastic X-ray device flew

Michael Austin Brown, DMD, is a seasoned Dentist, Entrepreneur and Web Developer with over a decade of experience in the healthcare space. Currently, he and his wife, proudly serve as the Owners of Hurstbourne Dental Care in Louisville, KY. Most recently, he also launched the Ask4Review website and app.  Combining his expertise in both dentistry and programming enables Dr. Brown to develop leading-edge applications that improve workflow for dental practices of all sizes.    www.Ask4Review.com

Ben Goldberg is the founder and CEO Goby.  After graduating from college in 2008, Ben spent 6 years working in the finance world.  Growing restless, Ben left finance to go travel the world.  After returning from traveling, Ben noticed the pain point he was experiencing was something many of his friends also experienced.  In short, Ben was frustrated with how expensive premium oral care products cost.  Everything from the replacement brush heads to the expensive handles that regularly broke.  To solve this problem, Ben launched Goby, with the goal of making premium oral care more accessible.   Goby is a new oral care brand, launched in October 2016.  Goby sells a premium electric toothbrush paired with a brush head subscription, lifetime guarantee and sold at half the price of the competition.  Goby has been featured everywhere from Dentaltown, GQ, Vogue, and the NYTimes.  Goby sells directly to consumers through their website Goby.co and partners with forward thinking dentists across the country.   www.GOBY.c

Scott Hansen is the Founder and CEO of DentistChats, the world’s leading professionally managed chat service for dental practice websites.  The business serves clients in hundreds of markets worldwide and, since it’s founding in 2016, the DentistChats team has handled more than 120,000 online chats. In addition, he manages an inc. 5000 orthodontic practice in Kansas City which has been recognized as one of the fastest growing privately held businesses in the US for two consecutive years.  While achieving his Masters is Business Administration at the University of Missouri - Kansas City, he was awarded a certificate of achievement for his entrepreneurial work from the Regnier Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.   www.DentistChats.com

Dr. Gary Roberts is the 153rd president of the American Dental Association. He is a general dentist from Shreveport, La, who spent 33 years in private practice. He is here today to talk about what is going on at the ADA.   www.ADA.org

The founders of AAFDO realized that with the continuous changes in dentistry, growth in social media, and increased transparency of quality metrics, patients are in search of reputable providers that consistently offer the best quality care. Patients will want to see dentists who demonstrate the ability to maintain compliance in Patient Safety, Quality and use of best practices.   It also became clear to us that with the growth in regulatory agencies and the number of regulations that affect dental practices, dentists have a critical need to know they are meeting all applicable requirements, as well as using the most up to date best practices in all aspects of their dental practice.   As we surveyed the landscape, it was obvious that no single organization, methodology, or resource could meet those mission critical needs for general dentistry. Unlike other healthcare specialties, general dentistry does not have an accrediting entity purposely designed to meet its unique requirements. Thus, AAFDO was born. Mot