Dentistry Uncensored With Howard Farran

In the early ’90s, Frank Hammes joined the family business. After promoting an after-market cabin air filter the company had developed for Mercedes-Benz automobiles, Frank Hammes turned his attention to portable room air cleaners. Dissatisfied with existing products, he set out to build a line of portable air purifiers with medical grade air cleaning performance. Frank Hammes and a small team of Swiss and German engineers worked for four years on the project. In the spring of 1998, IQAir shipped its first HealthPro air purifier from its Swiss factory. IQAir air purifiers were initially available only in Europe and Asia, but became available in the United States in 2000. 

After three years as an IT consultant at Accenture, Rick Cohen joined Benco in 1994 to create Painless, the industry’s first windows-based e-commerce software. Since then, he’s taken on increasing responsibilities within Benco, focusing on Information Technology, Logistics, Clarion Financial, and our private brand. He is Co-Chair of the Benco Family Foundation, a trustee of WVIA public television and public radio, and a Director of the Dental Trade Alliance Foundation.

Dr Kim Harms personal mission is to help dentists navigate the emotional issues they will face in life (and in the next year or so specifically).  If she can help dentists understand that they can’t control what calamities or catastrophes they will encounter in life, but they can control how they prepare, manage and cope with them. She spent 12 days in three hospitals with COVID symptoms and shares some funny stories about PPE use in different hospitals, life in the COVID ward and the different responses doctors had when the tests say one thing and the symptoms say another.  She was a National Spokesperson for the ADA during the AIDS crisis and can relate lessons learned at that time about universal precautions developed for bloodborne pathogens to the future we face managing deadly respiratory pathogens.  

It's a great honour to have Dr Howard Farran from USA along with Dr Agim Hymer from Australia, Dr Anil Shrestha from UK, Dr Abhay Lamba from India and Dr Neil Pande from Nepal to discuss various issues and the solutions to restart dentistry once again after lockdown. As private practitioners from varied environment, they will share their challenges and possible remedies to help dentists all over the world to practice safer and effective care towards their patients, staff, themselves and the environment.@Howard Farran @ednapkath The opinions discussed here today are the personal reflections of the speakers only and do not necessarily represent the statements of the various government, professional and regulatory bodies of the various nations from which the speakers are presenting. The invited speakers have no personal or financial interests in the matters discussed unless otherwise explicitly disclosed.

Dr. Howard Farran joins Ken Serota DDS, MMSc Endodontist to discuss post-COVID-19 and how it impacts our future and the future of the industry.  

Mr. Manji is the co-founder and chairman of Spear, providing the strategic vision and corporate leadership behind the industry's premier destination education center and digital learning platform, which he uses — along with his numerous speaking engagements, published articles and popular blog — to reach thousands of dentists every year.

How to reopen your dental office after the outbreak.

Dr. Howard Farran joins World's Top 100 Doctors 2020 Global Interdisciplinary Summit to discuss post-COVID-19 and how it impacts our future and the future of the industry.

Dr. Ryan Hungate is a practicing orthodontist and the founder/CEO of Simplifeye, Inc. Prior to going into dentistry, Dr. Hungate worked for Apple, Inc. designing the Apple retail workflow with industry veteran and Apple SVP, Ron Johnson. He then attended Indiana University Dental School for his DDS, and completed his specialty training in Orthodontics at the University of Southern California. Throughout his academic years, Dr. Hungate aspired to create a better workflow for university clinics and eventually private practitioners. He is responsible for pioneering new methods of orthognathic surgical planning and created a patented and commercialized 3D surgical splint that increases surgical accuracy. Dr. Hungate is now creating new ways to implement innovative live chat technology that allows doctors to schedule more new patients and even hold instant teledentistry visits. He is also using modern payment infrastructure to reduce overhead and bad debt. He currently lives in New York, NY with his amazing wife L

Rand is a pioneer in digital analytics and is a serial entrepreneur leading several IPOs and exits. He’s the CEO/ founder of one of the first SaaS-based web-analytics companies, Keylime, acquired by Yahoo! And was CMO of analytics company WebSideStory through its IPO, now Adobe Analytics. Rand is also a co-founder of the Digital Analytics Association, and teaches Graduate analytics at well-known universities He graduated from University of the Pacific.

After Graduating from The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Dental School in 1990, and completing a General Practice Residency at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut, Dr. Moser moved back to Houston. After 16 years in Private practice, In 2009, he joined South Texas Dental as the Dental Director for Houston and San Antonio regions. South Texas Dental, with over 40 offices, was the largest Medicaid providers in the state of Texas. Again, the philosophy was simple, “The Patient is the most important person in the practice. He became a Certified Speaker Trainer and Coach for the John Maxwell team, as well as an Approved speaker for Densply. Very few offer the combination of perspectives that include cosmetics, private and group practice, corporate dentistry, Dental Service Organizations, Leadership and Personal Growth. He believes great answers come from great questions, and we MUST move outside of our comfort zones to grow, and the only way that happens is intentionally.

Panelists included: George W. Tysowsky, DDS, MPH Senior Vice President – Technology & Professional Relations Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc. Chuck Cohen Managing Director Benco Dental Company Dr. Gordon J. Christensen DDS, MS, PhD Clinicians Report, Practical Clinical Courses All-Access Pass PCC Infection Control Staff CR Special Report CR May23 Rella Christensen RDH, PhD Clinicians Report, Practical Clinical Courses John J. Balitis Chair, Labor & Employment Department Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, P.L.C. Arthur Wiederman, CPA Partner HMWC CPAs & Business Advisors HMWC Cash Flow Projection Speadsheet * This webinar and the material you will hear was prepared for general information purposes only by the panelists and not intended as legal advice, nor purported to be comprehensive. Farran Media, LLC does not guarantee the accuracy or reliability of the information provided.  Any reliance upon this information is solely and exclusively at your own risk. Please consult your own counsel or other advis

Dr. Robert Convissar is a pioneer in the field of laser dentistry. One of the first dentists in the world to incorporate lasers into a general practice, he has over 30 years of experience with CO2, Diode, Erbium, and Nd.YAG wavelengths. He has authored over fifteen peer-reviewed papers and 6 laser textbooks. An international lecturer from New York to London to Sydney to Tokyo to Dubai, and everywhere in between, he has delivered close to 400 Laser Certification courses worldwide. He practices laser-assisted dentistry in New York City.

Dr. Kimberley Barclay and Dr. Lauren Jacobsen are the cofounders of American Dental Associations 2019 Design Innovation Award winning practice, Toothbar. Both doctors are featured on the cover of Dentaltown Magazines upcoming April issue. Dr. Barclay and Dr. Jacobsen are Platinum Invisalign providers and are active in the dental community as members of CADS, the ADA, Austin clear aligners and the AAFE.

Carey was born and raised in New York City where he resides today. In 2013 he founded and is the CEO of ids-integrated dental systems a manufacturer and distributor of dental implants and accessories in partnership with dental supply dealers and the provider of extensive education to train dentists on implant placement, restoration and advanced surgical procedures. ids has grown to almost 50 employees with 9 distributors over the last 6 years with thousands of users across the USA.

As the CEO and co-founder of Black Talon Security, Gary is dedicated to data security and understanding the latest trends in the industry, particularly as they relate to the healthcare field. He has a proven executive management track record and over 30 years of experience in software development and computer IT. Gary also speaks nationally on cybersecurity threats and their impact on the dental community. He has trained thousands of dental offices across the U.S. on how to maintain “best practices” in cybersecurity and has been featured in over 30 local and national publications. In addition, Gary has over 15 years as an instructor at West Point and he is also involved in law enforcement.

Dr. Kohut graduated Periodontology in 2007 from Nova Southeastern University. Dr Kohut is a board certified periodontist who has worked with over 300 offices since 2009. He helps general dentists get their offices to be specialist- ready to have specialists work there. Also, he trains dental specialists who want to make a practice as an in house specialist to be productive and very efficient. Dr. Kohut has been coaching other specialists interested in this mode of practice for years, as well as general dentists who are interested in expanding by bringing specialists into their offices.

Scott Becker is the Publisher and Founder of Becker’s HealthCare and Becker’s Hospital Review. He is a partner at McGuireWoods and a former board member of McGuireWoods. Mr. Becker also served as chair of the national health care practice at McGuireWoods for more than 12 years. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School and a CPA.

Howard recently gave an online lecture to dental students at Loma Linda University and shared his thoughts about the current state of the profession and the future of dentistry.