Dentistry Uncensored With Howard Farran

Dr. Ira Kamp sat down with Howard to discuss integrative oral health, acupuncture, massage therapy, practice management, and his book, Journey to Mudryi: The Wisdom That Underlies All Healing   http://www.identalspa.com/ https://jtmnow.com/

Katrina M Sanders is a graduate and recipient of countless awards from the University of Minnesota’s School of Dentistry Division of Dental Hygiene.  She is proud to currently serve on the alumni society for one of the most prestigious dental schools in the country.   Upon moving to Phoenix, Arizona, Katrina sought opportunities to extend patient awareness beyond her operatory by exploring and performing non-traditional clinical roles such as developing outreach programs to further educate targeted populations.  Katrina coordinated and implemented educational programs through participating schools and their districts as well as holistic grocery stores.   Katrina’s professional career emerged as an educator when she attained full-time employment with a career college in Phoenix, Arizona. During her time in these capacities, Katrina spearheaded curriculum design, redesigned program objectives and created policy manuals.  A physical manifestation of Katrina’s commitment to her profession is in the development of

Jordan E. Goodman is “America’s Money Answers Man” and a nationally-recognized expert on personal finance. He is a regular guest on numerous radio and television call-in shows across the country, answering questions on personal financial topics. He appears frequently on The View, Fox News Network, Fox Business Network, CNN, CNBC and CBS evening news. For 18 years, Jordan was on the editorial staff of Money magazine, where he served as Wall Street correspondent. While at Money, he reported and wrote on virtually every aspect of personal finance. In addition, he served as weekly financial analyst on NBC News at Sunrise for 9 years and the daily business news commentator on Mutual Broadcasting System’s America in the Morning show for 8 years.   He is the author / co-author of 13 best-selling books on personal finance including Master Your Debt Fast Profits in Hard Times, Everyone’s Money Book, Master Your Money Type, Barron’s Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms and Barron’s Finance and Investment Handbook

Olivia Sugimoto is a third-year dental student and ASDA President at Midwestern University Arizona.    Taylor Velasquez is a 3rd year dental student at the Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health pursuing his DMD and MPH. He is originally from Albuquerque, NM and graduated from Arizona State University. Go Devils! He is married to his wonderful wife, Brooke and enjoys playing golf whenever he has a chance.

Regina E. Herzlinger is the Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. She was the first woman to be tenured and chaired at Harvard Business School and the first to serve on many established and start up corporate health care/medical technology boards. All of her health care books have been best sellers in their categories, recognized for their innovative research. Money dubbed her the “Godmother” of consumer-driven health care. Her work was key to introducing consumer-driven health plans and “focused health factories”, such as centers for orthopedics, cardiology, or cancer care.  She is regularly named as one of the smartest people in health care by industry journals.    She teaches an HBS MBA course on Innovating in Health Care and founded an HBS Executive Education program on Business Innovations in Global Health Care (BIG).   www.hbs.edu

Dr. John Hagiliassis graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Dentistry in 1998.    Dr John founded Freedom Dental, a South Melbourne-based dental clinic in 2011, which quickly listed on BRW’S Fast 100 businesses in Australia for the years 2011 and 2012. With a true passion and commitment to customer service and cosmetic dentistry, Dr John and his team of over 50 staff treat thousands of patients every year, providing them with straighter, whiter smiles in a spa-like environment and providing personalised care and six-star service. Dr John is the largest provider of Phillips Zoom! whitening treatment in Australasia since 2012.   Dr John absolutely loves technology and loves finding ways to incorporate it into his practice to make him more accurate and efficient.  Many years ago, John was one of the first people to have an iTero scanner in the world and has continued this trend by updating his technology constantly. Dr John has treated over 3000 Invisalign® cases to date, is an Invisalign®

Matt Prados is the founder of Review Wave, an online reputation management software that integrates with Dentrix, Eaglesoft, Open Dental, Planet DDS, PracticeWorks, Curve Dental, and more to fully automate all aspects of online reputation for dentists.   http://www.reviewwave.com

Dr. Giannini was the founder of Comfortable Care Dental Group’s initial office in 1989 in Sarasota, Florida. The group aggressively grew and then with an investment from Heartland Dental Care in 2002 the growth was exponential. In late 2003, he sold the group to Heartland Dental Care and became a shareholder. Dr. Giannini then took a sabbatical from dentistry in 2005 and developed hotel and commercial projects all the country which totaled over $140 Million. In 2008, he formed Dynamic Dental Partners Group (DDPG). In 2014, DDPG was listed at #14 on the Inc. 5000 list for the fastest-growing private companies in America. The DSO was sold to Huron Capital. In 2015, Dr. Giannini served as full-time Chief Executive Officer at Blackford Dental Management. He has over 29 years of experience in dental practice administration, support, and management. Dr. Giannini practiced high-end fee for service dentistry in Florida for 9 years, after which time he co-owned and managed dental practices in Florida, Arizona, Virgini

Born in Sudbury Ontario Canada, the 'Nickel Capital of The World', Geoffrey spent some eight years there prior to moving to Ottawa, the nation's capital.  Interestingly Sudbury was where NASA sent the Apollo astronauts to train prior to the initial moon launch as it was the closest surface on the earth which approximated the moon.  It was in Ottawa that Geoffrey discovered the game of golf and though he played hockey like most of his friends did, it was golf which became his passion.  He procured his CPGA card in 1976 and was a member of the Canadian PGA for some five years.  It was while in Florida in the early 80's that he met an aspiring professional for the LPGA tour whom he helped to attain her tour card and caddied for.  An interesting experience, he came to the conclusion that age was becoming a consideration and that it was time to establish a career.  It was the result of a casual game of golf in Toronto (circa 1982) that Geoffrey was introduced to Jim Kerr, the owner of Shaw Laboratories, a full ser

Dr. Dennis Hartlieb completed his undergraduate and dental school studies at the University of Michigan (University of Michigan School of Dentistry 1988).  He maintains a fulltime practice in the Chicago suburb of Glenview, Illinois, focusing on esthetic and restorative treatment.  Dr. Hartlieb is an instructor at the Center for Esthetic Excellence in Chicago and is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Marquette University School of Dentistry in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Dr. Hartlieb is a member of the American Academy of Restorative Dentistry, the American Dental Association, the American College of Dentists, the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine, and is an Accredited member of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry.  Dr. Hartlieb is also Accreditation Examiner for the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry.   http://www.DOThandson.com

One of the nation’s preeminent experts in the field of dental treatment plan acceptance, Jeff Palmer Founder of Case Acceptance Academy, understands the subject from all angles. His revolutionary methodologies for improving case acceptance aren’t based on mere theories, but years of hard-won experience. Because he has worked as a sales person, a dental management consultant, a dental office manager and also a practice owner, he’s had to apply everything he teaches in the real world, and get real results.   http://www.caseacceptanceacademy.com

Kim Miller received her Bachelors Degree in Dental Hygiene in 1981 from Loma Linda University.  She has over 25 years of coaching and in office training experience. Kim is a Lead Profitability Coach with Inspired Hygiene, an international speaker, monthly columnist for RDH magazine and Kim serves on the editorial board for Modern Dental Hygiene magazine. She is also a four time graduate of the Bale Doneen Preceptorship Course which features medical systemic concerns with cardio vascular disease and periodontal disease.  Kim is passionate about helping clinicians save lives by adopting solid science-based principles and treatment philosophies resulting in exceptional treatment outcomes, healthier patients and happier more satisfied clinicians.     http://inspiredhygiene.com/

Dr. Bill Williams is a Master of the Academy of General Dentistry and a fellow, master or board eligible for a ton of other dental academies. He currently divides his time equally between working on patients, coaching dentists and being a husband, dad and grandad.   Bill is a native Atlantan, having attended Auburn University and the Medical College of Georgia School of Dentistry. He’s a PADDI certified scuba diver, certified Guerrilla Marketing Instructor by J. Conrad Levinson, a photographer and avid reader. He has led 12 mission trips to Africa and Central America. He enjoys interacting with his fellow dentists in the Solstice 5M Masters Academy and 5M Mastermind to help them double their practices and finish well. His books, Marketing the Million Dollar Practice and the $10,000 a Day Dentist, both debuted on Amazon.com as a #1 Best Seller in Dentistry and have helped thousands of dentists worldwide find new focus and purpose in their dental careers.   Dr. Williams, married to his wife Sheila for 40 years,

Adit is an up and coming Digital Marketing company in Houston that has a program called the Patient Booking Guarantee. With this program, they guarantee booking you a certain number of new patients every month, and if they don’t get that amount, their services are free. Ali Jhaver, the founder of the company, will be joining us.   http://www.adit.co

Dr. Ruiz is the Director of the Los Angeles Institute of Clinical Dentistry and Course Director of numerous CE Courses at University of Southern California (USC). He is Honorary Clinical Professor at Warwick University in England and member of the editorial board for Dentistry Today. He is also and Associate Instructor at Dr. Gordon Christensen PCC in Utah & independent evaluator of dental products for CR (CRA). Dr Ruiz has been named as one of the “Leaders in CE 2006-2018” by Dentistry Today. Dr. Ruiz has published several research papers as well as many clinical articles on adhesive dentistry, occlusion and esthetic dentistry. He regularly lectures at all major dental meetings, nationally and internationally.   http://www.RuizDentalSeminars.com

Abdur Rafay Zafar is a digital marketing consultant specializing in generating new patients for dental and medical practices through Pay-per-Click advertising. He is a Google adwords certified professional since 2012 and the owner of Reach Me FasterTM which he founded in January 2014. Reach Me FasterTM is a boutique digital marketing agency that currently manages Pay-per-Click advertising campaigns for over 25 small-medium businesses worldwide including 15 dental practices with 20+ locations based in US/Canada. In addition to marketing & advertising, Rafay is passionate about health and fitness and public speaking.   http://www.reachmefaster.com http://www.dentalmarketingdirect.com

Deana is a Regional Territory Manager for RevenueWell with over 26 years in dentistry (She was a HORRIBLE dental assistant for a year, but really great in the front office for 25 years!) She is a Fellow & Lifetime Member in the American Academy of Dental Office Management & a founding member of the Dallas/Ft. Worth AADOM Chapter, and has been a nominee for Practice Administrator of the Year.  She is a contributor of educational content for the AADOM eCampus. She is a member of the Speakers Consulting Network and has been published in the AADOM Observer & DewLife Magazine. Proudest accomplishment is her children-19 year old Sam & 17 year old (and soon to graduate high school) Hannah. Deana has been an advocate for autism awareness since her son was diagnosed in 1999 & is raising awareness for Guillian-Barre Syndrome, a very rare auto-immune disorder that causes paralysis, after her own experience in June 2017.  The fuel behind Deana’s energy is to empower dental team members to continually

Scott Andersen is the co-owner along with his wife, Dr. Nicole Andersen of Artisan Dental, where he serves as the director of business development.  In May of this year, Artisan Dental became Wisconsin’s 1st certified B corporation dental practice and the 2nd certified B corporation dental practice in the United States.  Scott and his wife, Dr. Nicole Andersen have been incorporating the principles of Conscious Capitalism and certified B corporations since beginning their practice in Madison, Wisconsin nearly 4 years ago.   http://www.artisandentalmadison.com

The FIND Project is committed to connecting dentists and underserved communities with the resources needed to combat Iowa’s dental shortage, so that dental care is close to home for every Iowan.   FIND collaborates with communities and dentists on the recruitment and establishment of private practice dental offices located in underserved areas in Iowa.   http://www.iowafindproject.com/ https://www.deltadentalia.com/

Commercial brokers with a 30-year track record of success in representing tenants and buyers within the office, retail, and healthcare sectors.   We have exclusively represented dental tenants and buyers for the past 17 of those years, mainly within Texas, under the name Gelfand Group Commercial Real Estate. We’ve changed our name to Dental Real Estate Experts to expand our presence in the national dental real estate marketplace.   Norman has been negotiating contracts for his entire career.  He is an expert in making the dental lease a powerful asset to the practice owner, with a view toward business protection, increased profitability, and increased practice value at the time of sale.   Pamela Gelfand joined the firm in 2001 and works with Norman in all aspects of Dental Real Estate Experts.  She, like her husband, is a Townie, and contributes valuable advice to the Dentaltown forum.   http://www.DentalRealEstateExperts.com