Dentistry Uncensored With Howard Farran

Kevin Burniston helps dental professionals across the United States create a better quality of life for themselves and their families. For over a decade, he has studied the business of dentistry and worked to develop innovative and effective strategies to overcome common pitfalls. His training methods have empowered thousands of dentists to reach and exceed their goals. Kevin’s current curriculum has a heavy emphasis on insurance participation and exposing industry wide misconceptions surrounding reimbursement. He coaches patient-facing education techniques to increase treatment acceptance, boost productivity and enhance overall patient health.   www.HenryScheinDental.com

Dr Tatum is widely regarded as one of the world’s most skilled dental implant surgeons and is unmatched in his surgical and conceptual talent. For over 40 years he has been most gracious in giving his time and knowledge to advancing the discipline of implant dentistry to the dental profession. The lives of many patients and dentists have been enriched as a result of Dr. Tatum’s innovative thinking, research and implant techniques that he developed. In 1955, while a student at Emory Dental School, he attended the first program on dental implants to be given in a dental school. Throughout his career Dr Tatum’s goal has been "To bring the compromised dental patient back to normal comfort, function and esthetic dental health". Emory University Dental School 1953-1957 1969 - began the bone expansion concept for the placement of implants 1970 - introduced autogenous bone grafting techniques into Oral Implantology 1974 - developed the Sinus Lift Operation 1974 - began to perform the Inferior Alveolar Nerve lateraliz

Since 1989, Stanley M. Bergman has been Chairman of the Board and CEO of Henry Schein, Inc., a Fortune 500™ company and the world's largest provider of health care products and services to office-based dental, animal health, and medical practitioners, with more than 21,000 Team Schein Members and operations or affiliates in 32 countries. Henry Schein is a member of the S&P 500® and Nasdaq 100® indexes. In 2016, the Company's sales reached a record $11.6 billion. Henry Schein has been a Fortune World's Most Admired Company for 16 consecutive years.   Mr. Bergman serves as a board member or advisor for numerous institutions including New York University College of Dentistry; the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine; the Columbia University Medical Center; University of the People; Hebrew University; Tel Aviv University; the University of the Witwatersrand Fund; The World Economic Forum's Health Care Governors; the Business Council for International Understanding, the Japan Society and the Me

Micah Dickerson is a Director of Product Management with Web.com responsible for its award-winning Lighthouse line of patient communication software for dentists, having previously managed key areas of AutoCAD and AutoCAD for Mac at Autodesk. Through his work with Web.com, he studies the overall dental patient experience and looks for ways that technology can improve upon it. He’s been working in the software world for more than 17 years, and has a background in architecture, web technologies, market research and visual design. Micah is a graduate of the University of California with additional education in graphic design and architecture.   Lighthouse 360 was designed specifically to help dentists eliminate hours of manual work (16 hours per week on average) by automating daily patient interactions and office routines such as appointment reminders and patient reviews. With the new Fill-in feature, Lighthouse 360 addresses what has been cited in DentistryIQ and the Hartford Business Journal as a potential $30

Howard sat down for an epic discussion over lunch with Angus Pryor, Dr. David Moffet, Jayne Bandy, Trevor Martin, Dr. Kinnar Shah, and Dr. Angie Papas-Ginis in Sydney, Australia.

Having obtained a Royal Australia Air Force (RAAF) Undergraduate Scholarship for his final 2 years of UQ Dental School, Dr Holmes (Daryl) commenced his career as a Dental Officer in the RAAF in Adelaide, Sth Australia, in 1988, then was fortunate enough to work, not only in Australia, but in the United Kingdom, until August, 1991.    Daryl started Private Practice (in a Partnership) in 1991 in the small towns of Ayr and Home Hill, Nth Qld, near Townsville, before establishing Townsville Family Dental in 1999 with 3 practices throughout Townsville.  After many Practice acquisitions & mergers, Townsville Family Dental became 1300SMILES in 2004 before being listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in March, 2005 with over 20 Dentists, across 6 practices in Townsville and 1 in Cairns.  Today 1300SMILES has a total of 26 practices, over 100 Dentists & 300+ staff, all along the eastern /southern coasts of Qld, NSW, & Adelaide, Sth Aust.   In 2010 Daryl & 1300SMILES became involved in YWAM Medical Shi

Dental Members Australia, was founded in 2011 by local Brisbane dentist, Dr. Safa Souzani. He was frustrated that his patients who needed the most dental work couldn't actually start treatment because of the up-front costs.   DMA created a cloud platform to enable patients to pay for treatment in weekly or fortnightly payments. 'DMA Dental Vouchers'. This voucher system combined with Capped-Fee Pricing is the first of its kind in Australia. Dental Members partnered with 1300Smiles and now also owns its own dental clinics.

Howard sat down with Paulette Smith, Managing Director of Professional Teeth Whitening and Dental Hygiene, to discuss teeth whitening, dental hygiene in Australia and more.   www.pearlywhitesprofessional.com.au

Dr. Toni Surace, BDSc (Melb)  Managing Director of Momentum Management Mentor, Coach and International Presenter   Dr Toni Surace graduated from Melbourne University in Dental Science in 1995 and established her former practice, Smile Style Dental, in 2000.    As a Principal Dentist, Dr Surace went through the Momentum Management Program and found by implementing procedures, protocols and systems, she could run her practice remotely and leverage her time. This enabled her to be selective in the type dentistry that she personally did and allowed her to fulfill her other passion of helping dentists run their business more effectively and efficiently.   Today as the head of Momentum Management, Toni has become a renowned international presenter where she is able to draw on her own experiences as well as her clients to help others tackle any issue impacting their practice.   As the winner of the ADIA Dental Industry Professional for the Year in 2012, she was formally acknowledged by the industry for the much-need

Dr David Dunn is committed to providing you with the highest standard of treatment and believes passionately in continuing education and excellence throughout all aspects of his dentistry.   After graduating in 1981 from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery with Honours, he has practiced the latest techniques in dentistry over the past 30 years, and frequently lectures both in Australia and overseas.   Dr Dunn was instrumental in the establishment of both the Osseointegration Society of New South Wales, being chairman of the inaugural committee, and later The Australasian Osseointegration Society. He has been a Senior Clinical Associate at the University of Sydney, Faculty of Dentistry and has also been a Faculty member for the teaching of the "Diploma in Implant Dentistry," University of Sydney.   Dr Dunn has lectured both nationally and internationally, including at The Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons 2000 Congress, The Australian Dental Association Congress, the Asian Pa

Rachel Hall graduated form Leeds University in 1992 and worked as a NHS dentist in the UK for 8 years where she honed her skills to be very time efficient and productive. Suffering from boredom, burnout and the cold weather Rachel moved to Australia in 2000 and in 2005 opened her own holistic dental office called Evolve Dental Healing. Rachel provides safe amalgam removal, mercury free dentistry and has a special interest in dental sleep medicine – TMJ and sleep apnoea. Rachel is also a practitioner of Universal Medicine Therapies and likes to mediate and take care of her health and wellbeing. During her time in business Rachel has developed her skills as a dentist and a businesswoman and invested in coaches to support her growth and success. Now at age 48 Rachel has decided it is time to give back by becoming a business and life coach for dentists establishing Ascendancy Business Coaching for Dentists where she teaches dentists the processes and skills to master the ABCs of business for the dental office. He

Julie Charlestein is a 4th generation leader at Premier Dental Products Company. Started in 1913 by her great grandfather Julius Charlestein; Premier develops, manufactures and distributes innovative consumables to the dental professional worldwide. Julie currently serves as President & CEO. A native of Philadelphia.  Julie attended Emory University for her undergraduate studies and Temple University for her graduate work. In her role at Premier, Julie was voted to The Top 25 Most Influential Women in Dentistry by Dental Products Report. Julie is proud to serve on the Board of Overseers for The University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, the Dean's Advisory Council of Temple University Dental School, as well as  the Board of the Alliance for Oral Health Across Borders. She also serves on the Board of ASDOH (Arizona school of dentistry and oral health).    Julie is an honorary member of Alpha Omega Dental Fraternity, and sat on the Board of Directors of the Dental Trade Alliance, where she Chai

Dental ED is a recognized leading provider of advanced dental training and practice development.   Our integrated training services have been developed by the most respected names in dentistry. We have advanced the level of dental knowledge for thousands of Dental professionals around the world for over 16 years. Enhance your learning journey with the worlds best dental educators via our online courses, study clubs and workshops......anywhere in the world!   Emanuel Recupero started off as a Microbiologist and then worked in the pharmaceutical industry for seven years. In 1997 he started his marketing consulting company providing strategic marketing solutions to the medical industry and then dental. He then started Dental ED in 2003 with the idea of making high end education more accessible to dentists.   Blurbs/Promos to be included in the description of the podcast (Subject to editing): MiPractice. Lead generating system and practice management. Intelligent system that helps dentists and staff to grow the p

Carl is a true ‘serial entrepreneur’, he started making money serving in his parents shop at the age of 8, he bought his first house at the age of 17. He was fundamental in the success of the very first combined Legal and Real Estate business in the UK, taking a 60% market share of all property listings in his home city of York. In 1993 he emigrated to Australia and stated the telecommunications retail chain, Communique, building this to 26 locations and an annual revenue of over $12m within five years. And in 2000 he bought a Sydney based marketing company, which formed the foundation of his current company Integrated Dental Marketing.   In 2001 Dr Derek Mahoney asked Carl to speak at an Orthodontic Conference in Sydney, which was his first introduction to the profession of dentistry. Since this time Carl has built the first and largest advertising agency in Australia dedicated to the Dental profession (IDM), he started the first dedicated dental patient finance plan (SmileCard), he was the co-founder of the

Dr Alex Abrahams is a general dentist with special interest in Implants and Oral Surgery.   Dr. Abrahams is the cofounder of Pacific Smiles Group, now an ASX listed Branded Dental Services Organization with over 70 dental centers in four states on the East Coast of Australia with over 350 dentists practicing from PSG centers.   He’s currently retired from clinical practice, but runs implant education for general dentists in PSG via a one year mentorship course and has a role of non-executive director in PSG and as a strategic & dental intelligence consultant to the group.   www.PacificSmilesGroup.com.au

Dr David Penn graduated from Sydney University dental school and commenced  practice in Sydney's eastern suburbs. He trained extensively in the United States under two of the world's leading aesthetic dentists and in 1983 he established Southern Cross Dental Laboratories, which has grown to become regarded as one of the leading state of the art dental laboratories in the world.   Dr Penn also lectures and teaches extensively, principally in the areas of aesthetic orthodontics and facial aesthetics. He has taught more than 1000 post-graduate students in the use of Invisalign and in January 2015, he wrote and gained accreditation for a unique post-graduate qualification in Aesthetic Orthodontics.   In 2006, he released a book "A guide to Impressions, Implants and Indirect procedures" which has been used by undergraduates and experienced dentists. Two more editions of the book have been produced, the latest in November 2014.   He also was responsible for the research and development of many unique dental applian

Marco Gadola has a strong executive track record in a broad range of global businesses. He rejoined Straumann in 2013 as CEO, having previously served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President Operations from 2006 to 2008, when he left to pursue a career development opportunity at Panalpina, a world leader in supply chain management. Having started as Panalpina’s Chief Financial Officer, he became Regional CEO Asia / Pacic in 2012, with overall responsibility for the regional business.   Prior to his first term at Straumann, he spent five years at Hero, the Swiss-based international food group, where he was also CFO and responsible for IT and operations. Previously, he spent nine years at the international construction tool manufacturer Hilti, where he held a number of senior commercial / sales and nance-related positions in various countries. Before that, he worked for Sandoz International Ltd, as Audit Manager, and for Swiss Bank Corporation, Basel, in Corporate Finance.   Mr. Gadola graduated

Dr. Dragan Antolos graduated as a dentist in 1982, and has a dental practice in Melbourne, Australia.   His practice addresses all aspects of dental health. However he has a special interest in orthodontics (especially the effect of thumb sucking on permanent teeth and dental development). Married in 1988, he has two daughters (one of whom was a thumb sucker!).   His frustration at the lack of children's literature addressing this common childhood habit lead him to write and illustrate the story of Oliver, The Little Bear who Sucked his Thumb. His experience has lead him to regard restraining aids and devices as a very last resort, as a means of tackling the thumb sucking problem; instead adopting positive psychology and encouragement, to inspire children and turn the solution into a fun and interactive experience using the book and chart.   Having achieved great success and positive feedback from parents of children who are thumb suckers, Dr Antolos was encouraged to use the same approach to highlight the im

As Clinical Director of Oventus, Dr Chris Hart is overseeing the delivery of the O2VentTM product range to patients and through clinicians. Graduating from The University of Queensland in 1998 with a Bachelor of Dental Science with Honours and a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry, he also studied at Cambridge University and graduated in 1999 with a Master of Philosophy in Biomedical Science.   Prior to establishing Oventus, Chris owned and managed a multi-site national dental practice, training institute and management consultancy which he sold to private equity investors. He now works full time as the Oventus Clinical Director.   Chris also acts as an adviser to various bodies within the dental industry as well as the healthcare sector more broadly on the commercial aspects of health care delivery.   www.oventus.com.au

Geoffrey Macdonald Knight, BDSc, MSc, MBA, PhD   Geoff Knight is a general dentist and internationally noted dental speaker from Melbourne, Australia with special interests in Minimal Intervention Esthetic Dentistry.   He has pioneered protocols for the pharmacological management of dental caries and periodontal disease. He has introduced the concepts of tunnel restorations and co-curing to MID and developed a number of innovative aesthetic techniques for the placement of direct laminate veneers, direct resin bridges and occlusal rehabilitation using composite resins. He has consulted widely across the dental industry and is named on several patents. He is currently working with SDI and PDS   Apart from his broad clinical base, he has been State President of his Dental Association and has extensive political and economic experience within the profession.   He has been published in Quintessence International, Australian Dental Journal and Journal of Periodontal Research. He has produced a series of clinical vi