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Debora Carrier is the founder and CEO of Twice as Nice Uniforms. Cofounder of The CPR Sisters, a practicing dental hygienist and fashion model. Debora has 38 years experience as a clinical dental hygienist. Her clinical settings range from large group practices to smaller offices, specializing in the care and treatment of adults with mild to severe disabilities.     The CPR Sisters was co founded in 2001 by Debora and her sister Darla. They have worked hand in hand with the community to raise awareness of sudden cardiac arrest in children, the importance of early CPR, and the placement of AEDs in public areas. They also partnered with AHA, through a grant, to train as many lay people as possible in their community. And worked extensively with the Nader Parman Memorial Foundation to pass legislation to place at least one AED in all Georgia public schools. In 2014 Debora developed and patented a temperature regulating, moisture wicking, antimicrobial uniform and founded Twice as Nice Uniforms.  In addition to h

Dr. Effie Habsha is a Prosthodontist practicing in a multidisciplinary practice in Toronto, Canada.  She earned her DDS degree from the University of Toronto.  Upon graduation, she completed a one year General Practice Residency at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, ON.  Dr. Habsha received her Diploma in Prosthodontics and Master of Science degree, both from the University of Toronto.  Dr. Habsha is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Department of Dentistry, Eastman Institute for Oral Health at the University of Rochester Medical Center. She has served as an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto and currently instructs both at the undergraduate and graduate level in Prosthodontics at U of T.  Dr. Habsha is a Professor at George Brown College of Applied Arts and Technology and is the On-staff Prosthodontist at MedCan clinic in Toronto. She holds an appointment as Staff Prosthodontist at Mount Sinai Hospital where she instructs the dental residents and is involved in various clinical research proje

Amol Nirgudkar helps dentists grow their practices and reach their goals.  He is in an unusual position to offer practical insights. As a certified public accountant, business consultant, author, entrepreneur, and owner of a dental practice, he has 19 years of experience in working with dental practices, both large and small.    Through the three companies he founded, Amol has served more than 500 dentists across the United States. With Dentist Profit Systems, founded in 2013, he successfully challenged the common ways that dental practices marketed their practices online. Dentist Profit Systems also created new ways for dental practices to measure the effectiveness of their marketing investments.   Through that work, Amol saw firsthand a growth challenge that all dental practices face. No matter how successfully they may market their practice, they lose many new patients because their front office is ineffective in handling phone inquiries.   To help solve that problem, he founded Patient Prism in 2015 as th

Scott Westermeier, DDS, FICOI Scott is a 3rd generation dentist and has maintained a private practice for over 30 years. In 2008, Scott launched a new practice growth & marketing strategy that he perfected with the help of his team. This new strategy, utilizing patient education seminars, helped attract more implant cases to his practice, significantly growing his practice, reducing overhead, maximizing time efficiency and reducing insurance dependence. Scott is a nationally and internationally recognized speaker, lecturing on the topic of dental marketing.   Maria R. Miecyjak, COO Maria has over 20 years of experience in managing and growing a dental practice. As practice administrator to Dr. Scott Westermeier, she has been instrumental in growing their practice from one office to eight, and from a single dentist to 17 associates. Maria believes that anything with the right attitude and it is that philosophy which has allowed her to implement new and innovative marketing practices into her offices with g

Dr. Peter Boulden has been practicing dentistry for over 15 years and has built a very successful, FFS, 3-location enterprise in Atlanta, GA where he was raised his entire life. He is also the owner of a practice in north GA which he acquired but does not do clinical dentistry there. It has seen tremendous growth by using the systems and marketing practices created from his flagship practices in Atlanta - even though it's an insurance driven practice. Dr. Boulden is passionate about both clinical dentistry & the business of dentistry; creating systems and processes, developing marketing programs that WORK, and building an office culture that focuses on the patient’s dental experience.  He loves talking about goal setting & work/life balance and sharing these tips and strategies with other dentists. He co-hosts the Bulletproof Dental Practice podcast with Dr. Craig Spodak, together they discuss these topics along with many others pertaining to working within the dental industry. He is married with 3 yo

Dr. Racich, a 1982 graduate from University of British Columbia, has a general dental practice emphasizing comprehensive restorative dentistry, prosthodontics and TMD/ orofacial pain. Dr. Racich is a member of many professional organizations (current AES Past President) and has lectured nationally and internationally on subjects relating to patient comfort, function and appearance. He is a Fellow of the Academy of General Dentistry and the American College of Dentists as well as a Diplomate of the American Board of Orofacial Pain and the International Congress of Oral Implantologists. Dr. Racich has published in peer-reviewed scientific journals such as the Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry and the International Journal of Periodontics and Restorative Dentistry and has authored the books: The Basic Rules of Oral Rehabilitation (2010), The Basic Rules of Occlusion (2012), The Basic Rules of Facially Generated Treatment Planning (2013), and The Basic Rules of Being a Dental Patient (2016). Currently he mentors th

Dr. Kingsberg graduated from Nova Southeastern University in sunny South Florida in 2015 and has been practicing dentistry in Dallas, Texas since graduation. Dr. Kingsberg or Dr. Z is host of a new podcast called The Disillusioned Dentist. The disillusioned dentist podcast is designed for new grads, current dental students and pre-dental students with the focus of getting young grads out of student debt and into practice ownership as soon as possible! Dr. Z is a new father and is currently opening up a scratch start practice with his wife (who is also a dentist) next month.

Jason Büyüközer has been the Technical Specialist at M.A.R.S. Bio-Med for the past 5 years. He has dedicated his career to becoming a North American Expert on Amalgam Separators. Jason, along with M.A.R.S. Bio-Med have been all over North America training Water Treatment Plant Inspectors, Service Companies, Governments, Militaries and Dental Practices on amalgam separator maintenance, usage of evacuation line cleaner and the safe handling and disposal of mercury waste.   www.marsbiomed.com

Dr. Ghertasi is a researcher, lecturer, and executive at Tabriz University of Medical Sciences. He obtained his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree with honors in 2007 from Tabriz University of Medical Sciences. He has been involved with research in many areas of dentistry. Dr. Ghertasi is executive editor of Journal of Dental Research, Dental Clinics, Dental Prospects, and also the Journal of Periodontology & Implant Dentistry, the official publication of Iranian Association of Periodontology. Since 2014, he has been the supervisor of the Academic Publications Office of the Department of Vice Chancellor for Research & Technology at Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, where he oversees the activities of the university in scholarly publication. He also maintains a private dental practice with focus on implants and cosmetic dentistry in Tabriz, NW Iran.   www.tabrizdental.ir

Evan #Believes in entrepreneurs. At 19, he built then sold a biotech software company. At 22, he was a VC helping raise $500k to $15mil. He now runs EvanCarmichael.com, a popular website for entrepreneurs. He breathes and bleeds entrepreneurship. He’s obsessed. Aiming to help 1 billion entrepreneurs. Change the world. He had set 2 world records, uses a stand-up desk, rides a Vespa, raises funds for Kiva, wears 5-toe shoes and created Entrepreneur trading cards. He speaks globally but Toronto (#EntCity) is home. He loves being married, his son, salsa dancing, DJing, League of Legends, and the Toronto Blue Jays. He’s the author of Your One Word, the powerful secret to building a life and business that matter.   www.EvanCarmichael.com

Dentist and entrepreneur Dr. Roshan Parikh is the Founder and President of Chicagoland Smile Group. His vision is to build a best-in-class dental support organization in the Chicago area, offering dentists and dental specialists the opportunity to focus on the clinical aspects of dentistry, providing exceptional care for every patient. In 2008, Dr. Ro bought his first practice in the south suburbs of Chicago, with three employees in 650 square feet, and he has since developed Chicagoland Smile Group into a growing network of 12 multi-specialty dental practices, all dedicated to advancing dental healthcare in the greater Chicago area.   www.ChicagolandSmileGroup.com

Vicki Munday, RDH, BS graduated from Shoreline C.C. Dental Hygiene Program in 1992 and from O’Hehir University in 2015.  She has been a member of ADHA/WDHA all of her professional life.  Vicki was co-recipient of the Most Inspirational Award as voted on by her classmates at Shoreline.  Vicki was president of WDHA (Washington State Dental Hygienist’s Assoc.) in 2000, served as a delegate to ADHA for many years and was elected to serve on both the Ethic and Finance Committees for ADHA. She has had 5 articles published in RDH, and Op-Ed in Access and digitally in DPR.  Vicki has a passion for making a difference.  She is the founder of Smiles for Veterans, which has provided nearly $75,000.00 in care over the last 5 years. She is the regional coordinator for the Oral Cancer Foundation.  Vicki was one of the 2014 Sunstar/RDH Distinguished Hygienist Award winners.  She also received the 2015 ADHA/Colgate Community Service Award and the Young Caring Clinician Award.  She recently joined the team at Fidalab to provi

Dr. Kyle Fagala is the owner and orthodontist at Saddle Creek Orthodontics, with two locations in Germantown and Collierville, Tennessee. Dr. Fagala graduated from The University of Tennessee in May of 2013 with a certificate in orthodontics and a master's degree in Dental Science for his thesis on three-dimensional imaging of the airway. Dr. Fagala is the course director and lecturer of Development of the Occlusion, a class for 1st year dental students at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. He is also co-founder of the digital marketing agency Neon Canvas, host of the web series The Digital Orthodontist, and Key Opinion Leader for 3M Oral Care and Komet Burs. He loves music, specifically the drums, and spends more time than he should on social media. Dr. Fagala, his wife Anna, and their three children Charlie, Libby, and George live in Germantown and attend Highland Church of Christ.   www.saddlecreekortho.com www.neoncanvas.com

Isha graduated from Otago University Dental School in 2009. She moved to  the coolest little capital city Wellington where they get winds up to 100 miles an hour. After working and living in Wellington for seven years she learnt the love of good music, food, and great dentistry.   She also got an MBA from the Victoria University in 2014. This was a lens into the weird world outside of dentistry. She now lives in the sunniest place on earth - Hawkes Bay. She practices at a corporate chain Lumino the Dentists Dental Clinic. She is also under Jedi training with her favorite dentist and mentor Dr. Gary Winter and is learning implant placement and restoration.   www.lumino.co.nz

Teresa Duncan received her Master of Science degree in Health Care Management from Marymount University and has worked in healthcare for over 20 years.  Her company Odyssey Management offers online courses and training materials for insurance coordinators and managers. She's worked at every position in the dental office that didn't require a license – from taking out the trash to answering the phones on the front line to managing the whole operation.   You can find her giving insurance and management courses at meetings like CDA, Yankee and Rocky Mountain. She's plugged in with office managers and insurance coordinators across the country who depend on her for regular updates on PPOs and claim management.   She's been named one of the Top 25 Women in Dentistry by Dental Products Report (in 2015) and is in that big issue of Dentistry Today under Leaders in Dental Consulting.  She just put out a great book for teams who have to deal with insurance – which is almost all of my peeps – called "Moving Your Patients

Craig Cody has been a certified public accountant for the past 17 years and is also a certified tax coach, business owner and former New York City police officer.   Craig belongs to a select group of tax practioners throughout the United States who undergo extensive training and continued education on various tax planning techniques and strategies to become, as well as remain certified.   With this organization, Craig has co-authored the Amazon bestselling book Secrets of a Tax-Free Life and recently wrote 10 Biggest Tax Mistakes that Cost Business Owners Thousands.   www.CraigCodyAndCompany.com

By his 35th birthday Mike Michalowicz had founded and sold two multi-million dollar companies. Confident that he had the formula to success, he became an angel investor…and proceeded to lose his entire fortune.   Then he started all over again, driven to find better ways to grow healthy, strong companies. Among other innovative strategies, Mike created the "Profit First Formula", a way for businesses to ensure profitability from their very next deposit forward.   Mike is now running his third million dollar venture, is a former small business columnist for The Wall Street Journal; is the former MSNBC business make-over expert; is a popular keynote speaker on innovative entrepreneurial topics; and is the author of Profit First, Surge, The Pumpkin Plan and The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur, which BusinessWeek deemed "the entrepreneur's cult classic."   www.MikeMichalowicz.com www.ProfitFirstProfessionals.com

Dr. Barker graduated from Arkansas State University in 1992 with a Bachelor of Science Degree. He then graduated from Louisiana State University in 1996 with his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree. He received the Operative Dentistry Award and Outstanding Senior Dentist Awards in 1996 as well as the New Dentist of the Year for Arkansas in 2006.   After graduation, he moved back to his hometown of Newport, Arkansas. There he worked with Dr. Mike Brown as an associate dentist for eight years. He then purchased an office in Brinkley, Arkansas where he worked for 11 years before selling his practice. In 2016, he opened his current practice in Searcy, Arkansas.   Dr. Barker lives in Newport with his wife, Lori, and their son, Tyler. He is a member of the First Baptist Church where he teaches Sunday school class. He enjoys mission work, and helping those in need. In his off time, he also enjoys spending time with his family and their Labrador Retrievers. The entire family enjoys spending time outdoors.   rapiddentures

Dr. Olya Zahrebelny (pronounced Zara-bell-knee) graduated from the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Toronto, Canada, then completed a General Practice Residency, focusing on oral surgery, oral medicine, and oral pathology. She has practiced in both hospital and private practice environments for the past 39 years. Dr. "Z", as she is fondly called by her patients, is a former consultant to commercial and government insurance programs. She has also taught at three dental schools, in the Departments of Restorative Dentistry and Oral Medicine/Diagnosis, as well as holding the position of Attending Physician at Swedish Covenant Hospital for 19 years, and also an Attending Physician in the General Practice Residency program at the University of Illinois, Chicago Medical Center.   Selected for four years in a row by Dentistry Today as one of the Leaders in Continuing Dental Education, and for each of the last eighteen years as a Leader in Dental Consulting, she is featured on their web site and in the Decemb

Dr. Duplantis received his D.D.S. degree from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Dental School in 1999.  He continued with Post doctorate training at Baylor College of Dentistry, earning a certificate in Advanced Education in General Dentistry in 2000.  He has also applied for, and will receive, his Fellowship degree from the Academy of General Dentistry this coming July.  He has been in private practice since 2000 in the North Fort Worth, Texas area.  In private practice, he treats all ages with an emphasis on restorative and aesthetic dentistry.   Dr. Duplantis has been a member of several Aesthetic and Restorative Continuums, and most recently Spear Education Study Club.  Dr. Duplantis has always had an interest in "high-tech" dentistry and has been incorporating CAD/CAM technology in his practice since 2004.  Formerly a CEREC user, he is now a user of the 3M TrueDefinition Oral Scanner and the Glidewell Laboratories TS150 mill.  Dr. Duplantis has also written several articles re