Dentistry Uncensored With Howard Farran

Bradley Bale, M.D. is an Adjunct Professor at Texas Tech Health Science Center, Medical Director of the Heart Health Program at Grace Clinic, Lubbock, Texas and runs a private practice in Gallatin, TN.  Dr. Bradley Bale is one of the nation's leading specialists in preventing heart attacks, stroke and diabetes. He cofounded the Bale/Doneen Method with Amy Doneen in 2001. Their personalized approach of CV risk reduction has been effective enough to allow them to attach a 'guarantee' to their clinical practices.  The results of their method demonstrating regression and stabilization of arterial disease has been published in several peer-reviewed journals.   You can find Beat the Heart Attack Gene on Amazon at: https://www.amazon.com/Beat-Heart-Attack-Gene-Revolutionary/dp/1681620227   Listeners can get 3 CE hours on this subject by visiting https://bd.wcea.education, then click on "Not Registered Yet?"   www.baledoneen.com

Leon Klempner, DDS and Amy Epstein, MBA are co-founders of People & Practice, a marketing consultancy that grows general dental and specialty practices in the U.S. and Canada.   Dr. Klempner, CEO of People & Practice, is a board-certified orthodontist who practiced orthodontics for over 38 years. He graduated dental school from the University of Maryland and received his certification in Orthodontics from Tufts University. Dr. Klempner is on the teaching faculty of two dental schools and his work has been published in the Journal of Clinical Orthodontics, and the American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, among others. Klempner has lectured both nationally and internationally on the subject of digital marketing.   Amy Epstein is the Director of Client Services at People & Practice. Before launching the company she spent 15 years as Vice President and Managing Director of multinational marketing and branding firms. Epstein has an MBA in marketing from Baruch College and regularly

Dr. Parag R. Kachalia is a Tenured Associate Professor and the former Vice Chair of Simulation, Technology and Research and at the  University of the Pacific.  He is a fellow of the International and American College of Dentists as well as the American Dental Education Association's leadership institute.  Dr. Kachalia is also a member of the Omicron Kappa Upsilon Honor Society.   In addition, he is a researcher, as well as a published author in the areas of dental technology, digital diagnostics, contemporary fixed prosthodontics, and financial management.   In 2017 Dr. Kachalia was selected as one of the Top 10 Young Educators in Dentistry in the United States.  He has lectured internationally in the areas of adhesive dentistry, cosmetic dentistry, photography, CAD/CAM technology, fixed prosthodontics, treatment planning, erosion, and digital diagnostics. Dr. Kachalia acts a consultant for many dental materials/dental technology companies and helps guide product development. Dr. Kachalia is a member of the S

Dr. Lee Ann Brady is a privately practicing dentist and nationally recognized educator, lecturer and author. With an extensive history in leadership, she is currently Director of Education of the Pankey Institute. Dr. Brady has also developed a vast library of online instruction at leeannbrady.com and restorativenation.com. She practices in Glendale Arizona, is a member of the editorial board for the Journal of Cosmetic Dentistry, Inside Dentistry and Dentaltown Magazine.

Dr. Harold Wong is a tax consultant and financial educator, whose primary goal is to increase retirement cash flow; reduce investment risk; and save taxes for Baby Boomers and Retirees.   Dr. Harold Wong (Ph.D. in Economics UC Berkeley) is a recognized expert speaker to NARFE chapters (National Active and Retired Federal Employees), appeared on more than 400+ TV and Radio programs, published in Forbes, USA Today and a columnist on money for the Arizona Republic for 7 years with syndication in over 1600 news outlets.   www.drharoldwong.com

Pras was born and raised in Tucson, AZ and attended Pomona College in CA, where he graduated in 2005. Shortly after, he began working at a Mathnasium franchise in Scottsdale, AZ. Roughly a year later he bought the business for $8000. Over the next 6 years he built and ran the business, selling in 2012 for $120,000 to move to Las Vegas and join his business partners in what would become Doctor Multimedia. Pras is cofounder and co-owner of the online marketing company for doctors. Pras helps thousands of doctors, across many specialties, manage their online marketing. From websites to social media to search engine optimization, Doctor Multimedia is a one stop shop to manage your online presence. In 2016, Pras moved to San Diego, CA to open Doctor Multimedia's newest office in Del Mar. Pras currently lives there with his dog Wally and enjoys driving the beautiful southern California coast each day.   www.doctormultimedia.com  

Justin Morgan is the #1 ranked Dental SEO Expert on Google.  Justin is a Townie through-and-through, with over 1100 posts and many blogs, podcasts and videos which educate dentists on the importance of understanding SEO basics. Justin is the creator of the first and only step-by-step SEO course for dental professionals, where dentists and their staff can watch short videos on how to identify what to look for when hiring an SEO company, and fully understand what's actually done to rank dental websites with real life case studies of dentists that work with The Dental Marketing Guy. One of the techniques Justin goes over is the "Invisalinks Method" (pronounced like Invisalign), which is proven to lift your Google Rankings 147% within 14 days!   www.DentalMarketingGuy.com

Angus Pryor is a marketer, author and speaker. After more than a decade in sales and marketing working alongside dentists, doctors, and vets, Angus founded Dental Profit System in 2014.   Angus holds a Master's Degree in Marketing from the University of Southern Queensland, and several management diplomas. He has undertaken extensive personal study into digital and direct marketing over the past five years, which lead to him being certified as a Google Partner.   At Dental Profit System, he surrounds himself with a hand-picked team of experts in related fields. This includes experts in copy writing, graphic design, pay per click advertising, SEO and website development. Angus is an author, having recently co-authored The Better Business Book, providing business owners with 100 lessons to live by.   Angus writes for 'Australasian Dental Practice', 'Australasian Dentist' and Australian Dental Association's 'News Bulletin' magazine.  He has a growing network of clients around Australia. He hosts 'Marketing Monda

Dr. Arthur (Tony) Tomaro, a graduate of The University of Michigan, School of Dentistry, where he also completed his Master's of Science, and Bachelor of Science.  Prior to his relocation to Las Vegas, Nevada, Dr. Tomaro enjoyed 26 years of private practice in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Dr. Tomaro is previous Director of Clinics at Las Vegas Institute for Advance Dental Studies. He maintains a private practice, Arthur Tomaro Exceptional Dentistry, in Las Vegas, Nevada. As a member of Catapult Education, Dr. Tomaro teaches hands on courses, as well as peer lectures to dentists nationally and internationally. His teaching focuses on techniques related to General Dentistry (Tooth Colored Fillings & Crowns), Full Mouth Reconstruction, Diagnosis, Business of Dentistry, Cosmetic Dentistry, The Art of Smile Design, Treatment of Headaches, and Occlusal  Procedures that are used in daily patient care.    Dr. Tony Tomaro is a published author and a consultant for dental laboratories and manufacturers, and a current co

Shauna Duty has owned two marketing companies, both focused on dental websites and online marketing. Prior to opening her businesses, she worked for a well-known dental marketing company in the DFW area. Currently, she owns and manages iDENTiwrite, where she works directly with clients, employees, and contractors as the lead project manager and editor.   Shauna has written over one thousand dental websites, articles, and blog posts for dentists in the USA, Canada, UK, and Australia. Her expertise in dental marketing has been honed over years of interviewing, studying, and writing about the biggest names, products, technology, and procedures in the dental field. Her articles on dental marketing and blogging have been published on many websites, including Dental Products Report and Modern Hygienist. She also composed a chapter on reputation management for dentists for the ADA Practical Guide to Internet Marketing. She understands dentistry, healthcare, marketing laws, ADA guidelines, and the minds of patients,

Keith Washington is the VP of Products for ProSites and has over 30 years of software product management and development experience. Keith has a degree in Accounting from the University of Maryland and has led product transformations at many successful companies including Intuit, Active Networks and other software companies in various industries. Keith started in Product Management at Intuit's TurboTax division where he led a transition to web-based tax software. Later, he became the VP of Product Management at a leading Financial Planning software company and most recently worked at Active Networks, the largest SaaS event management company in the world.   www.ProSites.com

Dhru graduated from the University of Sheffield in 2003. He then went on to complete a year of vocation training in general practice within the North Wales training scheme. He continued as an associate practitioner in the same dental practice for a few years thereafter, and further developing his skills and gaining experience in the general dental care of patients. Following this he completed various hospital posts gaining further training within the various disciplines of dentistry. These included working as a Senior House Office in the department of Restorative dentistry at the Royal London Dental Hospital followed by posts of a Senior House Officer and a specialty doctor in the department of Oral and Maxillofacial surgery at the North West London Hospitals NHS trust to further enhance his surgical skills. During this period, Dhru also completed examinations allowing membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Soon after this he embarked on a four-year specialist

Michael absolutely loves educating anyone who is interested in learning how to market their dental practice and every single day he is working, marketing, and learning.   He is constantly building different strategies, unique campaigns, creating new patient flow pipelines, networking, creating amazing content, coaching, and attracting new patients through Ground Marketing every single day, and he LOVES IT!    He mainly always uses the tactics in "guerrilla marketing" or Ground Marketing and now he coaches, trains, and teaches employees and team members on how to do the exact same so that their dental practice can be the community's primary dental practice and also, so that new patients continue to come in.   www.thedentalmarketer.site

Email Wayne at woplinger@benco.com with the Subject Line "Dentistry Uncensored" for a Free Practice Appraisal!   Email Kay at khuff@benco.com with the Subject Line "Dentistry Uncensored" to get $800 off your Practice Assessment until September 30th 2017 - that's $2,195 instead of $2,995!   Wayne Oplinger - Transition Analyst at Benco Dental Wayne Oplinger, started with Benco Dental as a local Territory Representative 6 years ago, in 2011, covering Westchester County NY, Southern CT and Northern NJ. After 3 years, he successfully built his territory sales in excess of $3 million dollars. After 4 years, Benco Dental asked Wayne to take on a new position, Practice Transitions Analyst. In this capacity, Wayne would be the single point of contact for Benco customers, TRs and transition partners, by developing customized transition solutions for Benco Customers. Prior to joining Benco Dental, Wayne was a small business owner for over 15 years. Wayne can relate well to dentist owners because his small business, albe

John Estefano, C.E.O. and co-founder of the Treatment Plan Academy, achieved his Masters Degree in Business Administration from UC Irvine, going on from there to cultivate his client experience techniques and becoming a skilled business executive. In John's past ten years in the dental industry, he has gained a particular expertise in treatment plan acceptance having authored the book, "Plan for the Plan : Dental Team Strategies for the New Dental Economy," helping many dentists to expand their practices. In the past ten years, john has personally helped patients to the tune of 25 million dollars worth of case acceptance one patient at a time. Having presented his biggest accepted case of $134,836.00, by applying treatment plan academy's core principles of empathy and education.   Dr. Chad Abed, C.O.O. and co-founder of Treatment Plan Academy, did his undergraduate studies at the University of Michigan and earned his DDS at University of Detroit-Mercy. Practicing since 2003, Dr. Abed has successfully grown al

Cheryl Janis designs healing environments for purpose-driven physicians and healthcare solopreneurs who desire a highly-profitable, patient-attracting, and referral-generating busi- ness. She is also the author two books:   1) The Color Cure: How to transform your healthcare office, clinic or treatment room into an oasis by choosing the perfect paint and 2) The Waiting Room Cure: The healthcare practitioner's guide to turning waiting rooms into highly-profitable, patient-attracting, referral-generating dynamos   Cheryl is the principal of Cheryl Janis Designs–a wellness design studio in the San Francisco Bay Area dedicated to helping doctors and healthcare professionals achieve the very best healing environments possible. Unlike conventional interior designers, Cheryl uses an inte- grated holistic and evidence-based approach to design—evaluating the patient experience from the moment they walk through the door, until the time they leave, and every step in be- tween.   www.cheryljanisdesigns.com

Steve Bilt is the Chief Executive Officer at Smile Brands Inc. (SBI) and OneSmile, LLC.  He co-founded Smile Brands in 1998 and OneSmile in 2015 and in 2016 combined the two businesses.  Steve was integral in SBI's three initial platform acquisitions and led the acquisitions of Monarch Dental Corporation in 2003 and Castle Dental Centers Inc. in 2004.  In addition to these transactions, Steve oversaw the development and operationalization of 150 de novo practices at Smile Brands and each of OneSmile platform acquisitions.  Steve also serves as Chairman of the Smiles for Everyone Foundation.   Smile Brands and OneSmile have 5,500 employees and affiliated providers in approximately 400 locations across the United States.  The Smiles for Everyone Foundation has established international outposts serving six countries in South America, Asia and Africa and conducts ongoing events throughout the United States.   www.smilebrands.com

Having a successful career in the dental industry for over 20 years Nick Peters has had all-encompassing roles from being a dental technician to working for some of the biggest dental companies in the world Dentsply, Danaher and Ivoclar Vivadent to name but a few.   Currently Nick is working for BTI biotechnology institute which is based in Spain, a leading organisation in bone and tissue regeneration and the latest stem cell research. In his spare time, he is the creator and leading presenter for the dental talk show, an exciting new resource for anyone interested in the latest dental or facial technology.   In his spare time, he loves world travel, science, gadgets, rugby, beer and learning about new technology.   He looks forward to growing the dental talk show into a leading informational resource for the dental industry.   www.dentaltalkshow.com www.bti-biotechnologyinstitute.com/us

Jasmin is the Founder of Beyond the Prophy and Co-founder of MOMgienists. She is an adjunct instructor at Howard Community College and consultant/educator with the Jacques Initiative with the Institute of Human Virology.   She has 15 years of experience as a clinician, educator, and dental assistant. Jasmin helps the hygiene community to Think Beyond the Prophy by inspiring and empowering professionals to give the best patient-centered care, reach their greatest potential and explore career options that promote excellence. She regularly writes on her Beyond the Prophy blog and is co-host of the MOMgienists Podcast with fellow colleague and friend Christie Lincoln, RDH.   She is enrolled at the first dental hygiene school in the world, Fones School of Dental Hygiene, in their graduate program with a dual concentration of Public Health and Education. She can be reached at info@beyondtheprophy.com.   www.beyondtheprophy.com www.momgienists.com

Dave is a Founder & CEO of REALscore with 33 years of executive experience as a CPA, CEO, CFO & Strategic Consultant to companies and individuals. He is an entrepreneur and expert in startups, as well as a dental industry strategic and visionary leader, whose mission is to educate and help Dentists of all ages and specialties achieve success through Location Strategy and to have a direct and significant impact on companies that provide products, services and advice to them.   www.REALscore.com