Dentistry Uncensored With Howard Farran

Dr. Paul Homoly, CSP, is a world-class leader in dental education. As a comprehensive, restorative dentist and acclaimed educator for over thirty years, he is known for his innovative and practical approach to dentistry. Paul is president of Homoly Communications Institute, a resource for personal, professional, and practice-building skills. Paul authored the highly regarded books, Dentists: An Endangered Species, Isn't It Wonderful When Patients Say Yes!, Making it Easy for Patients to Say "Yes",  Just Because You're an Expert…Doesn't Make You Interesting and Case Acceptance for Everyday Dentistry. Paul also co-created the iTunes app DDS GP YES. He provides seminars, workshops and consultations on the topics of dental case acceptance, practice development, key opinion leadership, speaking, and practice management. Paul is an active author contributing to dental journals world-wide.   Dr. Paul Homoly graduated from the University of Illinois College of Dentistry in 1975. He served for two years as a Naval den

Deb Roberge has held almost every position in the dental profession other than that of a dentist.  She began her dental career shortly after high school in 1963. Her interest in dentistry was something she had considered for years.  Her hopes were to someday graduate from dental school, but it just wasn't in the cards for her yet with it all, she has accomplished quite a bit.  Deb still has an interesting story to tell and has had quite a journey to share.   She enrolled in a dental assisting program and upon completion, happily jumped right "in the trenches" as a dental assistant on Long Island and New York City where she quickly progressed to the business office.  Deb relocated several times; to Arizona, Washington state, and then back to Arizona.  Upon moving to Arizona in 1985, Deb purchased a Crown and Bridge Lab.  This is where her exposure to the daily challenges that many of her dental practices were facing came to light. Deb wanted desperately to help and find some of the answers to the struggles par

Dentaltown - bit.ly/DUwHF741 iTunes - bit.ly/DUwHFiTunes YouTube - bit.ly/DUwHFYouTube   Follow Tiger on Instagram @zen.zupplies & @tiger.safarov   Tiger's journey in America began when he emigrated from his home country of Russia to the United States in 2005. At the start, Tiger began learning English while driving to work and singing along to Frank Sinatra. With a strong drive to succeed, he started in his early years working multiple jobs during the day and attending night classes at the local community college. A few years later in 2007, at the age of 22, Tiger founded Siegel Construction while pursuing his bachelor's degree in Engineering at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. Over the years, Siegel Construction became one of the premier dental and medical design-build firms in Chicago with the aspiration to continue growing throughout the Midwest.  In early 2015, Tiger successfully transitioned from Siegel Construction and today the company continues to thrive and achieve big goals. An

Rohit Garg is one of the co-founders of Practice by Numbers alongside his wife, Dr. Aditi Agarwal, DMD (Boston University). They have created multiple start-up practices in the Seattle area. They used the experience gained in creating and running dental start-up practices into the development of Practice by Numbers. Practice by numbers now actively used in 100s of practices across United States and has a very loyal following on DentalTown.    Before running Practice by Numbers, Rohit worked as the Director of Clinical Research for Philips Heathcare.  Rohit earned a B.E. in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology and a Masters in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington. Rohit has filed over 15 patents with 6 granted.   www.PracticeNumbers.com

Dr. Ken Polke  grew up in a tough neighborhood in Cleveland, Ohio  known as Collingwood, the same neighborhood depicted in the true story and movie "KILL THE IRISHMAN"…..set back in the 1950's and 1960's.  This neighborhood would later come to be known as Bomb City, USA.  because of the Mafia war car bombings and racial riots.  Dr. Polke saw people all around him struggling and at times even dying.   Ken watched his working class parents literally work their fingers to the bone to provide for him and his three siblings.  And he watched neighborhood kids turn to a life of crime so they could possess fancy cars and beautiful women.   At times the lure of organized crime appealed to Ken as well but with the support of his loving parents, a Catholic school education, and a belief in his own athletic abilities Ken learned how to "CONQUER HIS OWN ADVERSITIES" and make a successful life for himself.   Dr. Polke did this first by playing professional football with the Miami Dolphins and then with the Cleveland Browns

Rachel Mele is a dental executive, speaker and author. Rachel started her career in dentistry as a practice management consultant traveling to dental practices across the world. She has helped thousands of dentists get and keep patients by improving their online marketing and social media presence.   Rachel holds a degree from the University of Hartford, is Distinguished Toastmaster, a member of the National Speakers Association, and sits on the board for the Arts Council of Greater New Haven.   Rachel has lectured for more than a decade at dental conferences across the globe including the American Dental Association, California Dental Association, and for many dental companies including Align Technology, Dentsply Sirona, and Straumann.   Today, Rachel runs the healthcare division for Vennli, a voice of the customer platform. Rachel has helped strategically grow Henry Schein, SunStar, Convergent Dental, Heraeus Kulzer and many others.   www.vennli.com www.rachelmele.com

Dr. Anne L. Koch received both her DMD and Certificate in Endodontics from the University of Pennsylvania.  She is also the founder and past Director of the Postdoctoral Program in Endodontics at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine. Following her clinical and academic career, Annie created her own successful technology and development company, Real World Endo, of which she was CEO and President. Although Dr. Koch is no longer actively involved with Real World Endo, her passion still burns brightly.  Women's issues in dental medicine and diversity challenges (as a whole) are key points of interest.  Accordingly Dr. Koch is very involved with Women's Issues in organized dentistry, as well as maintaining a Faculty position at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine.  Dr. Koch also maintains a position as a Senior Fellow with Penn Medicine.   www.WomensDentalStudyClub.com

Jacqueline Russo: Jacqueline Russo began her journey in healthcare as a registered nurse and ultimately became a dentist and enjoyed a private practice in FL for 15 years.    After having health issues of her own which caused her to retire early in her career as a dentist, she became disillusioned by the mainstream medical approach of treating symptoms and not cause of disease. She became a voracious student of all things "alternative" like nutrition, supplementation, genetics and stress management.  As her own health improved, she began coaching clients, and noticed that those with periodontal issues had more difficulties returning to overall health.  Then she met Chris Kammer at the inaugural meeting of AAOSH in Madison WI and all the pieces started fitting together.  She now is a board member for AAOSH, continues her pursuit of knowledge in integrative medicine and is passionate about sharing the mission of AAOSH and elevating the profession of dentistry so we can save lives!   Chris Kammer: For more than

Dr. Taraneh Maghsoodi-Zahedi received her Bachelor's of Art degree from Azad University in Iran in 1992.  Then she moved to Unite States in 1995. She received her Bachelor's of Science degree from UTSA   in 2000.  She received her DDS in 2006 from university of Texas health science center San Antonio (UTHSCSA). Following graduation, she continued her education in maxillofacial radiology program at (UTHSCSA) where she received her certificate on December 2009 and Master of Science degree. She has been engaged in patient care as the Chief Maxillofacial radiologist at nationally recognized imaging center 360imaging since then. In 2010 she has joined the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio as assistant professor in Periodontics department. She received her Board Certification from American Academy of Maxillofacial Radiology in 2010 . She has maintained private practice and academics since 2009.   She has published articles in deferent areas of radiology.  She has delivered presentations natio

Having practiced every phase of Orthodontic-Orthopedics for thirty-seven years, I moved from Brooklyn, NY to Portland, OR in August '16 where on Dec. 16, 2017 I petitioned the OR Board of Dentisty to sanction OJW for Dental Professionals. I await their decision. I teach OJW in many venues. I invented the appliance and developed the protocol for providing OJW: Weight-control. I provide OJW in Brooklyn NY. I have treated 200 patients most of whom come from everywhere in the United States simply because I am the sole provider. My dedicated OJW website is: www.ojwforweightcontrol.com See Youtube.com Ted Rothstein DDS to view some of the videos I posted on providing the OJW service.   www.ojwforweightcontrol.com www.drted.com

"Dr Eduardo Ricco, graduated at Universidade de São Paulo (USP) in 1990, just in the middle of a political/economical crisis and impeachment proccess of brazilian president Collor, just the same as last year with ex-president Dilma and between , not more than little gaps of prosperity in Brasil,gaps of opportunity which he took , as his country opened his market, he took part in an experience with network marketing, where he met Zig Ziglar, Covey, Tony Robbins, from whom he become partner, bringing his practice management group - Fortune to Brazil. He also brought his dental mentor and  hero, Dr Howard Farran to Brasil for a Seminar at APCD São Paulo and DentalTown launching the website and magazine.    He went to learn ortho, occlussion at Hospital Reabilitação Anomalias Cranio-faciais - Centrinho Bauru and implantology at Escola de Aperfeiçoamento Profissional da Associação Paulista de Cirurgiões Dentistas (EAP-APCD).   He is also  a member at APCD , that promotes yearly an international congress CIOSP , wh

Dr. Josh Johnson is a practicing orthodontist in Spokane, WA where he started a successful orthodontic practice from ground zero in 2006, just before the great recession.  A native of the Midwest, he attended the University of Washington School of Dentistry, graduating in the top 5% of his dental class.  He is a member of the dental honor society Omicron Kappa Upsilon.  After dental school Dr. Johnson completed his orthodontic specialty training at the University of Michigan where he received a Master of Science degree prior to moving to Spokane to practice.       Dr. Johnson is married to a practicing general dentist, Dr. Lissa Johnson.  They have two terrific boys that enjoy sports of all kinds and being active outdoors.  In his spare time, Dr. Johnson enjoys reading, triathlon, and playing golf.   https://refer.to/

Jordon Comstock is a tech entrepreneur and has been in dentistry for over 10 years. He start- ed his career managing and growing Salt Lake Dental Lab with his Dad, Grandpa and twin brother. During his time at the lab he was involved in the crown and bridge department and then later moved to the sales and marketing department. Jordon studied web development and marketing at The Art Institute of Salt Lake City. He is now the Founder and CEO of BoomCloud and a co-host on the Navigating Dental Insurance Podcast (SayNoToPPOs.com). He has been featured on many other podcasts, dentistryiq.com and dentistrytoday.com He started the company because he was working with so many dentists who were struggling with insurance and wanted to help dentists thrive. BoomCloud exists to help dentists reduce their dependance on dental insurance and helps practices create, organize and automate an in-house membership program and generate recurring revenue.   FREE Resources: Free Dental Membership Ebook: www.boomcloudapps.com/book Tex

Certified Fraud Examiner Bryant Truitt's presentations draw from over 20 years of dental experience investigating and correcting profitability and compliance vulnerabilities and helping to protect from future loss.   Bryant is CEO of Brytan & Associates, a professional team of investigative experts and certified dental coders, who work with owners of private pay, Medicaid, and Medicare dental practices in the USA and Canada.  Bryant's programs focus on reducing vulnerability, identifying profitability problems caused by internal and external actions and missteps, and how to provide accurate due diligence necessary to grow and continue to provide the highest levels of standard and patient care.      www.BrytanAssociates.com

Dr. Seth Gibree has been practicing dentistry for more than 15 years. A key opinion leader and industry expert, he has experience in growth, operations, building relationships, leading change and organizational development. He is currently a supported dentist with Heartland Dental and also serves as a Clinical Director for the company. Dr. Gibree's values are rooted in faith, family, community, along with industry and society betterment. He is on the Editorial Advisory Board for Dentaltown Magazine and is actively involved with numerous children's charities. An avid reader and former Ironman triathlete, he enjoys sports and is a HUGE fan of the Boston professional teams and current Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots. Dr. Gibree is a husband of almost 19 years and has two sons. His family is involved in their church, missions and fundraising for pediatric cancer organizations.   www.Heartland.com

This episode of Dentistry Uncensored is a little different. There's no guest on this show; instead, you will hear Howard's speech at this year's 15th Annual Townie Meeting in Las Vegas!   Vegas has been a blast, but we decided to switch things up next year and will be hosting the 2018 16th Annual Townie meeting in Orlando, Florida    Exclusive registration opening pricing available June 1st – 30th Visit towniemeeting.com/orlando to learn more and register!  

Dr. Byoung Suh is the Founder and President of Bisco Dental Products, Inc. which Is located in Schaumburg, Illinois. With his background in research and chemistry, his focus at Bisco is on dental materials research and product development. He has over 30 patents and 19 patents pending, and has published more than 30 articles and 80 abstracts. Dr. Suh has become a well-known and sought-after lecturer and teacher lecturing extensively in the US and Canada, as well as in over 40 countries internationally. He has given more than 250 lectures and presentations at various dental associations and research conventions around the world.   www.BISCO.com

Gordon J. Christensen is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Practical Clinical Courses (PCC), Chief Executive Officer of Clinicians Report Foundation (CR), and a Practicing Prosthodontist in Provo, Utah.   Gordon and Dr. Rella Christensen are co-founders of the non-profit CLINICIANS REPORT FOUNDATION (previously named CRA), which Rella directed for many years.  Since 1976, they have conducted research in all areas of dentistry and published the findings to the profession in the well-known CRA Newsletter now called CLINICIANS REPORT.   Gordon's degrees include: DDS, University of Southern California; MSD, University of Washington; PhD, University of Denver; and two honorary doctorates.   Early in his career, Gordon helped initiate the University of Kentucky and University of Colorado dental schools and taught at the University of Washington.    Currently, he is an adjunct professor at the University of Utah, School of Dentistry.  Gordon has presented thousands of hours of continuing education globally, mad

Dr. Baxter attended Vanderbilt University for his undergraduate studies and the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry where he graduated at the top of his class and was inducted into OKU, the national dental honor society. He attended the residency program at Nationwide Children's Hospital / The Ohio State University, one of the nation's top-ranked pediatric hospitals and busiest pediatric dentistry clinics. Dr. Baxter is a Board Certified pediatric dentist and Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry. After graduating from residency, he opened his own practice in Birmingham, AL, Shelby Pediatric Dentistry. His practice has grown quickly, and he was recently named the Small Business of the Year in his county in addition to Healthcare Professional of the Year. Dr. Baxter enjoys spending time with his wife, who is a nurse practitioner but is currently home with their twin 2-year-old girls, Hannah and Noelle. They both have a passion for using medical and dental skills for local a

Dr. Kianor Shah is a 36-year-old practicing Dentist and an Entrepreneur from Palm Springs, CA. As a traveling and temporary healthcare provider, Dr. Shah has practiced in more than 300 offices. As a businessman, Dr. Shah has built numerous co-brand, private label, and Peer-to-Peer partnerships in the Healthcare Industry. Dr. Shah is a seasoned educator in clinical topics of Head and Neck Anatomy, Biophysics, Surgical Extractions, and Oral Implantology. Dr. Shah addresses domestic and international financial executives annually with Healthcare Industry forecasts and advises Financial Technology companies. Dr. Shah completed his undergraduate studies at Western Illinois University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in 2000. Dr. Shah graduated in 2006 with a Doctorate in Dental Medicine from Southern Illinois University. He has finished an M.B.A. at Brandman University in International Business in 2016. His participation as a Fellow of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists, Fellow of the Califor