Dentistry Uncensored With Howard Farran

David Cohen, owner of Cohen Law Firm, PLLC, specializes in helping dentists and specialists with their legal business transactional needs, including practice purchases, sales, partnerships, associateships and business structuring and formation. He speaks extensively to dental audiences across the country on these topics. Cohen Law Firm serves clients nationally and understands the unique nature of the law as it relates to dentistry.   www.cohenlawfirmpllc.com

Dr. Steven Lin is a board-registered dentist, writer, and TEDx speaker with work published in The Sydney Morning Herald, The British Dental Journal and About.com. Trained at the University of Sydney with a background in biomedical science, Dr. Lin's focus has been on the oral-systemic connection and how nutrition causes both dental and systemic disease.    With a mission to integrate preventive nutrition into oral healthcare, his AGD registered CE course has trained over 200 dental professionals in Australia, UK and US.   Dr. Lin will publish his book, The Dental Diet, an exploration of ancestral, the human microbiome and epigenetics to model why oral health is the true way model dietary guidelines.   His website www.drstevenlin.com and social media pages @drstevenlin have an audience of over 100,000 people worldwide.

Dr Michael Pilon grew up in a suburb of Montreal. He is fluently bilingual in French and English. He is a graduate of Loyola of Montreal with a Cum Laude BSc in chemistry / biology. He attended McGill dental school and joined the Royal Canadian Dental Corps and had a subsidized education. He did a post graduate in Public Health  at the University of Toronto . He served for 23 year in 8 provinces, as a single person till his mid 30's he was often the easy person to move. He also served on UN Peacekeeping duty in Cyprus and in a moment of weakness he volunteered for a 3 week Paratrooper course with the Canadian Airborne regiment and proudly earned his wings.   In dental school he discovered that he could take standby flights to Canada's NATO bases and he visited Europe 8 times for a cost of only $2 per flight. His web site www.40countries. com outlines some of his travels which included 45000 km or 25000 miles hitch hiking in 20 of the 40 countries he visited.  Dr Pilon entered private practice in Ottawa, which

Ronald I. Prokes, DDS Dr. Ron Prokes practiced general dentistry on a full time basis for approximately 18 years in and near Kalamazoo, Michigan and has assisted over one thousand dentists in the transition of dental practices over the past 25 years or so. He is co-owner of Legacy Practice Transitions, a company which assists dentists in determining their needs in order understand opportunities sought or offered, and then locates the complimentary party, a process referred to as "Objective Based Transitions".   Blake Ring Blake is a graduate of Indiana University Bloomington and brings 15 years of dental experience in the areas of consulting, dental equipment, supply, and technology distribution. He has received numerous awards and accomplishments, which testify to his knowledge and expertise in helping doctors acquire and grow practices. He has assisted hundreds of doctors of all specialties in various parts of the country. Because of his vast network of professional resources and satisfied clients, Blake ha

Ragini Singla graduated from Temple Dental School in 2009 and completed a general practice residency at Sacred Heart Hospital in 2010.  She owns FlossNYC, a boutique dental practice on Central Park South in Manhattan. She always knew she wanted to own her own dental practice, but found that the road to ownership wasn't easy. She and her husband, Moki Goyal, started FlossNYC Practice Blueprint to break down the convoluted process for other aspiring owners.   Moki Goyal has over 20 years of experience in the tech space. He started his career in consulting, helping Fortune 500 companies implement enterprise software. He has extensive entrepreneurial experience building businesses utilizing web and video production in online education. Currently he is VP of Product Development at Edulence, hosting the online training for companies such as Lincoln Financial, AARP, and Merrill Lynch.  He is also Chief of Operations of FlossNYC and Practice Blueprint.   www.flossnycpracticeblueprint.com

Prior to RecordLinc, Mr. Rodgers founded start-ups, BrightWhite Teeth-Whitening, Mustang Technology Inc. (sold 1997), Talent Roundtable, and PLM Solutions. He was an integral force to take both Taleo public and in selling VirtualEdge to ADP Inc. in 2006. He has been selling and marketing software for almost 20 years for companies including IBM, Oracle, ADP, VirtualEdge, and Taleo. He graduated from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo Business School with an emphasis in marketing and entrepreneurship. As a seasoned entrepreneur, Mr. Rodgers has been active and successful in building businesses; forming, financing, and staffing new companies, growing them into revenue generating enterprises, and taking them to liquidity. www.RecordLinc.com

Dr. Stacey Vlachos is a graduate of Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. He graduated with a B.S. with honors in 1976. He then went on to attend the University Michigan Dental School and graduated in 1982. Following his graduation, he practiced with the World-renowned Dr. Carl Misch in his private and hospital practice for several years, working side by side with him, to learn the field of implantology. He graduated from the 20-month Course thru he Misch International Institute where he was invited to join the staff as a lecturer, prosthetic, and surgical instructor. He holds dental Licenses with several states and has practiced for 35 years. He became a diplomate in 1992 of the American Board of Oral Implantology, and a diplomate in 1994 of the International Congress of Implantology. He also became a Diplomate of the American Society of Osteointegration, and American College of Oral Implantology. Dr. Vlachos is a fellow of the ICOI, American Society of Osteointegration, American College of Or

Julie Parker was the first non-dentist to own a dental practice is Australia. She owned and managed her practice for 10 successful years, increasing turnover four-fold. Julie co-founded Julie Parker Practice Success to fill a gap in the market. She saw that the current practice management programs were often too expensive for small and start-up practices to afford. The JPPS Practice Management Program is a very inexpensive but powerful program that is specifically designed for dental auxiliaries to learn and implement, making the practices they work tremendously successful.   www.julieparkerpracticesuccess.com.au

Minal Sampat is a marketing consultant, public speaker, practicing dental hygienist, digital media fanatic and an enthusiastic shoe lover.  She was born in India, grew up in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands and now lives on the East Coast.   She launched her company, Growth Management Marketing LLC, by breaking the Guinness World Record for the most simultaneous mouthwash swishers at one time with over 1500 participants by creating an event called Swish Away Breast Cancer.   Minal has also been featured in a handful of publications, podcasts and video interviews. She strongly believes in collaboration, brand engagement and team cultivation.   www.marketinggmm.com

Dr. Scott Drucker attended the University of Pennsylvania for both a Bachelors degree in Biology and a DMD. He graduated from dental school in 2013. Dr. Drucker then completed his residency in Periodontics with a Master of Science in Oral Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2016. He is currently a member of the American Dental Association, Illinois State Dental Society, Chicago Dental Society, American Academy of Periodontics, and Academy of Osseointegration. In the summer of 2014, he founded Supply Clinic, the online marketplace for dental supplies. As an entrepreneurial clinician, Dr. Drucker has a unique perspective to improve the dental supply market with dentists in mind. His goal is to improve the transparency and efficiency of the healthcare supply market, and optimize operational workflow in the clinical realm.    www.SupplyClinic.com

Born in Havana, Cuba and bi-lingual in English and Spanish, Dr. Bernard Fialkoff graduated with a DDS Degree at the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1980. He received the Alpha Omega Award as class valedictorian and was elected to OKU Academic Honor Society. Dr. Fialkoff received his Periodontal and Dental Implant post-graduate board eligibility at the combined Memphis Veterans Administration Hospital and University of Tennessee Dental School Post Graduate Specialty Program in 1982. He established his Bayside, New York practice in 1982, delivers Periodontics, Dental Implantology, Laser Therapy, Dental Cosmetic Plastic Surgery and runs a monthly study group for local dentists. His office offers state of the art computerized digital low-radiation dental x-rays, intra-oral camera and Cone Beam 3D Cat Scanning. Dr. Fialkoff and staff have worked closely with local dentists to help achieve patient dental goals for over 33 years.   Dr. Fialkoff is the Founder and Executive Director of the Fialkoff Den

Frank J. Milnar DDS, AAACD is a graduate from the University of Minnesota, School of Dentistry. He is an Accredited member of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry and a Board Examiner for Accreditation.  Dr. Milnar maintains a full-time practice in St. Paul, Minnesota emphasizing appearance related dentistry. He has published numerous articles about the direct placement of composites, shade selection and minimally invasive dentistry and is on editorial review boards for numerous dental journals. Dr. Milnar is co-founder of the Minnesota Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry and has lectured extensively within the U.S. Armed Forces as well as internationally on the subject of direct composite restorations, shade selection and minimally invasive dentistry. He has been voted "Top Dentist" and voted into the "Top Dentist Hall of Fame" for the last six years by his peers in the Minneapolis/St. Paul Magazine. He has been voted by Dentistry Today as one of the top 100 dentists contributing to dental education. Most re

Gordon has over twenty years of professional business development, sales, marketing and corporate communications experience. He currently is the President & CEO of Sterngold Dental, LLC, a medical device manufacturing company serving the dental industry. Prior to this he was Vice President & General Manager at Sterngold Dental LLC. He previously held the position as Director of Marketing & E-Business and managed all of the marketing activities and operations for the Precious Metals Division of Cookson Group. Gordon was also the Director of Marketing & E-Commerce for Sterngold Dental, a subsidiary of Cookson Precious Metals. During his time at Sterngold he successfully launched a fully-integrated e-business platform for the company. Earlier in his career, Gordon was a Marketing Analyst for Neptco, Inc., a manufacturer of wire and cable products. He also was the Corporate Communications and Public Relations Manager for Cookson America, Inc. located in Providence, Rhode Island. Gordon holds a M

Dr. Allan Coopersmith practices cosmetic and general dentistry in Montreal Quebec Canada and together with his wife, Nathalie Fiset who is a hygienist invented the PerioTwist interdental cleaner and delivery device. Dr. Coopersmith Graduated with the Gold Medal  From McGill Dental School and went on to complete a general Practice residency program at Albert Einstein Medical Centre in Philadelphia before returning home to set up his dental practice in 1976. He is a fellow of the Academy of General Dentistry; Academy of Dentistry International; International College of Dentists; Canadian Academy of Restorative Dentistry and Prosthedontics; American College of Dentists; International Academy of Dento-Facial Esthetics.     Our motto is to Educate- Motivate and Facilitate. We are passionate about educating people to take care of their oral health which significantly contributes to their overall total health.  Because Gum Disease starts between the teeth, we want to motivate them to "Clean Between". The problem is

Connie has always loved bookkeeping and feels she was born to the profession.  She actually maintained a handwritten ledger of her babysitting money when she was a kid.   When not working, she enjoys reading, walking with her yellow lab, or kayaking in the surrounding area. Maintaining a good work/life balance is very important to Connie, and providing a service that allows clients to reach that balance is her goal.   www.blbksolutions.com

Taking on the stale industry of dental marketing dominated by a one-sized fits all approach, Laura Maly and Michael Anderson are the young duo behind Wonderist Agency, a full-service marketing agency for dentists. A niche still crowded by old dudes with dated ideas, Laura and Michael are emerging in dental marketing as the new, fresh kids on the block with an approach that is so personalized you'd think they work in your office. Hear them discuss the importance of reviews to your practice, the common mistakes and how you can leverage them into more new patients each month.   www.wonderistagency.com

Duane Tinker is a former law enforcement officer/investigator for the Texas Dental Board. He investigated dentists for issues ranging from patient complaints to insurance/Medicaid fraud, drug diversion and even infection control problems. It is his experience that most dentists and their staff strive to do what is right when they know what 'right' is. He quickly recognized a huge gap between what dentists know versus what dentists should know. He decided to become an ally for the dental community. Present day, Tink is the President & CEO of Dental Compliance Specialists. His company provides audit, inspection and training services to help make dental offices safer for dentists, patients and staff. When he's not busy working with dentists and their staff you will likely find him Scuba diving in Belize.   www.dentalcompliance.com

Joel Karafin is Chief Operating Officer of XDR Radiology. After earning degrees in Mathematics and Semantics from California State University, he joined Logicon RDA, a defense industry think tank, where he worked with Douglas Yoon, DDS, developer of the Logicon Caries Detector. After leading the technology divisions at small businesses in a variety of industries, he joined Dr. Yoon at XDR. There, he has helped hundreds of dentists decide and design their imaging solutions and led the installation of XDR at over 3000 practices. With 40 years of computer science experience, he has coordinated with dozens of dental companies in developing integrated solutions. He resides in Los Angeles with his wife Erika, and is insufferably proud of their children Xander, 13 and Sophie, five.   www.xdrradiology.com

Kevin Earle has been the executive director of the Arizona Dental Association since 2008. In that role, he serves as the principal lobbyist for dentistry and better oral health care at the State Legislature. He is the former executive director of the Arizona Board of Dental Examiners.  Before his move to Arizona, he spent twenty years regulating professionals in the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs.  He was the Executive Director of the New Jersey Board of Dentistry for many years, and  in the past regulated  several other categories of health care professionals, including the Board of Medical Examiners. He holds a BA in Public Affairs from George Washington University, an MBA from Rutgers University and an MPH with a concentration in health policy from Columbia University.   www.AzDA.org

Dr. Karah started her career in Counseling. Within mental health, she was hired into an Executive Director role, where she discovered leadership excited her.    After marrying her dentist husband in 2002, their adventures continued in Europe while Dr. David Maloley served as an Army officer in the dental corps. Karah worked as a civilian contractor for the Army in Germany and with the VA while living in Italy.     When David was done with his military career, in 2007, Dr. Karah joined the founders team and served as Chief Knowledge Officer of EQmentor, a professional development company focusing on mentoring and emotional intelligence. During this entrepreneurial venture, she completed her Doctorate of Management in Organizational Leadership from the University of Phoenix (in 2009).   In search of a more "European" way of life, Karah and David moved to the Vail and Beaver Creek resort area of Colorado in the fall of 2009 to start a dental practice, Vail Valley Dental Care.    Their family grew by one on May 5