Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran

Densen Cao, PhD, is founder and CEO of the CAO Group, Inc. in West Jordon/UT and engages in research, development, manufacturing, marketing and sales of products in Medical, Dental, Veterinary, Forensic, and LED lighting. Since year 2000, Dr. Cao has lead the company organically grown into a global company and has created many innovative technologies and products in engaged fields to serve its global customers. Dr. Cao is the inventor of more than 160 issued and pending patents and published more than 20 technical papers.   Dr. Cao came to United States in 1986 from China to pursue PhD degree at University of Utah. Before founding the CAO Group, Inc. in year 2000, Dr. Cao worked as Coordinator of Materials Science at Clinical Research Associated (CRA, now as CR Foundation) and Staff Engineer at Fairchild Semiconductor.   Dr. Cao holds PhD and MS degrees in Materials Science and Engineering from University of Utah and MS and BS degrees in Electronic Engineering from Jilin University of China.   The notable technologies developed by Dr. Cao include LED dental curing lights, modern diode lasers, 360 degree beam LED lighting sources, LED forensic lights, and medicament delivery strips. Each of these technologies has made significant impact on the industry and is described below. Dr. Cao invented LED dental curing light in year 2000 and introduced the first LED curing light to the market in 2001 with a distribution partner.  The key patent is US patent 6,331,111 which teaches fundamental methods to build an LED curing light. There are more than 30 patents issued to Dr. Cao for LED curing light to cover all features of LED curing lights. LED curing light invented by Dr. Cao has been adopted by dentistry and become a standard tool in daily practice. As today, nearly all the LED curing light manufacturers licensed the technology from Dr. Cao. The technology is estimated to save more than $6K each year for each dentist in addition to providing better care for the patients.   Dr. Cao invented 360 degree beam LED light bulbs in 2002 and setup an instrumental structure to build an efficient, 360 degree beam LED bulb to replace traditional incandescent light bulb. Dr. Cao introduced the first 360 degree beam LED to the market in 2006. The key patents are 6,465,961; 6,634,770; and 6,746,885. The structure invented by Dr. Cao is essential to use LEDs to replace traditional incandescent and HID lamps. These teachings are adopted by LED lighting industry worldwide. As known, LED light bulbs will save up to 70% of energy comparing incandescent light source. LED light bulb is a $25 billion industry as today.   Dr. Cao invented modern diode laser systems in year 2003 with features of cartridge fiber management, disposable tips, touch screen control, wireless footswitch, battery operation, and etc. The first product was introduced to the dental market in 2003 with a distribution partner. The key patents are 7,485,116; 8,337,097; 8,834,457; 8,961,040; 8,967,883.  These technologies enable the wide adoption of diode lasers in medical, dental, and veterinary fields to provide much desired patient/client care and become standards for modern diode laser products. The diode laser applications in dental, medical, and veterinary fields are more than $100 million industry as now and growing from year to year.   Dr. Cao invented the LED forensic lights in 2004. The key patents are 6,954,270; 7,252,678; and 7,267,457. The technology enables the investigators to collect evidence timely and efficiently. The products have been widely used in policy community and featured in CSI TV shows. The products have helped to solve many cases worldwide. Notable cases are Taiwan President shooting, JonBenet Ramsey, Lacy Peterson, Kobe Brian, O.J Simpson, and etc. The same principal has been used to oral cancer detection in the dentistry.   Dr. Cao and his colleagues invented advanced medicament delivery strip to deliver different medicaments to teeth surface in 2006. The technology features a flexible substrate and gelatin compound to enable patients to do the applications at anytime and anywhere. The technology was first applied to teeth whitening. The strip technology will be used for fluoride treatment, desensitizing, topical anesthetic, periodontal treatment, caries prevention, tooth remineralization, and any possible medicament delivery to oral environment.   Dr. Cao continues to work in solving critical issues in the dental and medical fields including methods to eliminate first and secondary caries, reversible cement for better bonding and de-bonding of prosthetics including orthodontic brackets, sterile endo process for 100% successful endo, better prosthetic materials for long term clinical success, advanced laser surgical procedures, laser cancer treatment, and etc. with a goal to make practitioners’ daily job Easier, Faster, and Better.   caogroup.com caomedical.com caolighting.com

Text Townie to 22828 to schedule a call with Genevieve today!   During her 20+ years in dentistry, Ms. Poppe (pron. Poppy) has worked in almost every position within a dental practice. From dental assistant to owning and managing 7 dental practices, her experience is broad and practical.   Ms. Poppe has a unique understanding of what it takes to help dentists achieve their practice vision. She is committed to listening to, understanding, and finding solutions with her clients. Her insight for communication pitfalls and her ability to envision and implement practice growth truly set her apart.  Genevieve is a self-proclaimed customer service maniac and an enthusiastic change agent. From practice start up to practice transition, she has the skills and knowledge to implement the systems and communication skills essential to practice and team success.   www.poppepracticemanagement.com

Dr. Gettleman earned his dental degree from the University of Missouri, in Kansas City. He finished his Master's Degree and Endodontic Residency at the University of Minnesota. He has published numerous articles of Endodontic Therapy.   He is a member of the Westside Dental Study Club (past president), American Dental Association, American Association of Endodontists, where he has just completed tenure as chairman of the Professional Standards Peer Review and Ethics Committee, Arizona Endodontic Association (past president), and the Arizona State Dental Association. He is a Diplomat of the American Board of Endodontics and has been in private practice since 1989.   www.westsideendoprofessionals.com

Dr. Peter Auster reviewed his dental life 15 years ago and decided he wanted out. He scanned the want ads, couldn’t find an acceptable substitute and decided to rearrange his dental and physical world instead. Slowly, his dental life evolved and his goal is now to help other unhappy, unfulfilled dentists.  He was recently named a 2017 “Leader in Continuing Education” by Dentistry Today Magazine. Dr. Auster has lectured from Portland, Maine, to Portland, Oregon and recently in Kingston, Jamaica. In 2016, he completed his second term on the board of directors of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry and is very proud of his selection as the AACD 2015 Humanitarian of the Year and a voted member of their leadership committee.  Dr Auster is founder and past-president of the New York Affiliate of the AACD, the Greater New York Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry.  Dr. Auster’s series of articles in Dentistry Today is entitled “Conquering a Difficult Case”.  His October, 2015 article in "Inside Dentistry", entitled, "Cosmetic Dentistry for Patients with Bulimia“, discusses the role dentists can play in potentially saving the lives of patients with eating disorders in addition to re-vitalizing their smiles. His seminars include “How to be Thrilled in Dentistry (for the first time)? “(summarized in an October, 2015 article in Dental Economics),"Tackling Complicated Cases”and,“100 Cosmetic Products and Pearls”. He recently became a "Dawson Scholar" and received a "Concept of Complete Dentistry Award" from the Dawson Academy. Dr. Auster’s volunteer work includes 9 years of volunteer dentistry in Jamaica; Give Back a Smile; ADA Donated Dental Services, and Smiles for Life in which his office has contributed over $40,000 to children’s charities in the past 3 years. He has received a “Certificate for International Voluntary Service” from the ADA.  He has been voted a "Top Dentist in the Hudson Valley by his peers for the last 9 years. Dr. Auster is a graduate of the University Of Pennsylvania School Of Dental Medicine.   www.cosmeticdentistryassociates.com 

Jay Hudson has been in practice for 20 years. He graduated from Texas Tech University in 1993 and The University of Texas Health Science center with a DDS in 1997. He currently provides Orthodontic services to four offices in the San Antonio/Austin area and maintains a general practice in Devine Texas . Tip edge orthodontics has allowed Dr. Hudson to provide comprehensive , predictable orthodontics to pa- tients in rural areas for the past 15 years. He is married to Teri Hudson and they have four children. He played independent league baseball for 8 yrs. until injuries sidelined him. He continues to play goalie in a men's soccer league for exercise and occasionally golf. As a general dentist orthodontics has been the key in grow- ing his single Dr practice from 800,000 in 2006 to 2,000,000 in 2017.   devinedentalcare.com

Dr. Louie Al-Faraje literally defined and authored the art of Oral Implantology. As a leading authority, he created many classifications and techniques, the standards by which oral implantology surgical procedures can be successfully performed. His name has become synonymous with results-oriented oral implantology treatments around the world.   A highly experienced clinician, educator and innovator, Dr. Louie Al-Faraje is continually advancing the protocols for oral implantology surgical treatments. His California Implant Institute in San Diego, California utilizes today’s most innovative and effective clinical solutions to create and ­maintain optimal oral health using dental implants and bone grafting procedures.   Additionally, he is a board-certified, practicing oral implantologist in San Diego California, as well as an author and educator, who presented hundreds of lectures and trained hundreds of dentists throughout the world. Dr. Louie Al-Faraje received his medical education at Kiev Medical School/ faculty of Stomatology and followed by postdoctoral training at Loma Linda University in California.   He is the author of a bestseller textbook “Surgical Complications in Oral Implantology” published by Quintessence 2011 and available in 7 languages, “Oral Implantology Surgical Procedures Checklist” Quintessence 2012, “Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy for Oral Implantology” Quintessence 2013 and is on the editorial board of the journal of Oral Implantology (JOI).   www.implanteducation.net

Dental Hygiene Nation was founded at West Virginia University…in the tiny apartment room of Caitlyn Rastetter, a (then) Sophomore Dental Hygiene Student. Caitlyn loved the career path she took; she was excited to follow in her sister’s footsteps as a Dental Hygienist and, like the rest of us, was proud of her love of teeth.  She started a twitter handle, @dthyproblems, as a prank and tweeted all of her classmate’s complaints and stressors of dental hygiene school.  Not only did her class love it, but it grew into a worldwide following. Her professors weren’t too happy, but Caitlyn took a risk, and boy was she glad she did. (Sorry Mrs. Funk!)  From this following, she leveraged her audience of tooth lovers and channeled her inner graphic designer and started a clothing line for all the dental freaks out there.  Then, it was fun hobby that fueled her Friday night cocktails because well… patients. Never did she think her tooth lovers would go crazy for her apparel and make it her full time job.  After being a hygienist for 6 months, Caitlyn turned full time CEO of Dental Hygiene Nation.    There was one thing, however, that still didn’t sit right with Caitlyn… and that was the dental daily uniform… a traditional scrub.  She remembers buying scrubs the first time and was so excited to start her dental journey.  But quickly to be mistaken for a nurse everywhere she went.  Not to mention she never felt confident going to class or work.  There’s something about putting on a slick business suit she says… scrubs don’t make you feel that way, and they should. This sparked a fire inside Caitlyn that only recently began to cease when she released a comfortable, stylish line of scrubs geared for Dental Professionals: Scrubs By DHN.   Scrubs by DHN were created to conform to the dental athlete in you and have a more fitting appearance. This helps our scrub wearers look and feel more comfortable at work. The scrubs are curved to flatter all female body types, which is much more feminine than the traditional, unisex scrub. The top includes a chest pocket, which is decorated with a gold tooth; which will forego the everyday question of ‘are you a nurse?’ The scrub pants are soft and semi fitted with a yoga band and again, unlike traditional scrubs, do not include pockets or slits in them. These are also decorated with a gold tooth on the hip. Both the top and bottom are made from 100% Polyester, which mean absolutely no wrinkling and much more stretch. The scrub material is also water-wicking, an imperative detail when it comes to cleaning teeth. They are offered in black, charcoal and blue.   Aside from Scrubs by DHN, DHN also offers an assortment of Dental-Themed accessories from hats, phone cases, drink wear, stickers, and patches. Caitlyn is determined to change the look of dentistry and prides herself on creating stylish clothing, made for Dental Professionals by Dental Professionals.  “Be proud of what you do, dental babe!”   www.DentalHygieneNation.com   https://twitter.com/dthyproblems https://www.instagram.com/dthynation/ https://www.pinterest.com/dthynation/?eq=Dental%20Hygiene%20Nation&etslf=3077

Mrs. Marie-Laure Pochon serves as President & Chief Executive Officer of ACTEON Group. Mrs. Pochon is an engineer in Physics & Chemistry and then she was graduated from a MBA (HEC).   She began her career in the Pharmaceutical Industry in large American companies: Merck & Co (12 years) and then Pfizer (5 years). On this period, she held increasing positions in Marketing and Sales and as of the early 90s” was in charge of large Business Units with more than 50 M€. Then she moved to medium size European pharma companies where she was in charge the French affiliate and then swiftly from the European commercial operations. Her last position in the pharma industry was to serve as Executive Vice-President of Lundbeck with responsibility over worldwide commercial operations.   In 2012, she then decided to move to the MedTech domain in order to make more impact on the health and lives of the patients. Since this date, she has been involved in a significant number of companies: starting in GN Store Nord one of the worldwide leader in the hearing aid industry, in a couple of companies where she serves as Independent Director and now as President & CEO of Acteon Group.   www.acteongroup.com

When Planet DDS was founded over a decade ago, the word “cloud” brought to mind bad weather, not a revolutionary technology infrastructure that enables file access from anywhere. So when our founder and his team of visionaries came together in 2004 to write the first cloud-based practice management software for dental practices, they were way ahead of the curve.   Our founding team had over 150 years of combined experience in dental practice management technology. They united behind a simple vision: to offer a better alternative to cumbersome desktop-based practice management software. Their goal: to help dentists run their practices so that dentists could focus on what matters most—patient care.   From its humble beginnings in a rented apartment in Costa Mesa, California and a small base of early adopters, Planet DDS has grown to serve thousands of dental professionals across the country. Our long tenure as pioneers in the cloud has informed refinements to our software every step of the way, leading to the highly functional tool our users enjoy today.   www.planetdds.com

Nicholas K. Roy, DMD, FAGD graduated from University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine in 2007 and participated in an AEGD at the VCU school of dentistry the following year.   Returning to his home state of Maine, he began his journey in the field of organized dentistry, with a focus on continuing education.    He is a member of the all levels of the ADA, the Academy of General Dentistry, the American Academy of Implant Dentistry, a board member and president-elect of the Maine Academy of General Dentistry, past president of his local chapter of the ADA, and current president of the New England MasterTrack Program.    With over 1,000 hours of CE, Dr. Roy is committed to perfecting his craft and sharing this knowledge with the dental community.  He has a particular passion for adhesive dentistry and hopes to help steer the profession down a road where quality adhesive dentistry is the standard.    During today’s episode, Dr. Roy hopes to share his passion for Continuing Education, focusing on opportunities through the AGD, specifically Master Track Programs through the AGD.  In addition, he would like to share ideas with Howard on how a young dentist can advance in their career through continuing education.   www.sacoriverdentistry.com