Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran

Stuart J. Oberman is the founder and President of Oberman Law Firm. Mr. Oberman graduated from Urbana University, and received his law degree from John Marshall Law School. Mr. Oberman has been practicing law for over 24 years, and before going in to private practice, Mr. Oberman was in-house counsel for a Fortune 500 Company.   Mr. Oberman represents dental clients through the United States in a wide range of areas, including mergers & acquisitions, partnership agreements, commercial real estate, entity formation, employment law, commercial leasing, intellectual property, and HIPAA/OSHA compliance.   Mr. Oberman is a frequent lecturer and has published articles in the U.S. and Canada. In addition, he recently received, for the third year in a row, the Martindale-Hubbell Client Distinction Award, which is based on client review ratings in the categories of communications ability, responsiveness and quality of service. Less than 1% of the 900,000+ attorneys listed on martindale.com and lawyers.com have been accorded this honor of distinction.   www.obermanlaw.com

Demetrios earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in Business Management and further pursued his Master's in Business Administration with a concentration in Human Resource Management from Strayer University.  During his tenure at Strayer University, he was nominated as the Head of Student Advisory Board from the faculty and staff for the Graduate and Undergraduate Chapter.  He has received his Society for Human Resource Management-Certified Professional (SHRM-CP) Certification.  Known for his professionalism; his eagerness to build long-term relationships and create client oriented solution, Demetrios is always seeking to find a win-win situation.   Demetrios is a Dental Business Management Systems consultant that assist dentist in developing their practice and improving their bottom line.  He works directly with some of the largest banks in the nation that control of over $3.7 Billion Dollars in dental practice assets and expansion funding. In 2014, Demetrios became the Chief Operating Officer of GMAX Dental Services Network.  He works directly with Group Practices, Solo Practitioner's, MSO's, and DSO's.  Since then, they have have placed over 127 different companies and over 9000 keywords on the first page of Google.  GMAX is also a Google Certified AdWords Partner.  GMAX, also known as Google Max Marketing, has an A+ Rating with the BBB since 2012.  Demetrios believes one of the paradigm shifts in dentistry is having a turn-key Dental Assisting programs that operate inside a dental office during non-clinical hours.   He works with practices across the nation in providing the opportunity for the doctors to make a positive difference in their communities and creating passive income while still providing quality care.   www.yourdentalassistantschool.com

Howard sat down with some of the Implant Pathway Faculty: Justin Moody DDS, Matt Nehl DDS, Jeff Martin DDS, Jumoke Adedoyin DDS, and Mike Freimuth DDS for a fun, fact-filled episode of Dentistry Uncensored!   www.implantpathway.com

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 dental officer at Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, North Carolina. Following this he practiced restorative dentistry for 20 years in Charlotte, North Carolina. During that time he had seven university affiliations and received numerous awards and honors for his service in dental associations and private teaching institutes.   During the last half of his clinical career, Paul expanded his work as a consultant and trainer, and since 1986 he has coached dentists, team members, dental laboratory technicians and owners, salespeople, consultants, academicians, and key opinion leaders. Paul retired from clinical practice in 1995 and now devotes his full time focus to training, coaching, consulting and authoring. Paul is a member of the American Dental Association and is licensed to practice dentistry in the state of North Carolina. Today Paul is regarded as one of the top communication coaches, consultants, and speakers in dentistry. Paul holds the highest earned designation in professional speaking – Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) – from the National Speakers Association. Fewer than ten percent of professional speakers are distinguished at the CSP level. He is the first and only dentist in the world to earn this designation. Visit www.nsaspeaker.org/certifications/ to learn why the CSP designation is important.   www.paulhomoly.com

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 particularly with hiring, integrating team members and of course the huge turn-over that seemed so prevalent in our industry.   Over the years, she served in a large number of practices as a coach and advisor.  It was during her tenure working with a consulting group in Phoenix that she perceived a critical need for a new kind of placement service.  So many doctors with which she interfaced expressed their frustration with both the service provided by existing staffing agencies, and their own failed efforts to acquire and integrate the best team members.  Deb’s prior interaction with teams along with recognizing the challenges between the employer and employees, became her motivation to make a difference in this critical area of practice management.   In 1997 in Phoenix, Deb created a dental-only placement agency with an innovative business model.  Within 5 years, she had provided placement assistance for over 800 practices, and had personally interviewed over 3,000 job seekers.  She sold her initial business in 2003, and then expanded her concept into a national franchise system with 8 locations across the country by 2009.  It was a thrill for her to see how far her efforts took her, but traveling and very little time for herself or her family, led her to sell the entire franchise system and move on.  Over the years that followed she placed personnel remotely for dentists across the country and enjoyed the interaction.  This service grew with no advertising at all, strictly word of mouth from dentist to dentist. They would call and she couldn’t say “no”.   Having had the opportunity to work with many specialists (especially periodontists), Deb observed (and heard from doctors and their teams) that existing practice management software systems simply fail to address many of their most important business needs. So about 2 years ago, she assembled a team of crack software developers to create a game-changing cloud based system for periodontal practices that provides advanced but user-friendly technical capabilities that go well beyond what existing PMS systems currently offer.  OurPerioTeam has been in beta testing, and is now ready for deployment to the market. “Staying close to teams within the specialty areas is rewarding and so very necessary” says Deb.  She is so grateful and appreciative to all the periodontists and their teams for all the feedback and suggestions they have offered.  She says they will continue to listen and develop whatever they can to assist periodontists and their teams to be more efficient for them as well as their referring dentists.   www.ourperioteam.com www.debroberge.com

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 entrepreneur at heart, Tiger is currently developing another startup called ZenSupplies Beyond his business, Tiger loves spending his free time with his family, traveling and interviewing doctors and dental industry professionals for his YouTube show called “Dentistry Unveiled”. Adventurer, world travel, and marathon runner, Tiger is always on the go. But when he finds a minute to kick back and relax, you can always find him wearing his favorite jersey cheering for his Blackhawks. Go Hawks!   www.zensupplies.com

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 and then by owning a successful dental practice both in Ohio and then in Colorado. Today Dr. Polke has returned home to Cleveland ,Ohio to give back to his community much like LeBron James has returned home  to Cleveland.   Dr. Polke’s storyline has caused some Hollywood interest already and who knows we may see Tom Selleck playing the role of Dr. Kenneth J Polke on the BIG SCREEN. “CONQUERING YOUR ADVERSITIES” makes the movie “RUDY” seem like a fairy tale.   www.conqueringyouradversities.com

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