Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran

Pofong is a final year dental student, currently enrolled in University of Health Sciences in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. He has received Outstanding Student Award from the third to fifth year of study, while completing his bachelor study as the first place student in 2015. He is now pursuing Doctor of Dental Surgery and will graduate in 2017. However, he realized that school curriculum alone is not sufficient to ensure success in practice or career, therefore he went on to widen his vision through reading, joining study clubs, attending local and international conferences.   Pofong can speak English, Cambodian, Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese, Chao Zhou, Hokkien). His multilingual skill allows him to be selected as a representative to attend China-ASEAN Young Dental Student Forum. He has been volunteering as a part of conference organizing committee of Cambodia Dental Association, Asia-Pacific Dental Student Association, ICOI (International Congress of Oral Implantologists) in Cambodia, and Dental Implant Society of Cambodia, he also volunteered in several dental missions. He plans to seek scholarship for his postgraduate study in prosthodontics, or implantology, then return as a lecturer in the university.   Pofong was born in a dental family. After the Khmer Rouge genocide, his grandfather and father established their dental clinic in 1979 and remains operational until today. This has become the main motivation for Pofong to seek knowledge to maintain and expand his family business.   www.UHS.edu.kh https://www.facebook.com/cda.kh/

Naz Haque, aka the Scientist, is Operations Manager at Dental Focus. He has a background in mobile and network computing, and has experience supporting a wide range of blue-chip brands, from Apple to Xerox. As an expert in search engine optimization, Naz is passionate about helping clients develop strategies to enhance their brand and increase the return on investment from their dental practice websites.   www.dental-focus.com

Kirk graduated dental school in 1997 and began working in private practice.  Gaining experience in practices from solo operator, to large group practice.  In 2005 he earned a certificate of orofacial pain from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and began tailoring his general dental practice to facial pain and sleep.    From 2011 to 2015, Kirk served as assistant professor at Dalhousie University’s Faculty of Dentistry including one year as interim director of Dental Anatomy and Occlusion.    In 2014, Kirk decided to pursue business education and attended Royal Roads University for his certificate of executive coaching.  He now divides his time between private dental practice and his executive coaching career.    Kirk is a husband and father of a 5 year old daughter.  He spends his spare time playing drums in a garage band, and with various artistic pursuits (painting, sketching, and “making”).    www.drkirkblanchard.com

Fred Joyal co-founded the 1-800-DENTIST referral service in 1986. It's the largest dental referral business in the country, with over 250 employees and serving every state. 1-800-DENTIST strives to be the best way to find a dentist, by screening dentists on an ongoing basis, and having more information on the practice than any other resource. Joyal has written over 100 television commercials, appeared in more than 25, and directed 20 of them; his goal is to create a single commercial that makes everyone in America want to go to the dentist immediately. Joyal currently lectures on practice marketing to groups of dentists around the country, focusing on building patient loyalty and increasing production by better communication, mindset and attitude. He published his first book, “Everything is Marketing: The Ultimate Strategy for Dental Practice Growth,” and just released his newest book, “Becoming Remarkable: Creating a Dental Practice Everyone Talks About”.   www.1800dentist.com

Rick has been a banker for over 16 years previously working at US Bank. He has assisted with financing nearly 1,000 dentists and other medical professionals nationally. It involves everything from acquisitions, start ups, investment real estate, owner user real estate, operating lines, construction and personal lending. Rick serves on several boards that include a non profit dental clinic that helps underprivileged children who can't afford dental care among over local boards. Rick has assisted with Marquette Dental School's practice management course for 5+ years that includes D3 & D4 students. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee with a Bachelor's in finance and an MBA focusing on Leadership & Negotiation.   www.BankOfTheWest.com

Dr. Panjali is a graduate from New York University. He received his post graduate training in dental implants from Germany 1992. In 2004, he continued his training in Implant Dentistry at New York University and has a Master's Degree in Oral Implantology, Frankfurt University, Germany.   Dr Panjali is a Fellow of the Academy of General Dentistry, and Diplomat of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists. He is an active member of several dental organizations and has been lecturing on Dental Implants nationally and internationally since 1996. He has trained well over 1000 dentists within the US and many more worldwide. He has Published several articles on bone augmentation, immediate placement and managing Infected sockets in national an international journals.   He has evaluated and lectured on several leading implant systems and presents a versatile approach in treatment planning as well as surgical techniques.  He has helped develop surgical instruments that have made surgical procedures easier for both dentists and assistants. He has been developing surgical techniques which make immediate placement more predictably even in infected sites and has developed a protocol to achieve predictable results. He is also developing a new, no drill osteotomy technique for surgical implant placement.   He owns and operates an active private practice in Watertown, as well as in midtown Manhattan, with emphasis on Implant Dentistry.   www.NYImplantInstitute.com

Dean Mersky, DDS, founder & president, OPT-In Management, LLC. Dr. Mersky practiced general dentistry in Manhattan Beach, CA for 26 years. His private practiced focused on maladies of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ), full mouth reconstruction, and cosmetic dentistry. His professional memberships included the American Society for Dental Aesthetics, and the Northeast Gnathological Society. With a back injury forcing his retirement from clinical practice in 2002, Dr. Mersky joined the Captek company as director of clinical communication. In that role, he reviewed and reported on clinical and technical research, authored numerous papers for publication for Inside Dental Technology, Dental Town Journal, Journal of Dental Technology, Dentistry Today, Lab Management Today, and the quarterly issue of American Society for Dental Aesthetics,  and lectured nationally and internationally for both dentist and dental technicians. After a year of serving as implant coordinator for a large dental laboratory, Dr. Mersky launched OPT-In Dental Laboratory Cooperative, October, 2012, a dental laboratory organization comprised only of small laboratory owners. Recognizing that private practitioners have the same disadvantages and needs as small dental labs, he launched OPT-In Dental Advantage in June, 2014. Dr. Mersky graduated from the University of Detroit School of Dentistry, 1976, and holds a Bachelor’s degree in public health, from UCLA.   www.optincompanies.com   www.optindentaladvantage.com

Since 1980 Sal S. Aragona DDS MAGD AADSM D-ASBA IAOS has been working with patients to provide the best dental care for patients in Clinton Township and Sterling Heights, MI. His passion since day one has been to provide patients with the highest level of dental care in a personalized manner. He does this by getting a handle on each person's heartfelt emotional and dental needs and their expectations from him coupled with a complete understanding of their treatment. He doesn't just give them dental health, he shares in it. His commitment to professional growth and improvement is impeccable. As a Master of the Academy of General Dentistry, not only is his learning an accelerated internal value, his passion for excellence spills over in teaching and presenting cases to fellow colleagues. Along with being an instructor in the International Academy of Sleep and in the top 1% of all sleep dentists nationally with operating a sleep solution business for physicians and an oral appliance DME, he is a boarded sleep dentist Diplomate of the American Sleep and Breathing Academy. Dr. Aragona's 36 years of experience in dentistry is throughly integrated with genuine concern for his patients. All our long term staff is dedicated to your comfort and prompt attention as well. Our goal is to keep your teeth healthy and your smile bright in a manner that honors each person's unique tempermant and circumstances. The best compliment he recieves consistantly is the referral of family and friends. His patients trust his care, while they are in the office and after they go home.   www.AragonaDentistry.com

Associate Dean for Research, and Professor of Prosthodontics and Operative Dentistry at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine. With an expertise in Clinical Research and Esthetic Dentistry, he is a reviewer for The New England Journal of Medicine, JADA, The Journal of Dental Materials, and the Journal of Dentistry. He is on the Editorial Board of the The Journal of Cosmetic Dentistry, Compendium and Inside Dentistry. He is a Fellow in the American and International Colleges of Dentistry as well as the Academy of General Dentistry and the Academy of Dental Materials. Dr Kugel is on the Board of Directors of the CRA Foundation, and has his M.S. in Anatomy and Cellular Biology and his Ph.D. in Dental Materials. He received his Executive Certificate in Management from the MIT Sloan School of Business in 2009.   Dr. Kugel has published over 130 articles and over 300 abstracts in the field of restorative materials and techniques. He was given over 350 lectures both nationally and internationally. Dr. Kugel is part of a group practice, the Boston Center for Oral Health, located in Back Bay, Boston.   www.DrGerardKugel.com

Susan joined Practice Dynamics in 2015 and is ready to use her years of customer service and dental experience to help doctors achieve Balance Driven Success. She started her dental career over 20 years ago and brings with her the valuable knowledge that she learned from working in top-tier practices across the country.   Her varied experience in dentistry gives her a unique skill set that she relies on to coach dental teams everywhere. As a team player and a lifetime learner, Susan brings her well-rounded coaching expertise to the practices she works with.   Born to a military family in New York City, Susan has lived in many different regions of our country, but now calls Tucson, AZ, home. She is a proud mom of two grown children and enjoys the added blessing of two grandsons. Along with her love for dentistry, she also enjoys web design, social media, exercise, and cooking.   "Susan has an incredible ability to relate with dental staff and can make anyone feel at ease. She opens up a comfortable and clear communication with clients (Dentists). Susan is always willing to share her experience to improve office systems, team motivation, and dental/ medical software and training." - Robyn Carpenter   www.PracticeDynamics.net