Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran

In 1998, Dr. Sean opened his first general practice in Las Vegas, Nevada – All Bright Dental. Successful, skilled, and now with several years of experience under his belt, Dr. Sean knew he wanted to do more than just general dentistry. Enrolling in continuing education courses he studied the art and science of cosmetic, reconstructive, and implant dentistry. It was then that Dr. Sean became among the first in the Las Vegas valley to take on the dental implant procedure of placing a set of teeth on as few as four implants. As Dr. Sean’s name and reputation grew as a dental implant expert, he traveled around Southern California placing implants as an associate for other dentists. It was only a matter of time before he opened his own dental implant practices there. 4M Dental Implant Center was opened in Newport Beach, with 4M Dental Implant Center Long Beach opening soon thereafter. Both practices handle all aspects of dentistry with a focus on the life changing 4M Dental Implant solution.

Stanford University graduate, successful entrepreneur, and former NFL athlete, Brett Pierce, is CEO and co-founder of Elite Dental Alliance. An affiliate of Cain Watters & Associates, ELITE is the nation’s premier membership organization built specifically for the independent dental practice. With over 1,100 member practices across the U.S. and over $1.5 billion in collective annual production, ELITE has created a marketplace of member-exclusive offers from industry-leading vendors. From dental and office supplies, to equipment, to patient financing – and everything in between – the ELITE vendor marketplace is designed to take the guesswork and stress out of running a productive dental practice. https://elitedentalalliance.com/dentistry_uncensored_2019

Pat was vice president of T.H.E. Design Inc. for twenty years prior to forming her own company, the Practice Design Group, with Dr. Jeff Carter in 2002. Pat has written numerous articles on dental office design in Dental Economics and other publications and is a frequent speaker at many national and state dental meetings including the ADA Annual Meeting, the Hinman Meeting, Texas Dental Association Meeting, Greater New York Meeting, Chicago Midwinter Meeting and Southwest Dental Conference. Since 1997, Jeff has been involved in the design and construction of over 500 dental facilities including dental schools and has published over 75 articles on office design and equipment and technology integration. Visit www.dentaleconomics.com to access archives of Jeff’s columns in Dental Economics, Dental Equipment and Materials and Dental Office. Jeff is also a frequent speaker teaming with Pat to present over 300 CE courses on Dental Office Design nationwide. https://www.midmark.com/dental/design-center/impact-design

Andy Graham has nearly 40 years of investment, advisory and financial services experience. He has worked with a wide variety of businesses sectors and stages. Mr. Graham has demonstrated the ability to identify companies with unique products or services, and he has actively supported their growth. Andy Graham’s first experience with dental support organizations was acquiring the assets of Upstate Dental, the predecessor to Aspen Dental. Upstate was a seven-office group practice with offices in northern New York and Connecticut. After the business was stabilized, Upstate completed the acquisition of a three-office group owned and operated by Bob Fontana. Soon thereafter, the company was re-formed as Aspen Dental Management and Bob Fontana was named its CEO. Mr. Graham served as Aspen’s Chairman. From 1997 to 2006, Aspen developed all aspects of its business model and grew exclusively through organic measures from 10 to 100 offices, generating annualized revenue and earnings growth of 30% and 31%, respectively. Ares Capital acquired Aspen Dental in 2006. Today, Bob Fontana remains CEO of Aspen. Bob’s leadership has built the company into one of the largest and most successful dental practice management companies in the industry.

Dr. Leibow graduated with honors for the Indiana School of Dentistry and immediately went to Boston for a 2 year residency and received a masters degree along with a certificate for Endodontics. He was taught by Dr. Herb Schilder, one of the icons of Endodontics and the father of warm vertical condensation. He was the 5th Endodontist to open a practice limited to Endodontics in the metropolitan Phoenix area. He is presently an Assistant Professor and full time Co-Director of Endodontics.

Richard earned his Bachelor’s degree in cello performance from the University of Utah in 2010 while working full-time at an asphalt plant near Salt Lake City. Before dental school, Richard worked at an asphalt plant, as a musician, a web developer, and was training to become a pilot. Once he discovered dentistry, he never looked back.

Brandon Barnum, CEO of Codebreaker Technologies is a seasoned technology executive who has designed, built and managed multiple tech companies over the past 22 years. Brandon’s companies currently serve over 5 million business owners, entrepreneurs and salespeople in over 200 countries. Everywhere from Antarctica to Zimbabwe, helping people create profitable partnerships and raving referrals. Now, with the launch of Codebreaker AI - Personality Coding Technology, Brandon is helping business owners close more sales in less time, and is here today to discuss increasing dental case acceptance and completion by up to 300%.

Dr. Sam Low provides dentists and dental hygienists with the tools needed for successfully managing the periodontal patient in general and periodontal practices. As an associate faculty member of the L.D. Pankey Institute for 20 years and Professor Emeritus, University of Florida, College of Dentistry, Dr. Low’s many years’ experience training dental professionals is evident in his straightforward, informative, and entertaining teaching style. Dr. Low’s presentations focus on creating positive interactions between dentists, periodontists, and dental hygienists through communication skills and continuous quality improvement to enhance esthetics, tooth retention, and implant placement. 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. Currently, he is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Utah, School of Dentistry. Gordon has presented thousands of hours of continuing education globally, made hundreds of educational videos used throughout the world, and published widely. Dr. Klemma has been a lifetime student of dentistry. After graduation from Loyola Dental school he started private practice in a suburb of Chicago. He was an instructor at Loyola Dental school for 8 years. Besides the hundreds of hours of continuing education that he participated in, he has written 2 articles on aesthetic dentistry and 1 article on pulp protection using Thera-cal by Bisco. He is currently a Clinical Director for Heartland Dental and lectures on Diode lasers for use in hygiene and clinical Dentistry.

Dr. Krieger is a 1998 graduate of New Jersey Dental School. He started his private practice in Franklin Lakes NJ in 2002 from scratch. In 2019 his revenue will approach 2 million dollar at a 40+% profit margin. He works less that 28 hours per week, has a total of 4 operatories with 3 FT hygiene columns, and accepts PPO’s. He started Million Dollar PPO Coaching and Consulting in 2010 in order to help dentists understand and grow their businesses in today’s new and challenging environment. He believes in profitability through efficiency. He and his coaches have helped hundreds of practices throughout the US grow and thrive. He lectures nationally on practice management, CAD CAM integration, and the business of Dentistry.

Dr. Graham Craig AM, MDS, PhD, FRACDS is currently scientific advisor to Dental Outlook. He was formerly Associate Professor in the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Sydney and subsequently, Director of the Dental Health Foundation at the University of Sydney. His clinical interests have involved the use and evaluation of materials and procedures for minimal intervention dentistry as well as the use of metal fluorides in caries prevention. He has a chemistry background with his PhD being a study of iron fluorides as one of the metal fluorides group. He has published 34 papers in refereed scientific journals throughout the world and has presentedover 200 post-graduate courses and lectures.