Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran

Ali is the founding attorney of the Dental and Medical Counsel, P.C. law firm and one of the nation’s leading legal authorities on topics relevant to doctors. Since its creation, the Dental and Medical Counsel P.C. law firm has been regarded as one of the preeminent law firms devoted exclusively to healthcare professionals.   Clients seek Ali’s advice on practice acquisitions and sales, creation of corporations and partnerships, associate contracts, estate planning, employment law matters, office leasing and state board defense. He is also the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of HR for Health, which is a software as a service platform that provides web-based human resources solutions and advice for health care practice owners and managers.   Additionally, he is recognized as an exceptional speaker and educator that simplifies complex legal and HR topics and has lectured extensively throughout the United States, including audiences such as the American Association of Orthodontists, the American Dental Association, and the California Dental Association. He is also a frequent guest lecturer at local dental, veterinarian, optometry and physician societies and study groups. He is frequently quoted and has written articles for numerous magazines and publications. In addition, Ali is the author of “The Strategic Dentist: An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Owning a Dental Practice” which guides dentists to build or purchase a successful dental practice by avoiding costly mistakes.   https://www.dentalcounsel.com/

Trent Orth is a 2018 graduate from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta. He also received his Bachelors of Medical Science from the University of Alberta.

Dr. Brown graduated from Georgetown dental in 1986 and built a large practice shortly thereafter. He has been working in the area of TMJ disorders for over 25 years and took over the practice of Dr. Brendan Stack about 5 years ago. He has lectured on TMJ disorders in London, Dubai, Seoul, Washington DC, and Oslo. He currently teaches TMJ and sleep treatment modalities in Toronto. He is very experienced in identifying cranial bone distortions and how they relate to the various disorders including migraines, sleep disordered breathing, and even movement disorders like Tourette’s.   http://sleepandtmjtherapy.com/

Dr. Miles is Adjunct Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology with the University of Texas in San Antonio. He was Chair of the Department of Oral Health Sciences at the University of Kentucky, the graduate program director of Diagnostic Sciences at Indiana University, and has held positions at the University of Connecticut and Dalhousie University, and the Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology and the American Board of Oral Medicine. Dr. Miles has been selected as one of the “TOP CLINICIANS IN CE” for the past 12 years by Dentistry Today. He has authored over 135 scientific articles, 6 radiology textbooks and the best-selling atlas on cone beam imaging, “Atlas of Cone Beam Imaging for Dental Applications”. He has a website for teaching the dental team about digital imaging at http://learndigital.net/ and cone beam imaging at http://doctorconebeam.com/. Dr. Miles has a full-time practice in oral and maxillofacial radiology in Fountain Hills, AZ. To date he has read over 23,000 cone beam scans.   http://easyriter.com/ https://www.imagegently.org/Roles-What-can-I-do/Parent/Dentist

Tyson Downs, the owner of Titan Web Agency, has years of experience working with dentists helping them meet their revenues goals. Prior to starting Titan Web Agency, he freelanced in SEO and Web Design while working in the corporate world. Tyson is a graduate of Brigham Young University, the father of 5, and a passionate bodybuilder.   Tyson created a digital marketing agency that truly 'gets it'. They understand what it is like to own and run a small business. They understand the challenges that you go through each day, because frankly, they face many of the same challenges. They treat you like a person, like a friend, not just another 'account'. They speak to you in terms that you can understand. They ‘get’ that you aren’t an SEO expert. All you want is to get more leads coming in. They aren't a low priced, budget, churn and burn agency. They like to say: “You can have quality. You can have low price. But you can't have both.”   If you’re in need of more patients, and are considering a marketing company, consider Titan Web Agency.   https://titanwebagency.com/

Margy Schaller runs a company called Laser Pointer Presentations.  She works with people who want more bookings and business presenters who want to make their message stick.  As a speaker, she shares a proven formula to create and present inspired content.  In fact, she wrote the book, Formulate A Winning Presentation (available on Amazon).  As a result of her content coaching, people often share they have more clarity of thought, more confidence in their material, and more impact and influence with their audience members.  On a personal note, Margy loves to travel and just completed her first round the world trip last month.   http://www.laserpointerpresentations.com/

Bassim Michael, CPA, CVA, MS is the founder and president of Onlyfordentists.com, a division of Michael & Company, CPA.  Bassim and his team are dedicated to helping dentists understand their financial information, improve their profitability and lower their taxes.  For more than 20 years, Bassim has worked with hundreds of dentists throughout the United States to help them become better managers and leaders.   Bassim is a frequent speaker on topics such as practice management, tax planning and exit planning. He has been quoted in many articles and publications such as the Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Wire, and many more.   https://www.onlyfordentists.com/

Brandon Collier is a practicing attorney and President of Collier & Associates, Inc., a nearly fifty year old firm which specialize in representing dentists nationwide in practice transitions and providing objective unbiased advice regarding the business aspects of their practices, taxes, insurance, investing and how to live a good life. He is the Editor of the twice-monthly Collier Newsletter, which for close to a half-century has been providing cutting edge, unbiased and easy-to-implement legal, business and financial advice to dentists to help them become and retire wealthy.  The Newsletter has thousands of paid subscribers, and over the decades, tens of thousands of dentists have subscribed.   Brandon also conducts the popular Collier and Associates continuing education seminars.  The seminars are tax deductible and located at top destinations throughout the country, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean.  Brandon conducts several week-long seminars each year, as well as shorter specialty meetings targeted to Young Doctors, Retired Doctors, Practice Transitions and Special Advanced Investing Seminars.  As with the Newsletter, doctors come to the seminars because of the quality of the content but also enjoy some quality time with colleagues and family.  Collier & Associates sells nothing but ideas – no insurance and no investment management services.   Brandon also oversees the Collier retirement plan division which designs and prepares profit sharing, 401(k) and defined benefit plans. Over the years thousands of dental practices throughout the country have used Collier retirement plans. He has many years of experience consulting with doctors and speaking nationwide as an invited lecturer. He believes in giving back to dentistry and currently serves on the visiting committee of the Case Western Reserve University School of Dentistry and has been a past member of the Board of Trustees of the American Association of Orthodontists Foundation (the AAO’s charitable arm).    http://www.collieradvisors.com/

Born in 1964. Achievement of Dental Degree in Ulm, Germany Dissertation on “ Evidence of Amalgam Elements in Dental Pulp Among Amalgam Patients.” Residency at the “Süddeutsche Zentrum für Orale Implantologie” (Southern German Center for Oral Implantology).   1992, foundation of his first private practice specialized in metal-free dentistry. 1998, certification in Biological Dentistry and in 1999, certification in Implantology. Founder of the BODENSEE ZAHNKLINIK. The Bodensee Zahnklinik has made a name for itself primarily in the field of all-ceramic and implantology. Co-author of the patient guidance booklet, "Zähne gut, alles gut" (“Healthy teeth, all’s well”) and the “Implantology Guidebook“.   From 2001 to 2004, development consultant with the achievement of the zirconium-oxide implant Z-Look, one of the first approved ceramic implants. 2004, founder of the company Z-Systems. 2006, founder of the first ever use of ultra-sonic implants and 2007 founder of ultrasonic applications in membrane technology for bone augmentation. 2007, latest generation of ATZ ceramic implants and CEO of the company, “Swiss Dental Solutions“. 2002 to 2012, development of the first two-piece ceramic implants. 2013-2014 development of the newest generation of onepiece hybrid implants and maturation of the SCC (Short Cut Concept) according to Dr. Volz, which allows you immediate implantation after extraction in the region of molars and immediate temporary restorations. 2016 he founded the Swiss Bio-health Clinic for biological dentistry and medicine. Since 2001, Dr. Volz has performed more than 18,000 ceramic implant placements.   https://www.swiss-biohealth.com/

Dr. Monica Casadei graduated with honors at the University of Bologna in Medicine and Surgery in 1982. She works as a general dentist since 1983 in private practice in Ravenna with her partner and husband Dott. Massimo Testi.   In 1984 she obtained the Post-Graduate Edgewise with Prof. A. Horn in the Tweed technique. She attended Prof. Langlade's courses for Ricketts technique.   She attended the Donau University from 1998 to 2004 obtaining the Master's degree with Prof. S. Sato in orthodontics: "Orthodontic treatment of functional patients and dysfunctional".   In the gnathological field she attended the courses of Prof. C. Avril, of Prof. Alain Landry, then followed the Postgraduate in gnathology at the University of Vienna with Prof. Slavicek in 1996. Core curriculum with Prof. Slavicek in 2006.   Ordinary member Sido (Italian Society Of Orthodontics). IBO member. Founding member A.I.G. (Italian Gnatology Association) in which she covered the adviser charge from 2008 to 2016. IAAID member (International Academy of Advanced Interdisciplinary Dentistry).   She translated the books of Prof. Sadao Sato: “Orthodontic treatment of malocclusions according to craniofacial dynamics” and "MEAW: orthodontic treatment with the multiloop arc”.   Since 2016 she have been part of the teaching staff of the basic core curriculum of the VIESID Fondation of Prof Rudolf Slavicek.   She teach for the VIESID Foundation a Postgraduate clinical course of orthodontics in Vienna in English 3 years under the patronage of the University of Vienna as a course director and having as guest lecturer Prof Sadao Sato.   She teach for the VIESID Foundation a Postgraduate clinical course of orthodontics in Poznan Poland.   She propose yearly basic and clinical courses of orthodontics with Dr. Dario D'Alessio throughout Italy applying the orthodontic and gnathological concepts of Prof Sadao Sato and Rudolf Slavicek.   https://www.casadeitesti.it/