Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran

Owens & Bondell PLLC is a CPA firm that specialize in working with dental offices, both general and specialists in Arizona and parts of Nevada, Utah, Texas and New Mexico.  They started almost 40 years ago with 13 clients and today they work with over 360 practices on a regular basis providing accounting, tax preparation and business consulting.  They help Doctor’s prepare for the purchase or start-up of a practice.  This ‘Due Diligence’ process helps buyers understand what the numbers mean and what future income might look like based on past performance.  They help Doctor’s stay compliant with the IRS and state agencies.  They help Doctor’s organize the numbers and meet quarterly to review them and what they mean, including tax planning.  They maintain an extensive network of dental contacts in Arizona:  lenders, attorneys, insurance brokers, practice management consultants, practice brokers…….that ALL cater to the dental community.   www.obcpas.com

Dr. Mark Kleive earned his D.D.S. degree with distinction from the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry in 1997. Mark has had the experience as an associate in a multi-clinic setting and as an owner of 2 different fee-for-service practices. For the last 6 years Mark has practiced in a beautiful area of the country - Asheville, North Carolina.   Mark is a Visiting Faculty member with The Pankey Institute and a 2015 inductee into the American College of Dentistry. He is also a regular contributor to the Restorative Nation website. Mark has lectured at numerous state and regional dental meetings including Hinman, Yankee, Texas, Minnesota, California, Florida and the ADA’s annual session. He also teaches a financial management course for dentists in Black Mountain, NC.   www.blackmountaindentist.com

Dr. V. Kim Kutsch received his undergraduate degree from Westminster College in Utah and then completed his DMD at University of Oregon School of Dentistry in 1979. He is an inventor holding numerous patents in dentistry, product consultant, internationally recognized speaker, is past president of the Academy of Laser Dentistry, and the World Congress of Minimally Invasive Dentistry. He also has served on the board of directors for the World Clinical Laser Institute and the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry. As an author, Dr. Kutsch has published over 100 articles and abstracts on minimally invasive dentistry, caries risk assessment, digital radiography and other technologies in both dental and medical journals and contributed chapters to numerous textbooks. He coauthored Balance, a textbook on dental decay with 100,000 copies in print, and wrote the Rough World series, a young adult science fiction trilogy. He acts as a reviewer for several journals including the Journal of the American Dental Association and Compendium. Dr. Kutsch also serves as CEO of Dental Alliance Holdings LLC, manufacturer of the Carifree system, and Remin Media. As a clinician he is a Graduate, Mentor and Scientific Advisor of Dental Caries at the prestigious Kois Center. Dr. Kutsch maintains a private practice in Albany Oregon.   www.carifree.com

Paul Edwards is the CEO and co-founder of CEDR HR Solutions, a leading provider of custom employee handbooks and on-demand HR support for dental practices of all sizes and specialties across the United States.   With over 25 years of experience as a manager and business owner, Paul is well-known throughout the dental community for his expertise in the HR issues that impact dental practice owners and managers. He specializes in helping dentists successfully handle employee issues and safely navigate the complex and ever-changing employment and labor law landscape.   Paul is the author of HR Base Camp, a blog and podcast channel for dentists and healthcare providers. He is also a featured writer for The Profitable Dentist, Dentistry IQ and Dentaltown, and regularly speaks at dental seminars, conferences and CE courses across the country, including the Greater New York Dental Meeting, Yankee Dental Conference, DOCS Education, AADOM and more.   www.cedrsolutions.com

A dentist and an inventor, Dr. Sigal Jacobson from Melbourne Australia is an internationally acclaimed lecturer with more than 22 years of experience in aesthetic dentistry. The dental product report has nominated her as “this year's top 25 women in dentistry “Dr Sigal published several articles in major dental magazines and invented the world-renowned Uveneer™ system which is a template system to deliver predictable and efficient aesthetic composite restorations. Uveneer is distributed exclusively by Ultradent and is used by thousands of clinics all around the world. She is also working to create more innovations that aim to make the general dentist’s work more efficient and predictable, while simultaneously Making it easier and more affordable on the patients. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Dento-Facial Aesthetics, member of the Australian AADFA and a key speaker for Ultradent.   www.uveneer.com

Dr. Stuart Frost is an orthodontist and comes from a family of dentists.  His father was a dentist and pioneer in implant dentistry for 40 years and his twin brother Steve is an endodontist /and has been on my podcast within the last year. He graduated with honors from UOP in 1992 and practiced general dentistry for 5 years with his father before going back to do a year fellowship in TMJD followed by his orthodontic residency from University of Rochester in 2000. He has been practicing orthodontics in mesa Arizona. He is currently on faculty as an Associate Clinical Professor at UOP orthodontic department for the past decade.  He is a KOL for Ormco, Propel Orthodontics, Spectrum lasers and iCAT. He has lectured extensively around the world for the past 11 years on Damon braces and mechanics helping practitioners work smarter not harder. He has created an “Airway Aware orthodontic practice and considers himself to be an artist orthodontist and has a private practice in Mesa Arizona.    www.frostortho.com

Penny Reed is a dental practice management coach, professional speaker, and author of the book Growing Your Dental Business.   Penny was recruited by her dentist to run his growing practice in 1992 and began her career as a dental consultant in 1994.  She has been designated by Dentistry Today as one of the prestigious Leaders in Dental Consulting from 2007 to 2017.  She is a member of the Academy of Dental Management Consultants, the Speaking and Consulting Network and is an ASCA member of the American Association of Dental Office Managers.  She coaches dentists and their teams and has spoken to dental groups nationally for over two decades.   On a personal note, Penny is a major Disney fan and is always plotting her next Disney trip or dental retreat near one of the parks.   www.pennyreed.com www.attitudeupgrade.com

Dr. Mark Anthony Limosani received his D.M.D. degree from the University of Montreal in 2007. Since then, he completed a one-year multi-disciplinary residency at the Queen Elizabeth Oral Health Center, a McGill University a liated program. Following one year of private practice and many hours of continuing education, he then followed his dream and attended the special- ty program in Endodontics at Nova Southeastern University where he also received his Masters Degree in Dental Science. He won the "Robert A. Uchin Endodontic Award" for his presentation during Nova's endodontic alumni day.   Dr. Limosani has lectured locally and internationally on many topics in endodontics including: dental traumatology, the restoration of endontically treated teeth, restoratively minded endodontics, diagnosis and treatment planning and cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) use in endodontics.   www.westonendocare.com

Dr Jeffrey Hoos, opened his private practice in 1979, with one dental chair and a baby that came one week later.  Today 38 years later, the Brush & Floss Dental Center has 4 partners and a staff of 25.  The office is open 6 days a week and 4 evenings a week. The mission statement of the office: Provide the highest quality care, for the greatest number of patients, and at the same time maintaining a balance between personal and professional lives.   Dr Jeffrey Hoos has an educational goal of: Provide dental education for professionals that will enhance their professional lives, provide information that will allow them to provide a higher quality care for their patients. Balancing: the Art, Science, & Business of Dentistry.   www.bettersmile.com

Dr. Matthew Lee is a practicing general dentist and Captain in the US Air Force, currently stationed at Eielson Air Force Base in the heart of Alaska.  He graduated in 2014 from the University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry and completed a 1-year AEGD at the US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs in the summer of 2015.  He is one of 4 general dentists serving at Eielson AFB and enjoys all aspects of dentistry and loves to learn more ways to make dentistry more efficient and enjoyable.  His family currently consists of an awesome wife and a great dog!  When he’s not doing dentistry, he enjoys listening to podcasts, reading, working out, and making life more fun.   usafdds.blogspot.com