Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran

Nate Williams graduated from Brigham Young University with a Masters Degree in Accounting. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Certified Financial Planner (CFP). He started his career at the Big 4 public accounting firm Deloitte, then worked at Cain Watters in Dallas before founding his current firm, Practice Financial Group, in 2010.   Nate works as the managing partner of Practice Financial Group provides comprehensive tax, accounting and financial planning services exclusively to dental practice owners across the country.   www.PracticeFinancialGroup.com

Luke S. Kahng, CDT, is a world renowned master ceramist with nearly thirty years of experience as a dental technician. He has developed a national and international following. His mission is: build the world’s best high-end dental laboratory - with affordable prices for all - in Naperville, IL.   The lab handles all aspects of restoration cases. As Owner and Director of Operations, Luke trains and oversees LSK121’s team of 40 technicians who fabricate fixed, removable and combo-implant full-mouth restoration cases. Luke utilizes his decades of experience to ensure that LSK121 maintains its reputation for providing high-quality, world-class, sophisticated work.   Through his passion for providing the most natural – looking and life-like restorations possible, he invented his own revolutionary shade guide system in 2009 to help dental professionals everywhere who struggle with shade matching and color. In 2010 he updated the system, finally creating his Ceramic Shade Guide system in 2012 which currently provides the most detailed shade tabs available for clear and succinct communication between dentists and laboratories regarding tooth shades and characteristics. It is a world-wide best seller.   His lectures have been presented both nationally and internationally, creating world-wide sales for his shade system and his various books, including Anatomy from Nature, Esthetic Guide Book and Smile Selection Plus CS3 Clinical Cases. In 2016, he will again publish a book about custom shade matching entitled Replicating Naturalism, with over 300 illustrated pages of real patient cases in hardcover format.   He regularly publishes articles in various dental journals, since 2005, totaling over 110 at this writing. The publications he has worked with are among the following: AAED, QDT, The Journal of Cosmetic Dentistry, Inside Dentistry, Dentaltown, Dentistry Today, Compendium, PPAD, Spectrum Dialogue, Teamwork, LMT, Dental Lab Products, Inside Dental Technology and JDT.   www.LSK121.com

Dr. DeWitt “Witt” Wilkerson graduated from the University of Florida, College of Dentistry in 1982, the same year he joined the Dawson private practice group in St. Petersburg, Florida. He serves as a Senior Faculty/Lecturer and Director of Dental Medicine,              the Dawson Academy, where he has taught over 600 days of lectures/hands on courses President, American Academy for Oral-Systemic Health(AAOSH) Adjunct Professor, Graduate Studies, University of Florida, College of Dentistry. Past President, AES, (American Equilibration Society, Leaders in Occlusion, TMD, Comprehensive Oral Care) Past Associate Faculty and Special Lecturer, L.D. Pankey Institute.   Witt lectures both nationally and internationally on the subjects of Restorative Dentistry, Dental Occlusion, TM Disorders, Airway/Sleep Apnea, and Integrative Dental Medicine.   It has been said that form follows function and deformation follows dysfunction. The future of Dentistry’s role in complete health will center around these two principles. The astute Dentist must correctly answer “why” questions related to malocclusion, muscle soreness, clenching & bruxing, headaches, clicking joints, severe dental wear, acid reflux and inflammation, as specialists in oral medicine. New answers are coming in daily as we recognize the key relationships involved in Integrative Dental Medicine. You will not want to miss this fascinating podcast by one of the leading investigative clinicians in our profession.   www.dupontwilkerson.com

Prior to her lifelong dream of starting a business, Nicole Foster spent 14 years in medical sales, most recently selling Invisalign for Align Technology. Before that, she pursued her M.B.A. from Santa Clara University – a life-changing experience that changed her outlook on everything. While she was there, she was President of the Women in Business network and organized a groundbreaking conference with 13 renowned speakers and funded it through sponsorship. She also completed her Bachelor of Arts from UCLA.   Nicole has a passion for helping small businesses thrive, and loves working in the dental and orthodontic industry. She created ClearEdge Innovation to offer the best marketing solutions to dental practices to help them grow their business and stay current in the modern business landscape.   www.clearedgeinnovation.com

The Lease Coach is North America's #1 Authority on Commercial, Retail and Office Leasing for Tenants. Dale Willerton and Jeff Grandfield have exclusively worked for tenants including Dentist and other healthcare professionals since 1993 and successfully negotiated over 3000 tenant leases across North America.  Willerton and Grandfield are co-authors of the book Negotiating Commercial Leases & Renewals FOR DUMMIES.   www.TheLeaseCoach.com

Grandpa Howie educated some of his grandkids on just how much sugar there really is in their favorite, seemingly healthy beverages. Try this experiment at your home too and be sure to post the aftermath on dentaltown.com!

Howard sat down with dental legend, Dr. Omer K. Reed, tp discuss life, the early days of dentistry, the industry’s trajectory, best practices, advice for new grads and so much more on Dentistry Uncensored.

Ruairi Gough is a Marketing Graduate from Trinity College Dublin and has worked in Sales & Marketing for over 20 years in 3 different countries - Ireland, UK and USA. On graduation from University Ruairi spent 10 years working for some high profile companies including News Corporation and IMG World, and also smaller companies involved in radio and ambient media. In 2011 Ruairi identified a niche for dental marketing in Ireland, just around the same time that the Irish Dental Council started to relax the rules about dentists marketing directly to patients. Having successfully dominated the marketing in Ireland, Ruairi set about building his business outside Ireland, and now boasts clients in 5 countries including UK, USA, Germany and Japan. While visiting dentist clients over the years, Ruairi came up with the idea for the toothsign.com unit, to help patients easily identify their local dental office. In the last 12 months almost 100 units have been sold into 5 countries. Some interesting things about Ruairi Ruairi is an avid triathlete and has completed numerous triathlon races including several half ironman distance events Ruairi  participated in the successful Guinness World Record attempt for the longest softball game in 2004, at just over 55 hours Ruairi has visited 30 states in the USA, which is 10 more than the average American man or woman Ruairi previously worked and lived in New York City for 3 years, working on marketing programs for Boeing, Ann Taylor, Wrigleys, Madison Square Garden, NYPD, Pentax, Sony and American Airlines.   www.dentalmarketinginternational.com www.toothsign.com

Eddie graduated from University of Toronto in 1995  with an HonsBSc and began his foray into the dental industry shortly thereafter. His love of science, nutrition and people led him to pursue a sales career in the medical and health industry. His search to work in this industry was realized when he began working for Bosworth and then American Dental Technologies. He has been with Henry Schein Canada now for the past 17 years. He is married to his beautiful wife Gina and together they have 2 amazing children , Cristina and Michael. Eddie is an avid learner and continues to look at life with a curiosity mindset.   www.thewhole2th.wordpress.com

Sam Dominick graduated from SUNY at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine in 1995.  He completed a 2 Year GPR at the VAMC Sepulveda.  Dr. Dominick met his wife Jody during dental  school and has been married to her since 1998.  They relocated to Arizona in 1999 and Sam began working for Today's Dental in 2001.  He opened his own practice in Chandler in 2009.   www.mosaicdentistryaz.com