Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran

Dr. Sascha A. Jovanovic is considered one of the founders of guided bone regeneration (GBR). He was formally trained in periodontics at UCLA School of Dentistry, in Implant Dentistry at Loma Linda University and in Prosthodontics at University of Aachen, Germany and holds a Master of Sciences degree in Oral Biology from UCLA. He lectures extensively worldwide and has published over 65 articles and book chapters, and one textbook titled Color Atlas of Implantology (Thieme Publ.) which is translated in 8 languages. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the gIDE academic curriculum, is on several editorial boards for scientific journals and presents and teaches his implant protocols globally. Join the community on Dentaltown at https://www.dentaltown.com

Thad Miller is a dental industry leader with twenty-four years experience. His circles of influence span across the United States and include practicing dentists, dental schools, manufacturers, suppliers and beyond. Over the years he saw firsthand the difficulty dentists had when it came time to buy and sell a practice or find a partner for the practice. He wondered..."Could there be a better way? What if the process could be professional, streamlined and efficient? Utilizing technology, yet never losing the human touch?" These questions led him to found ddsmatch in 2009 and ddsmatch Franchise in 2015. Join the community on Dentaltown at https://www.dentaltown.com

Dr. Chad P. Gehani, an endodontist from Queens, New York, is president of the American Dental Association. Since 2014, Dr. Gehani has served as the Second District Trustee to the ADA Board of Trustees, and was a delegate in the House of Delegates from 2000 to 2014. Dr. Gehani was previously the president of the New York State Dental Association and the Queens County Dental Society. Dr. Gehani graduated from the Columbia University College of Dental Medicine. He practices in Queens, New York. Dr. Kathy O'Loughlin is the executive director of the American Dental Association, the nation's leading advocate for oral health. She is a nationally recognized leader in the health care, nonprofit and education sectors, and she speaks around the country about the profession of dentistry, oral health care delivery and public health policy. She was the first female dental school class president and valedictorian of Tufts University School of Dental Medicine and is the first female executive director of the American Dental Association, which was founded in 1859. Join the community on Dentaltown at https://www.dentaltown.com

Amy Clark is an accomplished business analyst and management consultant with a 30+ year portfolio of success developing and expanding new opportunities to positively impact bottom line earnings for her clients. Amy is a national keynote speaker, a member of Cambridge's Who's Who of Women Entrepreneurs, the Chandler Chapter Past President for the National Association of Professional Women, and Chapter Past President of IIBA. She is a Registered Dental Assistant, Master Life Coach, Master's in Business Administration, a Certified Business Analyst and a Reiki Master. Join the community on Dentaltown at https://www.dentaltown.com

Eric Shirley is the President of Patterson Dental, a leading, value-added distributor focused on providing best-in-class products, services and technology to the dental and animal health markets. Prior to joining Patterson, Eric held leadership positions at Midmark, Dentsply International and several other medical device manufacturers. Eric holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Long Beach State University, and a Master of Business Administration from UCLA Anderson School of Management. Join the community on Dentaltown at https://www.dentaltown.com

Seray Cicek is a medical technology innovator and synthetic biology enthusiast. She holds a MSc in Pharmaceutical Sciences and BASc in Engineering Science (Biomedical) from the University of Toronto. Her strong interest in synthetic biology led her to pursue graduate studies in Keith Pardee's lab. Her graduate studies focused on development of a low-cost diagnostic device for the detection of Zika virus in patient samples, and deployment of these devices in Ecuador, Colombia and Brazil. Seray is the co-founder and CEO of LSK Technologies Inc, a start-up that aims to decentralize diagnostic labs to increase access to traditionally lab-based tests, starting from COVID-19 testing. Join the community on Dentaltown at https://www.dentaltown.com

Dr. Sara Zeidan is currently a practicing general dentist in the Bay Area and the founder/CEO of DrHuddle. She received her BS degree in Microbiology from San Francisco State university, and after being introduced to dentistry, Dr. Z fell in love with the medicine and artistry aspects of the profession. She went on to achieve her DDS degree from NYU Dental School. Following dental school, and before moving back to the Bay Area, Dr. Z worked in Illinois for a couple years. After moving back to the Bay Area in the end of 2018, she fell in love with the tech startup spirit all around the Bay. So, along with two talented software engineers, Dr. Z has founded DrHuddle.com, a free online platform that facilitates dental referrals between general dentists and specialists. Through DrHuddle, the mission is to add an important software upgrade into the dental field, as dentists can get rid of paper referrals and non-HIPAA complaint emails.

In working as a CPA and starting several small businesses, Levi Morehouse realized that the back-office is a distraction to most entrepreneurs and that they need done-for-you, cloud-based, accounting and reporting and he founded Ceterus in 2008. In the years since, Ceterus has grown quickly, raised millions in venture capital, built an automated accounting platform, and most importantly empowered thousands of entrepreneurs with accounting, reporting, and consulting solutions. More recently Ceterus has begun to provide their accounting platform to CPAs and Accountants who serve as trusted advisors to small business entrepreneurs themselves. He lives in Charleston, South Carolina with his lovely wife, five boys, and a baby daughter. Jonathan has been with Ceterus for nearly a decade, growing sales and developing new revenue streams in a rapidly changing accounting environment. Jonathan's focus is to empower dental-focused CPA firms to improve their Client Accounting Services business with greater automation, accuracy, and a white-labelled client reporting portal which includes real-time dental P&L benchmarks and industry insights.

Dr. Nammy Patel, DDS (www.sfgreendentist.com) operates a practice called Green Dentistry in San Francisco and is the author of Age With Style: Your Guide To A Youthful Smile & Healthy Living. A graduate of the University of California's School of Dentistry, she is a leader in the movement to bring environmental sanity and well-being into the dental world. Dr. Patel focuses on helping patients recognize the vital connection between dental health and whole body health. Howard's video on uncovering hidden sugars: https://youtu.be/tcQwbIJG91Y Nammy's video on making your own toothpaste: https://wjla.com/news/lets-talk/learn-how-to-make-toothpaste-and-mouthwash

Dr. Spencer Zaugg received his bachelor degrees in chemistry and microbiology at Weber State University then earned his doctorate in dental medicine at Southern Illinois University. Following dental school, he completed a 1 year full-time fellowship in implant dentistry at SIUE- SDM. He attends several continuing education courses a year as well as lectures on implants. He is a Kois graduate and has earned several degrees, certificates and awards. The education, experience and skill set that Dr. Zaugg has allows him to provide good solid dentistry, which he has great passion!

Sally McKenzie is President and CEO of McKenzie Management, a nationwide dental practice management company which Sally founded in Columbus, Ohio in 1979. Prior to founding McKenzie Management, she was an Expanded Duty Dental Auxiliary and Business manager and Instructor of Dental Auxiliary Utilization with the Ohio State University College of Dentistry and Columbus Public Schools. She is also the owner of The Dentist's Network electronic publication founded in 2006. Prior to founding McKenzie Management, she started one of the nation's first Dental Personnel placement businesses with four franchises in Ohio and started 75 agencies throughout the U. S. In 2009 to 2018 she was also the publisher and owner of The New Dentist magazine. Sally has lectured through the U. S. and internationally to the nation's top meetings, state associations, dental universities, regional dental societies and study clubs.

Keli Tointigh began her career in dentistry following a decade of retail service where she was a general manager for the department store, Stein Mart. She graduated from the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology in 1999. She then obtained a Master's degree in Human Relations from the University of Oklahoma. Keli is married to John Tointigh (21 years) and they have 5 children, Gehrig (18), Boston (15), Maris (10), Nolan (5) and Caroline (3). Keli and John work together on many projects whether it is for Blackhorse Marketing or 406 Resources. They spend all their free time at a baseball field somewhere. With 15 years of experience advertising and marketing medical practices, John has made a career of working with offices to target the right demographic, utilizing a quality message and medium, increasing quality phone calls, which can then be converted into new patients.

Twenty years ago, while still in college, Bryan Currier started Advantage Technologies from his parents' basement. From those humble beginnings, he's now grown his company to include 85+ employees and over 800 customers that Advantage Technologies serves daily. Though growth has been abundant for Bryan's company, he remains passionate about supporting dental entrepreneurs to achieve their dreams of running a successful practice and helping improve the lives of their patients. He offers a no-nonsense approach when speaking about various topics including technology in dentistry, cybersecurity and Ransomware, IT, Cloud-Computing and general business topics at National, state, regional and study club events. While Bryan has presented at national events as large as Chicago Midwinter, he still loves to get in a room with 20 doctors to talk about ways they can grow their business. When he's not running a successful company or speaking, Bryan enjoys spending time with his extraordinary wife (which he self-admittedly married "up"), his 4 amazing children, and 5 backyard chickens. An avid aviator, Bryan and his wife are both pilots and take any opportunity possible to travel across the US and explore new places. https://www.adv-tech.com/howardfarran/

Karl Frye is the founder and Principal owner of Frye Practice Sales & Healthcare Real Estate. Karl oversees all aspects: sales, mergers, and acquisition and commercial real estate needs of his clients. Karl created FPS after a 10+ year career in commercial healthcare banking. Karl has successfully worked on hundreds of practice related projects in the all medical verticals with a heavy focus on Dental & Veterinary practice transitions. Karl has worked on single doc projects to expansion projects with 85+ doctors looking to build and expand ASC's throughout the Southwest United States. Karl lives in Scottsdale with his wife and two daughters, and when he's not coaching his daughters' sports teams or doing something as a dad, he enjoys golfing, watching college and professional sports, and making different meals on his smoker for his family and friends to enjoy.

With more than 30 years of experience and over 1,000 dental office developments to his credit, Steve Anderson has used his depth of experience working successfully with hundreds of dentists to build dream dental practices. Steve has authored 2 books on building a dream dental office: his first book, Dental Blueprint for Success, and now his forthcoming book, DentalEase. Steve is a featured presenter at AzDA Dental Schools and continuing education programs. In everything he does, Steve finds no greater joy than to positively impact others and leave a lasting legacy of improvement.

Airway Health Solutions is a unique "airway focused" dental consultancy and CE platform helping dental practices implement treatment modalities to intercept Sleep Disordered Breathing via growth & development of the jaws. This includes utilizing clear aligner therapy, myofunctional/expansion appliances along with interdisciplinary collaboration for patients of all ages. Airway Health Solutions services include: Live and Online CE Courses featuring our sought after 2 Day Mini-Residency with Dr. Ben Miraglia and our newly added "Whole Health Integration" courses featuring guest faculty, Dr. Felix Liao. Airway Health Solutions mission is to help dental professionals help their patients breathe, sleep, and thrive, providing a healthy ROI for both patient and practice health.

Colin Carr is the founder and CEO of CARR, the nation's leading provider of commercial real estate services for healthcare tenants and buyers. Every year, thousands of healthcare practices trust CARR to achieve the most favorable terms on their lease and purchase negotiations. Colin has been involved in commercial real estate since 2000 and has personally completed over 1,000 transactions. He is a licensed real estate broker in ten states. Colin lectures and trains thousands of healthcare professionals, administrators, business owners, students and more on an annual basis throughout the country at national meetings, conventions, study clubs, associations, universities and more.

Howard recently spoke to members of the Connecticut State Dental Association and gave advice for new dentists entering the profession in the wake of COVID-19.

Dr. Sulman Ahmed is the Founder and CEO of DECA Dental. He is instrumental in shaping and overseeing DECA Dental's growth, strategy and culture. In 2008, Dr. Ahmed opened his first dental office and set out to create a truly patient centered model. His belief in putting patients first is the fundamental backbone of DECA Dental's core values and patient care delivery model. Ensuring adequate training for doctors, the very best materials being placed in the patient's mouth, weekend hours and multiple specialists working under one roof are just the beginning of his vision. On a more personal note Dr. Ahmed has achieved many honors and awards, one of the more notable ones being named as a finalist for the 2016 EY Entrepreneur of the Year, and winner of the 2017 EY Entrepreneur of the Year. He is a sought-after speaker at several leadership, entrepreneurial and motivational conferences. Dr. Ahmed obtained his Doctor of Dental Medicine degree from the Tufts School of Dental Medicine in Boston.

Emmet Scott is CEO and co-founder of Community Dental Partners™ a DSO supporting the dental practices, Smile Magic Dentistry and Braces™ – a Chuck E. Cheese like dental practice for kids. His business partner, Dr. Chad Evans, has been his best friend since they were 2 years old. Emmet is also the host of DSO Secrets, a podcast focused on building the best DSOs and group practices in the industry. He created a Facebook group by the same name for leaders in the dental group industry to discuss some of the most difficult components of running a DSO.

Shawn Zajas is Founder of Zana, the electric toothbrush program, redefined. Shawn is also the cofounder of The Authentic Dentist – a company he started with his partner Dr. Allison House. At the core of The Authentic Dentist is the belief that the answer to the current challenges in dentistry, is dentists discovering that their greatest asset is their personal brand – and that forming that brand out of their authentic selves is the best strategy for success in dentistry today.

Jenn Rhoades is the CEO & Co-Founder of Smile Virtual. Born and raised in San Diego where she received her Bachelor of Arts in Marketing from National University. She has over 20 years of experience in Marketing, 10 of those being in the dental industry. Back in 2012 she joined the team at Harris Dental in Phoenix, Arizona and became their Marketing Director. She helped grow their practice and expand it into multiple locations. After years of working with Dr. Brain Harris and collaborating on innovative ways to attract and convert ideal patients, they came up with the idea of virtual consults. Jenn has been able to organically grow Smile Virtual from an idea on a whiteboard to a virtual consult software company helping hundreds of dentists do more of the dentistry they love. She currently lives in Phoenix with her husband, 2 kids and a yellow lab.

Dr. Robert James Bray attended the University of Maryland School of Dentistry where he earned his Doctorate in Dental Surgery. Dr. Bray went on to obtain his Certificate of Orthodontics at the Eastman Dental Center in Rochester, New York, completing his M.S at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry with a major course in genetics. An active member of the community, Dr. Bray has served on Shore Medical Center's, Howard S. Stainton Society and Shore Tomorrow fundraising campaigns for over 16 years. Dr. Bray is the current C.E.O of the Schulman Study Group and AAO Foundation National Planned Giving Chair. He has served on the Brigantine Board of Education, including working as the president of the Board for eleven years. Dr. Bray continues to serve as an Associate Clinical Professor at the Temple University Kornberg School of Dentistry in the Orthodontic Department and a visiting professor at the Eastman Institute of Oral Health, Rochester, New York. Chris Vranas, CAE, is the Executive Director of the SG Management LLC formulary known as the Schulman Group. Chris is well known in the orthodontic/dental space having served as the Executive Director for the American Association of Orthodontists for 17 years. Under Chris's management, the AAO grew from 9000 to 18,500 members with 90% market share and retention. Chris oversaw the fundamental changes impacting orthodontics during the early 2000's and prepared the members for a profitable future. Chris also worked within the Dental Specialty Group to bring the profession together toward a strong lobbying and working relationship with the ADA, ADEA and others within the dental and healthcare space. During Chris's time at the Association of Dental Support Organizations, membership increased by 15% and developed their strategic plan designed to be all inclusive of DSO's and small group practices and work in collaboration with traditional dental organizations.

Dr. Howard Farran stopped by the studio to visit Drs. Phil Gordon and Justin Moody, and it turned into a room full of doctors joining in - Drs. Chris Barrett, Wade Pilling, Steven Vorholt, James Sanderson, Raj Sheth, and Chris Epperson. Just a great group of docs talking dentistry.

Dr. Kwang-Bum Park graduated from dental college of Kyungpook National University in 1985 and received his PhD degree in 1995 with the thesis about 'the periodontal regeneration'. In 1993, he started seminars for private dentists to teach clinical periodontics and implant dentistry. Until now, more than 1,500 dentists completed this course in Korea. From 2000 to 2001, he went to the department of periodontics, school of dentistry, UCLA as a visiting scholar. After he came back from UCLA, he opened the biggest dental hospital called "MIR dental hospital" in Korea with 70 operatories and more than 20 dentists and 120 employees at Daegu, Korea in 2002. With great success of the first "MIR dental hospital", many dentists wanted to join and share the know-how and brand name. So he made a dental hospital network named "MIR Network". Now it has 22 branches and more than 1000 employees and doctors in South Korea in 2009. Almost at the same time with the opening of MIR dental hospital, he began a company called "MegaGen" to produce dental implants. In a short period of development, MegaGen took the leading position in the field of dental implant in Korea. He is an active member of Academy of Osseointegration (AO) and also an international member of American Academy of Periodontology (AAP).

Hillary's first job was in a dental office. Both of her parents were dentists and she grew up filing, sterilizing, mowing the lawn and answering phones at her parents' practice in the Twin Cities metro area. Almost every family vacation was wherever the ADA conference happened to be that year and has spent her entire life surrounded by dentists. After helping her parents with their transition, Hillary founded Pine Lake Dental Law & Transitions in order to help other dentists through the transition process among other legal struggles they may face including employment and business law issues and reviewing & drafting associate contracts. Pine Lake is now one of the fastest growing dental specific law and transition firms in the Midwest, participating in around 20-25 transitions per year in Minnesota alone. Hillary has spoken at dental conferences across the country, presented for podcasts and webinars and has written and contributed to several articles in dental magazines across the country including Northwest Dentistry and Dental Entrepreneur Woman. Hillary is a licensed attorney serving the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin and South Dakota.

In the early '90s, Frank Hammes joined the family business. After promoting an after-market cabin air filter the company had developed for Mercedes-Benz automobiles, Frank Hammes turned his attention to portable room air cleaners. Dissatisfied with existing products, he set out to build a line of portable air purifiers with medical grade air cleaning performance. Frank Hammes and a small team of Swiss and German engineers worked for four years on the project. In the spring of 1998, IQAir shipped its first HealthPro air purifier from its Swiss factory. IQAir air purifiers were initially available only in Europe and Asia, but became available in the United States in 2000.

After three years as an IT consultant at Accenture, Rick Cohen joined Benco in 1994 to create Painless, the industry's first windows-based e-commerce software. Since then, he's taken on increasing responsibilities within Benco, focusing on Information Technology, Logistics, Clarion Financial, and our private brand. He is Co-Chair of the Benco Family Foundation, a trustee of WVIA public television and public radio, and a Director of the Dental Trade Alliance Foundation.

Dr Kim Harms personal mission is to help dentists navigate the emotional issues they will face in life (and in the next year or so specifically). If she can help dentists understand that they can't control what calamities or catastrophes they will encounter in life, but they can control how they prepare, manage and cope with them. She spent 12 days in three hospitals with COVID symptoms and shares some funny stories about PPE use in different hospitals, life in the COVID ward and the different responses doctors had when the tests say one thing and the symptoms say another. She was a National Spokesperson for the ADA during the AIDS crisis and can relate lessons learned at that time about universal precautions developed for bloodborne pathogens to the future we face managing deadly respiratory pathogens.

It's a great honour to have Dr Howard Farran from USA along with Dr Agim Hymer from Australia, Dr Anil Shrestha from UK, Dr Abhay Lamba from India and Dr Neil Pande from Nepal to discuss various issues and the solutions to restart dentistry once again after lockdown. As private practitioners from varied environment, they will share their challenges and possible remedies to help dentists all over the world to practice safer and effective care towards their patients, staff, themselves and the environment.@Howard Farran @ednapkath The opinions discussed here today are the personal reflections of the speakers only and do not necessarily represent the statements of the various government, professional and regulatory bodies of the various nations from which the speakers are presenting. The invited speakers have no personal or financial interests in the matters discussed unless otherwise explicitly disclosed.

Dr. Howard Farran joins Ken Serota DDS, MMSc Endodontist to discuss post-COVID-19 and how it impacts our future and the future of the industry.

Mr. Manji is the co-founder and chairman of Spear, providing the strategic vision and corporate leadership behind the industry's premier destination education center and digital learning platform, which he uses — along with his numerous speaking engagements, published articles and popular blog — to reach thousands of dentists every year.

How to reopen your dental office after the outbreak.

Dr. Howard Farran joins World's Top 100 Doctors 2020 Global Interdisciplinary Summit to discuss post-COVID-19 and how it impacts our future and the future of the industry.

Dr. Ryan Hungate is a practicing orthodontist and the founder/CEO of Simplifeye, Inc. Prior to going into dentistry, Dr. Hungate worked for Apple, Inc. designing the Apple retail workflow with industry veteran and Apple SVP, Ron Johnson. He then attended Indiana University Dental School for his DDS, and completed his specialty training in Orthodontics at the University of Southern California. Throughout his academic years, Dr. Hungate aspired to create a better workflow for university clinics and eventually private practitioners. He is responsible for pioneering new methods of orthognathic surgical planning and created a patented and commercialized 3D surgical splint that increases surgical accuracy. Dr. Hungate is now creating new ways to implement innovative live chat technology that allows doctors to schedule more new patients and even hold instant teledentistry visits. He is also using modern payment infrastructure to reduce overhead and bad debt. He currently lives in New York, NY with his amazing wife Lauren.

Rand is a pioneer in digital analytics and is a serial entrepreneur leading several IPOs and exits. He's the CEO/ founder of one of the first SaaS-based web-analytics companies, Keylime, acquired by Yahoo! And was CMO of analytics company WebSideStory through its IPO, now Adobe Analytics. Rand is also a co-founder of the Digital Analytics Association, and teaches Graduate analytics at well-known universities He graduated from University of the Pacific.

After Graduating from The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Dental School in 1990, and completing a General Practice Residency at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut, Dr. Moser moved back to Houston. After 16 years in Private practice, In 2009, he joined South Texas Dental as the Dental Director for Houston and San Antonio regions. South Texas Dental, with over 40 offices, was the largest Medicaid providers in the state of Texas. Again, the philosophy was simple, "The Patient is the most important person in the practice. He became a Certified Speaker Trainer and Coach for the John Maxwell team, as well as an Approved speaker for Densply. Very few offer the combination of perspectives that include cosmetics, private and group practice, corporate dentistry, Dental Service Organizations, Leadership and Personal Growth. He believes great answers come from great questions, and we MUST move outside of our comfort zones to grow, and the only way that happens is intentionally.

Panelists included: George W. Tysowsky, DDS, MPH Senior Vice President – Technology & Professional Relations Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc. Chuck Cohen Managing Director Benco Dental Company Dr. Gordon J. Christensen DDS, MS, PhD Clinicians Report, Practical Clinical Courses All-Access Pass PCC Infection Control Staff CR Special Report CR May23 Rella Christensen RDH, PhD Clinicians Report, Practical Clinical Courses John J. Balitis Chair, Labor & Employment Department Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, P.L.C. Arthur Wiederman, CPA Partner HMWC CPAs & Business Advisors HMWC Cash Flow Projection Speadsheet * This webinar and the material you will hear was prepared for general information purposes only by the panelists and not intended as legal advice, nor purported to be comprehensive. Farran Media, LLC does not guarantee the accuracy or reliability of the information provided. Any reliance upon this information is solely and exclusively at your own risk. Please consult your own counsel or other advisors regarding your specific situation.

Dr. Robert Convissar is a pioneer in the field of laser dentistry. One of the first dentists in the world to incorporate lasers into a general practice, he has over 30 years of experience with CO2, Diode, Erbium, and Nd.YAG wavelengths. He has authored over fifteen peer-reviewed papers and 6 laser textbooks. An international lecturer from New York to London to Sydney to Tokyo to Dubai, and everywhere in between, he has delivered close to 400 Laser Certification courses worldwide. He practices laser-assisted dentistry in New York City.

Dr. Kimberley Barclay and Dr. Lauren Jacobsen are the cofounders of American Dental Associations 2019 Design Innovation Award winning practice, Toothbar. Both doctors are featured on the cover of Dentaltown Magazines upcoming April issue. Dr. Barclay and Dr. Jacobsen are Platinum Invisalign providers and are active in the dental community as members of CADS, the ADA, Austin clear aligners and the AAFE.

Carey was born and raised in New York City where he resides today. In 2013 he founded and is the CEO of ids-integrated dental systems a manufacturer and distributor of dental implants and accessories in partnership with dental supply dealers and the provider of extensive education to train dentists on implant placement, restoration and advanced surgical procedures. ids has grown to almost 50 employees with 9 distributors over the last 6 years with thousands of users across the USA.

As the CEO and co-founder of Black Talon Security, Gary is dedicated to data security and understanding the latest trends in the industry, particularly as they relate to the healthcare field. He has a proven executive management track record and over 30 years of experience in software development and computer IT. Gary also speaks nationally on cybersecurity threats and their impact on the dental community. He has trained thousands of dental offices across the U.S. on how to maintain "best practices" in cybersecurity and has been featured in over 30 local and national publications. In addition, Gary has over 15 years as an instructor at West Point and he is also involved in law enforcement.

Dr. Kohut graduated Periodontology in 2007 from Nova Southeastern University. Dr Kohut is a board certified periodontist who has worked with over 300 offices since 2009. He helps general dentists get their offices to be specialist- ready to have specialists work there. Also, he trains dental specialists who want to make a practice as an in house specialist to be productive and very efficient. Dr. Kohut has been coaching other specialists interested in this mode of practice for years, as well as general dentists who are interested in expanding by bringing specialists into their offices.

Scott Becker is the Publisher and Founder of Becker's HealthCare and Becker's Hospital Review. He is a partner at McGuireWoods and a former board member of McGuireWoods. Mr. Becker also served as chair of the national health care practice at McGuireWoods for more than 12 years. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School and a CPA.

Howard recently gave an online lecture to dental students at Loma Linda University and shared his thoughts about the current state of the profession and the future of dentistry.

Connie White, DDS, FAGD was installed as the president of The Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) as president during its Annual Meeting in Chicago held November 8-10, 2019. Dr. White, who recently served as the organization's vice president, has a long history of advocating for patients, and brings life-long passion, leadership and educational focus to this national role. White is currently the University of Missouri-Kansas City director of patient relations and assistant dean for community relations and communication. She earned her bachelor's degree in chemistry in 1977 from the UMKC, followed by her Doctor of Dental Surgery in 1981 from the UMKC School of Dentistry. After graduation, White was named associate professor of dentistry at UMKC and has held many leadership positions there, including team coordinator, chair of the Department of General Dentistry, chair of the dental school faculty, and interim associate dean for clinical programs.

Since 1989, Stanley M. Bergman has been Chairman of the Board and CEO of Henry Schein, Inc., a Fortune 500® company and the world's largest provider of health care products and services to office-based dental and medical practitioners. Mr. Bergman serves as a board member or advisor for numerous institutions including New York University College of Dentistry; the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine; the Columbia University Medical Center; University of the People; Hebrew University; Tel Aviv University; the University of the Witwatersrand Fund; The World Economic Forum's Health Care Governors; the Business Council for International Understanding, the Japan Society and the Metropolitan Opera.

Petra Rumpf has a strong executive track record in the dental implant industry and 20 years' experience in growth management, e-commerce, operational turnaround, strategy and mergers & acquisitions. She joined Straumann in 2015 as Executive Vice President, Head Instradent Management & Strategic Alliances and moved into her current role in 2017.

Dr. Lang graduated from SUNY Buffalo in 1983. Prior to studying at Dental School, he attended SUNY Buffalo undergraduate and majored in Biology. He has been in private practice for over 36 years in Hamlin, NY. Since he began practicing dentistry, Dr. Lang has remained up to date on many continuing educational classes, ensuring that his patients receive the most comprehensive and advanced dental care. His Implant cases were presented in Dentaltown Magazine on numerous occasions. He will be speaking at the AGD Annual meeting in Las Vegas this year on 3D Printing Applications in Dentistry in the Emerging Speaker Categories.