Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran

Dr. Geninho Thomé is graduated in Dentistry, Specialist in Periodontology, Master and PhD in Oral Implantology. He founded the Neodent implant system in 1993 after years of experience in the field. Twenty years later the company was acquired by the Straumann Group. In 2004, he also co-founded the Latin American Institute for Dental Research and Education (ILAPEO) – which is now Neodent's main clin...

Dr. Hessam Nowzari graduated from the University of Brussels in Belgium, University of Rennes in France, PhD in Biology and Health Sciences, and University of Southern California, Advanced Periodontics program. He was the Director of Advanced Periodontics at USC from 1995 to 2012 and a Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology. He is the founder of the Taipei Academy of Reconstructive Dent...

Dr. Eyal Simchi is a Pediatric dentist who does dentistry differently. A trailblazer in the use of new and inovative techniques focused on improving his patients' experiences, Dr. Simchi has gained worldwide attention for his use of magic in dentistry. Dr. Simchi attended UMDNJ-New Jersey Dental School where he was elected to serve on the ethics committee. Although Dr. Simchi excelled in prosthodo...

Dr. Block lives and practices in the town of Acton, Massachusettes about 30 minutes west of Boston. He is a member of the American Dental Association, the Massachusetts Dental Society, and the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry and is a Fellow of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists. He received an undergraduate degree in Psychology from Tulane University in 1997, where he was a...

Commander Corinne Devin was born overseas and lived in six different military bases while her father CDR (retired) Robert F. Devin served in the Dental Corp. Nine generations of a distinguished Naval family preceded Corinne and inspired her to pursue a career in the United States Navy. She deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2009 with United States Navy to Al Asad, Iraq and has enjoy...

On his 30 year anniversary of lecturing, Howard spoke with members of the University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine's Business Book Club about the business of dentistry and what to expect coming into the profession during a pandemic. Join the community on Dentaltown at https://www.dentaltown.com

Dr. Sam Ahani is a general dentist who cofounded Shoreview Dental in Pacifica Ca. in 1997 along with his wife and partner in crime Dr. Sepi Vafi. He graduated with a degree in computer information systems from San Francisco state in 1989. More recently he founded refera.com a revolutionary dental referral platform. Sam has two Daughters, Elika and Nikka, and enjoys learning about technology and bu...

Dr. Fonseca came to the U.S from Cuba after attending dental school at age 21. Upon arriving he immediately decided to continue studying dentistry. He attended the University of Florida where he got a Bachelor of Sciences in Microbiology. Then he went to Dental School at Indiana University where he got his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree in 1989. Since then, Dr. Fonseca has opened three dental pra...

Seth Calish attended Florida State University and was a brother of the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity, is an Eagle Scout, and later earned a Master's in Medical Science at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine. He is currently a 3rd Year Dental student in Florida and has held many leadership positions such as President of his Class, President of the Dental Business Management Club...

Florian Hillen is CEO and Founder of VideaHealth, a leading dental artificial intelligence company. VideaHealth spun out of MIT in 2018 and uses artificial intelligence to automatically detect diseases in dental imaging. Before VideaHealth, Florian founded a digital pregnancy startup, ninu, worked at McKinsey. &. Company and for a SF-based startup Eko which developed a stethoscope automatically an...

Dr. Gantman graduated University of Montreal in 2012 after which he worked with native communities in Canada's Northwest territories for 18 months. He returned to Montreal in early 2015 and shortly after opened his first practice with his university buddy Dr. Michael Benarroch. Since then, they have grown to 5 locations throught greater Montreal with 15 associate dentists. They offer advanced alig...

Ares Manos Co-founded K2 Dental Arts, a digital dental laboratory that went from $0-6,000,000 in revenue in six years and ranks consistently on the Inc. 500 /5000 list. It now operates under Paramount Dental Studio - a larger lab in California. Part of K2's success stemmed from its expert understanding of how to implement intraoral scanners in dental practices. In February (before his first child...

Hemali Ajmera, DDS, is a highly skilled general and cosmetic dentist serving patients from all over the Tri-State Area at Ajmera Dentistry, her practice in Woodside, Queens, New York. In 2008, she graduated with a Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) from New York University's College of Dentistry. Now, as a practicing professional, Dr. Ajmera specializes in addressing the oral health needs and aestheti...

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...

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?...

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 grad...

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 Chap...

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 S...

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...

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 befo...

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...

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 reco...

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 h...

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...

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) a...