Between marketing, dentistry, and guns see how many gems you can pick up from this frank discussion between Howard and Michael.

Dr. Mike Barr owns a solo fee-for-service in Boynton Beach, Florida. His passions include cosmetic and reconstructive dentistry and online marketing. He wrote a book, “The Complete Website Owner’s Manual for Dentists” and is working on a 2nd edition (coming soon!). He has been a “Townie” since the very first days of DentalTown.com. Mike also has an active blog called, “TheDentalWarrior.com”

www.TheDentalWarrior.com

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Dr. Costes had three years between undergrand and dental school to figure out what he was doing. Now he shares the unique principles he learned during that time, and how he's applying them to dental.

--Mark Costes--

- B.A.in Psychology from U.C. San Diego

- DDS from Marquette, 2002

- It took 21 attempts and 3 years to get into dental school

- Opened six successful dental practices in first seven years of private practice

- Founded Horizon Schools of Dental Assisting, has expanded to over 130 locations

- Founded Dental Success Institute consisting of live events and dental business coaching

- Host of the Dentalpreneur Podcast

truedentalsuccess.com

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Plenty of dentists squirm at the thought of social media marketing. But social media marketing is not scary at all when you realize it's just word of mouth…online.

Jack Hadley teaches social media marketing to MBA students at Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management in Provo, Utah. He is also a founding partner at My Social Practice, an agency that provides social media marketing ideas, content, strategy, and support to dental and orthodontic practices.

http://mysocialpractice.com

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Have composites completely replaced amalgam? Is amalgam obsolete? Listen to Howard and Ron discuss.

Dr. Ron Jackson is a 1972 graduate of West Virginia University School of Dentistry. He has published many articles on esthetic, adhesive dentistry and lectures across the United States and abroad. Dr. Jackson is a Fellow in the Academy of General Dentistry, a Fellow in the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, a Diplomate in the American Board of Aesthetic Dentistry and is Director of the Mastering Dynamic Adhesion program at the Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies.

Dr. Jackson practices in Middleburg, Virginia emphasizing comprehensive restorative and cosmetic dentistry.

www.ronjacksondds.com

[email protected]

540-687-8075

Listen to Erin Elliott explain how you can specialize, and why you should communicate clearly with staff and patients.

Dr. Erin E. Elliott grew up in Southern California before traveling across the country to Western New York to play soccer at a small Christian college, Houghton College.

After graduating Creighton Dental School in 2003 her husband and her settled in North Idaho. Dr. Elliott is an partner at Post Falls Family Dental in Post Falls, ID and is happy doing general dentistry, dental sleep medicine and raising her two sons.

[email protected]

www.postfallsfamilydental.com

208.773.4579

With traditional methods like gum grafting, Dr. Chao says, "[He] was unable to get the results I wanted. So I realized I had to develop new instruments." Listen to find out the impact his research has had.

John Chao, DDS is a:

•Graduate of the USC School of Dentistry

•Attorney at Law

•Instructor at USC

•Inventor of the Pinhole Surgical Technique

John Chao

(626) 308-9104

[email protected]

PinholeAcademy.com

Some patients with crowded teeth will never think about going to an orthodontist. Tif Qureshi arms general dentists with the training they need to help their patients on the ortho side of things.

Tif Qureshi qualified from Kings College London in 1992. He is a Past President of the British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, and sits on the editorial board of Dental Update. Tif has a special interest in simple orthodontics using removable appliances and was the first dentist in the UK to pioneer the Inman Aligner. He was the first dentist in the world to use the Aligner as a major tool for cosmetic dentistry. Tif also pioneered the concept of Progressive Smile Design through Alignment Bleaching, Bonding and is also an experienced teacher in the Dahl concept to assist in minimally invasive dentistry. Tif now lectures nationally and internationally and has had many articles published on all these subjects.

www.iasortho.com

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Angie Stone explains why nursing homes are almost always ill-equipped when it comes to oral hygiene, and how to help the patients there keep their teeth!

Angie Stone, RDH, BS began her career in the Navy as a dental assistant. After completing her enlistment, she continued to assist while obtaining her hygiene degree. As Angie practiced hygiene she completed her bachelors in psychology. She has taught in dental assisting and dental hygiene programs. She has also provided onsite education to dental professionals in 40 states and 5 countries and territories. In addition to numerous published articles, her original research regarding xylitol and elders was published in a peer reviewed medical journal in November of 2013. Angie’s book, Dying from Dirty Teeth, was launched in March of 2015. Her company, HyLife, LLC, brings oral care services to dependent elders because they shouldn’t “die from dirty teeth”. Angie is a six time attendee of CareerFusion and was awarded the Sunstar Award of Distinction in 2012 for her work with xylitol and the geriatric population.

Angie Stone

HyLife, LLC

www.hylifellc.com

Office: 608.884.0038

email: [email protected]

Josh Brower, DDS discusses changes over the past two decades, the truly digital world we live in now, and the predictable (and not-so-predictable) future.

I graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1997 after receiving a health professionals scholarship from the US Army. I spent 2 years while in school training with specialists at Tripler Army medical center on Oahu, 2 years training in Germany, and 1 in Louisiana prior to receiving an honorable discharge and entering the regular world of dentistry. I worked in public health, then as an associate, owned a solo practice for over a decade in a rural community, and now own multiple rural and urban practices with multiple associates working with me. I focus my dentistry on dental implants, surgery, and orthodontics and have spent a lot of time designing dental implants, teaching about them, writing journal articles, and helping others make it through the road blocks I encountered along the way.

www.smilesforsiouxland.com

[email protected]

800-516-7631

David Eshom, DDS shares detailed stories of how he's worked to make his practice so unique.

David Eshom graduated 1985, has private practice in San Diego which takes no PPOs and is 100% fee for service, Accredited by the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, BOD AACD for 6 years, Program Chair or Co-Chair for Professional Education for the AACD for 5 years, Speaker for Invisalign, cosmetic dentistry and lasers for last 15 years. Loves what he does and doesn't want to retire.

http://www.eshomdds.com