The Digital Classroom Dental Podcast

Welcome to The Core Group | Unscheduled & Unscripted

What began as a late-night podcast recording over wine has evolved into a dental-consulting sensation.

Dr Gregg May, John Stamper and Katrina Sanders RDH culminate as leaders in dentistry, business and the provision of oral healthcare and as the co-founders of The Core Group, LLC.

They utilize their unique talents to serve the dental community by focusing on the unscheduled treatment lurking in the dental office.

Their motto: “Unscheduled & Unscripted” ensures dental practices a comprehensive approach to patient care while improving authentic patient communication without a script.

By identifying the root cause of declined treatment plans, The Core Group, LLC works to improve patient acceptance, business outcomes and widespread improvement of oral health for the community.

Stay Tuned to upcoming info about how The Core Group can help your dental team with your unscheduled treatment!

Kim brings over 30 years of dental hygiene and coaching experience to her fast-paced, energetic, and engaging presentations. You will obtain practical, applicable strategies to improve your hygiene systems and profits with her proven approaches.

Kim’s goal is to guide you in making a tangible difference in the health of the patients you serve. She believes in driving your entire hygiene team to share responsibility for growth by providing high level hygiene care.

For Kim, there is nothing more exciting and rewarding than helping to achieve disease remission for patients through excellence in periodontal care.

Learn More About Kim: http://www.inspiredhygiene.com/speaking

For the last 14 years, Barb Stackhouse has helped over 400 dentists add thousands in revenue to their practice every month and boost profits by 5-10%. She’s an expert at cutting back expenses and increasing profit margins without compromising patient care.

Her clients keep more money in their pockets, allowing them to finally fulfill their dreams for themselves and their families. Her extensive background in the dental industry gives her an advantage and deep understanding about the ins and outs of running a profitable, highly successful dental practice.

Learn More About Barb at: [email protected]

Book a Call at: profitfirstdentist.com/apply

Find Her Facebook Group for Dentists at: Profit First for Dentist

Frank King, aka The Mental Health Comedian, is a Suicide Prevention and Postvention Public Speaker and Trainer who turned a lifelong battle with depression into a keynote worth spreading. After writing for the Tonight Show for 20-plus years and performing corporate comedy, Frank’s mission is to end the stigma surrounding mental health by share his insights with anyone and everyone who will listen in an effort to “start the conversation.”

Frank has thought about killing himself more times than he can count. Like many of us, depression and suicide run in his family. He addresses his own trials and tribulations using a tool people from all walks of life can relate to, humor. With his TED Talk A Matter of Life or Death” he openly addresses topics considered taboo in today’s society.

As a Motivational Public Speaker and Trainer who travels the world, Frank uses comedy and personal life lessons to help break the ice and start an engaging conversation amongst those struggling with mental and emotional stability. This act of faith helps those struggling to find a voice to express themselves. Additionally, it helps create a pool of common knowledge where those who suffer, and those who care about them, can swim.

He believes that where there is humor there is hope. And where there is laughter there is life… Nobody dies laughing.

Frank is originally from North Carolina and now spends his off days in the Pacific Northwest. He travels the United States and beyond spreading his message, hoping to end the stigma surrounding mental health, and influencing the general public to start the conversation.

Learn More About Frank: 

https://www.thementalhealthcomedian.com/frank-king-speaking/

Dr. Ritu Rao is a dentist and writer. Over the course of her dental career, she owned a successful fee-for-service practice.

Dr Rao is also the author of two books;

The Light Shift: 21 Simple Ways to Make Your Days Interesting, Get Unstuck and Beat the Daily Grind,

and

The Energy Shift: Increase Your Energy and Do More of What You Want Every Day.

Most recently, she created an online course to help dentists recharge and renew their practice journey, called The Unstuck Dentist: How Personal Change Leads to Practice Success.

Ritu is a proponent of making small steps to making a big difference. She works with dentists to turn stuck moments into sparks of success, helping move them from overwhelmed to optimistic, from giving up to shifting forward.

Take the CE Course at: http://www.moradodentalacademy.com/course-information.html

Jasmin is the Founder of Beyond the Prophy® and Co-founder of MOMgienist®. She has over 15 years combined experience as a dental hygienist, educator, and dental assistant. Jasmin helps the hygiene community to Think Beyond the Prophy by inspiring and empowering professionals to give the best patient-centered care, reach their greatest potential and explore career options that promote excellence.

Her continuing education courses are making a difference in the dental industry. She is a Leader in education, connector of peer set movers and shakers, and educator that empowers and inspires.

She is the executive producer/co-creator of the MOMgienists Podcast with fellow colleague and friend Christie Lincoln, RDH and the executive producer/creator of the Beyond the Prophy Podcast.

She is an adjunct faculty in a dental hygiene program and education consultant for an HIV/AIDS interprofessional program at the University of Maryland, School of Medicine. Her interests include working with the HIV/AIDS population, cultural sensitivity, health disparities of underserved populations, and public health.

She is a proud member of the National Dental Hygienists’ Association, American Dental Hygienists’ Association and the American Academy of Dental Hygiene.

Sherri Lukes, RDH, MS, FAADH has 37 years of experience in dentistry, 28 spent in academia. In 2014 she retired as associate professor from Southern Illinois University Dental Hygiene Program where she taught oral pathology, community oral health, multicultural dental hygiene and advanced periodontics clinic. Her research concentration was in oral pathology, migrant farm worker oral health, and challenges of other underserved groups, resulting in multiple peer-reviewed publications. A Pathology Fellow and approved speaker of the American Academy of Dental Hygiene, Sherri enjoys integrating her expertise from years of teaching and research into CE courses to empower hygienists in the delivery of care. Ms. Lukes is a Past President of the Illinois Dental Hygienists’ Association.

Community service projects include biannual mission trips to central Mexico, where accompanied by SIU dental hygiene students, she provides oral health care in an orphanage and remote villages. She received Community Service, Teacher of the Year, and Research Paper of the Year awards while at SIU, was named an Oral Health Champion by the IFLOSS Coalition and the Illinois Department of Public Health and is a past recipient of the Sunstar/RDH Award of Distinction.

Susan Wingrove RDH, BS is an International speaker, published author, CEO of Wingrove Dynamics, clinical dental hygienist who also does regeneration research, and instrument design. Co-designer of the Wingrove Titanium Implant Set, ACE probes, and Queen of Hearts instruments (PDT, Inc.)

Susan is 2016 recipient of the Sunstar/ RDH Award of Distinction. She is a member of the American Dental Hygienist’s Association, International Federation of Dental Hygienists, & Academy of Osseointegration/ Educational Committee. International Master Professor for Istituto Stomatologico Toscano, Italy, Mentor for O’Hehir University, and published author for multiple US journals/ 10 Internationally as well as current textbook; Peri-Implant Therapy for the Dental Hygienist: Clinical Guide to Maintenance and Disease Complications, Wiley / Blackwell. Resides in Missoula MT.

Claudia began her career in dentistry as a dental assistant in 1995. Her first experience of “saving someone’s teeth” was a pivotal moment in her career. It was then, she knew she had found what she was looking for. A challenging and rewarding career centered around serving and helping others. Claudia’s personality is that of a restless spirit who cannot settle for the status quo. She began to focus on solutions to common problems that plague dental practices in 2005.

Since then, she has been a writer of CE curriculum, an adjunct instructor, educator, speaker, dental podcast host, mentor, practice advisor, and friend to all in the dental industry. As founder of the Morado Dental Academy and Morado Allied Speakers and Consultants, Claudia has scouted and assembled resources for professionals to acquire Personal and Professional Development workshops, Practice Management Support, Event Facilitation, and Speaking and Consulting Training.

Claudia is known for her heart for service and her ability to inspire all people to work at higher levels of efficiency and cohesiveness. Her passion for serving others, inspire and challenge attendees to reach and exceed their goals.

As a Practice Success Liaison, Claudia helps practice owners maximize the value of their practice and live the life they always envisioned.

With Claudia, all things are possible when done with a furious passion!

Jasmin is the Founder of Beyond the Prophy® and Co-founder of MOMgienist®. She has over 15 years combined experience as a dental hygienist, educator, and dental assistant. Jasmin helps the hygiene community to Think Beyond the Prophy by inspiring and empowering professionals to give the best patient-centered care, reach their greatest potential and explore career options that promote excellence.

Her continuing education courses are making a difference in the dental industry. She is a Leader in education, connector of peer set movers and shakers, and educator that empowers and inspires.

She is the executive producer/co-creator of the MOMgienists Podcast with fellow colleague and friend Christie Lincoln, RDH and the executive producer/creator of the Beyond the Prophy Podcast.

She is an adjunct faculty in a dental hygiene program and education consultant for an HIV/AIDS interprofessional program at the University of Maryland, School of Medicine. Her interests include working with the HIV/AIDS population, cultural sensitivity, health disparities of underserved populations, and public health.

She is a proud member of the National Dental Hygienists’ Association, American Dental Hygienists’ Association and the American Academy of Dental Hygiene.