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J. Moody Alexander, DDS
  • Orthodontist
  • Assistant Clinical Professor
  • Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics
  • CT Rowland and Westfall awards from the Texas Orthodontic Study Club
  • Lecturer of the Alexander Discipline
  • Husband to an amazing woman
  • Father of four
  • Coach of youth athletics
  • Deacon at my church
  • Love international travel

 

Pat Allen, DDS, PhD
  • President, American Academy of Periodontology Foundation, 2005-2006
  • President, American Academy of Restorative Dentistry, 2006-2007
  • President, American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry, 2006-2007
  • Master Clinician Award, American Academy of Periodontology, 2002
  • Founder, Center for Advanced Dental Education (teaches surgical technique courses through lectures, live surgical demonstrations and hands-on workshops)

 

Judy Bendit, BS, RDH
  • Hygienist
  • Educator
  • Academy of Dental Hygiene Member
  • Long standing Dental Hygiene Association member
  • Editorial Board JPH
  • Guest faculty at Harcum College Dental Hygiene
  • Advisory Board Member Harcum College
  • Consultant
  • Mom
  • Wife
  • Friend

 

Cynthia Biron, RDH, EMT, MA
  • Professor & Chair of Dental Programs at Tallahassee Community College
  • President of DH Methods of Education, Inc.; Boot Camps for Dental Hygiene Instructors
  • Co-author, Dental Office Medical Emergencies
  • Producer of the DVD, Precision in Periodontal Instrumentation
  • Columnist and Consulting Editor of RDH Magazine
  • National Ski Patrol
  • Contributing author of Fundamentals of Periodontal Instrumentation and Advanced Root Instrumentation; Patient Assessment Tutorials for the Dental Hygienist by Jill S. Nield Gehrig
  • Contributing author of Clinical Practice of the Dental Hygienist by Esther Wilkins

 

Donna Brogan, RDH

 

  • Dental Hygienist
  • Phillips Sonicare Professional Educator
  • ADHA member
  • Editor - Oklahoma Dental Hygienists' Association
  • Best Part Time Faculty Award winner 2006-2007
  • University of Oklahoma Alumni Association, Board member
  • ADEA member

 

 

Sherry Burns, RDH, MS
  • Originator of the design concepts for the "After Five Curettes" and the "Pen Probe"
  • Contributor to the design of the Gracey 17/18 and the Swivel Ultrasonic Insert
  • Developer of "It's About Time" Sharpening Technique
  • Twenty year teaching relationship with our dental colleagues in Japan
  • Author of All Aboard the Perio Express text in Japanese, Ishiyaku, 2005
  • Inclusion in Dentistry Today's Outstanding CE Clinicians in December, 2005 and 2006

 

Ricardo Caicedo, DDS
  • Dr. Odon
  • Endodontist
  • Founder Colombian Dental Traumatology association
  • Professor of Endodontics University of Louisville, 2005-present
  • Col. Odont. Col. alumni-DDS, Univerity of Louisville-Endo-specialist
  • Vice President Bogota Endo Association, 1989-2000
  • Chair Endodontics Dept., COC Colombia 1991-1997
  • Dean, COC Colombia 1997-1999
  • Professor of Endodontics, Louisiana State University, 2001-2005

 

Leslie Canham, CDA, RDA
  • Speaker
  • Consultant
  • Trainer Infection Control OSHA Compliance
  • DANB Infection Control Exam Construction committee 2006-2007
  • OSAP Symposium Planning Committee
  • Association, Calif. Dental Association, Academy of Dental Management Consultants, Speaking Consulting Network

 

Noah Chivian, DDS
  • Endodontist
  • Past President, American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry, the American Association of Endodontists (AAE) and the AAE Foundation
  • Former Director of Dentistry at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center (NBIMC) Attending in Endodontics NBIMC
  • Adjunct Professor of Endodontics at the University of Pennsylvania
  • Adjunct Professor of Endodontics, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
  • Author and Editor, publications including: JADA, Journal of Endodontics, American Journal of Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics, Endodontics & Dental Traumatology, Journal of Esthetic and Restorative Dentistry, Practical Procedures and Aesthetic Dentistry, Dental Products Report, and Pathways of the Pulp
  • Fellow, American and International Colleges of Dentistry and the AAE Diplomat, American Board of Endodontics
  • AAE's Edgar Edgar D. Coolidge Award recipient, given to an individual ""who has displayed exemplary dedication to dentistry and to endodontics"
  • 1982 recipient of the Japanese Endodontic Association's Warren T. Wakaii award
  • Husband, father and grandfather

 

Gordon Christensen, DDS, MSD, PhD
  • Presented over 45,000 hours of CE
  • Dean, Scottsdale Center for Dentistry
  • Director, Practical Clinical Courses
  • Co-Founder and Senior Consultant, CRA Foundation
  • Private Practitioner, Provo, Utah
  • Adjunct Professor, University of Utah & Brigham Young University
  • 2 honorary doctorates
  • Helped start 2 dental schools, University of Kentucky and University of Colorado
  • Diplomate, American Board of Prosthodontics and International Congress of Oral Implantologists
  • Fellow, Academy of Osseointegration, American College of Dentists
  • International College of Dentists, American College of Prosthodontists, Academy of General Dentistry (Hon), Royal College of Surgeons of England
  • Associate Fellow in the American Academy of Implant Dentistry
  • Member, American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry, International Association of Dental Research, Academy of LDS Dentists, American Academy of Restorative Dentistry, American Academy of Fixed Prosthodontics, Academy of Operative Dentistry, and International College of Prosthodontists.

 

Stephen Chu, DMD, MSD, CDT, MDT
  • Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Periodontics, New York University College of Dentistry
  • Implant Dentistry Director, Advanced and International CDE Programs in Aesthetic Dentistry,New York University College of Dentistry
  • Section Editor of Prosthodontics for the dental journal, Practical Procedures and Aesthetic Dentistry
  • Published several articles and lectured worldwide on the subjects of aesthetic, restorative, and implant dentistry
  • Co-author of the best-selling Quintessence book, The Fundamentals of Color: Shade Matching and Communication in Esthetic Dentistry [Quintessence Publishing, 2004]
  • Member, American Dental Association, Greater New York Academy of Prosthodontists, American College of Prosthodontists, Northeastern Gnathological Society

 

Stephen Cohen, MS, DDS

  • Professor of Endodontics, University of California School of Dentistry
  • Past Chairman of the Endodontic Department, University of the Pacific School of Dentistry
  • Adjunct Clinical Professor of Endodontics, University of Pacific School of Dentistry
  • Co-Founder and Senior Consultant, CRA Foundation
  • Private Practitioner, Provo, Utah
  • Adjunct Professor, University of Utah & Brigham Young University
  • Senior editor of all nine editions of the definitive endodontics textbook, Pathways of the Pulp
  • Co-editor, A Clinical Guide to Dental Traumatology
  • Leadership positions in many of the major professional and academic organizations in endodontics
  • Board Certified endodontist by the American Board of Endodontics, Diplomate status - highest level of certification possible within the specialty
  • Past Chariman; International Relations Committee; Director; and Membership Chairman of the American Association of Endodontists
  • Former Director, American Board of Endodontics
  • Present Member, Espanola de Endodoncia, Societe Fracaise d' Endodontie, Colombian Endodontic Association, American College of Dentist, Internationl College of Dentists, California Dental Association, San Francisco Dental Society, Amercan Dental Association
  • Leading legal expert witness on issues involving departures by dentists from the Standard of Endodontic Care

 

Andrea Cook, RDH

 

  • Orthodontic Clinical Consultant
  • 20+ years orthodontic clinical experience
  • Consultant in clinical efficiency/sterilization design and implementation
  • Speaker/author on orthodontic products and clinical efficiency
  • Member of OSAP

 

 

Lana Crawford, RDH, BS
  • Dental Hygienist
  • Western Regional Board Chief Examiner
  • North East Regional Board Consultant Examiner
  • Dental Hygiene Advisory Committee Texas State Board Dental Examiners 1995-2002
  • Distinguished Alumni Baylor College of Dentistry 2005
  • Who's Who Award Waxahachie High School Ex-Student Association 2004
  • Wife/Mother/Grandmother/Daughter
  • Travel enthusiast

 

Ann Marie DePalma, RDH
  • Dental Hygiene Educator
  • Continuing education speaker, writer and columnist for RDH Magazine
  • Member, American Dental Hygienists' Association
  • Fellow and Officer, American Academy of Dental Hygiene
  • Certified Educator and Fellow, Association of Dental Implant Auxiliaries
  • Member, American Dental Educators Association
  • Several professional honors and awards
  • Wife and Mother - 2 boys
  • Active in Church as Minister of the Word
  • Continuing Education Courses:
    Recognizing Childhood Communication and Motor Developmental Delays for the Dental Team
    Habits of Effective Offices: Do You Have What it Takes?
    Taking Dental Hygiene to the Next Level
    Contemporary Non-Surgical Periodontal Management
    TMD-TMJ: What's it All About?
    Variety of Implant Courses

 

Patti DiGangi, RDH, BS
  • Illinois Dental Hygienist of the Year 2000
  • Member, American Dental Hygienists Association
  • Past president, state membership chair, and multi-year delegate of her local ADHA component
  • Member, Crest/Oral B Oral Health and Whole Body Wellness Lecture Board
  • Member, GC America Key Opinion Leaders
  • Member, Linda Miles Speaking and Consulting Network
  • Certified by Academy of General Dentistry National Speaker's Bureau for Periodontal Disease
  • Editorial Board Member & feature author Contemporary Oral Hygiene
  • Feature author for RDH Magazine & Member of RDH Magazine Key Influencer Panel
  • Member of Oral B Evidence Based Decision Making Guest Lecture Panel
  • Advisory board member and volunteer for People's Resource Center Dental Clinic for Indigent
  • Governing Board Member and past Editor of American Academy of Dental Hygiene

 

Jackie Dorst, BS, RDH
  • International speaker
  • Author and consultant on sterilization design, infection control and safety
  • Microbiologist and licensed dental hygienist
  • Experience in the dental profession, business, public speaking and research contribute to her energetic seminars based on scientific information applied to the clinical dental practice
  • Speaking credentials include the International Orthodontic Congress in Paris and the 3rd International Congress of Dental Technology in Yokohama, Japan
  • Member of the Organization for Safety & Asepsis Procedures, Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology and OSHA certified to deliver safety training courses

 

Teresa Duncan, MS
  • Owner/President of Odyssey Management, Inc.
  • Author, The Dental Implant Blog
  • Speaker & Writer for the Association of Dental Implant Auxiliaries since 2006
  • Certified Human Resources Consultant with Bent Ericksen & Associates
  • Member, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
  • Member, American Association of Dental Office Managers
  • Member, Speaking Consulting Network
  • Member, Dentalcompare.com's Expert Panel of Authors

 

Howard Glazer, DDS

 

  • Past President of Academy of General Dentistry
  • Attending Dentist, Englewood Hospital, Englewood, NJ
  • Deputy Chief Forensic Dentist, OCME-NYC
  • Captain NJDA Disaster Victim ID Team
  • Member DMORT Reg. II
  • International author and lecturer
  • Husband and father
  • All around nice guy

 

 

Jerry Glickman. DDS, MS, MBA, JD
  • Dental educator
  • Part-time private practice of endodontic
  • Open minded to new ideas and innovations
  • Impassionate to patients and students
  • Dedicated to excellence in teaching and clinical practice
  • Perceptive
  • Driven

 

Michael Goldfogel, DDS
  • Inventor, dental instruments
  • Inventor, major cosmetic dental products
  • Lecturer, over 700 national dental lectures
  • Academy of Operative Dentistry
  • Consultant to many major dental manufacturers
  • Successful private practice
  • Nationally recognized clinician

 

Ronald Goldstein, DDS
  • Clinical Professor of Oral Rehabilitation at the Medical College of Georgia School of Dentistry
  • Adjunct Clinical Professor of Prosthodontics at Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine
  • Adjunct Professor of Restorative Dentistry at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
  • Contributor to 10 published texts and author of the text Esthetics In Dentistry, published by BC Decker
  • Co-author of other texts, including Bleaching Teeth, Porcelain Laminate Veneers, Porcelain and Composite Inlays And Onlays, Complete Dental Bleaching, and Imaging in Esthetic Dentistry - all published by Quintessence Publishing
  • Author of best-selling consumer book, Change Your Smile, now in its third edition, is also published by Quintessence
  • Co-founder and past-president of the American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry
  • Past-president of the International Federation of Esthetic Dentistry and of Alpha Omega International Dental Fraternity
  • Married for over 50 years
  • Father of 3 dentists and a physician
  • Grandfather

 

Marge Green, RDH, MS
  • Clinician
  • Educator and advocate
  • President, American Dental Hygienists' Association 2006-07
  • Past President, Virginia Dental Hygienists' Association 1993-94
  • Treasurer and Director of Virginia Dental Hygienists' Association Foundation
  • Adjunct Professor of Old Dominion University
  • Vice President of Virginia Board of Dentistry
  • Awards: Pfizer/ADHA Award for Excellence in Dental Hygiene, ADHA Distinguished Service Award, University of Pittsburgh Alumnus Award-2000, American Heart Association Volunteer of the Year-VA
  • Spouse
  • Mother
  • Traveler and Volunteer

 

Jodie Heimbach, RDH

 

  • Clinical Dental Hygientist in a Periodontal Practice
  • Educator, topic - the importance of working with well-maintained instruments
  • 2008 Sunstar RDH Magazine - Healthy Gums, Healthy Life Award of Distinction Recipient
  • Member, ADHA
  • Member, AADH
  • NJDHA Liaison to NJ State Oral and Oralpharyngeal Cancer Workgroup
  • Member National Allied Advisory Council for the Dr. Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry
  • Member of AMYRDH.com "listers" online community
  • Member Jersey Coast Dental Hygiene Study Club
  • Member Metro Hygiene Study Club
  • Member RDH Magazine Key Influencers
  • Member Colgate RDH Network
  • Author,"Shared Care Between General and Periodontal Practices" RDH Magazine August 2007
  • Avid reader
  • Wife and Mother

RDH Magazine - "Instrument Replacement - How, When and Why"

Stephanie Houseman, DMD
  • 2003 graduate of the Coaches Training Institute
  • 2008 President-elect of the American Association of Women Dentists
  • VP of Smiles for Success, the charitable arm of AAWD
  • Creator of the "7 Steps 2 a Balanced Life Program"
  • Author of The Balance Beam eNewsletter
  • Author of first book, Rings around the Collar
  • International speaker
  • Toastmaster
  • Wife
  • Mother of two