Incisal Edge Names Dentaltown's Dr. Howard Farran One of the Most Influential People in Dentistry

Posted: December 7, 2016
Edited by Dentaltown staff

PITTSTON, Penn.—Dental lifestyle magazine Incisal Edge recently released its inaugural list of the most influential people in dentistry. Dentaltown founder Dr. Howard Farran ranked third on the diverse list.

“We ultimately nailed down a few key metrics. We counted dollars—company size, or size of budget controlled—as most important. Next we looked at the weight an organization can throw around. Finally, we tried to calculate ‘size of voice’: how much influence an individual has through his or her speaking, writing or research activities,” said Incisal Edge founder Chuck Cohen.

“In the end, we were (and remain) proud of how wide ranging this list is. Only 14 of these 32 are actually dentists, a reflection of just how diverse, broad-based and, yes, influential our industry has become.”

Here's what they had to say about Farran, who's number three on the list:

"Over three decades in dentistry, Farran has worn many hats: those of a practicing dentist, the founder and owner of a mini–media empire and an educator who reaches millions of dentists worldwide. After graduating from the University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Dentistry in 1987, Farran moved to Phoenix, where he opened a family practice. Two years later, he and Jack Dillenberg (see No. 26) founded Arizona Citizens for Better Dental Health, which successfully lobbied Phoenix’s city council to fluoridate its water. In 1999, Farran founded Dentaltown.com, a continuing-ed Web site and industry discussion forum that now boasts 200,000 registered users across the globe and is growing by 1,000 registered users a month. Its 200 instructional videos and comment forums receive hundreds of thousands of hits annually from dentists outside the U.S. His Farran Media publishes Dentaltown, a monthly magazine distributed to 100,000 dentists nationwide."

The 32 Most Influential People in Dentistry for 2017, ranked by Incisal Edge include: 

1. Jeffrey Slovin, CEO, DentsplySirona, 
2. Rick Workman, DMD, CEO and President, Heartland Dental, 
3. Howard Farran, DDS, MBA, Founder, Dentaltown.com, Dentaltown Magazine, 
4. Stanley Bergman, CEO and Chairman of the Board, Henry Schein, 
5. Martha Somerman, DDS, PH.D., Director, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, 
6. Steve Bishop, Group President, Procter & Gamble Global Health Care, Including Oral Care, 
7. Ben Carson, M.D., Health-care Adviser to President-elect Trump, 
8. Marco Gadola, CEO, Straumann, 
9. Kathleen O’Loughlin, DMD, MPH, Executive Director, American Dental Association, 
10. Michael Graham, Senior Vice President, American Dental Association’s Division of Government and Public Affairs, 
11. Gordon Christensen, DDS, MHD, PH.D., Founder, Practical Clinical Courses, 
12. Amir Aghdaei, Group Executive and Vice President, KaVo Kerr Group, 
13. Steve Thorne, MHA, Founder and CEO, Pacific Dental Services, 
14. “Dr. Doe,” Plaintiffs, 
15. Michael Cohen, DDS, Founder, Seattle Study Club, 
16. Representative Mike Simpson, DMD, U.S. Congressman, Idaho’s 2nd Congressional District, 
17. James Glidewell, CDT, President and CEO, Glidewell Laboratories, 
18. James Ingebrand, MBA, President and General Manager, 3M ESPE Dental Division, 
19. Kevin Jackson, Senior Vice President, Underwriting and Actuarial, Delta Dental of California, 
20. John Kois, DMD, MSD, Founder and Director, The Kois Center
21. Don Moody, Partner, Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, 
22. Linda Niessen, DMD, MPH, MPP, Dean, Nova Southeastern University’s College of Dental Medicine, 
23. Michael Helgeson, DDS, CEO, Apple Tree Dental, 
24. Gary Price, President and CEO, Dental Trade Alliance, 
25. Susannah Schaefer, CEO and Executive Vice Chair, Smile Train,
26. Jack Dillenberg, DDS, MPH, Dean, Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health, 
27. Ed Snyder, Managing Director, Northcoast Research, 
28. Gwyneth Paltrow, Actress, Oral Cancer Foundation Activist, 
29. Roger Levin, DDS, Founder and CEO, The Levin Group, 
30. Ann Battrell, MSDH, CEO, American Dental Hygienists Association, 
31. Major General Dr. Roosevelt Allen, DDS, Chief of Dental Corps, United States Air Force, and 
32. Peter DuBois, Executive Director, California Dental Association.

Learn more about these influential leaders in Incisal Edge's Winter 2017 edition.  

Published by Benco Dental, Incisal Edge celebrates dentists’ achievements both in and outside the operatory. For more information, visit: incisaledgemagazine.com.
 
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