Teresa’s classes focus on insurance & management issues. She is the author of Moving Your Patients to Yes: Easy Insurance Conversations and has contributed to several ADA publications. Her memberships include National Speakers Association and National Association of Dental Plans. Her podcasts ‘Nobody Told Me That!’ and ‘Chew On This’ are resources for dental leaders.
With over 20 years of healthcare experience, Teresa addresses topics such as Insurance Coding, Office Manager Training and Patient Conversations. Her memberships include the National Speakers Association and the National Association of Dental Plans. She has been named one of the Top 25 Women in Dentistry and is the author of Moving Your Patients to Yes: Easy Insurance Conversations as well as a contributing author to the ADA’s annual CDT Companion Guides. Her podcast “Nobody Told Me That!” provides regular coding and management updates. Teresa received her Master’s Degree in Healthcare Management.
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Dr. Mark Costes is far from a typical dentist and dental coach. During his career, he has been able to start or acquire sixteen successful dental practices during some of the profession’s most challenging times.
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Dr. Melissa Seibert is the creator and host of the top dental podcast, Dental Digest. The podcast is in the top 1% of all podcasts globally and has won most educational podcast in dentistry two years in a row. The podcast has the mission of enabling dentists to stay on the cutting edge of evidence based dentistry. She was recently awarded top 40 Under 40 dentists in America by Incisal Edge magazine. She is in her third year of an AEGD with the Air Force. She is a KOL and consultant for multiple companies involved in restorative dentistry, adhesive dentistry, digital dentistry and prevention.

Dr. Brian Baliwas has made a name for himself through the stories he tells through social media. He has utilized social media to not only market and grow a practice in one of the most saturated areas of the country, but also uses his platform to connect with other dental professionals as an active contributor to the social media dental community.
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Dr. Summer Kassmel is CEO and owner of Castle Peak Dental, Avon Dental, Vail Valley Dental Assisting School, and DA Schools Delivered in the Vail, Colorado area where she has built a life she loves in the mountains with her family.
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Irene is a woman with many hats which is what makes her speaking so unique. She is a practicing dental hygienist with her own dental practice Toothlife Studio based in Toronto. Irene is a theoretical and clinical educator at Oxford College, international speaker, as well as a peer and quality assurance mentor contracted by CDHO.