Dr. Johnathan Phan, DDS
Owner and Dentist
Houston, Texas
Owns and runs a Spring Branch general practice built around affordable care, PPO coverage, and six-day hours.
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Dr. Marcus Hale, DMD, MS
Prosthodontist & Practice Owner
Portland, Oregon
Takes the complex cases other practices decline, and takes them slowly — sometimes over years.
Dr. Amara Okonjo, DDS, MS
Orthodontist
Atlanta, Georgia
Rebuilt orthodontic scheduling around adults who cannot take a weekday morning off.
Dr. Julia Kowalski, DDS, PhD
Researcher, Dental Materials
Chicago, Illinois
Studies why restorations fail, and argues the honest answer is usually not the material.
Dr. Hannah Brooks, DMD
General Dentist
Bozeman, Montana
Serves a ninety-mile catchment and structures every visit around patients who may not return.
Dr. Omar Haddad, DDS, MBA
General Dentist & Founder, Front Range Dental Collective
Denver, Colorado
Sold a practice to a DSO, watched it change, and built a shared-services model designed not to.
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Grouped by state.
California
Dr. Grace Lin, DDS
Cosmetic Dentist
Los Angeles, California
Spends six weeks designing a case before touching a tooth, and does not quote a fee until it is done.
Colorado
Dr. Omar Haddad, DDS, MBA
General Dentist & Founder, Front Range Dental Collective
Denver, Colorado
Sold a practice to a DSO, watched it change, and built a shared-services model designed not to.
Florida
Dr. Luis Fernandez, DDS, MS
Endodontist
Miami, Florida
Holds a third of his daily capacity for patients referred that morning.
Georgia
Dr. Amara Okonjo, DDS, MS
Orthodontist
Atlanta, Georgia
Rebuilt orthodontic scheduling around adults who cannot take a weekday morning off.
Illinois
Dr. Julia Kowalski, DDS, PhD
Researcher, Dental Materials
Chicago, Illinois
Studies why restorations fail, and argues the honest answer is usually not the material.
Maryland
Dr. Theo Adeyemi, DDS, MPH
Public Health Dentist
Baltimore, Maryland
Works on the part of the access problem that has nothing to do with dentists.
Montana
Dr. Hannah Brooks, DMD
General Dentist
Bozeman, Montana
Serves a ninety-mile catchment and structures every visit around patients who may not return.
Oregon
Dr. Marcus Hale, DMD, MS
Prosthodontist & Practice Owner
Portland, Oregon
Takes the complex cases other practices decline, and takes them slowly — sometimes over years.
Tennessee
Dr. Nathan Whitfield, DMD, MD
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon
Nashville, Tennessee
Stopped writing routine opioid prescriptions in 2018 and published the pathway that replaced them.
Texas
Dr. Johnathan Phan, DDS
Owner and Dentist
Houston, Texas
Owns and runs a Spring Branch general practice built around affordable care, PPO coverage, and six-day hours.
Dr. Daniel Reyes, DDS
Pediatric Dentist
San Antonio, Texas
Treats a child’s first four dental visits as the entire product.
Washington
Dr. Priya Desai, DDS, MSD
Periodontist
Seattle, Washington
A surgeon who has spent six years arguing, in public, for less surgery.
