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Muhalab Al Sammarraie, D.D.S., originally from Baghdad, is the site dental director at AltaMed Health Services, one of the nation’s largest federally qualified health centers. Recognized as a 2023 ADA 10 Under 10 Award winner and an Incisal Edge magazine 40 Under 40 Top Dentist in America for 2023, he is also an international lecturer […]

Blogger Sampada Deshpande, D.D.S., practices in Bay Area, California. Due to her specialized training, she is often approached for care by patients with special health care needs and medical complexities. Author of the book “Persevering,” Dr. Deshpande earned her dental degree from the University of Washington and completed a general practice residency at Alameda Health

Blogger Jarod Johnson, D.D.S., has a private practice in Muscatine, Iowa. Dr. Johnson earned his dental degree from the University of Iowa College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics and received advanced training in behavior management, sedation, hospital dentistry, trauma, special health care needs, interceptive orthodontics, space maintenance, oral hygiene and dietary counseling at the University

Blogger Cathy Hung, D.D.S., is an oral and maxillofacial surgeon practicing in New Jersey. She is a wellness ambassador with the ADA Wellness Ambassador Program, which is supported by the ADA Dental Team Wellness Advisory Committee of the ADA Council on Dental Practice, and an alumna of the ADA Institute for Diversity in Leadership. She

Stephanie Ganter, D.D.S., is a board-certified periodontist in private practice in Dallas, Texas. She serves as an ADA Wellness Ambassador and new dentist member on the ADA Council on Members Insurance and Retirement Programs. She completed a two-year integrative medicine fellowship at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, followed by a one-year surgical leadership

Brittany Vacura, D.D.S., is a general dentist and dental director for a federally qualified health center in Sacramento, California. She graduated from the University of California San Francisco School of Dentistry in 2017 and the University of Nevada Las Vegas School of Dental Medicine general practice residency in 2018. Dr. Vacura enjoys encouraging dental students

Blogger Mirissa Price, D.M.D., is a board-certified pediatric dentist with the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry. She is the interim program director of the pediatric dental residency and assistant professor at Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry in Nashville, Tennessee. Passionate about access to care, Dr. Price is an ADA Give Kids A Smile ambassador,

Blogger Anubhuti Misra, B.D.S., D.D.S., graduated from the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC in Los Angeles with honors after completing her B.D.S. in India. She has worked with people who are underprivileged or have special health care needs in the Silicon Valley and witnessed the challenges faced by them very closely. She also

Blogger Sampada Deshpande, D.D.S., practices in Bay Area, California. Due to her specialized training, she is often approached for care by patients with special health care needs. Author of the book “Persevering,” Dr. Deshpande earned her dental degree from the University of Washington and completed a general practice residency at Alameda Health System. She is

Blogger Stephanie R. Ganter, D.D.S., is a board-certified periodontal and dental implant surgeon in Garland, Texas. She completed a two-year fellowship in integrative medicine out of the University of Arizona School of Medicine and is currently enrolled in a one-year surgical leadership program at Harvard University. Dr. Ganter has also taken executive leadership courses through Cornell