Michael Ventriello

Oral-Systemic Link
Why medical-dental integration keeps failing, Part 1
In this Dental Duets column with Michael Ventriello, Eva Allan reveals why medical-dental collaboration stalls and what must change to improve patient outcomes and healthcare efficiency.
January 26, 2026
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AI
Dental Duets: A 4-generation perspective on dentistry, innovation, and AI
From dangerous beginnings to AI-driven innovation, Dr. Mark Whitefield reflects on dentistry's history and shares how clinicians can balance tech with patient-centered care.
January 12, 2026
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Team Management
Dental Duets: What is conscious leadership, and how can it help dental teams?
Michael Ventriello speaks with strategist Holland Haiis on how conscious leadership can boost practice outcomes.
September 19, 2025
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Endodontics
Dental Duets: AI and my Dustin Hoffman moment with Dr. Marty Jablow
From predictions for the next five years to the difference between artificial intelligence (AI) and "AI lite," Dr. Marty Jablow shares his thoughts on one of the hottest trends in dentistry today.
July 17, 2025
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Smile Design
Dental duets: 25 years of dental technology -- hits, misses, and future winners
Michael Ventriello spoke with Dr. John Flucke, one of dentistry's thought leaders when it comes to technology, to discuss dental technology trends we've seen and what's to come.
April 17, 2025
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Privacy
5 cybersecurity resolutions for your dental practice in 2025
By adopting these five resolutions in 2025, your dental practice can safeguard patient data, comply with regulations, and build trust with patients, writes Tasha Dickinson and Michael Ventriello.
January 17, 2025
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Practice Trends
Dental duets: Despite what you may have read, dentistry is a smart investment
The latest advances in dental technology offer exciting investment opportunities for individual investors, venture capital firms, and private equity groups, writes Michael Ventriello and Dr. Shervin Molayem.
November 7, 2024
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Office Management
Dental duets: Why we need improved technology interoperability to achieve optimal dental practice workflows
The authors believe the lack of interoperability among many innovative technologies poses a significant barrier to their effective implementation in dental practices and impedes the rate of adoption.
August 20, 2024
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Oral Cancer
5 ways dental-medical collaboration can improve oral cancer statistics
By implementing five collaborative strategies, dentists and physicians can shift the oral cancer paradigm to significantly reduce oral cancer mortality rates and improve overall patient outcomes, writes Michael Ventriello.
April 30, 2024
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Dental Practice
Why now is the time for you to become an author
Now more than ever, the dental community needs new voices to educate, motivate, and lead the way during the pandemic and long after it has passed -- and it will pass, writes Michael Ventriello. Part of that leadership in the dental industry will come from those who choose to submit their thoughts for others to read. In this article, Ventriello discusses the power of thought leadership through writing.
December 10, 2020
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