255 Control Your Costs with Richard Offutt and Mustafa Shah-Khan: Dentistry Uncensored

• What is the current state of dentistry for the independent practitioner • Forces facing dental practices • Dental supply industry • Cost control and management of overhead • How do we work to preserve the independent dental practitioner     *** Dr. Richard Offutt: Dr. Richard Offutt is co-founder and Chief Development Officer of The Synergy Dental Partners. Dr. Richard Offutt attended Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina. He was elected Phi Beta Kappa while at Davidson. He earned his DDS from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. At UNC he was elected to Omicron Kappa Upsilon and Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities. Dr. Offutt attended the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia where he received specialty degrees in periodontics and endodontics. Dr. Offutt was a professor at the University of Pennsylvania upon the completion of his specialty training.   Dr. Offutt has practiced periodontics and implantology in Charlotte since 1982. He has devoted an extensive number of days to continuing education in the areas of dental implants and periodontology. Dr. Offutt is married to his wife Becky and they have four grown children. Dr. Offutt is a member of the American Dental Association, American Academy of Periodontology, The Academy of Osseointegration, and North Carolina Dental Society. www.thesynergydentalpartners.com [email protected] ***     Dr. Mustafa Shah-Khan:   Dr. Mustafa Shah-Khan is founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Synergy Dental Partners. Dr. Mustafa Shah-Khan is a practicing General Dentist in Charlotte, NC. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a BS in Chemistry and received his DDS from UNC’s School of Dentistry.   Dr. Shah-Khan is an active member of the ADA, NCDS and Charlotte Dental Society. He has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the UNC School of Dentistry’s Dental Alumni Association and the Charlotte dental Society as well as being a member of the nationally recognized Spear Education’s Faculty Club and the cerecdoctors.com Academy. Dr. Shah-Khan is a contributing writer for Dental Economics magazine. Dr. Shah-Khan and his wife reside in Charlotte, NC with their two young children.   www.thesynergydentalpartners.com [email protected] 704-905-1885