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Dr. Amisha Singh is a Denver native and loves living in beautiful Colorado. She founded a scratch start dental practice, Smile Always Dental, in Parker, CO. While in dental school, she was the founder of the first diversity-oriented, nationally-based organization in the school and her passion for organized dentistry continues. She is now an active member of the ADA, CDA, and MDDS. She serves on the CDA House of Delegates, on the ADA Dental Wellbeing Advisory Committee, and on the MDDS and CDA Membership Councils. She is the CDA New Dentist Committee Chair for Colorado. She is also a blogger and professional speaker who works with IgniteDDS to inspire other dental professionals and provide the resources to be the best clinicians possible. She writes for numerous publications, serves on the junior editorial board for Dental Entrepreneur Women’s magazine, the Dental Economics Editorial Advisory Board, and as co-editor of the MDDS Articulator. She is the AVID Healthcare Liaison for Denver Public Schools and teaches a success series integrated into the curriculum of underprivileged middle school youth to aspire them to careers in healthcare. She was also a workforce diversity consultant for the Colorado Department of Public Health and worked to help recruit underrepresented minorities to the professions of dentistry and medicine. She also serves as an ADA Success Speaker, participates in the ADA Institute of Diversity in Leadership, and is the founder of the CDA Diversity in Leadership program. She was recognized as one of the 2018 10 Under 10 Top ADA Dentists nationally. She also believes in innovation and serves her profession as a DMG Young Key Opinion Leader. Her passion is encouraging entrepreneurial spirit, inspiring others and she wants to dedicate her life to helping make dentists and patients alike be better, healthier, more empowered people. When not practicing dentistry, she loves to get lost in a good book, cook, and do all things creative.
Lit leadership lessons: Let’s talk about perspective
Why? It’s a question we often ask, but without perspective, we will never know the answer, writes Dr. Amisha Singh.
Lit leadership lessons: How dental professionals can honor boundaries
Dr. Amisha Singh discusses why setting boundaries is so important for dental professionals and how it can improve health.
Embracing Failure to Adopt Everyday Innovation
An important lesson in leadership? Understanding that it’s OK to fail if you’re learning from your mistakes and moving forward.
Dealing with Imposter Syndrome in Your Dental Career
By: Amisha Singh, DDS Leadership. You have heard the word, and maybe even understand the importance for…
Types of Retirement Plans
By: Bruce Bryen As a dental school graduate, you probably know a lot about retirement plans from talking to your peers and asking about coverage with your employer. You may already have a retirement plan in place, which is great! But, this does not necessarily mean that you are up to date with an understanding of how…
Tips to Keep Your Dental Patients Happy & Loyal
By: Anais Osipova Currently, in the U.S., there are over 200,000 active dentists, and about 60% of Americans visit a dental office at least once a year. With that much competition, you may wonder how your dental practice can retain patients, especially happy and loyal ones. 5 Tips To Keep Your Dental Patients Happy With…
Posterior Open Bites, What Does it Mean?
By: Jeffrey W. Horowitz, DMD, FAGD, D-ABDSM, D-ASBA Have you ever run into posterior open bites during your time as a dentist? Here is a case study on my experience with it. Posterior Open Bites: Case Study Posterior Open Bites Etiology Diagnosis Permanent postural change, secondary to improved condyle/disk relationship and improved muscle function. Initial…
What Dental School Didn’t Teach You about “Adulting”Â
By: Savanah Craig It won’t shock anyone to know that there are many important things that dental school didn’t teach you. Unfortunately, many of the topics that dental school skipped over are critical to your success and are necessary to protect the investments you made in this career. 3 Things Dental School Didn’t Teach You…
Pitting and Erosive Tooth Lesions, What Does it Mean?
By: Jeffrey W. Horowitz, DMD, FAGD, D-ABDSM, D-ASBA Have you ever run into pitting and erosive tooth lesions during your time as a dentist? Here is a case study on my experience with it. Pitting and Erosive Tooth Lesions: Case Study Patient Information: Etiology of Tooth Structure Loss Tooth erosion happens when acids wear away…
Why Don’t Physicians Refer to Dentists?
By: Teresa DeNike There is growing evidence in the scientific literature that oral health is linked to the well-being of the rest of the body. A link has been found between poor sleep and periodontitis, with a shocking 36% increase in patients with chronic sleep loss; sleep apnea. Sleep apnea is a condition that dentists…
Facial Asymmetries and Discrepancies, What Does it Mean?
By: Jeffrey W. Horowitz, DMD, FAGD, D-ABDSM, D-ASBA Have you ever run into facial asymmetries and discrepancies during your time as a dentist? Here is a mini presentation on how I dealt with this. Facial Asymmetries and Discrepancies: Case Study Patient A: 13-year-old white female presents for an initial orthodontic evaluation Medical history is positive…
Dear D1s: Welcome to Dental SchoolÂ
By: Savanah Craig Welcome to Dental School! You have worked so hard for this moment, and I want to be the first to welcome you to the most challenging four years of your life! I know that you’re thinking that I’m just another exhausted upperclassman, who is trying to discourage you. A few months ago,…
Chronically Enlarged Tonsils, What Does It Mean?
By: Jeffrey W. Horowitz, DMD, FAGD, D-ABDSM, D-ASBA Chronically enlarged tonsils are a common condition, more likely to happen in children. Chronically enlarged tonsils are associated with: Frequent sore throat, ear, and throat infection. Enlarged adenoids, and poor nasal breathing. Poor nasal breathing leads to mouth breathing. Mouth breathing changes tongue posture. Poor tongue posture…
The Link Between Periodontal Disease and Heart Failure
By: Kevin Henry A new study has given dental professionals yet another reason to talk to their patients about the importance of maintaining their oral health in order to maintain and even improve their overall health. This study was released at the start of July in one of the Journals of the American College of…



