Dr. Smith’s Credentials
B. Kent Smith DDS, D-ABDSM
- President, American Sleep and Breathing Academy
- Board Certified in Dental Sleep Medicine
- Six Month Smiles (an adult cosmetic short-term orthodontic system) Clinical Instructor (one of six worldwide)
Education:
- Lubbock Christian University – B.S. Biology
- Baylor College of Dentistry 1985
- Extensive continuing education with over 200 hours each year (12 hours yearly are required)
- LVI Global continuum
Certifications:
- Diplomate, American Board Dental Sleep Medicine
- Diplomate, American Sleep and Breathing Academy
- Nitrous Oxide Sedation
- Oral Sedation
- CPR / Basic Life Support
- Invisalign (Premier Provider)
Professional Leadership Positions:
- President, American Sleep and Breathing Academy
- Clinical Instructor and Mentor for Six Month Smiles
- Weekly Radio Show Host of "Pillow Talk" on KAAM 770 in Dallas
- Developer/CEO FindCE.com©
- Advisory Committee, Australasian Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine
- Expert witness on $300,000,000 wrongful death suit related to sleep
- Top 10 VIP by the Speaking Consulting Network for 2009
Published in:
- Dental Practice & Finance
- Dental Economics
- Dental Equipment & Materials
- RDH Magazine
- The Irving Journal
- The Irving News
- Editor/Advisor Boy Scout Dentistry Merit Badge pamphlet
Presentations/Speaking:
- Academy of Comprehensive Esthetics
- TED Talk
- Sunrise Dental Solutions
- Star of the South – Houston
- SomnoMed Annual Symposium
- Smile Source
- Sleep Australia (NAOL)
- Six Month Smiles
- Seminars for Success
- Seattle Study Club
- Productive Dentist Academy
- Pittsburgh Academy of Dentistry
- Nierman Group
- Mahan & Associates
- Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies (Instructor of the three-day course on Sleep Disordered Breathing from 2008 until 2010)
- Kansas City Orthodontics for General Practitioners
- International Association for Comprehensive Aesthetics
- International Academy of Sleep
- HDIQ Dental Meeting
- Greater Southwest Dental Conference
- Ft. Worth District Dental Society
- Ft. Worth Academy of General Dentistry
- Florida National Dental Convention
- Dental Sleep Masters
- Dental Services Group
- Cleveland Center for Exceptional Practices
- CareStream Annual Meeting
- Cain & Watters Annual Meeting
- American Sleep & Breathing Academy
- American Association of Physiological Medicine & Dentistry
- American Academy of Oral Systemic Health
- American Academy of Craniofacial Pain
- American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry
- American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine
- American Academy of Dental Practice Administrators