Built from published programs.
Every appearance traces to the organizer's own program. No self-reported bios, no bureau listings, no nominations.
Dental Speaker Index 2026
Who dentistry put on stage.
The speakers dentistry's biggest meetings booked in 2026, category by category. Built from the organizers' own published programs, with a source for every session.
The 2026 categories.
Speakers are placed within a category, never across them, so a periodontist is never measured against a marketer.
Unranked · A to ZAI in Dentistry
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Top 5Practice Growth & Patient Acquisition
1Daniela Skeen
Top 5Business Operations & Revenue Cycle
1Colleen Huff
Top 5Compliance, Safety & Risk
1Amanda Hill
Top 5Clinical & Specialty Education
1Amber Auger
Top 5Leadership, Culture & Workforce
1Kevin Henry
Unranked · A to ZTechnology & Digital Dentistry
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DSO & Group Practice Strategy
Nobody qualified this year, and we would rather say so.
Why there is no list
Top dental speakers of 2026.
The speakers named on a category list, placed on their full year across dentistry's major meetings. Shared places are shown as the data gave them.
- 1Amber Auger
Named inClinical #1
- 2Amanda Hill
- 3David Clark
Named inClinical #2
- 4Leonard Hess
Named inClinical #3
- 5Uche Odiatu
- 6Thomas Viola
Named inClinical #5
- 7Ryan Vet
Named inPractice Growth #2Leadership & Culture #3AI in Dentistry watch list
- 8Shannon Pace Brinker
Named inTechnology watch list
- 9Lois Banta
- 10Kevin Henry
Named inLeadership & Culture #1
Everyone in the 2026 Index.
In alphabetical order: this is everyone the Index names, not a ranking of them.
- Kathryn Alderman
- Amber Auger
Lois Banta- Gordon Barfield
- Shannon Pace Brinker
David Clark
Karen Daw
Jim DiMarino- Teresa Duncan
- Brian Goodacre
- Kevin Henry
Leonard Hess- Amanda Hill
- Colleen Huff
Tija Hunter
Mark E. Hyman- Loren King
Charles Loretto
Uche Odiatu- Daniela Skeen
Todd Snyder
Kandice Swarthout- Ryan Vet
Thomas Viola
Kelli Vrla
Amy Wood
Rita Zamora
How the Index is built.
Earned on stage, not voted on. Every place comes from where dentistry's program committees chose to put a speaker in 2026, read from the organizers' own published programs and reviewed by hand.
- appearances recorded from organizers' published programs
- 2,202
- sessions excluded as selling, not teaching
- 90
- appearances accepted from a bio or a bureau
- 0
Breadth across the profession.
The Index rewards speakers chosen by many of dentistry's major meetings, not many sessions at one of them.
Membership changes nothing.
SCN members and non-members are ranked on the same evidence. Membership is added only after places are final.
The stages behind the Index.
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