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Founder of the nation’s largest student and new-dentist community, igniteDDS, David R. Rice, DDS, travels the world speaking, writing, and connecting today’s top young dentists with tomorrow’s most successful dental practices. He is the editorial director of DentistryIQ and leads a team-centered restorative and implant practice in East Amherst, New York. With 27 years of practice in the books, Dr. Rice is trained at the Pankey Institute, the Dawson Academy, Spear Education, and most prolifically at the school of hard knocks. Contact him at [email protected].

Candy Velez, BSDH, CRDH, is a practicing dental hygienist in Sebring, Florida. She graduated summa cum laude from South Florida State College with her dental hygiene degree and earned her bachelor’s degree in dental hygiene from St. Petersburg College. In 2020, she was appointed to a four-year term on the Florida Board of Dentistry's Council on Dental Hygiene and was the recipient of the Swann D. Knowles Award, honoring one Florida hygienist for service and dedication to the profession.

Updated April 20, 2023