Speakers:
John Fisher, DDS: is a graduate of Temple University Kornberg School of Dentistry. Upon graduation, he received an appointment as a clinical instructor in the Fixed and Removable Prosthesis department at the dental school, where he taught until he entered the United States Army. Upon completing his military service, he moved on to teach fixed prosthetics at Boston University School of Dentistry and at the same time was beginning his dental practice in Salem, where he practiced for 50 years.
He has served as Trustee and President of the Massachusetts Dental Society and is a Past Chair of the Better Oral Health for Massachusetts Coalition where he continues to serve. Dr. Fisher is an advisory member of the Oral Health Committee of the Massachusetts Medical Society. He is a member of the Special Committee on Oral Health for the Commonwealth and he lectures on community water fluoridation throughout Massachusetts. He is part of the Oral Health Advisory Task Force for Health Care for All. Additionally, he sits on the advisory board for Forsythe School of Dental Hygiene.
Brian Novy, DDS: is often described as “The tenth dentist,” and has faculty appointments at Virginia Commonwealth University and Harvard School of Dental Medicine. He served on the American Dental Association Council of Scientific Affairs from 2010-2014, and in 2016 was appointed the consumer representative to the United States Food & Drug Administration Dental Products Panel. His papers are published in various journals including the Journal of the American Dental Association, the Journal of Dental Research, the Journal of Evidence Based Dentistry, Dentistry Today, Inside Dentistry, Dental Economics, Compendium, the National Academies of Medicine, and the International Journal of Equity in Health. He practices in Salem, Massachusetts.