The Future of AI in Dentistry with OpenAI's CFO, The Smilist's President & SGA Dental Partners' CIO
From Group Dentistry Now Show: The Voice of the DSO Industry by Kim Larson & Bill Neumann of Group Dentistry Now
April 21, 2026 · 1h 7m
About this episode
This episode features a discussion on the future of AI in dentistry with insights from industry leaders.
In the special episode Jane Levy, CEO of PlanForward interviews Sarah Friar, CFO of OpenAI. Jane then joins Phil Toh, President of The Smilist & Ron Kerensky, CIO of SGA Dental Partners to discuss: The rapid evolution of AI in healthcare & dentistry HIPAA compliance and data security Job roles evolving vs. disappearing To learn more about PlanForward and their membership platform visit: https://www.planforward.io/ you can also email Jane Levy at jlevy@planforward.io To learn more about The Smilist visit: https://thesmilist.com/ or connect with Phil Toh at phil@thesmilist.com To find out more about SGA Dental Partners visit: https://sgadental.com/ or reach out to Ron Kerensky at rkerensky@sgadental.com To stay up to date on OpenAI visit: https://openai.com/ or you can follow Sarah Friar on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-friar/
People in this episode
Guests: Sarah Friar, Phil Toh, Ron Kerensky
Topics covered
- AI in healthcare
- AI in dentistry
- HIPAA compliance
- data security
- job roles in dentistry
Keywords
- PlanForward
- The Smilist
- SGA Dental Partners
Mentioned in this episode
Products: PlanForward, The Smilist, SGA Dental Partners, OpenAI
Books & works: The Future of AI
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