Meet The Faculty

Mark A. Cruz, DDS

Mark A. Cruz graduated from the UCLA School of Dentistry in 1986 and started a dental practice in Monarch Beach, CA upon graduation. He has lectured nationally and internationally and is a member of various dental organizations, including the Pierre Fauchard Academy, Pacific Coast Society for Prosthodontics and the American Academy of Restorative Dentistry. He was a part-time lecturer at UCLA and member of the faculty group practice and was past assistant director of the UCLA Center for Esthetic Dentistry. He has served on the National Institute of Health/NIDCR (National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research) Grant Review Committee in Washington D.C. and is currently serving on the NIDCR, DSMB (Data and Safety Monitoring Board) for the National Practice-Based Research Network. He is also on the editorial board for the Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice (Elsevier). Please visit www.markacruzdds.com for a more detailed CV.

Barry Raphael, DMD

Barry Raphael has been an orthodontist in Clifton, New Jersey for over thirty years. He is the owner of the Center for Integrative Orthodontics and the newly opened Center for Integrative Education. His concentration on airway-focused orthodontics came late in his career, but has now dramatically changed the way he practices.
He teaches these concepts at the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, on the lecture circuit and at the Center.

Barry is a Past-President of the Passaic County Dental Society and Vice-President elect of the New Jersey Association of Orthodontists. He serves on the boards of the American Academy of Physiological Medicine & Dentistry and the Academy of Oral Myofunctional Therapy. Barry and Mark are co-hosts of the Airway and Facial Development Collaboration on Spreecast. He also chairs the New Jersey division of the AAO Donated Orthodontic Services program.

ELLEN CREAN, RDH, MS, DDS, PHD

Dr. Crean is the co-founder and Chief Operating Oﬃcer of Be Well Collaborative Care. She works closely with the physicians, sleep techs, respiratory therapists and the sleep labs, to ensure that optimum clinical outcomes are achieved.
Dr. Crean holds a Bachelor’s degree in Dental Hygiene, a Master’s degree in Healthcare Administration, a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree and a PHD in Neurobiology with an emphasis in sleep medicine.

She has lectured nationally on Dental Sleep Medicine, Medical Billing for Dentists, and Collaborative Approaches to Care Between Medicine and Dentistry. Dr. Crean has invested the last 10 years to set up collaborative care networks across the United States in the interdisciplinary approach to wellness. Dr. Crean is also associated with several Universities in their medical and dental patient care clinics. She oversees student and resident experience, patient care management and revenue cycle management through her partnership with Triton Medical Solutions, LLC.

She consults with organizations on access to care issues and has worked on a recent project to open a 501c3 Dental Clinic for the disabled and special needs patient population.

RICK ROBLEE, DDS MS

Dr. Richard D. Roblee graduated from Baylor College of Dentistry (BCOD) and quickly became renowned for his work in Esthetic and Restorative Dentistry in Dallas, Texas. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics, a distinction that less than 20% of practicing orthodontists actually receive. Dr. Roblee is recognized around the globe for his work in esthetic dentistry, orthodontic techniques and interdisciplinary therapy. He has given more than 500 professional presentations in the United States, Canada, Central America, South America, Europe, Australia and Japan on these topics. He is also a leader in several exciting new areas of dentistry including Surgically Facilitated Orthodontic Therapy (SOFT) and Airway Centered Growth and Development. He is also an associate clinical professor at Texas A&M Baylor College of Dentistry in both the restorative department and the orthodontic department.

While maintaining a full-time practice in Fayetteville and Springdale, Dr. Roblee continues to be instrumental in the development of Web-based collaborative software to facilitate his comprehensive approach to healthcare. In creating the first interdisciplinary digital network for clinical records through his company in 1997, TeamLINKS.com, Dr. Roblee provides a vehicle for exceptional patient care through the collaborative value of shared images, treatment planning and patient services. Learn more about Dr. Roblee here: http://www.robleeortho.com