AvaDent has announced the hiring of Daniel Hinkle as Sr. Vice President of Marketing. He will have the primary responsibility of marketing AvaDent’s full line of digital prosthetic products and assisting AvaDent clients with their practice development needs here in the United States.

“Dan comes to us from Practice Performance, Inc., a practice development company he founded in 2014 with a primary focus of direct-to-consumer marketing within the dental implant and full-arch space. We are thrilled to have him as a member of our team and are looking forward to having Dan take AvaDent and our customers to the next level in the fixed prosthetics market,” said Tim Thompson, CEO of AvaDent.

Dan has over 30 years of marketing and sales experience in the healthcare industry. He is widely recognized as an industry pioneer, public speaker, and practice development guru for the All-on-4^® marketplace.

Prior to Practice Performance, Inc., Mr. Hinkle was Vice President of Practice Development for ClearChoice Dental Implant Centers, where he was responsible for accelerating the growth of the company by deploying a systematic approach to referral development. He spent six years as Sr. Director of Practice Development for Nobel Biocare and is widely regarded as the first to recognize and harness the power of digital marketing for today’s dental practice. He formed the first Practice Resource Center to assist Nobel’s clients with direct-to-consumer, All-on-4^® marketing services. He was also on the marketing team that originally launched the All-on-4^® concept. In addition, Dan created NobelVision, the largest in-office dental education and entertainment network in dentistry. 

Mr. Hinkle has assisted thousands of dental practices in their growth initiatives and will continue to do so for AvaDent’s premier partner doctors here in the United States.

He received his BS in Business Administration from Cumberland College.