Dental Shark Tank Competition
The SNDA Dental Shark Tank Competition, sponsored annually by Colgate, is a showcase of our organization's top thought-leaders and dreamers. During our yearly convention, SNDA members are invited to pitch their original business ideas and products to a panel of esteemed judges in the dental field. Winners of the competition walk away with a monetary prize to help fund their budding entrepreneurship. If you are an SNDA member interested in competing in Dental Shark Tank, please return here in May of each year to submit an application. Check out some of our winners below! 🦈
2025 Shark Tank Winners
Gregory Leatherwood and Denavean Fox
(Tufts University DMD '27 and '28)

2024 Dental Shark Tank Winner
Madeleine Buckner-McCurdy (Tufts DMD '26)

Madeleine Buckner-McCurdy (Tufts University DMD '26)
2023 Dental Shark Tank Winner
Michael Kennedy
(Tufts DMD '24)

2022 Dental Shark Tank Winners
Torrey Talifer (Univ. of Michigan DDS '23) & Raurie Petrich (Univ. of Michigan DDS '23)

Torrey Talifer (Univ. of Michigan DDS '23) & Raurie Petrich (Univ. of Michigan DDS '23)