Dr. Richard Huot

Dr. Richard Huot is the founder of Beachside Dental Consultants, Inc., and started his consulting firm in 2004. Rick is also the Chief Business Development Officer for Velmeni, an AI assisted diagnostic software for dental practices. As dental subject matter expert for the Leidos Health group in 2015, he worked on the MHS Genesis Electronic Health Record, which is the integrated EHR for DoD and the VA. As a Key Opinion Leader, he has lectured at many meetings on topics such as leadership issues, career transitioning, financial planning, and buying/selling dental practices. His articles have been featured in Becker’s Dental Review, Dental Products Report, Dental Economics, Dentistry Today, Dental Practice Report, ADA News, AGD Impact, and other state dental journals. Dr. Huot retired from the USAF Reserve Dental Corps, after 30 years of military duty and was a private practice owner from 1985 to 2008. Rick still practices clinical dentistry today on a per diem basis, while doing concurrent consulting for the same practices. He served on the Florida Dental Association Board of Trustees and as ADA Vice President for two years, and was recently appointed to the AGD Council on Legislative and Government Affairs. He graduated from the College of Financial Planning in 1996, and the Chartered Financial Consultant program at the American College of Financial Services in 2024.