Florida native Michael F. Hughes, DDS was born in Ft Lauderdale. The son of an Air Force fighter pilot, his family moved often around the United States and Europe. While attending Washington State University Michael was on the Dean’s list and HonorRoll and was the first undergraduate ever honored with a teaching position in the Chemistry Department. In 1981 he graduated with a BS in Zoology at WSU, and then attended Emory University School of Dentistry as an Armed Forces Health Professions scholarship recipient. While on active duty in the US Naval Dental Corps he trained extensively in Oral Surgery, Endodontics, Periodontics and Restorative dentistry. Michael founded ICB Brush Company in 1997. He received multiple dental patents and received the highest awards in dentistry for dental products including the Reality 5 star Award from 1999 through 2006. This lead to lecturing on behalf of Ultradent Dental Products, Inc to Dental Professors from the leading Universities on guidelines and tools for modern bonded dentistry. He also did extensive postgraduate study at Parker Mahan Facial Pain Center and Shands Hospital, Gainesville, Florida, 1989 through 1995 including a mini-residency for Facial Pain diagnosis. He recently completed an extensive curriculum with The Seattle Institute For Advanced Restorative And Implant Dentistry utilizing aesthetic principles. Dr. Hughes continues to enjoy his passion for dentistry and is very active currently with product development to improve the field of dentistry.