Roseman Visit Evaluation. Many students joined. Aaron created power point presentation. Went very well. Could be a venue for a future Mastership course. Dr. Ferguson offered the venue. Good Sim lab, nice facility. Lunch room on third floor on west.
UDA Convention: Luncheon was best attended in years. Many of Nathan's class attended. The students really appreciated the information on practice transitions. Scott Tracy was wondering about organizing a committee for the luncheon. Grant thought it would be a good idea too. Involving students that will get time off could be a very good thing. They are willing and we could communicate better with them.
Laser course: 30 signed up with 1 on the waiting list. We need someone to pickup Dr. Convissar on Thurs night and return him on Saturday right after the course. Matt needs a CE certificate and report to AGD. National just wants a plain document. David asked about a roster for the Mastership program. Grant to send certificate template from AGD website to Matt and David. Course to finish at 1. flight leaves at 3 or 3:30. Paul to take him back to airport. Dave to pickup Thurs night at 7pm or ask Andy or David. Staying at Hotel next to Ultradent (1/2 mile south). Matt to take from Hotel to Ultradent. Participants to bring gloves, loupes and suture kit. someone to spot lunch with a CC and reimburse from course fees.
September annual meeting: Matt has discussed a date with Aaron at Roseman but will need to rearrange schedule to put people in Nursing area. 3 or 4 local specialists to give a pearls day.
November Mastership course: 6-8 of November reserved. presentations on 6th (Thurs). Jim Guinn can't do 2 days so another speaker on Occlusion would be good. 5000 budget per course is variable. wanted a full day for presentations, but the fewer presentations could be condensed into 2 days. The criteria from national is specific. Each person is to present for 15-20 minutes. would need 16 hours, twice per year plus a homework assignment. 30 hours total per course. need to get a group of people that are committed to doing the mastership. arranged at Ultradent for next 5 years. Dave proposed Mike Affleck to speak for 1 day. Clayton Chan is a neuromuscular approach and puts on a course in NV called "Occlusal Connections". He would do well. Dr. Durham at the VA is a great lecturer. A young prosthodontist. teaches a 2 visit denture. knows materials well. may not lecturer on occlusion. Clark Dana does Occlusion at Roseman.
Donated Dental Services: email from Dave
Hello Dr. McMillan,
Thanks for speaking with me on Friday about our interest in exploring possible collaboration with the AGD as we plan for a Donated Dental Services (DDS) program in Utah. I apologize for the delay in sending this follow-up communication.
We appreciate your kind and gracious offer to share the information with your board during its March 14th meeting. We would be honored and most grateful if the AGD would approve having a representative on an advisory committee we hope to establish, and depending on recommendations the group may suggest, consider if additional involvement of the Utah AGD would be appropriate.
I am copying Dr. David Peterson as I understand he serves on your board. He is also a uniquely caring and generous DDS program volunteer, having been involved with the established project in Wyoming as well as the small Utah component of the DDS “safety-net.” That is an initiative established to assist a limited number of needy disabled, elderly, and medically-compromised people in the 8 states where DDS programs have yet to be implemented.
God forbid that anyone, anywhere, is unable to obtain medically-essential but unaffordable and uncovered dental care if there is an accessible dentist willing to donate the treatment. Somewhat less extreme, but equally compelling, it is tragic if someone who is financially challenged by functional limitations from disease, disability, and advanced age must live with the degradation of physical and emotional distress from serious dental problems if there is a nearby dentist who would value the opportunity to contribute needed treatment. For radically different reasons, patients and dentists enjoy greater quality of life, and meaning, when brought together. DDS is an extraordinarily simple and straightforward program to achieve that purpose.
DDS began as a small pilot project in Colorado during the late ‘80’s. It has subsequently expanded nationally. With the assistance of the AGD, ADA, and ten other national dental organizations that have endorsed DDS, 15,200 caring dentists volunteer along with 3,300 supportive laboratories. More than 120,000 needy disabled, elderly, and medically compromised individuals have obtained $250 million of comprehensive dental therapies. The following is a link to a recent ADA News article, http://www.ada.org/news/9522.aspx. Social work coordinators staff the program. Among their most consequential responsibilities is endeavoring to assure that volunteers and their staffs enjoy gratifying experiences free of annoyances.
Several program features are intended to foster mutuality of benefits for volunteers and patients.
· Each volunteer controls his / her involvement.
· Volunteers use their respective offices rather than working in unfamiliar settings.
· Hundreds of private offices distributed throughout a state increase options for geographic accessibility among patients.
· Volunteers are mailed a brief written profile of an applicant and requested to authorize a referral before one is made (first attachment).
· Only after completing a clinical examination is a volunteer asked if s/he wants to treat the person. If the dentist declines, the profile is sent to another volunteer. Should the dentist agree to treat, as the overwhelming number do, the coordinator asks what assistance may be helpful, including arranging the involvement of volunteer specialists and labs, free replacement of zirconia blocks, the donation of implants and components as requested, and/or a Sonicare toothbrush to assist a patient maintain the contributed treatment.
· Volunteers are fully supported should they want to provide comprehensive treatment for individuals with extensive needs. Patients are thereby positioned to leave the program with excellent oral health, which they are expected to maintain independent of the program so volunteers can assist others if they choose to do so.
Additional information and perspectives about DDS are provided in the volunteer recruitment brochure and a related open letter to dentists included as the second and third attachments.
Again, thanks very much for sharing so generously of your time to learn about DDS and our hopeful expectation of developing the project as a substantive humanitarian resource for needy disabled, elderly, and medically compromised individuals throughout Utah. I will follow up in several days to ask if you have any questions or want additional information. Meanwhile, best wishes for excellent health and abundant happiness.
Respectfully,
Larry
Larry Coffee, DDS
Founder and CEO
Dental Lifeline Network
1800 15th St. #100
Denver, CO 80202
720.287.6180 303 534-5290 FAX
Dr. Petersen likes working with them in WY because they screen a pt's income and need and then pay lab expenses so the DDS only donates the work and patients are screened and takes the burden off the Dr. Dave to have Larry send Paul info for the newsletter.
Group insurance to AGD members group health insurance. Joe Mirci was talking with Select Health IHC to look into a plan for dentists (and employees???). May not have open enrollment till next year with ACA.
Affliation agreement with National and our constituent. want the document to be shared tonight.
Next Board Meeting at Ultradent after May 16th course. 5pm
