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July 8, 2013

In This Issue
UAB Dentistry Cares Community Day
Save the Dates!
Classified Ads
NDPBRN Article
FaceBook is here
BDDS now has Twitter

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Hi All BDDS Members,

I hope each of had a wonderful 4th of July and a great summer so far.  I just wanted to update you on a few things and have listed them below.

Thanks to Dr. David Hufham for his care for Issac O. Just as I started at the BDDS in 2011, Dr. Hufham accepted this pro-bono orthodontic case and it has now been complete.  Thanks again Dr. Hufham.

Thanks.........Richard
 

 

Richard Morgan

Executive Director

Birmingham District Dental Society

205.933.1778

[email protected]

www.bdds.org

 

 

UAB Dentistry Cares

Community Day

 

UAB Dentistry is passionate about our mission to optimize oral health in Alabama and beyond. 

On Wednesday, October 9, 2013, the School of Dentistry will host an exciting new service project.  For one day, our volunteer team will treat the basic dental needs-prophys, restorations and extractions- of the low-income, underserved in our community at no cost.

With such a great need for service in our community, we anticipate more patients than we can reasonably treat in one day so we are asking for your help.  Working together we can make a difference in the lives of our neighbors in need. 

 

Please consider partnering with us by serving as a volunteer dentist on UAB Dentistry Cares day and/or accepting one patient for one appointment for minimal treatment at a later date.  If that is not an option for you we have a variety of sponsorship opportunities and would appreciate any and all support you can provide. 

Please contact Conan Davis, DMD, at 205-996-2724 or [email protected]  for more information or to volunteer or pledge your commitment.  We look forward to collaborating with you on this mission.

 

WHAT:      Treating basic dental needs - prophys, restorations, extractions - of the low-income, underserve... one day of the year

 

WHY:         According to NIDCR, over half of adults, aged 20-64, below the federal poverty level report their teeth in either "fair" or "poor" condition, while less than 50% see a dentist regularly due to no private or public insurance.

 

WHEN:     Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

 

WHERE:    UAB School of Dentistry

 

 

 

Save these Dates 
 
More detailed information will be added on our website and in upcoming Newsletters.
 
 
September 12th, 2013 CE Meeting at The Club

October 18th, 2013 Friday All-Day Seminar at Cahaba Grand Conference Center-Dr. Fred Margolis CE meeting on Laser Dentistry.

November 12th, 2013 CE Meeting at The Club

January 7th, 2014 CE Meeting at The Club

March 4th, 2014 CE Meeting at The Club
  
May 6th, 2014 CE Meeting at The Club
 
You can also visit our website at bdds.org to view our Calendar of events and for more information as it becomes available.

 


Classifieds

  

Full Time Associate - Very busy dental office looking for a full time associate.  Candidate must be comfortable doing extractions, dentures and molar endo and be proficient in all other areas of general dentistry.  We are looking for a doctor with a strong work ethic, who is outgoing and has a personable chair-side manner.  One who is self-motivated and believes in providing patients with the highest level of dentistry to last a lifetime.  Candidate must be flexible and open to new ways of doing things.  
 
We offer excellent compensation, knowledgeable and friendly staff, large existing patient base and a steady number of new and walk in patients.
 
Email CV to [email protected]
 
 
Gulf Shores - Dr. Wayne Martin
is looking for a full time partner, they work four days a week.  Please contact Dr. Martin at 251-233-1766
 
Roger K. DawsonI am a Certified Dental Technician of 40  plus years with a strong emphasis on fixed restorative, Implant and Cad Cam dentistry. I will soon be moving to the Birmingham area from Peoria Illinois. I can be reached by either e-mail 
[email protected] or through my cell phone at 309-253-2217.

Office Space for Rent in Hoover - 

One space is plumbed and partitioned for an Orthodontic office, and one space is a previous General dental office.  There are two other dental offices in this building.  Call Jerry Kitchens for more info. at 

205-492-9290 or email

[email protected]

 

Hygienist/Assistant Debra Lane is seeking a job as a hygienist/dental assistant.  Email Richard Morgan at the BDDS at [email protected] for a copy of her resume. 

 

Four Corners Ministries, an Alabama based, non-profit mission organization, is building a mobile dental clinic that will offer professional dentistry in Africa where there are no trained dentists. Many people in these areas have suffered with dental pain for years. The mobile clinic will offer treatment at no cost. Please support our work by donating used dental instruments and supplies. For more information about the types of instruments needed, contact Debby Bowers, [email protected]. To find out more about Four Corners Ministries, please visit our website at www.4cornersministries.org

  

Looking for associates - Well established Alabama practice looking for experienced dentists to provide general and cosmetic dentistry several days a week. We run 2 hygiene rooms and 4 doctor rooms. We see about 4000 patients per year. The practice uses Caesy, Softdent, Schick digital x-rays.  We strive to serve our patients with friendly dentistry and educate them on dental care so they are happy and satisfied with their dental work, thus referring more new patients to our practice. If interested, please forward resume by email to [email protected]

  

Practice for sale - The assets of a successful dental practice for sale in North Central Alabama.
Approximately 500 new patients per year, No HMO or Medicaid patients, stable and profitable hygiene department, collections rate at 98% with 1.15M in
2011. Free standing building available for lease or purchase.  For more info visit   www.dentalpracticemarketplace.com  also feel free to contact me at [email protected] 
  
Edwina Taylor at Cahaba Valley Health Care is looking for assistance with a patient in a nursing home that needs dentures.  The patient is immobile and a medicaid patient.  If you can assist please email Edwina at [email protected].

  

UAB 2012 Dental Assisting Graduates - The BDDS office has a list of recent graduates.  Email Richard Morgan at [email protected] to request the list. 

 
Available for Rent: Suite 6 at Brookwood Dental Arts Building. Approximately 1369 sq. ft., four treatment rooms, business office, two bathrooms, private office, private entrance.Owners will help with leasehold improvements. For more information call Dr. David Clanton at Brokwood Dental 205-870-8833. 

  

Associate Needed in Oneonta - The office is located at 28425 Hwy 75,Oneonta,AL 35121. Please call Dr.
 Shivani K Pandit DDS,FAGD at 
205-625-4384 W or 205-541-3364 cell 
   

Filing Cabinets for sale: High Density Direct Line Rotary filing cabinet. Great units. Like new. Cost $5000, will sell for $2300. Call 205-979-9491.

  

James A. Nelson, D.M.D.is available to fill in for you when you are away from the office. He will check prophys and examine emergencies for possible referrals. Please call 205-981-9072.

  

Dr. Joe Garner, DMD - Available to cover your Practice for vacations or needed time off.  Over 35 years experience.  Proficient with Cerec.  AL license and DEA current.  Contact me at [email protected] or 912-230-6206. 

  

Fortis (Formally Tri-State) Institute Dental Assisting- Is your office looking for Dental Assistant?

Contact us: [email protected] (205)940-4945.  Remember there is never a fee for hiring a Fortis Institute Graduate!

 

 

Dr.
Dr. Randy Harvell, of Huntsville, AL
The National Dental Practice-Based Research Network

Testimonials are a way for network practitioners to provide feedback about activities, as well as encouragement and helpful insights to other

members. Please contact us at [email protected] if you would like

to provide a testimonial.  Below is an example of a testimonial provided by Dr. Randy Harvell of

Huntsville, Alabama following the South Central Region Annual Meeting held March 1-2, 2013.

 

I have been a member of the network for a

number of years and have always found the open interaction with

other practitioners to be one of the best parts of the annual meetings.  Although I covet the information garnered by the studies and presentation of the results, I find that I learn a lot from just hearing the open and honest experiences and observations of individual practitioners. As individuals in an isolated private setting, we all make judgement calls and develop a personal "standard of care" which we adhere to in our diagnosis and treatment of patients. Our clinical experience has guided and honed those standards over many years of practice. Occasionally, something will come up in the literature that questions and even changes our minds on those standards and we modify and begin 'testing' the new standard in the little laboratory that is our office. The same happens in our interactions with other practitioners we trust. The multitude of interactions that occur at the network meetings magnify and accelerate that effect more than any

other meeting I attend. How much better it is to use the experience of so many to get the answers to real life problems! I believe this is what the network is all about.

 

An example of such a moment occurred during the breakouts this year at our annual meeting as we discussed a study proposal of cracked teeth, led by Dr. Jim Smith, a respected endodontist from Birmingham,AL. The practitioners around the table all shared how they currently handled the tooth which had obvious crack lines but no symptoms. The consensus was to test with a bite stick and if asymptomatic to simply note and keep an eye on these cracks. I have wavered back and forth over the years, having read suggestions both ways in the literature and among my group of friends. I have had streaks of advocating crowns and 'watching' at other times. However, the most unanimous agreement of the discussion group gave me confidence to use the more conservative standard for asymptomatic teeth in the future. Although I will be interested to see the eventual results of the study down the road, and will no doubt garner further insights concerning the treatment of cracked teeth from it, as a practicing dentist I have to make decisions while awaiting those results, and so I use what I heard

at the breakout to guide me where my 'standards' now tell me to go.

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