Attaining Financial Fitness for Your Career Journey
By: Jeff Feakes While moving through your career as a healthcare provider, there isn’t a single template for a financially healthy life. Let alone a fulfilling journey to retirement. It’s not an exact science. Life happens and there will always be twists and turns...
Embracing Trauma: Informed Dental Care for Patient Well-being
By: Adriana Zuniga Patients come in and out of our dental offices from many walks of life. They are diverse in many ways and carry a large set of life experiences. Unfortunately, some of those patients come in with a history of negative life experiences also known...
The Community of Dentistry
By: Amisha Singh, DDS Community. When you read this word, what do you think about? Some of us imagine our families, the hands of our loved ones, the eyes of our children. Some of us think about the people in our neighborhood, the smiles of old acquaintances, the...
Words Matter
By: Dr. Allen Vean As we make our best attempt to recover from the last three years, one important aspect of our society has been misplaced. Personal interactions, personal conversations, and respect for one another need a tune-up. How often do we see people...
I am MDDS: Isaac Chung, DMD
Isaac Chung, DMD Orthodontics Denver, CO What influenced your decision to specialize? And, why orthodontics? I was very fortunate to have had orthodontic treatment as a teen. When I was younger, I was fairly shy. It also didn’t help that my smile wasn’t one I was...
The Pursuit of Excellence
By: Janie Boyesen, DDS, DMSc As my term as President comes to an end, I have had the chance to “walk down memory lane” and think about my journey. It has been an honor to serve as President of the Metro Denver Dental Society (MDDS) and work alongside such an...
The POWR Act: An Employment Law Update
By: David Bashford, Attorney This article is intended as general guidance and not as legal advice. As of this writing, the Colorado legislature is poised to pass the Protecting Opportunities and Workers’ Rights (POWR) Act, which the Governor is expected to sign,...
The Siloed Effect: Connecting the Health Equity Dots in the Oral Health Industry
By: Dwinita Mosby Tyler, Ph.D. With today’s illuminated focus on health, we can more clearly see the impact of what years of siloed examination has done to the lived experiences of the American public. “Health” has, over time, become a synonym for disease...
A Generational Transition is Coming
By: Marko Vujicic, Ph.D. We are at a crucial moment for the dental profession. A fork in the road, so to speak. Several major trends are combining to bring change to the dental practice model. While uncomfortable to many, these changes also bring unique...
The Road Forward: An Update on the MDDS Strategic Plan
By: Shelly Fava, MS, CMP, CAE On a chilly February day, the MDDS Board of Directors, the professional team and a member-at-large gathered at the Mountain West Dental Institute (MWDI) to plan the future of organized dentistry in the metro area. This group engaged...
ABOUT MDDS
The Metro Denver Dental Society is a not-for-profit component society of the American Dental Association and the Colorado Dental Association.
