The Mountain West Dental Institute Earns 5 Star Certification for COVID-19 Safety Measures
The Metro Denver Dental Society (MDDS) is pleased to announce the Mountain West Dental Institute (MWDI) has achieved Denver’s 5 Star Certification for going above and beyond current COVID-19 safety guidelines. The Mountain West Dental Institute is owned...
The Future of Digital Dentistry
By: Ms. Cindy Kelly Intra Oral scanners for the dental practice, much like computers and cell phones, have become smaller, faster, more accurate, more affordable and undoubtedly something we can’t live without. I/O scanning software continues to evolve...
Changes to Colorado Employment Laws
By: Mr. Gary Benson, Esq. and Mr. Sean O'Brien, Esq. If 2021 brings Colorado employers hope for a new year where COVID-19 doesn’t dominate your every thought. However, employers need to be aware of several significant changes to Colorado state law that...
Tales from the Frontlines: Interview with a COVID-19 Vaccine Volunteer
Interview with Dr. Jeffrey Lodl Why did you feel it was important to volunteer as a vaccine administrator? I learned that Governor Polis has expanded the Dental Practice Act in mid-January to allow dentists to administer the vaccine. I really felt very...
A Day of Golf for a Good Cause
By: Kevin Patterson, DDS, MD The JP Opioid Interaction Awareness Alliance needs your assistance to help drive down opioid interaction deaths and reduce emergency room visits related to opioid misuse and abuse. As dental healthcare providers, it is...
Finding Gratitude When You Least Expect It
By: Laura Brenner, DDS Which Came First - Gratitude or Success?Chances are growing up you learned the more success you would have in life, the happier you would be. Somewhere along the way I believed that too, so I set my life up to create the ultimate...
Extraoral Dentistry: My Experience as a COVID-19 Vaccine Volunteer
By: Becky Bye, DDS, JD When the pandemic began, I explored ways to use my background as a healthcare provider to help with global efforts to eradicate this virus. I especially believed that dentists—with their constant exposure to aerosols and unique...
Reflecting on the Pandemic Which Changed Our World
By: Amisha Singh, DDS One year. It has been one year since I first went back to work after maternity leave. I left my daughter in my mom’s arms, hoisted the pumping bag over my shoulders and got ready for a new season. I was an experienced veteran of...
Small Business Administration Loan Programs: Everything You Need to Know to Secure Funds Now
By: Kelsey Currence The year 2020 was a reckoning of sorts, a reckoning that will have a longer impact on the American way of life than the 12 months that it incapsulated. Last year accelerated technological advances and changed most industries...
Oh No… I Just Got Stuck – How to Manage an Exposure Incident
By: Leslie Canham, CDA, RDA, CSP Imagine you are working on a patient and as you reach for an instrument, you suddenly feel something sharp. You are bleeding and you realize that you just had an exposure incident! Do you know exactly what to do? When...
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