By: Kaila Werner Butterfield Hello! I'm Kaila Werner Butterfield. I'm excited to introduce myself as the new Managing Director of the Colorado Orthodontic Foundation. I am a native Texan, born and raised just north of Dallas and in the summer of 2023, my husband...
By: J.R. Franco, DDS and Amisha Singh, DDS The holidays are here and the 2024 Rocky Mountain Dental Convention (RMDC) is right around the corner! We are excited to have three fun-filled days of continuing education, networking, social events, area discounts and a...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
By: Mr. Greg Hill, JD, CAE I was recently interviewed on a podcast about my thoughts on the future of dentistry. This topic fits very nicely with what organized dentistry is trying to understand as business models are rapidly changing in the profession. When I...
Reprinted with permission from the American Dental Association Health Policy Institute The dentist workforce is getting younger, more likely to be female and more likely to be non-white, according to the latest data from the ADA Health Policy Institute. The...
By: Mr. David Bashford, Esq. Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act was effective January 1, 2021. The foundation element of the law prohibits pay differentials between male and female employees that perform substantially similar work. Because many dental teams...
By: Greg Hill, JD, CAE In 2016, the Colorado Dental Association (CDA) began a five-year strategic plan focused on growing membership and restructuring its governance to increase internal capacity to better serve its members. As that five-year plan is...