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...
By: Janie Boyesen, DDS, DMSc The 2023 Rocky Mountain Dental Convention (RMDC) is the hallmark event for the Metro Denver Dental Society (MDDS), and I am grateful to say it was a success! It was wonderful to witness the hard-earned results of countless hours and...
By: Sheila Stille, DDS; Karen Foster, DDS; and Joann LeClaire, RDH, MS “Disability” is defined as any physical, developmental, sensory, behavioral, cognitive, or emotional impairment or limiting condition that requires medical management, health care intervention,...
By: Trisha O'Hehir, MS, RDH Several things can go wrong with mouth breathing, leading to a cascade of health problems. The most obvious are dry mouth and lack of nasal filtration. Dryness leads to enlarged and inflamed tonsils and adenoids and an increased risk of...
By: Mr. Kevin Henry I recently was in St. Petersburg, Fla., for a dental meeting, and, while there, I took part in a bicycle tour that took us by Tropicana Field, the home of the Tampa Bay Rays. As we pedaled past, I had a flashback to being there for a baseball...
By: Kyle O'Donnell, DDS I am excited to celebrate this holiday season more than any other time in recent memory. For the first time in three years, I hope to share meals, laughs, gifts and hugs without the haze of uncertainty the pandemic provided for so many of...
By: Mr. Gary Salman The dental community continues to see triple extortion methods deployed by many hacking groups. These occur when hacking groups steal all the data from a victim, publish the data on the Dark Web and contact the practice’s employees and patients...
By: Ms. Kiera Dent It’s no secret that running a dental practice is hard. I mean, here you are, reading this article about how to go from Winging It to Bringing It, hoping to glean some gems to help your practice thrive rather than just survive. When I started as...
By: Dr. Dwinita Mosby Tyler The U.S. (well, the whole world for that matter) has experienced dramatic change over the past year and a half and some of those changes have us wondering how much progress we have made in advancing and achieving health equity. You know...
By: Ms. Minal Sampat, RDH, BA You may be an amazing clinical dentist but if you aren’t marketing your skills and practice properly, potential patients won’t know. As a healthcare professional, marketing may not be what excites you but it’s essential to your...