Program Seeks to Enrich Diversity in Dentistry

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The Colorado Welcome Back: Oral Health program at Spring Institute supports internationally trained dental professionals to navigate licensure or alternative pathways as they reclaim their careers in Colorado. The cohort-based program includes support through 1-1 career coaching, licensure navigation, exam preparation (INBDE and TOEFL), employability skills training, and networking opportunities to 6 internationally trained dentists per year. The program seeks to enrich the diversity of Colorado’s oral …

Gratefulness Instills Giving Heart in Volunteer Pediatric Dentist

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By Becky O’Guin, Director of Communications From the Winter 2024 Journal of the Colorado Dental Association For Dr. Lisa Phillips, a board-certified pediatric dentist, volunteering is a way of life. She credits her dad for instilling that in her heart. He moved to the U.S. in 1969 from India and has always been grateful for the opportunity. She grew up …

Do You Have FOMO? You Should

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By Molly Pereira, CDA Executive Director/CEO From the Spring 2023 Journal of the Colorado Dental Association What were you doing in May of 2002? I was just starting my second full-time job; I had been hired as the director of communications for the Colorado Dental Association. I had a different last name, more stamps than I can remember in my …