By Becky O’Guin, CDA Director of Communications From the 2024 Winter Journal of the Colorado Dental Association Volunteering offers opportunities to build skills that you may not necessarily learn just by going to dental school. It also provides something to think about besides yourself, according to CU dental students: Riley Spillar and Zach Zylstra. Both Spillar and Zylstra volunteer for …
Sometimes It’s OK to Work Harder, Not Smarter
By Molly Pereira, CDA Executive Director From the 2024 Winter Journal of the Colorado Dental Association I logged into a Zoom meeting last month during the crazy end-of-year hustle. While attendee heads were popping up on the screen, a random chat message appeared that said, “Hi, I’m an AI assistant helping Tamara take notes for this meeting. I’ll also take …
POP! A sound you don’t want hear when you’re 47-years-old
By Carrie Mauterer, D.D.S., CDA Editor From the Winter 2024 Journal of the Colorado Dental Association Pop is such a cute, innocent little word with only three letters. It’s a super fun word when exploring the realms of onomatopoeia and palindromes. It’s one of the first words babies can say. It reminds us of bubblegum and popsicles and lollipops. It’s …
Gratefulness Instills Giving Heart in Volunteer Pediatric Dentist
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 …
CDPHE Makes Changes to Radiation Control
By Molly Pereira, CDA Executive Director From the 2024 Winter Journal of the Colorado Dental Association A few changes to Colorado’s rules regulating x-rays have occurred or are in process at the time of this article (December 2023). Complete information can always be found on the state’s website at https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/cdphe/xray. Below, please find a summary of recent activity. Dosimetry Badge …
Servant Healer
Each year the University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine honors its students at the White Coat Ceremony. It is a respected tradition for dental students that signifies the transition from preclinical studies to clinical care. Students earn their white coats at the end of their second year of the Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) program or their first year …
First Colorado Dentist to be American Dental Association President-Elect
The ADA membership’s voice was loud and clear when it voted for Dr. Brett Kessler to become its next president-elect. The election took place at the ADA House of Delegates meeting in Orlando, FL on Oct. 10. Dr. Kessler is a Denver dentist and past-president of the CDA. He campaigned for change—creating an ADA where every dentist thrives and the …
Who is Taking Care of You?
By Nate Kunzman, D.M.D. From the Autumn 2023 Journal of the Colorado Dental Association We, as dentists, live extremely busy lives. Not only are we caregivers for hundreds if not thousands of patients, but we are also business owners, proud parents, community volunteers, coaches and so much more. With all this responsibility comes a lot of stress and for many …
Down the Rabbit Hole
By Molly Pereira, CDA Executive Director From the Autumn 2023 Journal of the Colorado Dental Association I was on social media the other day and came across a post from one of the dental groups I follow. The dentist who posted simply asked, “Do I really need to be a member of the American Dental Association? Please list benefits only.” …
Hug Your Dentist
By Carrie Mauterer, D.D.S., CDA Editor From the Autumn 2023 Journal of the Colorado Dental Association A recent article released Aug. 8 by the Health Policy Institute (HPI) gave me heart palpitations. The HPI reported that “The annual average net income of general dentists in private practice declined 7% in 2022, due in part to increasing practice expenses.” When I …
