Special Olympics Colorado has two clinics coming up this fall at their Regional Football Events and they are looking for dentists, hygienists and dental assistants to help. Northeast Regional Flag Football, Saturday, Oct. 8 at Fossil Ridge School, 5400 Ziegler Rd., Fort Collins, CO 80528. As part of the event, dental checks with a mouth guard fitting clinic will occur …
Summary of SB22-219: Regulation of Dental Therapists in Colorado
Background During the 2022 legislative session, SB22-219 was sponsored by Senators Dominick Moreno (D-Commerce City) and Jim Smallwood (R-Parker) and Representatives Monica Duran (D-Wheat Ridge) and Barbara McLachlan (D-Durango). The bill passed by votes of 32-3 and 42-22-1 in the Senate and House respectively. The bill was signed this summer with implementation processes beginning in January 2023. Education and Licensure …
2022 Legislative Session Wrap-Up
The second regular session of Colorado’s 73rd General Assembly adjourned sine die, May 11. The legislature ran out the 120-day clock, hearing 657 bills, and passing well over 500 of them. The 2022 legislative session saw a flurry of bills that directly impacted the dental profession. From millions of dollars for rural providers and other bills aimed at expanding the …
How to Cope With Burnout as a Dentist
From the Summer 2022 Journal of the Colorado Dental Association We need to have a conversation about dentists and stress. Some may not think of dentistry as one of the world’s most stressful occupations, but research consistently shows that it is. The levels of stress and burnout that dentists around the world are facing on a daily basis is alarming but …
Volunteer to Treat Colorado Patients with Special Needs
By Jeff Lodl, D.D.S. From the Summer 2022 Journal of the Colorado Dental Association As a longtime Dental Lifeline Network (DLN) volunteer for the Colorado Donated Dental Services (DDS) program, I have helped change and save the lives of DDS patients and I currently serve as the president of the DLN • Colorado Board. Since the launch of the Colorado DDS …
Providing Access to Those Deserving Dental
From the Summer 2022 Journal of the Colorado Dental Association Editor’s Note: Deserving Dental was a recipient of the CDA Foundation’s spring 2022 grant program. We are honored to share more about this organization with our members. Deserving Dental is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that provides free preventative dental care inside Colorado’s homeless shelters, domestic violence shelters, residential substance abuse …
CDA Foundation Gives Back to the Community, Profession
By Linda Mettler, CDA Foundation Chair From the Summer 2022 Journal of the Colorado Dental Association As we start a new fiscal year at the CDA Foundation (CDAF), I am honored to be elected as chair of the board this year. I have been on the CDAF board for four years and I love working with the other board members and …
Introducing the 2022 CU Dental Graduates
By Denise Kassebaum, D.D.S., M.S., CU School of Dental Medicine Dean From the Summer 2022 Journal of the Colorado Dental Association On May 27, the University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine conferred Doctor of Dental Surgery degrees on the Class of 2022. During an outside commencement ceremony under a cloudless Colorado sky, distinguished CU alumna and past president of the …
Words of Encouragement for My Colleagues
By Carrie Mauterer, D.D.S., CDA Editor From the Summer 2022 Journal of the Colorado Dental Association (This is an excerpt from the keynote speech I delivered to the University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine 2022 graduates.) A career in dentistry is an exercise in the long game, especially if you are like me and work in the same dental practice …
Fire, a Four-Letter Word
From the Summer 2022 Journal of the Colorado Dental Association The Marshall Fire started on Dec. 30, 2021 as a grass fire in Boulder County. In terms of structures lost, it is the most destructive fire in Colorado history. Very little was spared in the fire’s path and several dentists and dental professionals were the personal victims of the unforgiving flames. …
