April 2012 Newsletter

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-3/13/2012-

Attendance: Ashmen, Bernstein, Brunsden, Desai, Fernandez, Glickman, Goldstein, Kaga, Kahn, Krantz, MirMadjelessi, Modi, Prabhu, Rosen, Satwah, Silverstein, Simos, Stein, Villa, Vitale, Vora and Marlene Glickman
Acceptance of Minutes-unanimous
President’s Report-Robert Ashmen
Centennial committee’s report was presented by Dr. Ashmen. Preparations are on in full swing to make this a memorable night. As part of the celebration MCDS will also host a special reception at this year’s Annual Session of NJDA at the Ocean Place beach resort in June. There was discussion about obtaining some sponsorship for the event. The event will be a dinner dance at the East Brunswick Hilton on Saturday, October 13th. More details to follow soon. The committee’s next meeting will be on Wednesday, March 21st.
Treasurer’s Report-Alyssa Bernstein
See page 3.
Educational Coordinator-Devang Modi
Dr. Robert Vanarsdall will be speaking on the subject of interdisciplinary treatment with special emphasis on Orthodontics and Periodontics at the March 20, 2012 meeting. Next month, Dr. David Lederman will be honored with the Sy Symanski Memorial lecture. Be ready for the “Hoe Down”. This year’s Staff night will be a Cowboy night with fun and entertainment for all. Dr. Modi started discussion about the staff night keeping cost curtailing as the major objective. Marty from Schein will be giving gift cards worth $500 for the night. Sponsorship from Colgate or a local bank like TD or Unity Bank is being sought. Dr. Vitale suggested that to avoid potential conflict with NJDA it would be advisable to contact TD bank first and the board members agreed to that idea.
NJDA Trustee’s Report-Mark Vitale
A check of $500 was sent to NJDA for sponsorship at the Garden State Dental conference and Expo. Registrations are now open. Registration booklets will be mailed to all members and non-members next week. Rooms are getting booked very quickly. As of last Tuesday, only sixty rooms were still open for reservation at the Ocean Place Resort.
Executive Secretary-Marlene Glickman
Colgate wants to sponsor. Dental shadowing is going on very successfully.
NJDA Council Reports:
Annual Session-Nainesh Desai
Following a very successful meeting from 2011, The 2012 Garden State Dental Conference and Expo will be at the same location, The Ocean Place Resort, in Long Branch on June 22nd and 23rd. The theme of this meeting will be “Technology” and famous practice management expert, Linda Miles will be the keynote speaker on Friday. The Speaker line-up for Annual Session is complete. We have nine speakers that include the Hi-Tech symposium. The Annual session exhibition floor this year will be based on the idea of street fair celebration with many exciting activities for the entire family. Bring your spouse, staff and children with you for a fun filled weekend. There are many activities like surfing, water sports, yoga and personal training sessions. Detailed information can be found in the registration brochure. For the vendors, we are offering a lead tracking company for the exhibit floor. The exhibitors will purchase this system directly through Trakkers and we will see a small royalty. The data given is standard lead data to include email addresses. On February 1st online registration for Linda Miles was started. Full online registration began on March 7th as did the hotel room bookings. The room will again be $239. + tax per night and on March 12th, the registration book were mailed out. Potential exhibitors are being contacted routinely. Tricia DeCotiis and Eric Elmore will be visiting the components in March and April. They will be doing a small presentation at the upcoming MCDS general meeting on March 20th. Preparations are also on for the 2013 meeting. It will be a weekend event as well and will be at the same location. A speaker list is being finalized and sponsorship is being sought for the same. Dr. Gerald Chiche will be the keynote speaker on Friday. There were discussions about having Dr. Chiche also speak either on Thursday evening or give a hands-on course on Saturday Morning. The council agreed to send him the contract for the full day based on the partial sponsorship that we have. Saturday meeting in 2013 will have a ‘Showcase of New Jersey talent” with many locally known and speakers.
Give Kids a Smile-Cavan Brunsden
New Jersey received national recognition by The National Advisory Council of GKAS/ADA for its successful 10th year anniversary. More than 30 members attended GKAS at the New Jersey Dental School after our ADA president rang the bell at the opening of the NASDAQ. In addition, Senator Menendez held a press conference introducing a bill to expand pro-bono dental care for the underserved. Since the programs inception, New Jersey has contributed by serving more than 30,000 children and delivering over $6 million in free oral healthcare. This year, we hosted 112 locations, with 3,099 volunteers, and served 4,602 children. A total of $1,210,464 of services was delivered to these children. Once again Middlesex stood out as a very strong supporter of this effort by hosting 10 sites. Please look for the GKAS booth at the 2012 Garden State Dental Expo and sign up as a volunteer and you will be eligible to win a weekend during the 2013 session.
Dental Education-Bob Ashmen
The next meeting will be in two weeks.
Governmental and Public Affairs-Mitch Weiner
The Council on Public and Governmental Affairs will be meeting again at the end of the month and I will have a full report at the April Board meeting.
Membership-Tara Savage
This is a reminder that NJDA will be hosting and sponsoring 2 CE programs this spring as part of its Membership Program for Growth. The Membership Program for Growth was established by the ADA’s Council on Membership to provide support for member activities that help increase membership. NJDA was awarded two $15,000 grants as part of this program to use toward recruitment and retention efforts. The first program is scheduled for Wednesday, April 11, 2012 from 8:30 am to 11:00 am at the NJDA headquarters. The title of the program is “Workshop on Immigration Law and Employment Issues for Foreign-born Dentists and Hiring Dentists.” The speaker will be Laurie J. Woog, Attorney at Law. The second program is scheduled for Friday, April 20, 2012 from 8:30 am to 11:00 am at the Sheraton, Eatontown , NJ . The title of the program is “NJDA CE Series for Women Practitioners- Oral Cancer Survivor Perspective.” The speaker will be Eva Grayzel. Call 732-821-9400 or email [email protected] to register. The next Council on Membership meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at 11:00 am.
Peer Review-Sandy Goldstein
One case was assigned to primary hearing and there were no other cases.
NJDPAC Report-Mark Vitale
The annual walk to the Capitol Hill will be held next month in Washington DC. PAC Contributions seem to be up as compared to last few years but full report is not out yet. Thanks to all the members who have taken initiative to be active contributors of PAC.
Committee Reports:
Corporate Sponsorship-David Stein
Dr. Kahn mentioned that we need to let corporate sponsors have some face-time in front of the members and make amendments to our protocol. Dr. Vitale proposed making a small committee to make new set of protocols for sponsors and to meet their demands. Dr. Kahn suggested that we should ask our sponsors to give suggestions about what they would like. Dr. Rosen suggested that instead of forming a committee, we just need to make changes to our original set of protocols. Dr. MirMadjelessi expressed his concern about time issue during the CE or the General membership event. Dr. Glickman brought the issue about possibly reducing the price tag of sponsorship and to have some sponsorship at mentor programs. Dr. Stein brought the idea of partners program or endorsed program and said we can give 10-15% discount to our sponsor, if they are/have decided to become a partner at NJDA. Dr. Vitale mentioned that Marty does not have anyone approaching him yet about sponsorship for next year. Dr. Rosen proposed that we approach him for Gold sponsorship. Dr Stein proposed that we have Marty take a gold package plus six meetings and bring vendors regularly. A committee was setup with Drs. Stein, Vitale, Kahn, Rosen and Ashmen. Dr. Kahn suggested that Eric should be invited at the first meeting.
Mentor-Amit Vora/Nima MirMadjlessi
Please note in the registration form that the date and venue have changed. The next bi-annual OSHA program that satisfies the OSHA standard on Occupational Exposure to Blood Borne Pathogens, which is required annually for dentists and staff, will be given on June 28th, 2012 at JFK, Edison, NJ. Two CEU credits are awarded to the Dentists & staff members attending these 2-hour seminars. These seminars are available to our members & staff for $25/pp as a member benefit of MCDS. Please see the insert in this newsletter for additional information and registration for the Mentor/OSHA program. April 24th
Oral Cancer Screening-Constantine Simos
The next oral cancer screening will be on April 17th at the Middlesex County Community College hygiene program from 9-1 pm.
Budget-Ira Rosen
If we can get sponsorship for both centennial and staff night events, we will be all set with the budget and can be better than revenue neutral. We may be able to support the bar and keep an open bar even after the cocktail hour. Dr. Villa proposed that we should get more options to manage the bar and have more bartenders
Dental Hygiene Study Club-Alyssa Bernstein
The Central New Jersey Dental Hygiene [CNJDH] Study Club met on Wednesday March 7, 2012 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Rte 27 South, Edison NJ. The speaker was Dr. James Albani and the topic was “New Perio Procedures”. Two CEU credits were awarded to the 25 hygienists that attended. The next meeting of the CNJDH will be on Wednesday May 2. Two CEU credits will be awarded for this seminar. This CNJDH study club is available to our hygienists as a Dentist-member benefit of MCDS. Please contact Marlene Glickman, our Exec.Sect’y for MCDS, at # 732-238-1255 for additional information and registration in advance for the program. Thank you.
MCDS study club-Tara Savage
The next MCDS study club meeting is scheduled for Thursday, March 29, 2012 at 7:00 pm. Dr. Larry Brent will be giving a presentation about his experience using the “Onset” local anesthesia buffering from Onpharma and he will also be presenting some cases which he has treated. 2 CE credits will be awarded. The meeting will be held at the NJDA headquarters in North Brunswick. The study club is a member benefit available to all MCDS members. There is no fee for the lecture, except that attendees share in the cost of dinner. Please contact Marlene Glickman, our Executive Secretary, at 732-238-1255 for additional information and registration in advance.
New Business
Dr. Krantz said that Dr. Maxine Feinberg will be running for ADA President-elect from the fourth district trustee and we as a component will be asked to contribute to that. There was discussion about the amount of contribution to her campaign.
Dr. Satwah talked about setting up some event for dental students, new dentists or residents to inform them about the practice of dentistry. Dr. Rosen proposed adding this to MCDS study club while Dr Kahn brought up something like a case conference. Dr. Vora brought about tying up with mentor course. Marlene said that similar things are done with dental shadowing. There was discussion about having NJDA staff and gearing it towards new dentists
Dr. Vitale said that if MCDS decided to go forward with a program, NJDA may have 500$ in sponsorship for us. Dr. Vora updated briefly about next year’s CE lecture schedule. In September, A Prosthodontist will be giving a lecture to the membership. The topic options were discussed and finalized. For October, the topic is about malpractice and the November meeting will feature a lecture on Endodontics. February meeting presenter will be Dr Aziz, an Oral surgeon from UMDNJ and in March Dr. Jeremy Mau from Columbia University will talk about stem cells research in dentistry.
Good and Welfare
Dr. Kahn announced that Dr Vitale will be the running for the elections to be the Secretary of NJDA. Congratulations and best of luck to Dr. Vitale.
Respectfully Submitted, Nainesh Desai, Secretary

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