Dr. Hughes received his B.A. degree from Colby College, his D.M.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, his Certificate in Pediatric Dentistry from Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, Case Western Reserve University and his Ph.D. in Microbiology from Georgetown University. He is currently a Professor and Chairman of the Department of Pediatric Dentistry at Rutgers School of Dental Medicine. He lectures on numerous subjects and oversees students in various clinical settings. Dr. Hughes has lectured extensively and has authored numerous scientific publications, including chapters in three textbooks. He was the recipient of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry’s Educational Foundation Research Award and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry. He is a member of the American Dental Association and the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry.

All dentists will benefit from the confidence and knowledge of how to treat the child patient. This course reviews the fundamentals of pediatric dental practice, including behavior management, pulp therapy for primary teeth, and prevention of dental caries in children. Participants will also hear an update on early childhood caries (ECC) and its prevention.

Well, the groundhog did see his shadow, so we should almost be out of the winter. By the way, the officer’s night and life member’s meeting has been rescheduled to May 13th. Please mark your calendars.
Dr. Maxine Feinberg, the President Elect for the ADA had a President Elect conference from January 26-28th where she focused on the Power of Three theme. “It starts with the Power of Three partnerships—national, state and local, collaborating together, strengthening together and pooling our resources and services.” I could not agree more with this philosophy. I also know, that being involved with Middlesex County Dental Society and the NJDA for the last 10 years, I have seen tremendous effort being placed on collaboration between state and local societies. It is also nice to see Dr. Maxine Feinberg with so much energy and enthusiasm.
I have already made plans to attend the NJDA annual convention at the Revel Resort and Casino in Atlantic City in June. A lot of planning has gone into this event and the continuing education line up is World Class and the exhibit floor with the vendors and sponsors will also have a lot to offer. Please, I encourage everyone to take the time to attend and enjoy the summer like atmosphere.
A number of great lectures are planned for the MCDS meetings for the rest of this year. Our educational committee has already begun organizing lectures for the upcoming year. Listening to some of the names both locally and nationally, I can tell that we are in for another great year.
I would like to take this time to thank Dr. Ira Rosen for doing a wonderful job organizing corporate sponsorship for this year and everyone else who has helped with this effort. I also would like to mention to the members that at the meetings, please visit the vendors and when possible, bring a list of items to order form them. The sponsors have been a key part in helping us to organize high quality continuing education events. If the vendors feel appreciated at the meetings by talking to the doctors and taking orders, they will likely continue sponsoring our society in the future. Once again, “Thank You” Dr. Rosen and “Thank You” to our vendors for this year.
I look forward to seeing everyone at the upcoming meetings and enjoy the rest of winter.

Attendance: Drs. Stein, Kahn, Tauk, Vora, Ashmen, Fernandes, Satwah, Silverstein, Desai, Prabhu, Marantz, Mir-Madjlessi, Schambra, Rosen, Weiner, Simos, Bernstein, Modi, and Marlene Glickman.
Acceptance of 1/14/14 Minutes- vote unanimous.
President’s Report-David Stein
Tuesday, May 13, 2014 is being considered to reschedule Officers Night and to honor MCDS Life Members. The Board will check on the availability of the NJDA officers and the Pines.
Treasurer’s Report-Amit Vora
See detailed report on page 3.
Educational Coordinator’s Report-Genevieve Fernandes
Dr. Eric Weiss will speak on the topic of “Soft Tissue Augmentation, Restorative and Orthodontic Consideration” at the 2/18/14 meeting.
NJDA Trustee’s Report-Mitch Weiner
-Meeting took place on 1/22/14.
-The Oral Health Coalition Summit will be held this year on Feb. 26th at the Rutgers Dental Education Conference Center in Newark. The ACA will be a primary focus of the conference. The NJDA BOT approved a $2500 sponsorship of this event.
-The Dental Lifeline Network (formerly Donated Dental Services) made a request, due to a decrease in funding, to add a line item for a voluntary contribution to the NJDA annual dues statement. This request was tabled until the next NJDA BOT meeting.
-The Christie ‘Bridgegate’ scandal will likely lead to a more complicated legislative session as a less collaborative environment exists now that many prominent democratic state legislators have come out against Governor Christie. In this atmosphere, a good piece of legislation can be vetoed by the governor or not pass through the state senate or assembly simply due to politics. As a result, the bar has been raised higher for NJDA governmental affairs in its quest to move a non-covered service bill forward in this legislative session.
-The Council on Nominations Meeting was canceled due to there being only one nomination for 2014-15 NJDA Secretary. Alan Rothstein, a Denville periodontist, is running unopposed for NJDA Secretary for the 2014-15 term.
-Arthur Meisel reported that Oral Arguments for the Overpayment Recovery lawsuit in the Appellate Division will be given on March 3rd.
-A meeting between NJDA representatives and the Division of Consumer Affairs is in the process of being set up to discuss several topics. Of primary focus will be legislation NJDA plans to move forward to expunge certain disciplinary actions (mostly advertizing violations).
Executive Secretary Report-Marlene Glickman
58 Doctors registered for Dr. Cliff Ruddle course on April 11, 2014.
NJDA Council Reports:
Dental Benefits-Devang Modi, Jeff Chutskie
Next meeting on 2/12/14. Dr. Chutskie has respectfully stepped down from his position of MCDS Rep. for the CODB. Dr. Modi will move up from alternate to be the Rep. and Dr. Antionette Tauk was voted and has accepted the position of alternate rep.
Peer Review-Sandy Goldstein
There were no new cases assigned or mediated last month
NJDPAC-Mark Vitale
Only 25% of all NJDA members are contributing to PAC. 70% of all NJDA members are 51 years of age and older. 25% 61 and older, 7% are over the age of 70 years. Clearly, there is a demand for younger dentist participation.
Committee Reports:
Corporate Sponsorship-Ira Rosen
Biomet 3i, Benco Dental, DENTSPLY, TD Bank, Kuwata Pan Dent and Metropolital Healthcare Properties will be our sponsors at the February meeting. All members attending the meeting are strongly encouraged to visit our sponsors at every meeting. Two $50 gift cards will be raffled. A ticket listing all of the vendors can be picked up from Marlene at the registration desk and must be stamped by every vendor to be considered eligible for the raffle.
Mentor-Nima Mir-Madjlessi
A date and location for our next OSHA is being finalized.
New Dentist Committee-Sanjeev Satwah
The next New Dentist Conference is on Saturday 3/22/13 at The Hyatt in New Brunswick. Events begin at 1:00PM with Lunch. Topics include “5 year plan”, Endodontics (Dr. Joubert), Office Leasing, Dental Accounting, Risk Management, Pharmacology (Dr. Viola). Dinner and a panel discussion will be followed by an off-site happy hour reception Registration is $75 for members and $150 for non-members. Registration gives the participant a bonus of 3 FREE courses at the annual session. A total of 12 CE credits are offered.
Continuing Education-Mark Schambra
The committee met on 2/10/14 to discuss speakers and lecture topics for the scientific meetings for Fall 2014 to 2015. A full day course on esthetics, occlusion or practice management is being considered for April 2015.
Hygiene Study Club-Alyssa Bernstein
The next study club will be on March 5
Old Business
Regarding the caterer for the Board Meetings:
Dr. Kahn moved that we switch caterers for next month’s Board meeting. The motion was properly seconded and approved.
Respectfully Submitted,
Devang Modi,
Secretary

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