CENTRAL OREGON DENTAL

NEWSLETTER April 1, 2015                                Happy April Fool’s Day

c/o Mehdi Salari, DMD 2137 NE 4th Street

Bend, OR  97701 (541) 389-4807

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Highlights or Contents of this Newsletter: o Upcoming Meetings, Continuing Education & Events o Central Oregon Dental Community News o Dear Dr. Rupert Advice Column (Dental Practice Management GURU & Know-it-all) o Local Classifieds 

UPCOMING  CENTRAL  OREGON  MEETINGS  &  EVENTS (Please feel free to let me know of any dental related events or courses that you would like posted on this calendar.)

Mark your calendars and plan to attend …

April 9 - 11, 2015 Oregon Dental Conference Location: Oregon Convention Center (Portland, Oregon) Registration would be through the Oregon Dental Association Website (www.oregondental.org)

May 14, 2015 Central Oregon Dental Hygienists Assoc. CE Meeting Nitrous Oxide UpdateSpeaker: John Knappenberger (Porter Royal Dental Group) 6:00 – 6:30 Registration 6:30 – 8:30 Course Location: St. Charles Medical Center in Bend Please contact Linda Robinson, RDH (lindar@bendbroadband.com) for more information or sign-up information.

May 21, 2015 (Thursday) Dental Society Dinner/Business Meeting Dangers & Dental Record Keeping Speaker: Stephen Persichetti, DDS, MBA 6:00 p.m. – Social ½ Hour 6:30 p.m. – Dinner & Meeting to Follow 7:00 – 8:30 Speaker Location: Riverhouse Convention Center in Bend Please email Dr. Brad Hester (dochester@bendcable.com) if you have not RSVP’d already A few of the Topics:

1) Purpose of good records 2) Essentials of a good record keeping system 3) Guidelines for adequate charting 4) Documenting errors and unusual occurences 5) When you are sued!!

July 31 & August 1, 2015 Advantage Dental Summer Meeting 2015 CPR, OSHA, Nitrous, Risk Management, Medical Emergencies & more Location: Eagle Crest Resort Registration will open soon and will be through the Advantage Dental website: www.AdvantageDental.com or call 866-268-9616

September 10, 2015 Central Oregon Dental Hygienists Assoc. CE Meeting Infection ControlSpeaker from Physician Resource

6:00 – 6:30 Registration 6:30 – 8:30 Course Location: St. Charles Medical Center in Bend Please contact Linda Robinson, RDH (lindar@bendbroadband.com) for more information or sign-up information.

September 12, 2015 2nd Annual Central Oregon Charity Poker Tournament Save the date … more info to follow

September 24, 2015 (Thursday) Dental Society Dinner/Business Meeting 6:00 p.m. – Social ½ Hour 6:30 p.m. – Dinner & Meeting to Follow Location: Riverhouse Convention Center in Bend RSVP email coming from Dr. Hester as date approaches

November 23 - 24, 2015 Mission of Mercy Event Portland (Oregon Convention Center)

December 5, 2015 (Saturday) Dental Society Holiday Party 6:00 p.m. – Social Hour 7:00 p.m. – Dinner Location: Riverhouse Convention Center in Bend RSVP email coming from Dr. Hester as date approaches

Central Oregon Dental Society News The President’s Message Dr. Brad Hester The response to the May meeting featuring our speaker Dr. Steven Persichetti has been tremendous. We were able to secure additional space at The Riverhouse so that we can accommodate everyone who requested seats. It should be a great presentation. The new website work is on track and should be online in a few weeks. The site will include some new features and will make communicating with the membership easier and more efficient. There are a couple of bills in the legislature that are of interest to dentistry. Senate Bill 672 assures that the newly created Dental Director position is established as a permanent position. We were one of only 3 states that did not have a State Director for Dentistry. This position is important from many standpoints, not the least of which is federal funding that our state currently is not eligible to receive. The Dental Director will allow our state to receive more federal dollars and will allocate the resources available for dentistry more effectively. House Bill 2972 establishes a grade school screening program for dental needs similar to what is currently done with vision and hearing. Both of these bills are good for dentistry. The ODA supports both and I would encourage you to speak with your State Representative and Senator to encourage their support.

Please Join Volunteers in Medicine as a Dental Volunteer. Volunteers in Medicine serves the working poor in Central Oregon who are unable to benefit from the Affordable Care Act. Qualifying patients have been financially screened and fall below the 200% poverty level. More than 159 medical volunteers donate time in the clinic. In addition, over 400 providers see patients in their own clinics. Volunteers in Medicine has seen an increasing demand for dental services. On site dental hygiene has been a nice addition at VIM. The Kemple Clinic is available to see those under the age of 25. Patients with urgent dental needs are put on a list to be seen at COCC or at one of three dental offices which donate their services. “Thank you” to Bend Family Dentistry, Murtaugh Dental and Pure Care Dental for your support. Presently, the demand for dentistry exceeds the capacity of VIM’s current resources. Please consider donating care. VIM’s referral coordinator, Salome Chauncey, works to make the appointment process as smooth as possible. Contact Medical Directors, Dr. Jim Ritzenthaler or Dr. Bob Hakala to learn how YOU can help. 541-585-9017 bob.hakala@vim-cascades.org Thank you for your consideration!

COCC Friday Dental Clinic for Low Income Patients Kristi Hammerquist, CDA, COCC Dental Assiting Program The COCC Dental Assisting Program has partnered together with Deschutes County Health Services and are once again offering our Friday Dental Clinic to the low-income patients. We are in need of dentists to help out, by volunteering in one of our Friday Clinics. Deschutes County Health Services is now offering screening for eligible adult clients (18 years and older). We will provide patients with x-rays, fillings and extractions, with some prophys offered as we have hygienists volunteer. Our clinics will be on Friday mornings from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. You may be surprised by the number of people that are in dire need of dental work, are low income, and have nowhere else to turn. The Bend dental community has been very generous with their volunteer time and I know a lot of you are seeing patients in your offices. By working in our clinic here at COCC you are able to earn 6 CE hours for your volunteer community service. And I think you will find the patients are very grateful. We, and our students are also very appreciative of your time! Our dates for clinics are:

• April 17th and April 24 • May 1st and May 15th • June 5th

Please give me a call or email as soon as possible and let me know if you can help and what date will work for you.

Kristi Hammerquist CDA 541-480-1461 khammerquist@cocc.edu

Free Dental Supply Offer for Oregon Dentists

Because of the millions and millions of donated time, supplies and skills of Oregon Dentists over the years in various Donated Dental type services, three major Dental Supply Companies (Henry Schein, Patterson & Burkhart) are offering a limited time Dentist Appreciation Giveaway on their websites on April 1st.

The three major Dental Suppliers wish to thank the Oregon Dental Community for all their donated services, by offering this limited-time Free Dental Supply Offer. Each company has pledged to donate $1,000,000 in dental supplies and materials by offering up to $5,000 in free dental supplies to the first 200 orders that are entered onto their website on April 1st by Oregon Dental offices. The websites will accept orders from 12:00 p.m. PST, until the $1,000,000 donation amount is met.

Look for the Dentist Appreciation Giveaway Tab for Oregon Dentists on the home page of your Dental Supply Company’s website and get your free Dental Supplies. This offer is good beginning at 12:00 p.m. on April 1st and expires when the donation amount is met.

Openings for Peer Review Committee Members Lori Lambright from the ODA asked if we would announce upcoming openings for Peer Review Committee members, both locally and on the state committee. Any dentists who might be interested in serving on a Peer Review Committee is asked to contact Lori Lambright at the ODA by either email (llambright@oregondental.org) or phone (503.218.2010 Ext 104)/

Kemple Clinic News for CO Dental Society Newsletter Suzanne Browning Special thanks to all volunteer dentists that donated services to Kemple Clinic. The following is a copy of the thank you advertisement that appeared in the Bend Bulletin in March (for February In-Kind service).

                                            

FEBRUARY – NATIONAL CHILDREN’S ORAL HEALTH MONTH: February was National Children’s Dental Health Month and we completed several around town events to educate, dental screen and offer appointments for sealants. Walmart Corporation and the American Pharmacists Association Foundation, among others, were official sponsors of the “Smile Drive”. Here are the results of our region’s February activities/events: We had 18 events in the month of February.

• We encountered 855 children (providing OHI, toothbrushes, etc. and educational handouts) • Screened 445 children • Hygiene cleanings for 33 children • Took bitewings on 30 children • Fluoride Varnished 154 children • Sealants on 371 teeth • Dr. Yonan did fillings on 6 teeth.

We had one dentist that participated-Dr. Yonan’s free day, 35 hygienist, 5 school nurses, 3 dental assistants, 16 COCC dental assisting students, and 3 administrative people. Total In-Kind value $33071.29 DONATIONS RECEIVED FROM WALMARTS, PHARMACIES AND DENTIST OFFICES ADULT TOOTHBRUSHES-929 YOUTH TOOTHBRUSHES-1097

ADULT TOOTHPASTE-309 YOUTH TOOTHPASTE-1112 FLOSS-157 NOTE: a special thank you again to the students of COCC Dental Assisting program – they supported us throughout the month of February, both in our clinic as well as during our WalMart Screening events in Redmond and Bend. Great Job by some very special Tooth Fairies. (See their pictures on Facebook- fairy wings and all).

REMINDER: KEMPLE CLINIC EXPANDS MISSION TO INCLUDE YOUNG ADULTS IN TRANSITION – AGES 19 THRUOUGH 25: Effective March 1, 2015, the Kemple Board of Directors approved an expansion of our mission to provide free dental services to young adults who cannot access basic dental care, i.e., the uninsured, underinsured and underserved. Kemple provides hygiene services (cleaning, recall, x-rays, sealants, basic screenings) and referrals/ follow-up on young adults for further dental treatments to our volunteer dental community network. We welcome the continued support and interest from all of you who volunteer for Kemple Clinic to assist in dental treatments for this very vulnerable population. Thanks for being part of our volunteer dental network!

BRIGHTER SMILES CAMPAIGN –MAY- JUNE: In the past two months we have delivered reminder cards to hygienists in dental offices that intend to participate this year. It is time to advise patients of this upcoming opportunity NOW! We will provide you with more information in the coming months, with lots of advertising and promotion, particularly with weddings, graduations and family reunions being planned. Our goal is to get all dentists in Central Oregon to participate, where whitening services are appropriate. Please contact us NOW to participate – we will bring whitening product to your office as well as posters in the coming weeks. We will publically recognize the participating dentists in the next few CODS newsletters and several advertisements in the Bend Bulletin. The following list reflects participating dentist offices in 2014 Campaign. Those of you who regularly participate are asked to contact other dentists who do not participate and encourage them to join the Brighter Smiles Campaign in May and June. We need to grow this list significantly since that is the best way to increase the number of patients taking advantage of the reduced price whitening services in Central Oregon.

Dr. Marci Aplin Scott; Dr. Greg Everson; Dr. Mark Jensen; Dr. Mark Keener; Dr. Steve Timm; Dr. Greg and Dr. Janell Ginsburg; Dr. Andrew Engel; Smile Keepers; Contemporary Family Dentistry - Dr. Brad Johnson; Cosmetic and Family Dentistry - Dr. Kelli Fowles, Dr. Taylor Fowles; Bend Dental Group - Dr. Jeff Johnson, Dr. Maureen Porter; Bend Family Dentistry- Dr. Brad Hester, Dr. Tran Miller; Family Dentistry - Dr. Gary Dehm; Mill Point Dental Center - Dr. Marika Stone, Dr. Blake Drew; Higbee Dental Family Dentistry - Dr. Justin Higbee; Skyline Dental - Dr. Mehdi Salari, Dr. Karen Coe, Dr. Zack Porter; Shevlin Dental Center - Dr. David Cauble, Dr. Matt Falkenstein; Sisters Family Dentistry- Dr. Thomas Rheuben; Timm Family Dentistry - Dr. Jeffrey Timm, Dr. Andrew Timm, Dr. Ryan Timm; West River Dental - Dr. Dennis Holly; Clark Family Dentistry - Dr. Edward Clark; Cornerstone - Dr. Yoli DiGiulio; Studio NINE30 - Dr. Matt Engel; Redmond Dental Group - Dr. Max Higbee, Dr. Jade Cherrington; Pilot Butte Dental - Dr. John Wiley; LaPine Dental Center - Dr. Robert Moss; Pure Care Dental of Bend - Dr. Eric Cadwell, Dr. Brolen Freimonis; River Park Family Dental - Dr. Ben Grieb; Ochoco Family Dental - Dr. Tony Ramos; Master of Dentistry - Dr. Tad Hodgert; Pressprich Dentistry - Dr. Robert Pressprich

Volunteer Dental Opportunities in Central Oregon • Kemple Memorial Children’s Dental Clinic – Contact Debbi Smith (debbi@kempleclinic.com) or

Vickie Matthews (Vickie@kempleclinic.com) or both by phone at 541-617-1653. General inquiries are directed to info@kempleclinic.com or by phone at 541 617-1653. Provides preventative dental treatments at the Kemple Clinic (Hygienists & Dental Assistants) and referrals to your dental office for acute treatments for at risk children ages 3-18 and young adults ages 19-25 (at-risk: uninsured, underinsured, underserved children and young adults). Website: www.kempleclinic.com

• Medical Teams International Mobile Dental Van – Contact Debbie Stumbaugh @ (541) 977-4367 or dstumbaugh@medicalteams.org. Provide dental treatment for low-income adults and children in the Dental Van.

• Healthy Beginnings – Contact Anna Marie Casey @ (541) 383-6357 or annamarie.casey@hdesd.org. Provide dental screenings for children and families in need.

• Volunteers in Medicine Clinic – Volunteer Dental Hygienists offer cleanings. Those interested can contact Kristi Jacobs 541-585-9008 or Kristi.jacobs@vim-cascades.org.

• Smile Central Oregon – Patients perform community service, in exchange for discounted dental treatment. Contact Dr. Julie Panchura @ (541) 771-1765 or www.smilecentraloregon.com or www.kahoot.org.

• Central Oregon Community College Friday Clinic -- Perform dentistry at COCC Dental Assisting Clinic with Dental Assisting students who are gaining clinical & chairside experience assisting you and the patient. Contact Kristi Hammerquist khammerquist@cocc.edu for more information on dates of clinics and to volunteer.

• Central Oregon Community College Dental Assisting Program – Contact Deb Davies @ (541) 330-4368 or ddavies@cocc.edu. Allow current Dental Assisting Students at COCC to observe and assist in your office, in order to earn their clinical hours and requirements for graduation.

Becoming a Member of the Central Oregon Dental Society If you are not currently a member of the Central Oregon Dental Society … or if your membership has expired and you wish to join organized dentistry once again … please:

1) Go to the following website www.oregondental.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3313 and download/print the Application Form.

2) After filling out the Application Form, please mail your completed application form to: Dr. Bill Guy 65174 High Ridge Drive Bend, OR. 97701

Deadline for Articles for the Newsletter The deadline to contribute articles or request the posting of information in the Newsletter is the last day of each month. The Newsletter is typically sent out in the first few days of each month. Article submissions relevant to the Dental Community are welcomed. We also welcome any personal & fun information about local dentists such as births, marriages, special events and such.                                            Your Contact Information Please ‘reply’ to this email and let me know if you have a new email address or want the Central Oregon Dental Newsletters going to a different email address than the one it is being sent to. All Dental Newsletters are sent via email … so if you want to be in the loop, please make sure your email address is current.

UPCOMING  NEIGHBORING  DENTAL  SOCIETIES  EVENTS

 ( WARNING:  The chauvinistic, bipolar, arrogant, and politically incorrect opinions of Dr. Rupert do not reflect any organization or individuals’ views or opinions … except for Dr. Rupert; and are printed for light reading/entertainment

purposes only.)

April   2015

Common Sense, Practical, Practice Management Advice for Dental Professionals

The All-Knowing, All-Seeing, GURU of Everything Dental & Mental

Dear Dr. Rupert (Please submit your questions, comments or disgruntled remarks to DearDrRupert@yahoo.com)

Dear Dr. Rupert,

There are so many different burs that I get confused about which ones I should have in my armamentarium of burs?  Can you give me a listing if your favorite burs?

Signed, Favorite Burs

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Dear Favorite Burs,

As you know, Dr. Rupert believes that the key to success if to keep life simple.  The more burs, the more staff, the more cements, the more stuff … the more complicated and crazy your life.  For that reason, I have two favorite burs that I use for every procedure in order to keep things simple. 

The amazing thing is that I have had the same two burs since my Dental School issue over 20 years ago!  I use my 170 carbide and diamond chamfer burs for everything.  They’re a little black on the tip, and not all that sharp, but with a little extra elbow grease and effort … they’re still cutting! 

A couple of years ago, one of the Sales Reps gave me a few new burs to try, but I didn’t like how quickly they cut through the tooth and old restorations and threw them away and went back to my old burs.  It does take me a few extra minutes to prepare the tooth with my dull burs, but I love the smell and the smoke adds a little pizzazz to the appointment and the patients do not move and stay open very wide when there’s smoke coming out of their mouth!

It also makes life simple on my Dental Assistants.  They don’t have to set up different burs for different procedures, and I always have what I want on the tray.  Keep things simple and you’ll be much happier.

Glad I could help,

Dr. Rupert

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Dear Dr. Rupert,

Is there a way to improve our office production during the Lunch Hour?

Signed, Lunch Hour Production                                                                                                         - - - - - -

Dear Lunch Hour Production,

You have crossed the line!  The Lunch Hour is a sacred time and you must NOT think of it as extra production time.  You must not cheapen the Lunch Hour by trying to make an extra dollar during it. 

In my younger days, I would work through the lunch hour and squeeze emergency patients in that time slot; but time has made me wiser and I no longer let anything interfere with my time to sit and rest for a few minutes.

Working through the lunch hour takes away the other Staff members time to eat, check their Facebook pages, play Candy Crush, text their friends, read the newest issue of People magazine from the Waiting Room, gossip, brag about or make fun of their significant others, show pictures of their kids or grandkids, and a host of other things that they would do during the time they’re supposed to be focused on patients, if they weren’t getting a lunch hour.

I personally disappear into my office and take a short nap during the lunch hour, unless somebody has made a batch of cookies or something.  Sometimes, I’ll watch ESPN highlights on my computer and at other times I’ll run over and have lunch with one of my kids at their school. 

Don’t you dare use the Lunch Hour for anything other than unproductive, but very restful things.  You and your staff all need a break.

Glad I could help,                                                                                                                                                                               Dr. Rupert

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

Dental  Society  Classified  Ads You are welcome to email me anything dental that you might want to sell/trade or buy.

No charge to Dental Society members for listings.  [Limited to 2-4 lines.] $15/issue charge to non-Dental Society Dentists wishing to post items.  [Limited to 2-4 lines.]

$50/issue charge to Labs/Suppliers/Businesses wishing to post services or listings.  [Bigger sized ads are priced differently/higher.]

LOCUM TENUM FOR YOUR PRACTICE: Temporary coverage in your office with your staff at any level you desire. Dr. Bill Guy 541-788-4844.

Dentist Office Space for Lease: Dentist is looking to move to a new location within Bend and would like to lease the current office space. It is in a great location and is fully built out and ready to go with very nice and modern tenant improvements. Please call 541-610-4791 for more information.

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