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  • 2014 Best Product

    2014 Best Product

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    EyeSpecial C-II Digital Dental Camera By Shofu Named 2014 Best New Product For Women By AAWD

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    At last month’s AAWD Annual Meeting, “Leading the Future of Dentistry” members and annual meeting attendees cast their votes for the 2014 Best New Product for Women.

    Contest entrants were AAWD sponsors and exhibitors participating in the meeting.   Meeting attendees judged new products that were geared toward women dentists and/or their women patients. This product was judged as being the most beneficial to the practicing woman dentist and to improve her practice.  Its ease of use and light weight, combined with the quality and enhanced features of other heavier intraoral digital cameras, was cited for its selection.

    Designed exclusively for dentistry, the lightweight, durable EyeSpecial C-II digital camera is engineered to produce superb image quality. It offers exceptional depth of field range along with “smart” features like fast auto focusing and anti-shake capabilities. Further enhancing users’ ability to create high-quality images in all conditions, the EyeSpecial C-II includes infrared, UV, anti-reflection filters and 8 pre-set shooting modes.

    Historically, dental photographic equipment has been expensive and complicated to use. However, in the past 10 years or so, dental photography has undergone a transformation with the advent of a wide range of easier to use and more affordable digital cameras that are both popular and less expensive. Digital photography in dentistry has revolutionized teaching and lecturing in the field as well as educating patients in the office. With this technology and a more hands-on approach, dentists can efficiently and effectively treat patients with a clear plan in place.

    These are just a few the of reasons why the EyeSpecial C-II digital dental camera by Shofu was named 2014 Best New Product by the American Association of Women Dentists.

    Learn more by contacting customer-service@shofu.com , visiting www.shofu.com or calling Shofu Dental at (800) 827-4638

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    Quick Overview

    • Smart –  Fast autofocusing capabilities – Anti-shake mode built in – User friendly
    • 8 shooting modes – Easier, faster and more reproducible images
    • Water and chemical proof – Essential for infection control in the office
    • Large LCD touchscreen Built in grid lines for easy line-up and cropping
    • Exceptional depth of field range
    • High performance 49mm close-up lens

    Learn more by contacting customer-service@shofu.com,
    visiting www.shofu.com
    or calling Shofu Dental at (800) 827-4638

     

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  • AAWD’s Heritage- Dr. Geraldine Morrow

    AAWD’s Heritage- Dr. Geraldine Morrow

    Dr. Geraldine Morrow

    by Dr. Mary Licking

    Dr. Geraldine Morrow died March 20th at the age of 86 and as a resident of Wasilla, Alaska.1   While Dr. Morrow accumulated many accolades during her long career as a dentist, including service to the American Dental Association in 1991-1992 as its first female president, the American Association of Women Dentists has its own memories from her years as a member of the organization.  Despite the barriers that her residing in Alaska posed in getting to AAWD meetings in the lower 48 states, she and AAWD found ways to communicate.

    In 1985, Dr. Morrow was the third recipient (preceded by the first recipient, the late Dr. Jane Selbe, and by Dr. Marie Nylen) of AAWD’s highest honor, the Lucy Hobbs Taylor award.

    In 1990, in the campaign that would take her to presidency of the ADA, AAWD members who were savvy in the ways of downtown Boston answered her call to help at the ADA convention being held in the city that year.  Dr. Morrow acknowledged the campaign support she received from AAWD by mentioning the organization by name during an interview published on youtube.com in 2015. 2   In that interview she noted that AAWD itself had no vote in the ADA election process.  However, she remembers AAWD’s support fondly and in talking about it, quoted June Warren Lee [the late Dr. Lee was an AAWD past president and a Lucy Hobbs Taylor recipient].  Dr. Lee had indicated to Dr. Morrow that a valuable outcome of Dr. Morrow’s candidacy and term was inspiration to those dentists who desired to participate in organized dentistry on their own terms. The corporate model of having a life’s goal of doing whatever is necessary to defeat opponents aspiring to the top of an organization became passé with Dr. Morrow’s example.  Dr. Morrow tended to view the promotion of the idea that there was a place in organized dentistry for dentists who wanted to put boundaries on their time and energies toward the cause of organized dentistry as worthy of her efforts.  Dr. Morrow’s campaign was fueled by her passion for keeping dentistry in the private sector and having the middleman being kept at bay.  In the late 1980s and early 1990s there was a view gaining prevalence that the government had the ability to run healthcare in the United States.  Dr. Morrow viewed the idea of a government takeover of dentistry as being incompatible with professionalism.  Prior to her campaign, Dr. Morrow had achieved notable accomplishments in Alaska keeping dentistry as a private sector endeavor.  Dr. Morrow credits the ability to join together with other members of organized dentistry in working toward common goals as key to those accomplishments.

    In the early 2000’s, Dr. Morrow contributed to an Annual Meeting program that was held in Chicago by a taped presentation designed for the AAWD meeting audience. 

    1accessed April 10, 2017:  http://www.ada.org/en/publications/ada-news/2017-archive/first-ada-female-president-dies-at-86published March 22, 2017.

    2accessed April 10, 2017:  www.youtube.com, “RL509 No 38 Geraldine Morrow” on the account of UMichDent, published August 26, 2015.

  • AAWD at the University of Florida

    AAWD at the University of Florida
    President: Michelle Thomas, Class of 2017
    University of Florida AAWD Women at our Annual Initiation Dinner 

    It has been an incredibly productive school year thus far for the ladies of the University of Florida Chapter of AAWD full of socials, community service, networking, fundraising, recognition, and travel.

    Our initiation dinner was the largest it has ever been to date, resulting in the doubling of our membership for 2016. Our increase in membership has made our organization one of the strongest and most well known on the UF Dental campus and we couldn’t be more excited about our progress. Despite the increase, we are so thankful to have been able to continue working with Patterson Dental who sponsors our Pearls of Wisdom Dinner where all members were welcomed to partake in a delicious 3-course meal while learning about aspects of dentistry we don’t typically touch on in the classroom. During the dinner we were given the opportunity to pick the brain of a local woman dentist as well. This year we also worked with Patterson to begin a new upper- classman study club to further delve into topics of business, associateships, and more.

    For the second year, we hosted our Girl Scout Patch program developed last year by current president, Michelle Thomas, for the local girl scouts of our area. During the program, members work with girl scouts to help them learn about proper oral hygiene, what to expect from a trip to the dentist, basic tooth anatomy, and nutrition all while earning a fun dental health patch. The program is a blast for all involved and we are excited not only to continue this in the future but to share the program with other chapters very soon.

    In order to recognize the dental achievements met this year by all of our members, we started a new initiative called “milestone gifts.” We identified major milestones met each year by our members: the first operative psycho- motor for the D1s, Boards Part 1 for D2s, White Coat for D3s, and Graduation for D4s. Upon each milestone, the members are given a small gift. For example, D2s were given good luck “boards bows” – a hair bow to be worn for good luck, where as D3s were given wire hangers that spelled white coat to commemorate the achievement. As dental students, we all know the level of hard work required and believe these small tokens not only further unify us as an
    organization, but keep us smiling during some of the harder times in dental school.

    Finally, for the first time ever UF AAWD was able to send members to this year’s AAWD Annual Meeting which took place in Washington D.C.. We sent 4 women – Michelle Thomas, our president, Annie Siassipour, our vice president, Rosa Wu, our historian, and Gina Nicoloso, a general member. We feel so fortunate to have been welcomed not only to the student portion of the meeting but to the dental portion as well, teeming with CE and networking opportunities. We had a blast meeting student leaders from other school chapters as well as some very strong and inspiring female dentists. In addition to the AAWD events we were all able to attend some ADA CE, the New Dentist reception, and explore our Nation’s Capital. We can not thank AAWD and the University of Florida College of Dentistry enough for opening up this opportunity to us and we are looking forward to making this a long-standing tradition.

    As a growing chapter, we are so excited to have been able to uphold old traditions while creating new ones along the way and can’t wait for what the second half of the school year will bring!

  • AAWD at the University of California San Francisco

    AAWD at the University of California San Francisco
    President: Lili Szabo, Class of 2017

    ucsfAAWD at the University of California San Francisco had an exciting fall quarter! The chapter kicked off the quarter by attending the annual AAWD session in Washington, DC. President, Lili Szabo and Vice president, Brittany Vacura spent three days in Washington, DC. attending the AAWD student session, several CE courses and exploring the city. The board members had a great time networking with other students and AAWD members and getting to learn from other student chapters across the country.

    Back in San Francisco the chapter hosted a lunch and learn for school of dentistry students. Dr. Gwen Essex, a UCSF School of Dentistry faculty member spoke at the lunch and learn about her experience being a woman in a predominantly male profession and the importance of advocating for each other. Dr. Essex shared a powerful message about collegiality and teamwork.

    In October the chapter participated in an event in San Francisco that encourages middle school aged girls to pursue careers in science and math. Chapter board members lead a 70 min interactive session for attendees that taught them about what it is like to be a dentist, the role science plays in dentistry and how to pursue a career in dentistry. The girls got the opportunity to learn about tooth morphology and participate in a tooth identification game, as well as place a composite restoration in a plastic tooth. Attendees remarked that they enjoyed the session
    and some of them even said that they were now interested in pursuing a career in dentistry. In December the chapter raised money by coordinating a white coat embroidery fundraiser. The chapter collected white coats and scrub tops from students and faculty to be embroidered with their names.

    The chapter is planning some exciting events for the new year, including a valentines day party for members, a dinner and learn with current female faculty and an outreach event with SafeHouse San Francisco to provide  the program’s residents with oral heath education. The UCSF chapter is looking forward to an active and rewarding
    new year.

  • Introducing AAWD’s New Executive Director… Ms. Donna Deans!

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    Donna is the Chief Performance Officer (CPO) and Convention Services Director of International Association Management. Donna’s expert knowledge, experience with medical manufacturers and universities, and skills as a recognized leader make her an ideal choice to implement strategic initiatives and bring more value to our organization. She is a Certified Meeting Planner (CMP) with experience in management, hotel contract  negotiation, financial management, on-site event coordination, continuing medical education, site selection, sponsorship, enduring materials, web design and travel.

    Donna has a long history in association leadership. She is an active member and Past President of the Tampa Bay Chapter of the Meeting Professionals International. Donna is a sought-after instructor and speaker on certification topics such as hotel contract negotiation. Her professional history includes many awards for marketing excellence. Donna holds a Bachelor’s of Business Administration (Marketing) from the University of South Florida.

    Previously, Donna served as the Director of Conferences for two large medical device manufacturers. Working directly with the CEO and CFO, she managed the Meeting Services Department with a staff of ten and a scope of work that managed over five hundred events and fifteen trade shows a year. Donna also worked in the university system for twenty years as a Senior Meeting Planner for Baylor College of Medicine and the University of South Florida, College of Medicine. She planned conferences for both physicians and nurses.

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  • OAWD’s Annual Winter Party

    OKLAHOMA ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN DENTISTS
    Submitted by Dr. Mary Martin

    oklahoma-2The OAWD met Friday evening, January 15, 2016, at the home of Dr. Sara Spurlock for their Annual Winter Party. The meeting was well attended, especially by students from the University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry.
    President Jennifer Jenkins welcomed everyone, made announcements of upcoming events and highlighted the Silent Auction. Monies from this year’s Auction will be donated to Good Shepherd Ministries Dental Clinic.
    Everyone had a great time and loved seeing how the house built in 1929 was transformed into a beautiful modern home while maintaining the elegant architecture of the twenties.

     

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  • The Chronicle, January 2016

    The Chronicle, January 2016

    In This Issue:

    Page 02: Smiles for Success

    Page 03: President’s Message

    Page 06: Facebook Advertising Tips

    Page 10: LHT Award Nominations

    Page 12: Member News

    Pages 14-15: Student News

    Page 16: Local Chapter News

    Page 16: Board Nominations

    Page 17: Grow Your Practice

    Page 20: AAWD’s Exquisite Heritage

    Page 23: Corporate Partner News

    Page 24: Events Calendar

  • President’s Message- January 2016

    [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]AAWD_Chronicle_Q1_2016Happy New Year to all my friends and colleagues in dentistry. I hope you enjoyed your family and friends during our recent holiday time. I know I did. Some of you are probably feeling completely exhausted by all the activities and preparations for your family and office while others are feeling refreshed and ready to start a new year with all the excitement it holds. No matter what group you fall into, there is something stimulating and renewing about the beginning of a new year. We get to start over! A clean slate! Throw away those To Do Lists and begin others. Open a new calendar and vow to be organized this year. You are not alone. Your American Association of Women Dentists is doing the same thing!

    2015 was a difficult year for our group. We met in Chicago in February and had a wonderful Strategic Planning Meeting that was organized by Dr. Sheri Doniger and facilitated by Mariah Kraner of ADEC. We wrote out goals and ideas for several years. Then reality hit. We found ourselves without a management firm and a long search for a new company ensued. You can be very proud of your elected officers and board of directors. We all worked daily to keep the day to day functions of the organization going while the Search Committee completed its task. We now have a great company to work with and an Executive Director named Donna Deans. You will be hearing more about Donna and the International Association Management Company as this year progresses. I am sure you will be pleased with all they have to offer AAWD.

    With the onset of the New Year, your board can now continue the work we planned last year during the Strategic Planning for AAWD. We will be working in the areas of membership, advocacy, leadership and community in order to grow our organization to accommodate the influx of new women dentists that graduate today. I am using the title Building Bridges for my year as it fits into all of the categories which we discussed in our planning. I want to build bridges with our local chapters, out student chapters, other organized dental organizations as well as the dental trade association. We want people to know all that our organization has to offer women dentists of all ages and all chosen career paths. Our Board is composed of a very diverse group of women, both young and not so young. We will be leading the new women dentists to a more satisfying career while valuing the input of our experienced leaders and planning for the future.

    AAWD will be represented at each of the major dental meetings held this year. Please contact us if you would like someone on our Board to meet with your local or student chapter. This is your organization and we are here for you! Thank you for placing your trust in the AAWD Board and continuing to support women in dentistry.

    Sincerely,

    Mary E. Martin, DDS, M.Ed.

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  • Paint it Forward hosted by AAWD Chapter

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    President: Laura Varadi, Class of 2017

    uscOn December 3rd, 2015 the Medical University of South Carolina’s chapter of AAWD hosted a Paint it Forward event to support Smiles for Success and the North Charleston Free Dental clinic, our local philanthropy. Members from the chapter were lead by an artist to paint a portrait of Rainbow Row, an historic landmark in Charleston.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

  • The Chronicle, November 2015

    The Chronicle, November 2015

    In This Issue:

    Page 02: President’s Message

    Page 04: Smiles for Success

    Pages 06-10: Annual Meeting Highlights

    Page 12: LHT Award Winner

    Page 14: Member News

    Page 16: Student News

    Page 19: AAWD’s Exquisite Heritage

    Page 22: Corporate Sponsor News

    Page 23: Events Calendar