SMILES NEWSLETTER July 1, 2013 Southeasten Society of Pediatric Dentistry INSIDE THIS ISSUE President’s Message Trustee Report SSPD President E. Gaines Thomas Years ago, Nat King Cole recorded a song about the “Lazy, hazy……days of summer.” One thing for sure, he was not a pediatric dentist. In the world of the pediatric dentist, it seems that with busy family schedules and vacations, and with a bustling schedule at the office, our summers are anything but “lazy.” SOUTHERN Our SSPD spring resort meeting the first weekend in April at the San Destin Hilton, was successful and fun. Dr. Lorne Lavine, of the “Digital Dentist” presented the Friday and Saturday program on “everything digital” for the dental office. His presentation was very timely and also very interesting. If you were not able to attend, Dr. Lavine has made his lecture notes available at the following link. http://www.adrive.com/public/kx2jPA/SSPDApril2013FINAL.pdf The beach was great during the day, but the unseasonably cool evenings and a twenty-five mile per hour wind on Friday night drove our 1& 2 2&3 Resort Meeting Highlights & Jan 2014 Meeting Info January 2014 Meeting Speakers 4 Resident’s Program 6 The Last Word 7 5 family beach party inside. We still had fun with great food and music and almost had a chiropractic emergency as a Past President of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (Rhea) demonstrated her renowned Limbo dance technique. Rhea was runner-up for the trophy which was won by an eight year old. Thank you to the members of the SSPD who volunteered to assist in so many different ways at the Annual Session of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry in Orlando on Memorial Day weekend. We are so glad that this meeting was in the Southeast again this year and we are extremely proud that one of our own, Dr. Ed Moody, was elected president-elect. Ed will be given the Academy gavel next May at the Annual Session in Boston. Make your plans to be there. 1 Midsummer is when pediatric dental residents are completing their residency programs and joining existing practices or establishing new ones. If you have a new member of our specialty locating in your city, I urge our members to contact them and personally ask them to become a member of your state organization, the President’s message continued......... Southeastern Society and the American Academy. As major changes lie ahead in the health care delivery system, this is a time that we must keep our membership levels very strong. We should strive to have one hundred per cent of the graduating residents belonging to and active in each level of our tripartite membership. Report to SSPD Summer 2013 It is easy to take our great profession and specialty Summer is finally here and I am sure everyfor granted as we stay immersed in our daily one is busy at their offices with children out of lives, but I urge all of you to stay educated on the school. I hope everyone gets a little time off to current events that are affecting our profession. relax. Speak out on the role pediatric dentistry will have This has also been a busy time for the AAPD. in any new health care model. The annual session in Orlando last month had record attendance. It was a very successEven though she was deaf and blind, Helen Keller ful meeting with excellent courses and social had great vision and insight. She knew the imporevents. I'm sure many of you attended and retance of an individual’s contribution and commitalize how important it is to network with others ment to a higher purpose. She once said, “I am in our specialty. only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everyThe General Assembly was lively this year thing, but still I can do something. And because with several proposals to change our bylaws. I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the All active and life members of AAPD have a something I can do.” vote at our annual session. The recent Task Force on Governance presented several ideas to Have a great summer! our Board of Trustees; they in turn gave proposals to be voted on at our assembly. Since E. Gaines Thomas, D.M.D. there were large items to discuss, there was extra time allotted in a forum before the reference committee specific to explain the process. The southeast was fortunate to have 2 members on the task force including Chairman Scott Cashion and Mark Myers. The main bylaw amendment proposed changes were: 2 -The recommendation to combine District I and District II which will be renamed the Northeastern District passed. When the District II trustee rolls off next year (2014) the District I trustee will begin to represent both districts. There will now be 5 regional trustees and 14 voting members of the Board of Trustees. The districts will now be closer in size. Trustee’s message continued......... Affordable Care Act on pediatric dentistry. Check the website for details. - The AAPD headquarters will offer to collect district and state dues at no charge. They already If there is anything I can help you with please let me know. I hope to see you at your state meetcollect dues for 12 states. Hopefully this will ings this year. Have a great summer. make it easier for states, districts and our members to get 1 dues statement each year. This will Respectfully submitted, begin in 2014. In the southeast there are 2 states that already use this option and have seen an inJeannie Beauchamp crease in membership. - The proposal to change mandatory tripartite STATE UPDATE -South Carolina membership to "strongly encourage” memberSouth Carolina Society of Pediatric Dentistry ship was rejected. This is already in our bylaws recently met at Myrtle Beach in conjunction with but it hasn't been enforced. Our outside legal SCDA meeting. Dr Kevin M Raines presided advisor has stated we must enforce this so headover the meeting and closed out his 3 year term quarters is planning on informing our members by handing over the gavel to Dr Robert H. Eland will work with states and districts to implelis, III. New officers will be elected at the Fall ment this. meeting as Dr Ellis transitions into the role of President. -Approved was the proposal that for memberWe have continued our communication with our ship in AAPD one must be a member of ADA to state’s Medicaid powers in hopes of continuing join then to "strongly encourage" continued ADA to improve the dental program for those patients membership instead of mandatory membership. which the program serves. One major challenge This had not been enforced in the past and is in is the Medicaid waiver waiting list that many line with some of the other specialties. of our special needs patients enter once they are over 21 years of age. Reimbursement continues All AAPD members must be ADA members to to be an issue as the state has not increased rates join, hold current membership in SSPD and their for the dental program in over 15 years (in fact, o state organization. Our headquarters is workthe rates have been reduced a few times during ing to implement this as efficiently as possible. that time period). Please let me know if you have any questions or Currently, the SC State Dental Board is advoconcerns. cating for a new Sedation Guidelines proposal which would become law. Our Society, along The Ad Council campaign continues to encourwith a Sedation Task Force from the SCDA, is age caregivers to "brush kid’s teeth for 2 minworking to make proposals so that the wording utes, 2 times a day". The media coverage has and intent of the law is congruent with those of extended from magazines to newspapers to billour specialty guidelines. The last thing we want boards and television. The website direct link is is a new law that is designed to protect the pawww.2min2x.org. It is exciting how this is extient end up actually hampering access to affordd panding. able dental care. Our membership has remained strong and the The AAPD website has continued to expand. SCSPD has positioned itself where the powers There is a lot of information to help members. that be are calling upon us for input whenever Please check for futures CE courses. There is a children’s dental issues are involved, and we feel new course scheduled for September 28 in Chithis is very helpful to the youngest citizens of cago informing us about the impact on the our state. 3 2013 Resort Meeting Highlights of Dr. Lorne Lavine’s lecture by Josh Wren • Every medical/dental office should have encryption on any information sent to other healthcare offices • Every office should have encrypted servers to block patient data from being retrieved and firewalls • Updated antivirus should be on all computers in a dental office • Social media is the new advertising giant….practices are urged to have a blog, facebook page (and update them daily), etc to communicate with existing and potential patients • If you offer wifi in your reception area, it would be wise to have a separate public service • Offices are going to washable mice and keyboards for ultimate contamination control—minimize the chance of cross contamination • What it takes to be a truly paperless office….all forms online to be downloaded directly to the practice management software, kiosk to electronically fill out patient forms, pen pads to signs consent forms, scanner to scan in externally taken radiographs or charts from other offices 2014 Annual Continuing Education Course The Ritz-Carlton Buckhead Atlanta, Georgia 4 “The Future is Here: CBCT, Lasers, and Internet Marketing Registration now open at www.sspd.org using Paypal. * Resident’s program presented and sponsored by SmileSavvy. com Approved for 15 Continuing Education Credits Look out for brochure in the mail........ January 10-12 Ritz-Carlton Buckhead, Atlanta The Future is Here: CBCT, Lasers, and Internet MarketLawrence A Kotlow, DDS, PC Dr. Lawrence Kotlow will be presenting a day of "laser dentistry for the Pediatric Dentist" It will cover the use of types of lasers used in treating hard and soft tissue procedures, laser safety , using Photobiomodulating lasers for trauma and other conditions . He will also discuss things you never learned in dental school or your pediatric residency for the laser treatment of newborns and how we as pediatric dentists can be assisting mothers improve breastfeeding out comes through the revisions of tongue and lip ties. His website is www.kiddsteeth.com Larry Lytle, DDS, PhD Dr. Larry Lytle is a low level laser researcher, educator and consultant. His dental degree is from Nebraska, and PhD in Nutrition from the Donsbach University. He has developed a line of low-level “cold” lasers called the Q Laser System. He practiced general dentistry in Rapid City, SD. A retired dentist with over 40 years of experience, he began studying the benefits of low-level laser therapy in the late 1980’s and has been a consultant in the field ever since. He has written five books, and holds seminars on Q Laser Wellness Solutions. His website is www.qlasers.com G. Frans Currier, DDS, MSD Frans Currier has spent his professional lifetime in education. He received his DDS in 1967 from the University of Michigan, his MSD in Pediatric Dentistry from the University of Washington, and orthodontic certificate from the University of Pennsylvania. He is currently Program Director and Chairman of the Orthodontic Graduate program at the University of Oklahoma. He is a meticulous researcher on growth and development topics, and controls the 30-year Denver x-ray growth data. W. Bruce Howerton, DDS Dr. Howerton received a DDS degree from West Virginia University School of Dentistry in 1985. He completed a Certificate in Endodontics from the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry in 1987 and practiced surgical and nonsurgical endodontics in Asheville, North Carolina. In 1999, he entered the UNC Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology graduate program and completed a Master of Science in 2001. In addition to becoming an Oral and Maxillofacial Radiologist, he became proficient in Web development and discovered novel forms of content delivery using authoring software. Scott Childress – Smilesavvy.com Scott is the Internet marketing expert with years of experience in search engine optimization, local searches, social media and other internet marketing campaigns. The success of Pediatric Dental offices now rests heavily on the ability to properly market their practices on the Internet. Smilesavvy.com is the nation’s largest Internet source devoted to Pediatric Dentistry. 5 6 THE LAST WORD Howard Schneider Many years ago I questioned why one should wait until the child is three years of age before taking the child to the dentist. It was not too many years ago the American Academy of Pediatric Denitstry endorsed this concept. After almost fifty years of practice, it has become the custom. Looking back on the many children which I have treated at an aearly age, and, a reminder from them today, it was the right thing to have done. It’s not a day which goes by that I do not meet someone who says, “you use to be my dentist.” Today most dental programs start seeing the child at a much earlier age. To the new practitioner, give thought to start the child young. Visit with your Pediatricians as well as other medical progams. There are a lot of good brochures on this being published today. The rewards will be great. You will find a new practice within your practice. This is on man’s opinion, and , “that is the last word.” ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2013 Officers and Board Members Executive Committee State E-mail addresses President: E. Gaines Thomas Alabama [email protected] President Elect: Leigh Ann McIlwain Florida [email protected] Vice President: William “Neil” Quinton Mississippi [email protected] Secretary: Martha Hardaway North Carolina [email protected] Immediate Past President: Kim Jones North Carolina [email protected] District III Trustee: Jeannie Beauchamp Tennessee [email protected] Board of Directors Kevin Raines Chester “Skip” Tyson Nathan Kirk John Flowers Reza Ardalan Josh Wren Jennifer Wells Kristen Flowers Joseph Faiz Jay Crews South Carolina North Carolina West Virginia Virginia Florida Mississippi Georgia Alabama Tennessee Kentucky Executive Director Jonathan Jackson Georgia [email protected] Virginia [email protected] Executive Secretary Kimberly Brooks [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 7