THE GAVEL IS PASSED!

ACDDA WELCOMES IN NEW PRESIDENT,

DR. MICHAEL PATTEN

The Atlantic Coast District Dental Association welcomed in it’s new

slate of officers for the 2014-2015 year this past month in Orlando.

Along with the FDA House of Delegates meeting at the Gaylord Palms

Resort the ACDDA held it’s annual Officer Installation Reception. The

new officers are President, Dr. Michael Patten (Broward County),

President-Elect, Dr. Karen Glerum (South Palm Beach), 1st Vice Presi-

dent, Dr. Nick DeTure (Broward County), 2nd Vice President, Dr.

Charles Braverman (North Palm Beach), Secretary, Dr. Matt Henry

(Treasure Coast) and Treasurer, Dr. Ethan Pansick (South Palm

Beach). Your Trustees are Dr. David Boden (Treasure Coast), Dr. Rich-

ard Huot (Treasure Coast) and Alternate Trustees—Dr. George

Kolos (Broward County) and Dr. Michael Costabile (South Palm

Beach). The reception was partially sponsored by ADS Florida and

the ACDDA would like to send out a huge thank you to Dr. Stuart Auerbach and Hy Smith and their

whole crew for their continued support of our association! See the articles inside this publication

regarding the Semi-Annual House of Delegates and the latest happenings from the ADA and FDA;

Inside this issue:

Schedule of Events

2

President’s Message 3

Classified Ads 4

A Word From The

Executive Director

5

ADA News

FDA Advocacy

6

7

Winter Meeting

LCD’s Needed

8

9

Winter Meeting

NSU Update

What’s Happening

at ACDDA?

10

11

12-13

Special Points

Of Interest . . .

Legislative Session

Review

New Dean at Nova

5th Annual ACDDA CE Cruise

Pictures

What’s Happening at ACDDA?

New ACDDA President

takes office

Who Is Our FDAS Guy?

FDA Political Advocacy

The new affiliate meeting

season is finally underway

And packed with great speakers!

Summer - August 2014

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YOU CAN REGISTER FOR THE ANNUAL WINTER MEETING CONFERENCE AND THE DR.

LASSEIGNE COSMETIC DENTISTRY LECTURE ONLINE AT WWW.ACDDA.ORG

Past President, Dr. Andy Adelson and

President, Dr. Michael Patten in Orlando

Dr. Tyler Lasseigne To Headline

ACDDA Winter Conference

The ACDDA welcomes Dr. Tyler Lasseigne to the Annual Winter Meeting

for a Cosmetic Dentistry lecture on Friday, February 13, 2015 at the

Embassy Suites Hotel in West Palm Beach. This meeting will feature 6

credit hours of Continuing Education, your breakfast and lunch as well as

a full slew of vendors offering specials to ACDDA members! Dr. Lasseigne

practices in Baton Rouge, LA and is an Assistant Professor at Louisiana

State University. He is an expert in esthetic Dentistry and utilizes the latest developments

in technology in his office. He also Serves as adjunct faculty at the Pankey Institute. He re-

ceived his postgraduate training in Prosthodontics at LSUSD and obtained his certification in

Dental Lab Technology at the Pankey Institute. He is a member of numerous professional

academies. This will be a great meeting for your and your staff and we look forward to one of

our largest audiences. For only $195 for ACDDA members and $75 for staff—this is a true

benefit of you membership! Prizes, giveaways and a great day out of your office to educate

you and your staff. Save the date and we will see you there!

UPCOMING

EVENTS

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9/15 New HIPPA Mandate

BCDA Linda Harvey, RDH

Hugh’s Catering—Oakland Park

9/23 Season Opening Social/Ellyn Bogdanoff

SPBCDA Fundraiser

32 East—Delray Beach

10/7 Dr. Linda Niessen

CPBCDA Improv—City Place, West Palm Beach

10/9-14 ADA Annual Session

ADA San Antonio, TX

10/20 HPV Oral Cancer, Dr. Giovana Thomas

BCDA Sheraton Suites, Fort Lauderdale

11/4 Emerald Jones—Increasing The

CPBCDA Bottom Line

Improv—City Place, West Palm Beach

11/17 Vendor Technology Trade Show

BCDA Hugh’s Catering

12/? TBA Staff Appreciation Holiday Party

CPBCDA Improv—City Place, West Palm Beach

1/26 Dental Malpractice Litigation

BCDA Kathleen Moon

Sheraton Suites—Fort Lauderdale

2/13 ACDDA Annual Winter Meeting

ACDDA Dr. Tyler Lasseigne—Cosmetic Dentisty

Embassy Suites—West Palm Beach

3/16 Rehabilitative Dentistry

BCDA Dr. Jay Lerner

Opinions stated in the Explorer are not

necessarily endorsed by the Atlantic

Coast District Association. Advertise-

ments should not be construed as an en-

dorsement by the Association.

2014-2015

Officer List

Michael Patten, DDS

President

(954) 792-4100

Karen Glerum, DDS

President-Elect

(561) 374-8922

Nicholas DeTure, DMD

1st Vice-President

(954) 522-3228

Charles Braverman, DDS

2nd Vice-President

(561) 575-5599

Matt Henry, DDS

Secretary

(772) 234-5353

Ethan Pansick, DDS

Treasurer

(561) 496-6855

Trustees

David Boden, DDS (772) 878-2000

Richard Huot, DDS (772) 913-3552

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Atlantic Coast District Dental Association

Managing Editor: Mike Dvorak, E.D.

Editor: Charles Braverman, D.D.S.

Atlantic Coast District Dental Association

5700 Lake Worth Rd., Suite 207C

Lake Worth, FL 33463

(561) 968-7714 acdda@aol.com

Upcoming Events in The Atlantic Coast Area

Including ACDDA and it’s Five Affiliate Associations

President’s

Message………

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Greetings! My name is Michael

Patten and I am your new Presi-

dent of the ACDDA. After

serving two years as a dental

officer in the United States Air

Force, I opened my dental prac-

tice in Plantation in 1971. One of

my career goals was to teach at

a dental school. In 2008 I sold

my practice and joined the den-

tal faculty at Nova Southeast-

ern.

I must admit I really love being

at the school with the students.

The students are so bright and

eager to learn. I feel the pro-

fession’s future is in very good

hands. (No pun intended.)

In September I will have been a

member of the American Dental

Association for 50 years. I’ve

enjoyed 50 years of great

friendships and opportunities to

learn from knowledgeable men-

tors. I’ve met with dentists

across the United States, men

and women who share a common

goal of serving our community.

We all belong to the great heal-

ing profession.

The ADA, FDA, ACDDA and

BCDA gave me opportunities to

work with dentists though peer

review and volunteer projects

where I came to appreciate the

value of our profession. Getting

involved personally was a key in

developing theses life-long

friendships.

Back in the 60’s we joined just

because everyone was a member.

We really never asked how much

it cost or what organized den-

tistry could do for us. I don’t

think anyone really knew who

was speaking at a dinner meet-

ing. We just went to get to-

gether with other dentists. By

participating in leadership and

volunteer events we all were

able to give back to our commu-

nities and contribute to the gen-

eral good. I mention this to en-

courage everyone to get involved

in order to get the total benefit

of belonging to our associations.

As I look forward to this coming

year, I have set two goals I want

us to accomplish during my

time as president.

First, I want to establish a

closer relationship between our

organization and Nova South-

eastern University. As a faculty

member at the school, I have

daily contact with the students.

By working with ASDA’s leader-

ship, I will be

able to en-

courage par-

ticipation at

functions

sponsored by

the ACDDA

and BCDA.

With your

help, we can

plant the

seed for ca-

reer-long membership.

Second, I want to help launch

the United Way’s Mission pro-

gram to treat the dental needs

of Veterans. We are in the early

planning stages now. This would

be a program where dentist vol-

unteer to treat a Veteran at no

charge. We are also contacting

dental labs to become involved

by reducing or waiving their

usual fees. This worthwhile

project will begin in Broward

County.

I thank you all for allowing me

the opportunity to serve you. I

look forward to our working to-

gether this year.

Michael L. Patten, DDS

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This is a critical time in the dental

association. As predicted a decade

ago, The Chickens Have Finally

Come Home To Roost. The dental

association has continued to have

done what we have always done.

What has served us so well for so

many years is finally not good

enough. “Keep things the same,’’

don’t change a thing’, ‘we are fine,’

keep doing what we’re doing.”

These are the mantra’s that we

have always lived by. These are

the mantra’s that have gotten us

to this point – a point we really

don’t want to be at. From this

point forward we cannot allow our-

selves to slip any further. The

market-share is dropping rapidly.

Nationally we are in the 60th per-

centile and state and locally we

are in the 50th percentile. This

means roughly only one out of

every two licensed dentists be-

longs to organized dentistry. In

some components the market-

share has dipped into the 30th

percentile. How can we represent

our members now in Tallahassee

and Washington D.C? Very soon

we can no longer say that we rep-

resent the majority of practicing

dentists, because we WILL NOT.

How important is this? What do

you say to your non-member col-

leagues? Is this even on your ra-

dar? Are you prepared to allow

the chances and opportunity for

something to happen in the legisla-

ture that could potentially dictate

the way you operate your own pri-

vate practice? Each quarter we

communicate and print for you the

issues that our government af-

fairs team at both the American

and Florida Dental Association’s

are working on for you. Our team

at the FDA does a particularly

thorough job at concentrating on

issues important for you and your

practice. Check out the Political

Advocacy features in this very

newsletter. When these issues

arrive on the scene you are being

given a “heads-up – a constant

“heads-up.” What bothers me is

that I have been told straight up

that many of our own members

may not be paying close attention

to the very issues that they are

being warned about and the ones

that can really affect their prac-

tices. It is so important to stand

together and there is definitely

strength in numbers. The informa-

tion is out there, share it and dis-

cuss it with your colleagues. What

do we need to do? What would you

like our advocates to tell our leg-

islators? What kind of messages

do you personally want to send to

our legislators? Last year the

A Word From The Executive

Director…...

Michael S. Dvorak

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ACDDA provided two opportunities

to learn, get educated and voice

concerns. These two events were

the Town Hall Meetings – North

and South. Look for Town Hall

Meetings to return again this year.

It would be nice to see more of our

members participate and share

their concerns. Come out speak

your mind and ask questions. It’s

incumbent on you as a practicing

dentist (first) to make sure that

you protect your practice and your

livelihood and your family! If you

don’t do everything you can to stay

informed and to be proactive then

you can say you weren’t warned!

We want nothing more than to see

you succeed and for our profession

to be protected and successful.

Calling Out – Our affiliate monthly

meetings start up again this Sep-

tember. This is your chance to

meet with your local colleagues,

hear some great lectures. Watch

for the e-mail’s and meeting post-

ings on www.acdda.org We have a

great lineup this year and several

cool social functions and network-

ing events for you to attend. See

you there!

ALL HANDS ON DECK!…...

ADA Mission of Mercy Volunteers

Needed

Please consider extending your stay

for the ADA 2014 – America's Den-

tal Meeting to help the underserved

residents of San Antonio. This

year's ADA Mission of Mercy event

will be held Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014

from 5:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the

Henry B. Gonzalez Convention

Center.

MOM volunteers serve many roles

during a typical event, with dentists,

dental hygienists and dental assis-

tants generally providing triage ser-

vices, diagnostics, and treatment,

including restorative and specialty

care. Other volunteers, such as stu-

dents, laboratory technicians and

office specialists, provide support to

help the MOM clinics run smoothly.

Spouses and family members older

than 18 are also welcome to help

with event registration, set-up/tear-

down and other logistics.

ADA Urges Congress to Support

Small Business Tax Relief Act

The ADA recently joined with a coa-

lition representing hundreds of thou-

sands of businesses from every

state in a letter strongly supporting

the America's Small Business Tax

Relief Act of 2014. This legislation

would restore the level of small

business expensing—called Section

179 expensing—to $500,000, and

permanently index the level to infla-

tion.

Legislation expanding and/or ex-

tending small business expensing

has been enacted eight times,

across two Presidential administra-

tions and six Congresses, under

both Democratic and Republican

leadership. These higher expensing

limits were temporary, however, and

in 2014 reverted back to a $25,000

level that requires Congressional

action to be changed.

Pew Issues Another Report on

Dental Therapists

The Pew Charitable Trusts this

week issued a report, “Expanding

the Dental Team,” which focuses on

case studies from three nonprofit

settings where variations of dental

therapists contend that they expand

dental services to underserved peo-

ple and that they are a cost-effective

way of improving access to dental

care.

The ADA is evaluating the report,

which thus far has received little

media attention.

The ADA believes a more compre-

hensive approach — as demon-

strated by Action for Dental Health

— is needed to address the multiple

barriers that underserved people

face to achieving good dental

health. Action for Dental Health is

the ADA’s nationwide, grassroots

movement to deliver care now to

those suffering from untreated den-

tal disease, strengthen the dental

safety net, and bring dental health

education and disease prevention

into communities. Our member den-

tists are making a difference across

the country, as described in the Ac-

tion for Dental Health Year One Re-

port to Congress, and we will con-

tinue to spread that message

through outreach to media and leg-

islators.

Washington Post Advocates Use

of Dental Therapists

The Washington Post this week

published an editorial advocating

the licensing of dental therapists as

a solution to the dental crisis in

America. The editorial writer inter-

viewed Dr. Norman, who focused on

Action for Dental Health as a more

comprehensive and effective set of

solutions to the dental divide in

America. The editorial focused al-

most exclusively on midlevel provid-

ers, citing a recent report from the

Pew Children’s Dental Project that

purports to show that midlevels are

financially viable in both private and

public health settings.

The article accurately reflects Dr.

Norman’s statements to the re-

porter, saying that the ADA “favors a

broader package that will address

many problems at once.” We have

submitted a letter to the editor to

expand on how Action for Dental

Health comprises a comprehensive

set of solutions to a complex set of

problems.

Source—ADA Update

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What’s Going On

At the ADA?

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What’s Happening With Political Advocacy at the FDA?

2014 Legislative Session Review

The 2014 Legislative Session is over and it was a very good year for dentistry. Our legislative team at the Florida Dental Association did a terrific job advocating for our members. These are issues that affect you and your practice and political advocacy is one of the most important member benefits that you have. Check out

what has happened this year.

The governor signed SB 86, HB 97 and SB 520 into law — all supported by the FDA. So, what do these bills do? Non-Covered Services (SB 86) This legislation will prohibit insurance companies from dictating charges for non-covered services. Dentists will have the ability to agree to discounts on services covered under the plan and then negotiate charges for non-covered services (if interested). The intent of this legislation is to provide the dentist with clear guide-lines, resulting in the dentist not being forced to ac-cept discounts in order to establish a contract with an insurance plan. The legislation went into effect on July 1 and will im-pact contracts entered into or renewed on or after July 2014. THE LEGISLATION WILL NOT CHANGE THE TERMS OF YOUR CURRENT CONTRACT. If you are not sure when your current contract is up for renewal, contact the insurance plan you contract with today and have them clearly state in writing the your con-tract renewal date. During renewal, you will need to evaluate your contract to make sure there are no pro-visions in your contract that set charges for non-covered services (without your agreement or knowl-edge). Furthermore, as an FDA-member benefit, you can get your contract reviewed and analyzed through the ADA Contract Analysis Service program. This service is de-signed to provide you with clear information on what is included in the proposed contract, but will not provide direction on whether you should sign the contract or not. If you would like to get your contract analyzed by the ADA Contract Analysis Service program, please send it to gao@floridadental.org. Sovereign Immunity (HB 97) Current law (ch. 766.1115, F.S.) grants health care

providers who contract with a state government program sovereign immunity (which shields provid-ers from civil suit or criminal prosecution) when providing free services (without compensation). The Department of Health (DOH) has a Volunteer Health Care Provider Program (VHCPP) that allows health care providers to be covered under sover-eign immunity as agents of the state. Eligible pa-tients who receive services through the VHCPP are screened by DOH and are referred to a participat-ing health care provider in the program. HB 97 extends the dentist’s sovereign immunity to allow patients to voluntarily contribute toward their dental lab costs and not jeopardize the den-tist’s sovereign immunity. The voluntary contribu-tion toward dental lab costs would not be consid-ered compensation to the dentist. This legislation became effective on July 1. Dental Workforce Survey Public Records Exemp-tion (SB 520) During the biennial dental licensure renewal cycle, dentists and dental hygienists are able to complete a voluntary dental workforce survey. The dental workforce survey started in 2010 as a means to gather current dental workforce data for the state of Florida. Physicians started surveying their mem-bers in 2007 and passed legislation to have their personal identifying information exempted from the public record laws. SB 520 provides the same protection for dentists. Information that is gathered through the dental workforce survey has been valuable to many policy decisions applied by the FDA. During the initial dental workforce survey, the data showed that Florida does not have a shortage of dentists, but a maldistribution of dentists, with more in urban ar-eas around the state. The collection and consis-tency of this data is critical to assessing the needs of the public as many groups attempt to provide anecdotal solutions to access-to-care issues, such as opening more dental schools and adding addi-tional licensed dental providers. SB 520 became effective upon becoming law (June 13) and will be applied during the next dental li-

censure renewal cycle, which is February 2016.

Source—FDA Capital Report

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LEGISLATIVE CONTACT DENTISTS NEEDED

The Florida Dental Association’s (FDA) Legislative

Contact Dentist (LCD) program is essential to building

strong relationships with Senate and House members

and educating them on the FDA’s legislative priorities.

The goal is to have at least one contact dentist for every

legislator. While many legislators do have an LCD,

there are still some legislators who do not. Please re-

view the list of legislators below who do NOT have an

LCD. Please contact the FDA Governmental Affairs

Office at

800.326.0051 if you would like to serve as an LCD for

any of the legislators below.

HOUSE

District 10 Rep. Elizabeth Porter (R-Lake City)

District 34 Rep. Jimmie Smith (R-Lecanto)

District 42 Rep. Mike La Rosa (R-St. Cloud)

District 43 Rep. Ricardo Rangel (D-Kissimmee)

FLORIDA DENTAL ASSOCIATION • LCD EX-

CHANGE • JULY 2014 9

District 76 Rep. Ray Rodrigues (R-Fort Myers)

District 88 Rep. Bobby Powell (D-West Palm Beach)

District 92 Rep. Gwyn Clarke-Reed

(D-Pompano Beach)

District 95 Rep. Hazelle Rogers (D-Lauderhill)

District 99 Rep.-Elect Evan Jenne (D-Dania Beach)

District 102 Rep. Sharon Prichett (D-Miramar)

District 107 Rep. Barbara Watson

(D-Miami Gardens)

District 108 Rep. Daphne Campbell

(D-Miami Shores)

District 109 Rep. Cynthia Stafford (D-Opa Locka)

Legislative Contact Dentists Needed

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Student Honors:

NSU College of Dental Medicine celebrated our 14th Commencement-the highlight of our academic year- with 122 students receiving their DMD degree and another ~45 students receiving their cer-tificates in advanced dental education. Dr. Brittanie Dillon from Wichita, Kansas, received a joint DO/DMD degree. Nova Southeastern University is the only university in the country to offer a joint DO/DMD degree. This program is designed for students to be able to practice medicine and dentistry in rural areas where medical and dental care are limited. Students who are interested in serving as emergency room physicians are also expressing an interest in this program. With both a DO and DMD, the students feel that they would be better able to address the dental needs of pa-tients who present in the Emergency Department.

Our 2014 DMD graduates are beginning their careers in various ways. Some are pursuing advanced education in dentistry programs-both specialty training, AEGD and GPR residents; some are en-tering private practice as associates in small or large groups in Florida and throughout the US; and a few will serve their country in the military. Commencement was an exciting day for everyone-our students, their families and friends, and our faculty and staff who have worked closely with the students to assist and guide them in becoming the dentists they want to be. We look forward to greeting them at our Annual NSU CDM Alumni Reception next year at the FNDC meeting.

Mr. Adam Saltz was selected as the ADA Dentsply Student Clinician for 2014 and will present his research at the American Dental Association Annual meeting in San Antonio in October.

Mr. Jason Watts was elected Vice President of the national American Student Dental Association. Jason is the first dental student from the Southeast Region to hold a position on ASDA’s Execu-tive Council.

Ms Shadiya Hasan was selected as a recipient of the ADA Foundation’s predoctoral dental student scholarship. She is one of 25 students in the US to receive this Scholarship.

Faculty Honors

Congratulations are in order to Dr. Michael Patten, Clinical Team Leader, who was recently in-stalled as President of the ACCDA during the Florida National Dental Convention meeting. Dr. Melissa Marchesan was elected as President of the World Federation for Laser Dentistry in North America. Dr. Sharon Siegel was elected President of the National Honorary Fraternity, Omicron Kappa Upsilon (OKU) during the ADEA meeting in March, 2014.

Accreditation Update

The Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) recently conducted a site visit for Nova South-eastern University College of Dental Medicine’s predoctoral program and the advanced education programs. The site visit was very successful with the site visitors commenting on the collegiality between students and faculty, the strength of our student research program, our state of the sci-ence cariology program, and an outstanding quality improvement program. Overall the site visitors were impressed with the quality of the competency assessment program and our comprehensive care, team leader led, clinical education program. The site visitors did note that the College of Dental Medicine needs to improve our pediatric patient experiences for the predoctoral dental students and our pediatric residents. The faculty is working diligently to increase our pediatric patient flow at the dental facilities at Kids in Distress in Wilton Manors and Joe DiMaggio Chil-dren’s Hospital.

UPDATE

By Linda C. Niessen, DMD, MPH

Dean and Professor

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What’s Happening At ACDDA?

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Officer Installation Reception at FNDC Orlando

What’s Happening At ACDDA?

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According to Florida State Law, Chapter 64B5-17 Dental Practice and Principles, 64B5-17.015 Office Safety Requirement: As part of the minimum standard of care, every dental office location shall be required to have an automatic external defibrillator (AED) by February 28, 2006. Any dentist practicing after February 28, 2006, without an AED on site shall be considered to be practicing below the minimum standard of care. Moreover, dental practices are seeing an increasing number of elderly and medically compromised patients. In addition, dentists often administer local and general anesthesia. From a population and treatment perspective, dental offices are places where sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is likely to occur1.

Is your office in compliance and prepared to handle a cardiac emergency?

One Beat CPR’s Florida Dental Practice Special Offer

We will replace your pads and batteries at

unbeatable discount prices no matter what

make and model AED you have or where it

was purchased. As our customer, you will

enjoy all the benefits of our management

and reminder program.

Call our office for our current Florida Dental

Practice Defibrillator, Replacement Parts

and Accessories, and Training Specials!

954-321-5305

855-663-2328

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