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Volume 98 Number 1 SPrING 2013A Publication of the Kansas Dental Association www.ksdental.org

In This Issue...

KDA Annual Meeting 1

Presidents Message 2

Expanding Acccess to Care 2

New ECP III Permit 3

KMOM 2013 5

From the Occe 6

New Members 7

KDCF Update 10

Classied Advertisements 10

The Kansas Dental Association an-nounced the rst group of dentalstudents who have been selectedto receive $25,000 scholarship as-sistance in exchange for a com-mitment to serve in a rural KansasCommunity and treat Medicaid andunderserved patients. The KansasInitiative for New Dentists (KIND)Program, conducted with nan-cial support from the Delta DentalFoundation of Kansas, is a new loanrepayment program designed toaract dentists to key areas identi-ed as underserved. Working with

The Kansas Dental Association istrying something new and dierentwith our Annual Meeting in 2013were actually planning two activi-ties to serve you! First, were join-ing with the UMKC Midwest Dental

Conference in Kansas City in Aprilto hold our membership governanceactivities like the Board of Delegatesmeeting, Annual General Assembly,and various council and commit-tee meetings, as well as the PastPresidents Breakfast and the Presi-dents Dinner where we award our

AnnuAl Meeting ForMAt Delivers ChAnge For 2013Dentist of the Year and Dr. Harry M. Klenda Award.You should have received a registration brochure in themail and you can also register at www.ksdental.org.You do not have to register for the UMKC conferenceto aend any of the KDA meetings or events.

Then, in July, we are going out-of-state to hold a CE

and fun Chicago Getaway which promises to be laidback, educational and enjoyable for you, your familyand/or sta. Registration materials and hotel informa-tion for Chicago will be coming soon!

I hope you will take the time to join the KDA for ouractivities in Kansas City in April.and then again inChicago in July!

Wanting to Sell your Practice? Looking for an AssociateDentist? Then plan to aend the Real World TransitionBrunch during the UMKC Midwest Dental Conference

on Friday April 12, 2013, from 9:00 AM 11:30 AMDentists and representatives of a dental practice or pub-lic health clinics are invited to aend the Kansas DentalAssociations Real World Transition Brunch.

If you are looking for an associate or wanting to sellyour practice, this is an event that will provide one-on-one networking with dental students who are approach-ing the transition to the Real World.

All UMKC dental students and allKansas students from CreightonUniversity and the University of Ne-

braska have been invited to aend.For further networking, all dentistswill be provided a list of aendingstudents and students will be pro-vided a list of aending dentists.

In addition to dentists, profession-als in the dental industry have beeninvited and will be present at dif-ferent stations to answer studentsquestions. The stations will include:nancing, insurance, ADA and KDAmembership, public health represen-tatives, the AEGD Wichita program,the new KIND program, and a tran-

sition specialist.We invite you to bring print materi-als and business cards to help withmarketing. Each dentist will nothave an individual table to set up

banners, signs or have access to anelectrical outlet. Students will be ableto identify you with a name tag.

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nw D(KinD)scap Awadcommunities in key areas of Kansas, we are delightedto match these talented future dentists with great dentalpractice opportunities, stated Dr. Stan Wint, a memberof the Delta Dental Foundation of Kansas Board of Di-rectors. The problem facing our state isnt so much oneof too few dentists as it is one of geographic distribution.Thats what makes this KIND initiative so promising.

The students are:

Nathan Schmidt, a third year dental student at theUniversity of Missouri Kansas City School of Den-tistry who intends to practice dentistry in WallaceCounty;

Briany Owens, a second year dental student at theUniversity of Missouri Kansas City School of Den-

tistry who intends to practicedentistry in Marion County,and;

Taylor Allen-Merklein, a sec-ond year dental student at the

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Set a goal to help the KDA in 2013

The turn of the calendar year is agreat time to reect on the past butmore importantly, to develop goalsfor the New Year. This is true forour personal lives as well as ourpractices. However, have you everthought about goal seing for theKDA and organized dentistry? Imust admit I wouldnt have in thepast but now as president I clearlysee the need. I am asking that allmembers of our state dental associa-tion consider what you can do tohelp strengthen our organization atthis critical time.

When I took the reigns as presi-dent of the KDA in June, I went onrecord stating two areas of focusor agendas for my term. The rstis membership. This means that alllevels of the tripartite (ADA, KDAand your local district) need toconvert more dentists to join. Withthe direction and leadership of Jen-nifer Jones from the KDA oce, andmembers on the KDA membershipcommiee, we are well on our wayto implementing a strategic plan toincrease membership for our state.

It is very exciting to see the enthusi-

asm developing and the potential that this could bringus. We are meeting in January at the KDA oce and

launching the new, enhanced program. More informa-tion will be coming soon to each member and will beemphasized at the local level. At the present time, wehave approximately 71.6% of the Kansas dentists asmembers. At the end of 2011 our number was 72.2%.We are fortunate to have held a steady percentage butneed to be proactive for the future.

If each of us would make it a goal to talk to one non-member, non-renewal, or new dentist and invitingthem to join, we could make substantial ground in oureorts to increase membership. Of course, there are

benets for the new member and the KDA. It enhances

our dental careand treatment

for the publicsector. Togetherwe have more resources to protect

both the delivery of dentistry andthe citizens of Kansas. Together weare stronger in our philanthropyfor the less fortunate. Together weare a stronger force for what is rightin our profession. So, set a goal tomeet someone new, rekindle an oldfriendship, and ask a fellow dentistto be part of a great organization.Its their future, too.

Dr. Craig W. HerreKDA President

PresIdenTs Message

KDA Da Da h o eff expad Qa oa ha CaThe Kansas Dental Association pre-sented information, during a DentalDay press conference at the KansasStatehouse on February 7, that Kan-sans are seeing progress in the com-prehensive eorts to reduce barriersto quality dental care in the state.

Members of the KDA briefed law-makers about ongoing eorts toexpand oral health services for

underserved Kansans. These eorts

include recruiting dentists to practice in rural areas,expanding services provided by hygienists under directsupervision of a dentist, and reach low-income Kansansserved by the states Medicaid program.

Several years ago, dentists launched a comprehensiveinitiative to expand access to quality oral health careto all Kansans, regardless of income or address, saidKansas Dental Association President Craig Herre. Wedeveloped our plan at a time when state resources werescarce, so it relies heavily on private philanthropy and

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11-14 UMKC Midwest Dental Conference, Kansas City

11 KDA Council and Commiee Meetings, Kansas City

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12 KDA Board of Delegates Meeting, Kansas City

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By Dr. Becky M. Smith, Assistant Clinical Professor,UMKC School of Dentistry

I am on a team of faculty creating thecurriculum for the Extended CarePermit (ECP) III in the state of Kan-sas. In my opinion, the ECP III is a

great opportunity for Kansas as theyare leading the way with the ex-tended care permit license for theirhygienists. The licensing will includeadditionally trained hygienists, un-der general supervision, to performsuch procedures as: identify andremoving of decay with hand instru-ments, placing temporary restora-tions, adjusting dentures, placingsoft relines, checking for sore spots,labeling dentures, smoothing sharpteeth with a slow speed handpiece,and extracting primary teeth that

are partially exfoliated with class 4mobility. These procedures are to beperformed in youth shelters, fostercare homes, schools, as long as thechildren are dentally underserved.Other locations include longer-termcare units, adult care homes, stateinstitutions or community seniorservices.

One of the duties of the ECP III hy-

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h u P Art tcqgienists is to perform decay removal with hand instru-ments and place temporary llings. This procedure isknown as Atraumatic Restorative Treatment or ART.It began 25 years ago in Tanzania, as a concept to man-age decay in areas that had lile to no access to dentalcare. In the 1990s, decay was excavated and temporized

using glass ionomers (Frencken, Leal and Navarro 2012).ART is an example of Minimally Invasive Dentistry(MID). This concept is ultraconservative in the approachfor treatment of cavitated lesions. MID preserves asmuch sound tooth structure as possible and with handinstrumentation, more dental tissue can be preserved.The main dierence between ART and MID is that ARTuses hand instruments only (Frencken and Leal 2010).

In 2010, Frencken stated the ART approach have beeninvestigated extensively and outcomes have shown thatit can be considered an economical and eective methodfor presenting and controlling carious lesion develop-ment in vulnerable populations. A study by Carvaloho,Sampiaio, Diniz, Bonecker and van Amerongen in 2010

concluded that there are similar survival rates in ART ofclass II with and without isolation techniques.

Studies have shown success rates ranging from 43.4% to96.7% for class I restorations and 12.2% to 83.3% in classII restorations. Failures in Francas 2011 study includedlost or partially lost restorations or gross marginal de-fects. The lost or partially lost llings were 40% of allfailures in the rst year and 92% in the second year.These studies were performed in China, Syria, Kuwait,Turkey, Suriname and Kenya (Franca, Colares, andAmergoren 2011). The United States has yet to publishstudies in the ART technique.

A systematic review, from Mickenautsch and Yengopal

in 2012, compared 18 trials of ART and conventionalamalgam restorations. The results were very positive inusing the ART technique. They concluded that the fail-

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Da BadDr. Je Staschof Garden Citywas recently

appointed to theKansas DentalBoard, llingthe 1st Congres-sional Districtslot. Stasch,who served asPresident of the Kansas Dental As-sociation in 2004-2005, will servethrough April 30, 2016.

Dr. Stasch has practiced generaldentistry in Garden City, Kansassince graduating from the Univer-sity of Nebraska College of Den-

tistry in 1984. Along with beinginvolved in his community, Dr.Stasch has represented dentistry atthe local, state, and national levels.He has been honored as Dentistof the Year by the Central DistrictDental Society (2006) and the Kan-sas Dental Association (2003) andhas been recognized by both theKansas State House of Representa-tives and the Senate for his workwith the Mission of Mercy.

The KDA would like to congratu-late Dr. Stasch on this appoint-

ment and thank Dr. Mike Milford,Dodge City, for his past service onthe Kansas Dental Board.

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Dentists look on during Statehouse press conference announcing

KIND Scholarship recipients during Dental Day on Feb. 7.

community partnerships. We are en-couraged by what has been accom-plished to date. And while we stillhave more to do, we are heading inthe right direction and thank Kansaslawmakers and other partners fortheir guidance and support in thisquest.

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Expanding Oral Health Care Kansas dentists are participating inthe states recently launched Kan-Care program to provide dentalservices for low income and disabledKansans. More than 350 Kansas den-tists are currently participating inthe new dental program, with moredentists signing up each week. TheKDA also discussed progress beingmade to expand the services thatdental hygienists perform in Kansas

under direct supervision of a dentist through the ECP IIIadvanced dental hygienist program. Last year the legis-lature enacted a substantial dental care measure that cre-ated a new level of extended practice for dental hygien-ists who meet increased qualications. After additionaltraining, ECP III advanced dental hygienists would beable to perform more dental services such as placingtemporary llings. To maintain quality care, a dentistwould not be allowed to provide oversight to more thanve ECP III advanced dental hygienists. The KansasDental Board has recently approved a training programfor ECP III advanced dental hygienists at the UMKCSchool of Dentistry, and training is set to begin thisspring. Kansas dentists and those who support eortsto enhance quality oral health care in the state are proudof the progress and accomplishments weve made, butrest assured our eorts are not over, remarked Herre.We know that challenges remain and we will keep pur-suing all avenues of policy and programs that can bestserve our state.

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ure rate of ART was similar to that of amalgam after periods longer thanone year (Mickenautsch and Yengopal 2021).

While the United States has yet to publish the outcomes of the ART tech-nique, studies outside of the US have demonstrated positive results. It iswith best evidence practices that I believe that ART will be eective in theaccess to care issues in the state of Kansas.

References:

1. Carvalho T, Sampaio F, Diniz A, Bonecker M, van Amerongen W Twoyears survival rate of Class II ART restoration in primary molars using

two ways to avoid saliva contamination International Journal of Paediat-ric Dentistry 2010 pp. 249-253

2. Franca C, Colares V, Amerogren E Two year evaluation of the atrau-matic restorative treatment approach in primary molars class I and II res-torations International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry 2011; 21: 249253

3. Frencken Jo, Leal S The correct use of the ART approach J Appl OralSci. 2010;18(1):1-4

4. Frencken Jo, Leal S, Narravo M Twenty-ve-year atraumatic restor-ative treatment (ART) approach: a comprehensive overview Clinical OralInvest. July 2012

5. Mickenautsch S and Yengopal V Poor quality evidence suggests thatfailure rates afor atraumatic restorative treatment and conventional amal-gam are similar EBD 2012:13.2

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The 2013 Kansas Mission of Mercyoered both a chance to reect uponthe ten years of service volunteershave provided and to look forwardto the future. Meanwhile, 1650 pa-tients were treated during the two-day clinic held at the Kansas Coli-seum in Park City, KS.

Approximately 1100 volunteers, thatincluded 150 dentists, played a partin this years event.

This is a testament to the dedicatedresidents of Park City, Wichita andthe state of Kansas, said AngieHolladay, one of the three co-chairsof the 2013 event. This project is ahuge task and having the support ofover seventy-ve local donors and

businesses made it happen.

Volunteers worked around the clockbeginning at 8 am on Thursdayfor setup until the last patient was

treated at 6 pm on Saturday. Anovernight shift organized patientswho arrived early for dental care on

KMoM 2013 tc ha w Mak a Dffcboth Thursday and Friday nights.

Many of the volunteers spentfourteen hours each day to ensurethe patients had a positive, caringexperience from the time they wereserved breakfast at 4 am, Holladaysaid. We have always been proud to

be Kansans, but never more than we

were watching this KMOM.The rst patient arrived for dentalcare at 10:30 am on Thursday. TeraHardie and Cathy Pickens, sistersfrom Russell, KS, were the rstpatients to enter the KMOM clinicon Thursday night when doors forovernight waiting opened at 9:30pm. Being patient number one wastheir goal, just as they had been in2006 when the clinic last came to theWichita area. In 2006, Hardie re-ceived extensive care at the KMOMclinic and her sister, who did receive

some treatment, took care of her anddrove her home. This time it wasPickens who was planning to receivedental care and her sister was therefor support.

We cant aord health and dentalinsurance and we have three kidswho still live at home, Pickens said.I think it is really awesome and agreat opportunity for people whocant aord it.

Throughout the day on Thursday,volunteers helped put the dental

clinic in place, seing up chairs,

dental units and tables as well as organizing steriliza-tion and central supply. In the evening on Thursday,the project held a celebration to recognize the ten-yearanniversary of the KMOM clinic that opened its doors tothe very rst patient on February 28, 2003.

You are a bright spot in the world right now, said ParkCity Mayor Emil Bergquist as he welcomed the volun-teers to his city on Thursday night. You are a blessingto people over the next two days. Bergquist spoke to

nearly two hundred volunteers in aendance at thecelebration in a suit and tie, but on Friday and Saturday,

both he and his wife Ralene served as general volunteersfor the clinic.

The celebration included a video that looked back onthe ten-year history of the project along with interviewswith both Drs. Jon Tilton and Je Stasch, who broughtthe KMOM idea to Kansas.

All of us make this possible, Stasch said as he spoke to thevolunteers. Your life is richer because of the experience.

After the clinic on Friday, the location for the 2014project was unveiled as Dodge City. That event will takeplace on February 28-March 1st at the Western State

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Kevin Robertson, CAEKDA Executive Director

FroM The oFFICe

The Kansas Dental Association (KDA) con-tinues to pursue programs and activities that

promote access to dental care to all Kansans.To that end, we are teaming up with Oral

Health Kansas, the Kansas Hospital Association, the states twonursing home associations and others to pursue a major grantthat would be used to increase access to dental care in nursinghomes, hospitals and rural areas. In addition, the KDA is work-ing to place dentists in underserved areas of the state through ourKIND Scholarship/Loan Forgiveness Program (see related article)and by working with the KanCare dental organizations to beerthe program and to steadily increase the number of dentists whoare enrolled providers.

Meanwhile, the April 5 First Adjournment of the Kansas Legis-lature is looming as Legislators continue a fast-paced 2013 Legis-lative Session with new leadership in the House and Senate de-termined to complete its work within 80 daysas opposed to theallowable 90 days. Major initiatives are being proposed by theBrownback Administration like revamping much of the tax codeand ongoing oversight of the new KanCare Medicaid program.At this point, both the Administration and the Legislature seemuninterested in any eorts to expand Medicaid under provisionsof the Aordable Care Act.

There are a few bills that have been introduced that are especiallyof interest to the KDA. Both the House and Senate have intro-duced the identical registered dental practitioner mid-level bill.HB 2157 is assigned to the House Commiee on Health and Hu-man Services while SB 197 is assigned to the Senate Commiee onPublic Health and Welfare. Though no hearings have been sched-

uled at the writing of this column, both bills are exempt from

Legislative deadlines and, therefore, could still be scheduled fora hearing and action. In addition to the so called mid-level bills,

a bill has been introduced in the House (HB 2372) that wouldrequire communities that uoridate to include a notice in theirwater bill to consumers that adequately makes the consumers ofthe uoridated water aware of the fact that ingested uoride low-ers the I.Q. in children. This bill was initiated by Mark Gieenand the Kansas Republican Assembly who gained momentumon their anti-uoride message after the sound rejection of com-munity uoridation by Wichitans in November. HB 2372 is alsoexempt from legislative deadline and no hearing or other actionhas occurred this session.

The KDA is still very opposed to the registered dental practitio-ner mid-level bills, as they are virtually the same bills that wereintroduced initially in 2011 with some minor tweaking on thepercent of Medicaid a dentist would need to treat to qualify toemploy them. The bills contain no geographic restriction (under-served, rural, etc.) areas where RDPs would be limited to prac-tice and there are no limits on the number of RDPs one dentistcould supervise osite under (less than) general supervision. Theprocedures allowed after a training program of not more than18 months still include surgical non-reversible procedures like:extractions of primary teeth; extractions of periodontally diseasedpermanent teeth with tooth mobility of +3 or +4 except that theRDP shall not extract a tooth for any patient if the tooth is un-erupted, impacted, fractured, or needs to be sectioned for remov-al; cavity preparation restoration of primary and permanent teeth;preparation and placement of preformed crowns; pulpotomies onprimary teeth; indirect and direct pulp capping on primary andpermanent teeth; and the diagnosis of oral disease; the formula-tion of an individualized treatment plan

The supporters of the RDP bills, particularly the Kansas Actionfor Children (KAC) and the Kansas Association of MedicallyUnderserved (KAMU) have continued with their media assaulton the KDA and dentists in general throughout the session. Mostrecently, editorials by KAMU Executive Director Cathy Hard-ing appeared in the Wichita Eagle and other newspapers whileat the same time a press release critical of dentist participation inthe KanCare Medicaid program was also distributed. And so itgoes

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Dodge City has been selected as the site for the 2014 Kansas Mis-sion of Mercy (KMOM) dental clinic. The project will take placeFebruary 28 March 1 at the Dodge City Western State BankExpo Center.

The Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation announced on Fridaythat Dodge City, Kansas will host the annual event. The projecthas been in operation since 2003 and has provided more than23,000 patients with free dental care.

Dodge City was announced during the 2013 Kansas Mission ofMercy held this past weekend at the Kansas Coliseum in ParkCity.

We are very excited that the next project is coming to DodgeCity, said Dr. Richard McFadden, aDodge City-based dentist who willchair the 2014 event. This event willhelp provide many of our citizens re-ceive dental care they cannot aord.

It is expected that nearly 150 dentistswill volunteer their time and energyto the Dodge City clinic. In addition,nearly 150 dental hygienists and 175dental assistants, and hundreds oflocal volunteers will be needed tofacilitate KMOM Dodge City.

DoDge City AnnounCeD As

host For KMoM 2014

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neW MeMBers

Fifth District

Dr. John Andrew Baxter, GardnerDr. Anthony Callison, Olathe

Dr. Mike Dostal, ShawneeDr. Rachel Driscoll, Olathe

Dr. Diane Dyer-Chenoweth, Overland ParkDr. John Heiman, Olathe

Dr. Patrick Lillis, Overland ParkDr. Adam McClellan, Prairie Village

Dr. Sunny Patel, Overland Park

Dr. Paul Tierington, WestwoodDr. Tyler Webb, Leawood

First District

Dr. Brendan Farrell, LawrenceDr. Charles Klestinske, DeSoto

Dr. Pamela Lombarda, LeavenworthDr. Ben Unruh, Kansas City

NW/GB District

Dr. Mary Augustyn, AtwoodDr. Charis Brooks, HaysDr. Charles Brooks, Hays

Dr. Jonathan Bro, ManhaanDr. Autumn Edwards, ManhaanDr. Emilie McClellan, Manhaan

Southeast District

Dr. Edis Wu, Pisburg

Topeka District

Dr. Antoinee Cancelada, WamegoDr. Edward Perkins, Topeka

Wichita District

Dr. Christalia Bostos, WichitaDr. John Reno, Wichita

Do you know of a new dentist in your community, a recent graduate, or even a new colleague in your

practice who is not on this list? Please contact the KDA at 785.272.7360 so we can invite them to be-

come a member.

By Craig Palmer, ADA News staf

Insurers must oer pediatric dental coverage asan essential health benet beginning in 2014, butconsumers shopping through the new insuranceexchanges wont necessarily have to buy it.

The nal rule on standards related to essential

health benets mandates the oer of benetsdened by the Aordable Care Act as essential,including dental coverage, but does not require thepurchase of the pediatric dental essential health

benet if the purchase is made through an ex-change.

This rule outlines standards to be applied bothto the exchanges and insurance companies, saidan Association analysis of the regulations. It alsonalizes a timeline for qualied health plans to beaccredited in federally facilitated exchanges (FFEs).Finally, the rule amends regulations providing aprocess for the recognition of additional accredit-ing entities. These standards apply only to theindividual and small group markets, both insideand outside the exchange.

ACA DentAl CoverAge: Must oFFer, MAy PurChAse

Issuers of qualied health plansare permied to exclude thepediatric dental essential health

benet if a stand-alone dentalplan is oered in the exchange,and nothing in the rule requires

purchase of the full set of ben-ets. Consumers may purchasea medical plan that does notcover the pediatric EHB with-out buying a stand-alone dentalplan;

On the other hand, outside theexchange the rule requires theoer of all 10 benet categoriesand purchase of the pediatricdental EHB by everyone in theindividual and small groupmarkets. Qualied health plansmay oer a product that ex-

cludes the pediatric dental EHBif they are reasonably assured

that such coverage is soldonly to consumers whopurchase pediatric den-tal coverage through anexchange-certied stand-alone dental plan.

Additional informationand the Associationsinitial analysis of PatientProtection and AordableCare Act Standards Re-lated to Essential HealthBenets, Actuarial Valueand Accreditation areposted at hp://www.ada.org/advocacy.aspx.

The insurance exchanges arescheduled to begin enrolling

beneciaries for federally subsi-dized coverage on October 1.

reprinted from ADA News, February 26, 2013

Dr. Donald M. Williams died Janu-ary 31, 2013, at the Claridge CourtHealth Center in Prairie Village,Kansas. He was born in Geneseo,Kansas on June 12, 1924, the son ofMartha and Bert Williams. He at-tended Kansas State University and

joined the U.S. Navy in 1943. Hewas accepted into the V-12 programwhere he continued his education.He received his Doctor of DentalSurgery degree from the Universityof Missouri at Kansas City Schoolof Dentistry. Following a two-yearcommission in the U.S. Public HealthService, he practiced general den-tistry in Topeka for 44 years. In 1948he married Carol Smith. Carol washis partner for 64 years and duringthat time she was supportive in hisdental practice and his hobbies ofgolf, tennis and hunting. Most of all,they shared their love of travel toforeign lands.

Dr. Williams was a leader in orga-nized dentistry and worked to pro-mote benets of uoridated water.He was a life member of the Ameri-can Dental Association. He servedas President of the Kansas DentalAssociation, the Topeka DistrictDental Society and the First DistrictDental Society. He was Presidentof the UMKC School of Dentistry

Alumni Association. In 1987, he washonored as Man-of-the-Year by theKansas Dental Association. He wasgiven the Rinehart Medallion by theUMKC Alumni Association. Afterretirement in 1994, he volunteeredat the Marian Clinic and Meals-on-Wheels.

Dr. Williams was a charter memberand Past President of the TopekaWest Rotary Club, where he was amember for 56 years and honoredas a Paul Harris Fellow. He was a

1983 KDA Pd sd h Pf50-year member of the First UnitedMethodist Church where he servedfaithfully in many capacities. Donand Carol were blessed with twodevoted children, Suzanne and Ste-ven, a wonderful daughter-in-law,Karen, and two grandsons, Reed(Brian) and Grant. His brother andsister-in-law, Bernard and Lois, theirsons, Mark and Jay, his sister-in-lawand brother-in-law, Virginia and BillAustin, and their children, Jan (Dan)Herod, Bob (Debbie) Austin andGary (Hilda) Austin, complete thefamily circle.

In 2007, Don and Carol moved toClaridge Court in Prairie Village

where they enjoyed being near fam-ily, making new friends, and enjoy-ing the amenities of their retirementcommunity. Despite his increasingstruggle in the last years with Par-kinsons Disease, Dons warm smileand beautiful spirit will be missed

by all who knew him but the hourof life has run its course and is spent.We are blessed to have been a part ofit. Funeral services were held on Tuesday, February 5,2013 with burial at the Mount Hope Cemetery. Memo-rial contributions can be sent to the Parkinson Founda-tion Heartland, 8900 State Line Road, Leawood, Kansas66206 or the UMKC School of Dentistry Rinehart Foun-dation, 650 East 25th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64108.

Dr. Donald M. Williams

1983 KDA President

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You are a bright spot in the worldright now, was the greeting ParkCity Mayor Emil Bergquist oered tothe volunteers assembled at the Kan-sas Coliseum on Thursday eveningfor the 2013 Kansas Mission of Mercy.Mayor Bergquist helped welcomevolunteers to the Wichita area to help

provide free dental care. He told thevolunteers they will give people theirrst bright smiles. You will be a

blessing to people over the next twodays, he said.

On Thursday evening, February 28,volunteers gathered to prepare forthe 2013 Kansas Mission of Mercy(KMOM) and celebrate the events10th anniversary. The rst KMOMevent was held on February 28,2003, in Garden City and was the

brainchild of Drs. Jon Tilton and Je

Stasch. Tilton and Stasch had heardabout the MOM concept in Virginiain 2002 and volunteered to take partin it. They knew the free dental clinicwould help meet some of the press-ing needs of underserved Kansansand wanted to learn how it worked.Over the last ten years, Kansas hasstaged twelve Missions of Mercy andprovided over $11 million in freedental care for thousands of Kansans.

Tilton explained that MOM eventswere never meant to be the solution,

but they are a way to provide dentalcare for adults who desperately need

Come and spend a day in the dental/dental hygiene eld. Dental Day is a

great opportunity for students to gain handson experience in the eld of

dentistry and dental hygiene. We have many exciting events planned for the

day including handson interactive experience in our state of the art dental

clinic, and academic knowledge of dental terminology and the different

elds of dentistry. This camp is geared towards High School Juniors and

Seniors interested in pursuing an education in the eld of dentistry. Lunch

will be included for participants of the day.

Program instruction by distinguished WSU faculty.

Students will be able to experience what it is like to drill on

teeth.

Create a mold of your teeth.

Get to use the latest dental tools.

Learn what it takes to have a career in the dental eld.

Tours of the Advanced Education in General Dentistry

Building.

Sign up today! Space is limited.

To register:

1. Please go to www.wichita.edu/dentalday

2. PaymentPay online with a credit card or by mail with a

check or money order.

Cancellations and RefundsAll cancellations must be in writing. A $10.00 cancella

tion fee will be assessed on all cancellations. There will

be no refunds afer June 1.

For More Information Contact:Jennifer Harry

Phone: 3169786724

Email:jennifer.harry@wichita.edu

Dental DayDental DayDental Day

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Special Accommodations: Wichita State University is commited to making programs accessible to people with disabilities. If you wish to volunteer information regarding any special assistance you may need,please contact the Office of University Conferences at (316) 9786493.

Notice of NonDiscrimination:Wichita State University does not discriminate in its programs and activities on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status,and political affiliation, status as a veteran, genetic information or disability. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding nondiscriminationpolicies:Director, OfficeofEqualEmploymentOpportunity,WichitaStateUniversity,1845 Fairmount,WichitaKS672600205;telephone(316)9786791.

Date: Saturday, June 15, 2013

Time: 8:30 a.m.4:30 p.m.

Location: Advanced Education inGeneral Dentistry Building,

2838 N. Oliver

Wichita, KS 67220

Cost: $50

Registration & Additional Information is

available online at:

www.wichita.edu/dentalday

Wichita State University, College of Health Professions, School ofOral Health, is pleased to announce that we will host a DENTALDAY for high school juniors and seniors, this summer. This day-camp will be held in the WSU Dental Simulation Laboratory, theonly dental sim lab in Kansas!

The School of Oral Health consists of the Department of DentalHygiene, the Advanced Education in General Dentistry program,

and both of our patient-serving dental clinics. The Delta Dental ofKansas Foundation Dental Hygiene Clinic oers preventive oralhealth services, while the WSU Dental Clinic in our new state-of-the-art building oers comprehensive dental services. Both clinicsare open to the public, and now accepting new patients.

If you know any high school students who are interested in thedental profession, WSU Dental Day would be a great opportu-nity for them. Please pass this information onto them.

Wsu AegD ProgrAM to holD high sChool CAMP

i Ca Wa f nx oit. He pointed out that there are noMedicaid dental services for Kansasadults, which means KMOM is oftenthe only solution available. They(adult patients at KMOM) are veryappreciative. These are folks whowould not get care anywhere else.KMOM makes a dierence in terms

of relieving their pain and givingthem self esteem.

All of us make this possible, Staschtold the assembled crowd. Your lifeis richer because of the experience.Dr. Bob Beaver echoed his senti-ments saying, If you have to askanyone why we do this, it cant beexplained on Channel 10.

Dr. Glenn Hemberger reminiscedabout how much the volunteers havelearned over the last 10 years aboutproviding a high quality experience

for the 1,000 volunteers and 2,000patients who participate in KMOMeach year. He explained that KMOMorganizers have learned the impor-tance of details like providing break-fast for the patients who waited inline for hours or even days. One pa-tient was so grateful for the serviceshe received that he reached into hiswallet as he left and gave his last $20to help with the project.

KMOM not only has helped providedental care for thousands of Kan-

sans, it also has lead to the creationof the Americas Dentists Care

Foundation (ADCF) which is responsible for helpingto coordinate MOM events in 26 states. ADCF Execu-tive Director Bruce Bergstrom accompanied his wife, adental hygienist, to volunteer for the rst KMOM eventin Garden City ten years ago. He helped with crowdcontrol and met a young boy who did not have shoes,

but wore ve pairs of socks instead. When Bergstromlearned that ve pairs of socks is the exchange rate fora pair of shoes, he was determined to dedicate his lifeto helping Kansans in poverty. He helped found ADCF,

headquartered in Wichita, which now helps states set uptheir own MOM events. Through ADCF, 110,000 Ameri-cans have received over $55 million in free dental care.

Lets not forget how far weve come, Kansas DentalAssociation Executive Director Kevin Robertson told the2013 KMOM volunteers. He described how the humble

beginnings in Garden City ten years ago have led to theoutstanding event KMOM has become, serving over21,000 Kansans. Each year volunteers echo Robertsonssentiments, saying, I cant wait for next year.

The 2013 Kansas Mission of Mercy will take place onFriday, March 1 and Saturday March 2 at the KansasColiseum, just north of Wichita. The location for the 2014KMOM event will be announced to volunteers on Fridayevening.

Please see the yer below for more information.

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University of Missouri Kansas City School of Dentistry who intends topractice dentistry in Doniphan County.

The KIND Program was initially directed at creating an incentive for newdental school graduates to locate in in one of the four dental deserts that theKDHE Bureau of Oral Health identied in its Mapping the Rural KansasWorkforce report.

In pursuit of this goal, The KDA and Delta Foundation met with city of-

cials within the dental deserts and with dental students at four dentalschools in general proximity to Kansas. Throughout our visits with studentsit was evident that creating an incentive for new graduate dentists to setup a dental practice in an area of Kansas where no practice currently existswould be dicult.

As a result, the KIND Advisory Commiee has expanded the Program toinclude three additional approaches believed to have the best chances forsuccess.

1. Expand the eligible communities where a KIND recipient could prac-tice to all counties with population of less than 50,000. The KIND Advi-sory Commiee will award scholarships/loan forgiveness grants basedon the need of the community.

2. Educate existing dentists as to the 50% rule carve out regardingsatellite practices in counties with population of less than 10,000 andencourage these dentists to invest in these areas. In these cases, theKIND Advisory Commiee would work with community leaders onincentives to aract the satellite dental practice to locate in the area andthen use the KIND Loan Forgiveness funds to help recruit an associatedentist to the satellite practice(s).

3. Expand the current loan forgiveness grant into a scholarship opportu-nity for students while in dental school. Dental students would receiveup to $25,000/year of dental school ($100,000 total) for agreeing to prac-tice in an underserved area determined by the Advisory Commieeworking with the student. The sooner the student commits to the schol-arship in dental school the more money they will be eligible to receive:1st year $100,000 total, 2nd year $75,000, 3rd and 4th year $50,000total). Awards of $75,000 require a four-year service commitment while

$100,000 awards require ve years.

The three student recipients of the KIND Scholarship (Taylor Allen-

Merklein, Brittany Owens and Nathan Schmidt) sign their letters of

intent during the luncheon at KDAs Dental Day.

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KIND Awardees

Bank Expo Center. We are very excited that the nextproject is coming to Dodge City, said Richard McFad-den of Dodge City who will chair next years event.McFadden was on hand for the entire project, takingnotes and meeting individually with key department

organizers.

The project wrapped up on Saturday with a specialrecognition to Bruce Bergstrom who has served thepast ve years as the Executive Director of the Amer-icas Dentists Care Foundation. Bergstrom is set to re-tire later this year. A quilt, made by Dr. Julie Swift andher mother, from t-shirts of past KMOM projects wasauctioned. The fundraiser raised $2500 for the KansasDental Charitable Foundation.

It isnt nearly enough to say, but we thank you andwe will never forget what you have done for adultsand children in need, Holladay said. We cant waitfor the next one and we hope to see many of you in

Dodge City in 2014.

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Greg Hill, JDKDCF Executive Director

When I was a senior in high schoolin 1990, the Sports Editor of our

local newspaper, the IndependenceDaily Reporter, asked one of thehigh school English teachers if hehad a student he might recommendas a part-time stringer in thesports department.

The teacher, Mr. David Torbe,who had been my junior English

teacher, gave him my name andsoon after, I became a newspapersports writer. The two-year stintgave me a chance to get paid a mini-mum wage (or close to it) to watchhigh school and junior college foot-

ball and basketball games and towrite about them. This also meantthat my Saturday nights were of-ten spent under the gun covering

both a womens basketball game, amens game, interviewing coachesand players, writing two stories that

had to ll the space, and then lingthose stories by about 11:00 PM, de-pending on the length of the game,less than an hour after the secondgame nished. I was soon asked to

be the editor of the college paper,The Independence Community Col-lege Buccaneer and I accepted thatopportunity.

But for some reason, and I would bemore than embarrassed to try andexplain the reasoning now, I decid-ed I had no interest whatsoever in

being a journalist, even though, in

the back of my head, I knew it wassomething I really, truly enjoyed.

Each year, during the Kansas Mis-sion of Mercy and the weeks lead-ing up to it, and for a time after,I get the chance to combine storytelling and technology to share thework our volunteers do to helpothers. Truthfully, there are fewthings Id rather do. Whether itsrecounting the ten years of KMOM,announcing the location of the nextproject, or telling one of the televi-

sion stations of the awesome workyou are doing to make a dierence,

I get the chance to do somethingthat I enjoy and I hope is benecial,

both as a news source for those par-ticipating, but to those who arentand still follow the work we do.

That short time working for a newspaper, of course,taught me the importance of deadlines. But I alsolearned the importance that reporting has in creatingawareness and opportunities. Through our website,social media and other communication channels, theKDCF can help create that awareness in ways thatprobably no one else can. More than 20,000 peoplesaw the content we put on Facebook, twenty-times thenumber of volunteers who participated. This contentincluded videos we produced highlighting the 10-Year

Anniversary, photographs from all angles of the projectand the announcement of the Dodge City event.

I think creating this awareness is important. Thosewho help fund our project appreciate knowing they arereceiving proper recognition for the support they pro-vide. Organizations around the country, not remotelyaliated with KMOM or the national MOM programs,learned of the work we did, shared our informationand new connections were created because of it. Vol-unteers were able to see aspects of the project theyotherwise may have missed.

So I guess when I say that I cant wait for the next one,you know I really mean it. KMOM is something I look

forward to every year, not just because of the charitywork we provide, but because it provides me an oppor-tunity to do what I love. I hope this love and passionI have for the KMOM project is apparent in the thingsyou read and see.

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The KDAs Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation (KDCF) hashosted the Kansas Mission of Mercy (KMOM) since 2003. Over20,000 Kansans have been provided $11 million in free dentalcare. Watch the KDA website for information to volunteer at thenext event or visit the Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation web-

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