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Publisher Linh T. Huynh

Editor Barb Sligl Art Direction BSS Creative

Contributing Editor Janet Gyenes

Editorial Assistant Adam Flint Contributors Timothy A. Brown Lisa Kadane Manfred Purtzki Dr. Kellen Silverthorn Barb Sligl Jenn Smith Nelson Roberta Staley Catherine Tse

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FEATURES

13 Find the heat in Scottsdale, Arizona 24 Get cool at a winter (super) camp in BC’s interior COLUMNS

DEPARTMENTS

9 pay it forward

5 January/February mix 17 CE calendar 29 sudoku 30 small talk

On international missions, this dentist has done it all

10 motoring A salty story of speed

Dr. Rolf Kreher

12 the thirsty dentist On-trend tipples for the new year

27 the wealthy dentist

Marriage with benefits

28 practice management

When business gets personal

barb sligl

cover photo Cross-country skiing past the snowghosts at the top of SilverStar Mountain Resort near Vernon, BC (page 24).

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back to ski school

Winter extreme

Cool off again in Québec, where the locals go all-in with the canot à glace tradition (page 5). It’s, quite literally, ice canoeing—dragging and paddling a vessel over and through swirling chunks of ice in the St. Lawrence River. Even if you don’t try it yourself, witnessing the hardcore spectacle is (almost) another form of winter exertion.

And being a new year, take some time to indulge in a little self-care (page 7)…and send us wow photos of your own travels (page 8). We’ll publish the best as a way to carry on the eye candy of Michael DeFreitas’ “Photo Prescription” column, who’s moving on. We thank him for his inspiring and multi-award-winning photography in this magazine. Here’s to new beginnings!

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t’s a new year and the peak of winter (read: brrrrr), but you have options.

Go hot or cold.

Option 1. Embrace the chill and enroll in an immersive form of ski school. It’s called XC Supercamp, as in cross-country skiing (page 24). The “Weekend Warrior” program includes training with some super-fit pros, food and wine (you’re in Okanagan wine country, near Vernon at SilverStar Mountain Resort) and a convivial atmosphere. If you’re in the snow, you might as well be gliding…

Or…option 2. Escape the freeze into the desert. In Scottsdale, Arizona, the locals are also super fit and outdoors among saguaro cacti in the morning and evening light (page 13). On foot or horse, al fresco in the wild or at a funky taco joint, winter in this small-andswish city is the best time to get outside.

Cross-country skiing, the oldest form of the sport, is having a reawakening (page 24).

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The canot à glace or ice canoe is a revered winter tradition of a seriously tough trial and traverse that’s become a modern-day test of stamina and skills in Charlevoix, Québec >>

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t’s now an exhilarating sport to watch, but ice canoeing was once a way of life in the Charlevoix region of Québec. As the only means of winter transportation between the L’Isle-auxCoudres and the mainland, iceboats were traditionally used to deliver mail, food, medical supplies, emergency services and more—until 1959, when the ferry service started.

“We needed the canoe for everything,” says Noëlle-Ange Harvey. Along with her sister Anie, she wanted to revive this bygone winter tradition and started La Grande Traversée Casino de Charlevoix in 1991, an annual competition and celebration of the canot à glace.

One of the seven national trials in Circuit de courses de Québec, Charlevoix’s La Grand Traversée is the second oldest. Taking place each February, over 40 teams of five compete in a mix of three categories: elite men’s, elite women’s and mixed sport (the big finale of the race circuit, Grand Défi Chez Victor, takes place early March in Québec City).

This race is hardcore. Competitors battle in extreme winter conditions to cover an eightkilometre stretch between L’Isle-aux-Coudres and Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive in the icy waters of the St. Lawrence River. Teams paddle, lift, push and manoeuvre canoes in an exhaustive effort to navigate between and onto ice floes.

Traversing these floes is serious business, and the gear required to carry out the task takes DIY to new levels. Since there are no commercial suppliers of ice canoe equipment, supplies such as electrical tape, burlap, wire mesh and steel pegs become makeshift staples that, once modified, transform into essential gear.

In addition to thermal outerwear, competitor Eric Robitaille, who “loves the intensity of the sport,” relies on reinforced electrical tape to hold in place industrial kneepads and molded foam. These improvised materials protect his legs as he heaves onto ice floes and hops into the boat.

“I cut two pieces, melt it a little bit, and just squeeze the foam on my leg, taping it,” says Robitaille. The treads of his football shoes have also been modified via drill to add steel spikes for extra traction on the ice.

Beyond the insane physicality of the race, competitors face other factors that add unique challenges to each race, from changing tides and weather to the current and amount of ice floes.

Those who can’t take the cold obviously need not apply. — Jenn Smith Nelson

A team of five starts the traverse

One of the teams, the Vikings

Eric Robitaille shows his ice-adapted football shoes

Across the icy St. Lawrence

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if you go For more about the La Grand Traversée, go to grandetraversee.com

and for more on Québec in winter (and soon spring!), go to quebecoriginal.com.

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Want to get on the ice yourself? Do a three-hour excursion (adapted to your skill set, bien sûr!) in Québec City (until early March). quebecice canoeing.com

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Michael DeFreitas won Gold in the 2015 NATJA Awards for his photography and story about the Seychelles for this magazine, including this image that was on the cover of the January/February 2015 issue. (“Photo Prescription�) and multi-award-winning photographer, Michael DeFreitas is putting down his professional camera and pen. We thank him for his inspiring work in these pages. And to keep the photo love going, we want to feature some of YOUR photos in the magazine. Send us a high-resolution photo with wow factor (include info on where/when/how/why/who, plus details on camera, aperture, shutter speed), and we may publish it here! feedback@inprintpublications.com

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The unbeaten path

Dentistry missions to isolated communities mean doing it all…even saving babies

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elivering babies? Yanking porcupine quills from a dog’s muzzle? Suturing the knife wounds of three men bloodied in a vicious brawl? What dental schools teach such skills to students?

The answer, of course, is none.

Nevertheless, University of Toronto Faculty of Dentistry graduate Dr. Rolf Kreher found himself providing care to this disparate cohort of patients over a three-year period as a government-funded dental-care provider in northern British Columbia. “I needed adventure, space and freedom and I wasn’t ready to settle down into a structured private practice,” says Kreher, who, before travelling north, undertook a one-year internship in Toronto General Hospital’s emergency department, helping with a raft of traumas. It prepared him for the rough-hewn, BC communities he would soon work in—places so remote they rarely saw a physician. While at Toronto General, Kreher also met and married intensive care unit nurse Georgette, who was just as adventurous as her new husband.

Together, the pair saved lives. Kreher recalls how he and Georgette helped two infants while stationed in Fort Ware, now called Kwadacha. He had nearly finished a root canal when a 17-year-old teen came into the village medical clinic where Kreher worked. She was in labour—had delivered her first child at the same clinic two years ago—and in dire need of help. The delivery room was stacked with lumber, so Kreher and Georgette removed the wood and prepped for delivery. But the babies were early—preemies weighing only 2¼ and 2½ pounds apiece. After placing the infants in an incubator, Kreher contacted Vancouver General Hospital, 800 kilometres south. If the babies were to survive they needed to be evacuated. Kreher recalls the whump, whump of a low-flying helicopter carrying a paediatrician and two nurses. Heavy winter cloud cover had forced the helicopter pilot to navigate by flying just above the frozen, twisting river. “It was a very high-risk flight,” says Kreher. “Those guys in the helicopter could have died.”

The babies survived, although Kreher doesn’t know their ultimate fate. When he and Georgette visited the tots two months

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later in Vancouver, the parents hadn’t visited, truck would come up a road that we would and the nurses still referred to them as Baby barely get a 4X4 vehicle up, delivering 10 or A and Baby B. 20 cases to little stores. Everyone assumed Kreher, who currently has a private practhat kids’ teeth grew in black. They were tice in Toronto, never really settled down. He rotting, as parents would feed Coca-Cola in a goes on yearly solo camping excursions in baby bottle.” the Canadian wilderness and, about every Soft drinks ravaged other communitwo years, undertakes international dentistry ties too. Kreher recalls how, in northern BC, missions with friends and colleagues Drs. on a six-month placement in the village Brian Eckert and Ramon Humeres. Along of Kitkatla on Dolphin Island, he made 200 with now-deceased friend Dr. Frank Yung, complete sets of “immediate dentures” for the men founded Canadian Dental Relief the community’s 400 pop-imbibing adults.

International (CDRI) two decades ago.

He convinced his retired dental lab techniAccompanied by equipment and, occasioncian father, Rolf, who made facial prosthetics ally, family members, the group travels to for wounded soldiers in Germany during the isolated communities and villages in Latin America and Africa, providing dentistry services as well as training local healthcare providers in basic dental care and prevention. “This way you get local health workers with an expanded skill set, so they can give proper anesthetic, sterilize the instruments and take out teeth if someone is in Dr. Rolf Kreher pain,” says Kreher. teaching village Cultural context is health workers in critical when teachNuevo Horizontes in ing skills. During one Guatemala how to stint in the Amazon extract and suture Basin, Kreher taught four shamans who were reluctant to inject patients Second World War, to help him. Together, to think of a local anesthetic the pair worked until nearly midnight every as a diluted form of blowgun poison used in day to finish the monumental task. traditional dart weapons. (He first injected A solution to the global scourge of denhimself, to demonstrate that it wasn’t tal caries necessitates government action, lethal.) Then, in Guatemala, Georgette and says Kreher. Cigarette packaging has graphic the couple’s 16-year-old daughter Sarah warnings about the danger of smoking. taught ex-guerrillas instrument sterilization So too should pop cans, he believes. “The techniques. “Sarah’s Spanish is quite good combination of bad teeth, obesity and and they weren’t sterilizing properly and she diabetes—it’s like a syndrome and harkens was giving them heck. These soldiers loved back to pop consumption. I’d love to see her confidence and took her criticism with health warnings on every can with a picture a smile.” of a five-year-old with 20 rotted teeth on Kreher is disturbed by the rampant tooth one side and an obese adult who is either decay he saw in Latin America, blaming it on going blind or has gangrenous toes on the the ubiquity of soft drinks. “The Coca-Cola other side.”

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D r . k e l l e n s i lv e r t h o r n Dr. Kellen Silverthorn is Just For Canadian Dentists’ automotive writer. He tries to keep one convertible and/or one track-day car in the family fleet.

A universal challenge The salty human-interest story of the Challenger 2.0

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human-interest story isn’t usual fare for a motoring column. The rationale: mystical magic of Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats. The hook: experience of witnessing the streamliner record attempts that take place any August or September.

Land Speed Record (LSR) racers have made their annual summer trek to Bonneville since 1911. Wealthy Brits were, as per usual, the early adapters. From the 1930s, bluecollar Californians also flocked to the salt with their military surplus and “junkyard dog” creations. One such speed seeker, Mickey Thompson and his four-V8-engined streamliner Challenger 1, shocked the motorsport

of-the-V8-art Challenger 2. That year was a write-off at Bonneville with the salt conditions and weather precluding record attempts. Challenger 2 went into long-term storage as Mickey’s other career demands took precedence.

Around this time, being aware of the dangers of motorsport, Mickey forbade his son Danny from pursuing his own passion for racing cars. That led to a father-son estrangement. Decades later, in 1987, the father suggested a rapprochement and proposed that the son drive a revamped Challenger 2 to reclaim the piston-driven LSR for the Thompson clan.

More decades passed. Danny had a 2003 offer to visit Bonneville and pilot across the salt one of his father’s early creations. That set the hook. Danny began to wonder how he’d feel at age 85 in the proverbial rocking chair if the Thompson family’s Challenger 2 never flexed its multiple V8 muscles.

“Shoulda, woulda, coulda” or “Just Do It”?

It took eight years and millions of dollars that Danny didn’t have to get Challenger 2 competition-ready again. He almost folded the project several times, in part because age was becoming a concern; Danny was now 68 years old and the twin-engine Challenger 2 had hibernated for 50 years since it first

world in 1960 with a 407-mph one-way Bonneville pass. That’s 655 km per hour.

Official LSR records, however, are determined from the average speed when combined with a return pass within one hour. Still, Mickey parlayed his unofficial Bonneville 407 mph notoriety into further triumphs: IndyCar racing, drag racing, offroad racing, race promotion and even as a performance-auto parts manufacturer.

He was ultimately successful, influential, wealthy...all of which fed a personality that was already well stocked in confidence. And his fascination with V8s and the salt flats never waned.

Other leading LSR adherents shifted focus to jet engines and even rocket power. But the stubborn Mickey stuck to his piston-fired, wheel-driven roots, returning to Bonneville in 1968 with a then-state-

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But timing was off again. The 1986 crash of the same-named space shuttle still weighed heavily on the nation. And before the streamliner Challenger 2’s joyous resurrection plan could come to pass, Mickey and his wife were assassinated gangland-style by two masked hitmen in 1988. Suspicions were directed at Mickey’s rancorous business partner, who was eventually convicted of orchestrating the crime.

The murders also killed the raison d’être of the re-imagined father-son Challenger 2 project. So, too, Mickey’s death removed half of its human capital and most of the working technical knowledge. In a cosmic whipsaw, Danny also fathered his own son in 1988. His evolving relationship with that young son, Travis, gave Danny new perspectives on his father-son relationship with Mickey.

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turned a wheel. Thirty years had elapsed since Mickey and his wife were slain. Yet duty to the family name and his father’s salty legacy continued to drive Danny forward.

On Bonneville’s long course, streamliners traverse its dead-straight seven miles in roughly 70 seconds, combusting 500 pounds of fuel in doing so. The fifth mile is typically the one that posts the fastest speed. This past September, Danny and Challenger 2 pushed the land speed two-way average record for piston-fired, wheel-driven vehicles to 449 mph from the 439 mph record set in 2012. More important was the solid victory for believers in human nobility. Our role as parents never ends. The Bonneville quest of the Thompsons drives (quite literally) home how our attachment to parents never stops either, even long after their passing.

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Danny Thompson, Challenger 2 crew du ring Speed Week 2018 and the new LSR

the thirsty dentist lisa kadane Lisa Kadane is a newspaper and magazine writer who likes to travel and partake in the destination’s preferred tipple, whether it’s rum, wine, a margarita or whisky sour. She’s been sharing her thoughts on spirits and cocktails since 2010.

On-trend in 2019

Drink in everything from no- or low-alcohol bevvies to cocktails on tap

Back to basics The nights of waiting 25 minutes for a 10-ingredient cocktail are numbered. Rejoice!

“We are going back to basics with cocktails,” says Harry Dosanj, bartender at the historic Hotel El Dorado in Kelowna. Expect to see a return to classic cocktails, such as the Old Fashioned, Manhattan and Corpse Reviver. “They’re simple, they’re balanced, they’re easy to make—that’s why they’re classics,” he says.

See for yourself by making his crowdpleasing Rum Smasher (recipe below). This five-ingredient riff on a Whiskey Smash typifies the trend—it’s the perfect blend of strong, sour, sweet and fresh, and can be shaken up in about five minutes.

Low-alcohol and no-ABV cocktails Mocktails and their cousins, low-alcohol

cocktails, provide an alternative for people who are consciously drinking less, or avoiding alcohol altogether. This cohort could include pregnant women, recovering alcoholics, people participating in “Dry January,” or designated drivers.

“I don’t think it’s a trend so much as a way forward,” says Jenner Cormier, owner of Bar Kismet in Halifax. “It offers people the opportunity to still be part of an event without having to indulge in alcohol. Bartenders will always have to know how to put together a no-ABV cocktail that’s balanced.”

This task has been made easier by products like Seedlip, a calorie-free, nonalcoholic spirit. It also helps that low-alcohol, aromatized wines such as sherry and vermouth are super trendy, too. For instance, you can order a Cocchi Americano with soda water and a twist—it looks and drinks like a cocktail, but only has the equivalent alcohol content of about two to three ounces of wine.

Ready-to-drink cocktails Don’t worry, this trend promises to be tastier than those ready-to-eat meals served by the military. These are on-tap cocktails, bottled cocktails and grab-and-go drinks being sold at bars and by local distilleries.

“In Alberta, we’ll be seeing more barrel ageing, and infusions, and cocktails on tap,” says Tony Migliarese, operating partner at Tavernetta in Calgary. Like the

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* Rum smasher

2 oz J. Wray Gold Rum 1/2 oz lemon juice 1/2 oz pineapple juice 1/2 oz simple syrup (1:1 sugar to water ratio) 10 mint leaves Add liquid ingredients into a cocktail shaker. Slap 10 mint leaves then drop them into the shaker. Fill the shaker with ice, shake for 10–15 seconds, then strain contents into a rocks glass over fresh ice. Garnish with a mint sprig, lemon twist and cracked pepper.

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hugely popular on-tap Negroni on his cocktail menu.

Local distillers are getting in on the trend, too, as a way to feature their spirits in popular cocktails. Park Distillery in Banff sells a number of bottled, barrel-aged cocktails, including a Glacier Manhattan made with their rye. In Turner Valley, AB, Eau Claire Distillery’s canned G&T was the surprise hit of summer. “They’re great for picnics,” says Migliarese. “You can take it with you.”

Sustainable cocktails We’ve heard a lot about the demise of plastic straws in 2018, and things will become even greener behind the bar in the new year.

“I see a big push toward sustainability, because hospitality in general is such a waste-producing industry,” says Cormier. “At Bar Kismet we try very hard to be conscious of what we’re throwing out.”

Beyond eliminating straws and coasters, the kitchen and bar work together to reduce food waste. This means finding a use for things like bone marrow renderings, charred leek skins and even olive pits.

With non-edible food discards such as corn husks, for example, Cormier slow-roasts them and infuses them into sotol, a Mexican agave alcohol. He then stirs the corn-infused spirit with Dubonnet and molé bitters, to create a sweet, earthy, totally unique cocktail. The resulting sipper, Husk & Doback, is a top-seller.

The flip side: Trends bartenders would like to see less (or none) of in 2019 1 People hating on vodka cocktails. “I’d love to see that go away. I honestly think it takes more skill to make a good vodka cocktail.” — Jenner Cormier, Bar Kismet 2 Marijuana-infused cocktails. “I feel that dope and alcohol don’t go together. I’m a little bit scared of that one.” — Harry Dosanj, Hotel El Dorado 3 ‘Mixologists’ with egos. “When the bartender becomes too much of the show—someone’s trying to put their ego in a glass.

You don’t want to have that.” — Tony Migliarese, Tavernetta 4 The word ‘craft.’ Please stop it with using ‘craft’ to describe everything from garnishes to syrups. It’s house-made—we get it.

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very new year, trend prognosticators weigh in on where we’ll be travelling, how we’ll be decorating and, yes, what we’ll be drinking. I’ve been noticing more mocktails on bar menus; the rise of mezcalgaritas, Aperol spritzes and slushie patio drinks like frosé (frozen rosé); and simple—but interesting—three-ingredient drinks making a play for my cocktail dollar.

But don’t take it from me. I caught up with a few top bartenders across the country to find out what they predict will fill our cocktail glasses in 2019.

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t’s hard to choose whether mornings or evenings are better in the desert. Both have that same quality of gilded light, when the rocks and cholla and saguaro are suffused with the first and last rays of the sun. Shadows stretch long and the sparse landscape soaks up the warmth and distills it into something both soft and shimmery. It’s less blistering heat and more deep glow.

High above the Sonoran desert valley in which Scottsdale sits, I chase those earlymorning shadows in a hot-air balloon. The surroundings undulate below, a tumble of hillocks dotted with shrubs and cacti. I look for resident javelinas (wild boar-like creatures) but only spot a string of horseback riders on a narrow, winding trail. On the outskirts of Phoenix, the fifth-largest city in the US, the land spreads far and wide beneath me. We float across the so-called Carefree Highway or Arizona State Route 74, made famous by the same-named song

by Gordon Lightfoot.

The highway in the song is symbolic of escape from the still-broken-heart of a long-ago love affair. “Carefree highway, let me slip away / Slip away on you.” And as I gaze down, I think that it would be easy to slip away here, follow a road or path into the desert and break free.

The desert has always attracted those running to or away from something, pioneers and dreamers, artists and rebels. What was once John Wayne’s hideaway ranch is in this vast stretch of Maricopa County, as is Frank Lloyd Wright’s winter getaway and architectural masterpiece, Taliesin West, on “the brow” of the foothills of the McDowell Mountains.

Back on the ground, on another early morning, I set foot into the McDowell Sonoran Preserve near Taliesin West—still within the city limits of Scottsdale.

On the trail to Gateway Saddle, before the sun crests the peaks, I watch for rattlesnakes as the desert awakes. Along the way I meet one of the local volunteers who patrol the network of trails (650 volunteers, 215 miles, 30,580 acres) and learn about the flora and fauna—like the state tree, palo verde, which has the smallest deciduous leaves in the world, and the “teddy bear” cholla, also known as the jumping cactus for its ability to attach a clump of itself to whatever gets too close.

I also discover that the saguaro cactus, protected under state law, only lives here, in the Sonora. The largest of these cacti with their arm-like branches can be 400 years old. And on my third early-morning foray into the wild just outside Scottsdale, I ride through these towering icons of the desert on horseback with local cowboy, Dallin Hawkins, who looks like he stepped off John Wayne’s ranch with his boots, spurs, kerchief, hat and even rope. “Rope is the numberone tool of a cowboy,” he says when I ask about the coil strapped to his saddle. He then shows me his spirit and skills by lassoing a rock and taking me deep into the desert.

My cowboy guide points out the Four Peaks, Red Mountain and Superstition Mountain as we cross the Verde River on Yavapai (“people of the sun”) reservation land. We see a horned owl flying low in the shadows (the birds nest in the saguaro) and a coyote loping parallel to us. Dallin tells me about the gold that’s long been sought yet remains undiscovered in the Supersitions. As he lassoes tales, the golden morning light makes everything feel fairytale-like.

After those magical mornings and before the evenings cast another spell, when the sun is high and the shadows shrink, I make like a tourist and take in the charms of the town of Scottsdale. This involves much pool time (favourite perch: poolside at Mountain Shadows, tucked between Camelback Mountain and Mummy Mountain) and refreshments (like the prickly pear margarita at Diego Pops). The town has bike- and scooter-share programs (LimeBike and Bird) and even a quirky golf-cart tour and taxi service. The historic town is only about three blocks wide by one block long but that concentrated space is filled with public art, buildings dating from circa 1910, a canal built in 1888, the Western Spirit (Scottsdale’s Museum of the West) and the retro-cool, old-Hollywood digs of the Hotel Valley Ho (where some of John Wayne’s cohorts stayed to escape LA and Palm Springs).

The town claims it’s “the west’s most western town.” But that Old West vibe is tempered with of-the-moment microbreweries (there are 36 Arizona beers on tap at Craft64) and stategrown Rhône-style wine (sample Carlson Creek Vineyard’s “Rule of Three” GSM blend in the winery’s Scottsdale tasting room), as well as contemporary art, like the latest installation of “One-Eyed Jack,” a 26-foot-tall rabbit sculpture by John Randall Nelson. Every Thursday night, there’s an art walk. And that ancient canal is part of a 10-day fest called Canal Convergence, during which large-scale, out-there interactive artwork, activities and workshops take place. previous page, from top left Old West portrait: cowboy and cactus; hot-air balloons above the Sonoran desert; Cloth & Flame’s set-up in the Superstition Mountains; pool-with-a-view at Mountain Shadows opposite, top Cloth & Flame long-table dinner with “golden” backdrop opposite, bottom row from left Cowboy, Dallin Hawkins; doorway at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West; saguaro cactus in the McDowell Sonoran Preserve this page, from top Sunset viewing from the Phoenician; prickly pear margarita at Diego Pops; retro cool at Mountain Shadows

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travel the world Or, of course, there are all those resorts to lounge and spa in during the afternoon heat.

Once the sun settles back on the horizon and the shadows lengthen again, there’s not much better than simply watching the modulations of the desert sky as the moon appears and the palm trees turn to silhouettes. I happily do so at The Phoenician, a luxe resort beneath the bowed spine of Camelback Mountain, and try to count the stars as they come out, one by one.

But back in the desert, in the direction of that symbolic “Carefree” highway, is where I truly appreciate the night-and-day of Scottsdale’s desert. On the other side of the Superstitions, where I rode with that lassoing cowboy on horseback, I go for dinner in the desert. I hear again about the gold: “They say there’s gold up there, but nobody’s ever come back down with it.” In the outback off the Peralta Trail on Quarter Circle U Ranch in the Superstition Area Land Trust, it definitely seems as if “there’s gold in them hills.”

The al fresco dinner is put on by a local company, Cloth & Flame, which wants to bring people into closer contact with the landscape and help preserve this piece of the desert. The longtable, immersive and collaborative farm-to-fork dinners take place in unexpected places. On a ranch, in a park, by a canyon… The goal is to provide a wow backdrop, of course, as well as good times and locavore food and drink, but also to bring awareness. Now that I’ve been here and watched that gilded glow intensify and then fade from the longest limb of the tallest saguaro, I think once more of that gold. It’s not just in these hills, it IS these hills. clockwise, from top Cloth & Flame setting in the Superstition Area Land Trust and al fresco appetizers; one of the locals enjoying the patio at Diego Pops in the historic town of Scottsdale

May 9-11

Metro Toronto Convention Centre South Building

ASM19 — YOUR LEARNING DESTINATION Some Outstanding Speakers to Look Forward To: Ken Hargreaves Successful Management of Acute Dental Pain David Clark Better, Faster, Prettier, Stronger Composite Dentistry Paulo Malo State-of-the-Art Rehabilitation For Total Edentulism: The All-on-4® Treatment Concept John Molinari Infection Control in the Dental Office: It’s Everyone’s Responsibility

Featured Keynote Speakers Mary Walsh — Acclaimed Comedian Mary Walsh is best known for her multiGemini-award-winning work that showcases her dynamic range of hilarious characters.

Timothy Caulfield — Professor, Health Law and Science Policy, University of Alberta Professor Timothy Caulfield debunks myths and assumptions about innovation in the health sector.

NEW for 2019! ALL COURSES ARE TICKETED. Category 2 and 3 lectures are included in your general registration fee. Register in advance for free tickets to reserve your spot. Online registration opens on January 9, 2019.

The Preliminary Guide will be available online in January at asm.oda.ca.

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Los Cabos

Sweet scenes from Grand Velas Los Cabos… and Land 's End

There’s plenty to love on the southern tip of the Baja Peninsula, in Los (CE events in San José del Cabo and/or Cabo San Lucas are highlighted in blue.)

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“N

iño de mis ojos.” It’s what Frida Kahlo called Diego Rivera: “boy of my eyes.”

I learn the phrase at a restaurant that’s named for and inspired by the colourful and iconoclastic Mexican artist. The backdrop is similarly wild, beautiful and full of ardour. Waves crash. The sun blazes. Palm fronds sway. Ah, Baja.

Frida is just one of seven evocative restaurants at the all-inclusive Grand Velas Los Cabos, which sits in the middle of the corridor between San José del Cabo and Cabo San Lucas, the two towns of Los Cabos—or “the capes”—at the southern tip of the Baja Peninsula.

Go west, some 20 km, and Cabo San Lucas offers bars and revelry (hello, Cabo Wabo, rocker Sammy Hagar’s legendary joint) as well as the iconic El Arco (“the arch”) and aptly named stony appendage of Land’s End. A panga or water taxi will drop you off at Playa del Amor (Lover’s Beach). But beyond this,

Cabos

(add tomato or clamato for the “red eye,” which also past the serrated rocks and barking sea lions, it’s just thousands of kilometres of Pacific Ocean. Or, 15 km on happens to be a hangover cure). I could sip and sit the other side of the resort, are the colonial buildings on the sand, by the pool or in it all day, but there’s and historic missionary church of San José del Cabo. much more to do here: a spa with a workshop (make your own mask with natural ingredients) and But at the Grand Velas Los Cabos, between guided tequila and mezcal tastings, from the two, is a bit of a hideaway on a swathe [stay] joven to anejo. Yes, back to the sipping. I of wild beach (no swimming here; stick Grand Velas to the three tiers of infinity pools or go discern notes of citrus, spice, grass…and Los Cabos to nearby Chileno Beach). I spend an learn another Mexican saying. “First one loscabos.grand velas.com without water, second one with water, afternoon settled on a day bed in the sand, set amidst craggy rocks that look like third one like water.” Indeed.

Next stop: the spa, where there’s a they could have crumbled from El Arco itself, and just listen. It almost feels as if I’m lounging at hydrotherapy ritual (and a thermal lounge chair with my Land’s End. Except that I have a mezcalita in my hand name on it) and treatments with blue agave. After which (that’s a margarita made with mezcal, also known as a the feast begins anew. After Frida, it’s hard to choose.

I’d be happily sated eating bowl after bowl of ceviche mezcalgarita and on-trend; see page 12). poolside at Cabrillo, but just steps away, at Cocina de Other Mexican concoctions I sample: Autor, there’s a multi-course menu by two-star Michelin chelada (cerveza with lime juice), michelada (add Worcestershire or Maggi plus chili spice) and ojo rojo chef Sidney Schutte. Buen provecho. — Barb Sligl January/February 2019 Just For Canadian dentists

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Jan 25

Raleigh North Carolina

Nitrous Oxide Sedation

North Carolina Area Health Education Centers

919-966-2461

med.unc.edu/ ahec

Jan 25Feb 17

San Diego California

I.V. Sedation Training Program For Dentists

Conscious Sedation Consulting

888-581-4448

sedation consulting.com

Feb 16

Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

Advanced Anesthesia Update And Intraoperative Pain Management

University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine

412-648-7471

dental.pitt. edu/ce

Mar 07-10

Cabo San Lucas Mexico

Fun, Sun, And Learn

The Pacific Aesthetic Continuum

888-702-2560

thepac.org

Apr 12-13

Los Angeles California

Exploring Myofascial Pain, Oral Motor Disorders And Headaches 2019

University of Southern California Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry

213-821-2127

dental continuing education.usc. edu

Apr 29

Ann Arbor Michigan

Nitrous RDH Oxide/Oxygen Sedation For The Registered Dental Hygienist

University of Michigan School of Dentistry

734-763-6933

dent.umich. edu

Jan 19

Halifax Nova Scotia

The What, The When, And The How Of Socket Preservation

Zimmer Biomet

perioby theocean @gmail.com

zimmerbiomet. com

Jan 24-25

Studio City California

Porcelain Veneers, PJCs & All Ceramic Crowns Using Supra-Gingival Dentistry

Los Angeles Institute of Clinical Dentistry & Ruiz Dental Seminars

818-729-9121

ruizdental seminars.com

Feb 27-28

Buenos Aires Argentina

ICOTED 2019: 21st International Conference On Oral Treatments And Esthetic Dentistry

World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology

See website

waset.org

Aug 08-10

Banff Alberta

44th Annual Meeting Of The American Academy Of Esthetic Dentistry

American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry

info@esthetic academy.org

esthetic academy.org

Aug 22 2019Nov 07 2020

Denver Colorado

OBI Advanced Bioesthetic Rejuvenation (9 sessions)

OBI Foundation for Bioesthetic Dentistry

800-438-6441

bioesthetics. com

Oct 11-12

Huntersville North Carolina

Indirect Esthetic Dentistry Hands-On Training Instructor Dr. Ross W. Nash

The Nash Institute

704-766-0025

thenash institute.com

Oct 24-25

Amherst New York

Seamlessly Replacing A Missing Tooth In The Esthetic Zone

American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry

800-543-9220

aacd.com

Nov 14-16

Chicago Illinois

Treatment Planning Functional Esthetic Excellence

The Dawson Academy

800-952-2178

thedawson academy.com

Dec 29 2019Jan 05 2020

New Year’s Caribbean Cruise

Dr. Susan McMahon: “Conservative Cosmetic Dentistry for Teenagers”

Mindware Educational Seminars

888-574-8288 See Ad Page 19

mindwaresem inars.com

new CE to be placed

Join us for fantastic learning opportunities at home and abroad.

ADVENTURE AND LEARN ANNUAL SKI SEMINAR

MAUI, HAWAII

FEBRUARY 4 – 8, 2019 Fairmont Kea Lani Resort

DENTAL PRACTICE TRANSITION SEMINAR AND GOLF WEEKEND

WHISTLER, BC

UBC SPRING BREAK SYMPOSIUM

BIG ISLAND, HAWAII FEBRUARY 28 – MARCH 2, 2019 PALM SPRINGS, CA FEBRUARY 22 – 24, 2019 MARCH 25 – 29, 2019 Four Seasons Resort Omni Rancho Las Palmas Resort Fairmont Orchid Resort and Spa, Rancho Mirage, California The University of British Columbia is a leading provider of continuing dental education.

We offer a wide range of programs including lectures, study clubs, hands-on clinics and our ever popular ‘Travel and Learn’ courses.

To learn more, visit us at www.dentistry.ubc.ca/cde

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General Dentistry

Endodontics

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Ongoing

Vancouver British Columbia

Course #1 Shaping, Cleaning, And Obturation Of Root Canal Systems Course #2 Re-Treatment & Other Complex Cases

Endodontics Unsponsored

604-987-2285

vancouverroot canals.com

Apr 10-13

Montréal Québec

Annual Session AAE19

American Association of Endodontists

800-872-3636

aae.org

Apr 12-13

Dubai UAE

14th CAD/CAM And Digital Dentistry Conference

CAPP Training Institute/ Centre for Advanced Professional Practices

971-4-3476747

cappmea.com

May 09

Grand Rapids Michigan

Safe And Efficient Root Canal Treatment

Essential Dental Seminars

888-542-6376

essential seminars.org

Sep 18-21

Mont Tremblant Québec

55th Annual Meeting

Canadian Academy of Endodontics

204-942-2511

caendo.ca

Feb 04-08

Maui Hawaii

Adventure And Learn

University of British Columbia CDE

877-328-7744 See Ad Page 18

dentistry.ubc. ca/cde

Feb 09-16

Kauai Hawaii

39th Annual Dental Forum In Hawaii

Dental Seminars & Symposia

952-922-1707

dentsem.com

Feb 21-23

Chicago Illinois

154th Chicago Dental Society Midwinter Meeting

Chicago Dental Society

312-836-7300

cds.org

Feb 28Mar 02

Whistler British Columbia

Annual Ski Seminar

877-328-7744 See Ad Page 18

dentistry.ubc. ca/cde

Mar 07-09

Vancouver British Columbia

Pacific Dental Conference

Pacific Dental Conference

604-736-3781

pdconf.com

Mar 25-29

Big Island Hawaii

UBC Annual Spring Break Symposium, An Interdisciplinary Program

University of British Columbia CDE

877-328-7744 See Ad Page 18

dentistry.ubc. ca/cde

Mar 28-30

Key Biscayne Florida

Making It All Work - A Special Retreat For Women In Dentistry

The Pankey Institute for Advanced Dental Education

800-472-6539

pankey.org

Apr 06-16

Grand Japan Cruise

Dental Advances / 10-Night Cruise On Windstar Star Legend Osaka To Tokyo

Professional Education Society

877-737-7005 See Ad Page 32

pestravel.com

May 09-11

Toronto Ontario

Annual Spring Meeting 2019

Ontario Dental Association

866-739-8099 See Ad Page 16

asm.oda.ca

Jun 27-29

Prague Czech Republic

125th Meeting Of The American Dental Society Of Europe

The American Dental Society of Europe

905-523-0133

ads-eu.org

Jul 14-21

Alaskan Cruise

Dental Challenges And Updates / 7-Night Cruise Roundtrip Seattle On Star Princess

Professional Education Society

877-737-7005 See Ad Page 32

pestravel.com

Jul 29Aug 05

Iceland Cruise

Dental Healthcare Needs / 7-Night Luxury Cruise On Ponant Le Boréal

Professional Education Society

877-737-7005

pestravel.com

Sep 04-08

San Francisco California

ADA FDI World Dental Congress 2019

FDI World Dental Federation

41-22-56081-50

worlddental congress.org

Tour of Spain May 21 - June 2, 2019 Dr. Ron Perry “Digital Workflow for Modern Clinics”

MINDWARE EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS

Enjoy a tour of Spain starting in Madrid, visiting: Toledo, Seville, Cordoba, Valencia & Barcelona; Optional 3-day extension to Palma de Mallorca

University of British new CE to Columbia CDE be placed

Rocky Mountaineer & Alaska Cruise

Celebrate New Year’s on The EDGE!

July 15 - 28, 2019

Dec. 29, 2019 - Jan. 5, 2020

Dr. Will Martin “Emerging Technology: Streamlining Implant Therapy”

Dr. Susan McMahon “Conservative Cosmetic Dentistry for Teenagers”

Experience the Rockies like never before, tour Vancouver and then cruise the Alaskan coast!

Ring in 2020 on a Magic Carpet, awaken your senses in Eden and live life on the EDGE!

Register online and choose from any one of our great trips, all worth 12 CDE Credits! www.mindwareseminars.com …or call us today at: 1-888-574-8288 and book with the best!

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Implantology

General Dentistry

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Oct 22-29

Italian, French & Spanish Rivieras Cruise

Current Dental Issues Symposium / 7-Night Cruise Rome To Barcelona On Windstar Wind Surf

Professional Education Society

877-737-7005 See Ad Page 32

pestravel.com

Feb 07-23 2020

New Zealand & Australia

Speaker/Topic: TBA

Kennedy Professional Education Seminars

877-536-6736 See Ad Page 20

kennedysemi nars.com

Feb 15-22 2020

Sandals Grenada

Speaker/Topic: TBA

Kennedy Professional Education Seminars

877-536-6736

kennedysemi nars.com

May 14-16 2020

Singapore Singapore

ITI World Symposium 2020 Evidence And Trends For Patient-Centred Solutions: The Challenge Of Choice

ITI International Team for Implantology

41-61-27083-83

iti.org

Multiple Dates

Vancouver British Columbia

AAID Vancouver MaxiCourse: Comprehensive Dental Implant Training Post-Grad Program 2019: Jan 18-20; Feb 15-17; Mar 15-17; Apr 12-14; May 03-05; Jun 07-08

Canadian Dental Implant Training Centre

889-teeth-99

vancouvermaxi course.com

Feb 02-03

New York New York

Dental Implant Continuum

Implant Seminars

305-944-9636 See Ad Page 11

implantsemi nars.com

Feb 23-24

Chicago Illinois

Dental Implant Continuum

Implant Seminars

305-944-9636 See Ad Page 11

implantsemi nars.com

Mar 02-03

New York New York

International Dental Implant Association Spring Symposium

305-944-9636

implantsemi nars.com

Mar 13-16

Washington District of Columbia

2019 AO Annual Meeting

Academy of Osseointegration

800-656-7736

osseo.org

Mar 28-30

Santo Domingo Dominican Republic

Dental Implant Live Patient Program

Implant Seminars

305-944-9636 See Ad Page 11

implantsemi nars.com

May 10

Gainesville Florida

Implant Dentistry: Current Trends In Planning, Placement And Restoration

University of Florida College of Dentistry

888-550-4590

ce.dental.ufl. edu

May 17-18

Scottsdale Arizona

Implants – The Surgical/Restorative Connection

SPEAR Education

866-781-0072

spear education.com

Jun 15-22

Italy, France, Monaco & Spain Cruise

Dental Implants: An Integral Component Of The Comprehensive Dental Practice

Continuing Education, Inc./University at Sea

866-456-9464 See Ad Page 23

continuingedu cation.net

Jul 15-28

Rocky Mountaineer & Cruise of Alaska

Emerging Technology: Streamlining Implant Mindware Educational Therapy From Planning To Surgery, Restoration Seminars & Maintenance With Dr. Will Martin

888-574-8288 See Ad Page 19

mindwaresem inars.com

Sep 06-08

Sydney Australia

Australian Society Of Implant Dentistry Accreditation And Fellowship Seminar

admin@asid. org.au

asid.org.au

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new CE to be placedImplant Seminars

Australian Society of Implant Dentistry

ce

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website

Jan 10-12 2020

Montréal Québec

Cadaver Surgical Exercises For Implantology

The Institute for Dental Excellence

844-440-8433

tideinc.ca

Mar 14-21 2020

Turks & Caicos

Speaker/Topic: TBA

Kennedy Professional Education Seminars

877-536-6736

kennedysemi nars.com

Ongoing

Online

Dental Emergencies: Cardiac Emergencies

American Seminar Institute

866-611-5599

americansemi nar.com

Ongoing

Online

Hepatitis And The Dentist Professional

eDen Education Pty

800-773-7571

e-deneduca tion.com

Ongoing

Online

Contemporary Approaches To Antibiotic Prophylaxis In Dental Practice

MetLife Quality Initiatives Program

866-438-5472

metdental.com

Apr 11-12

Scottsdale Arizona

Demystifying Occlusion

SPEAR Education

866-781-0072

spear education.com

Apr 26-27

Ponte Vedra Beach Florida

Anterior Aesthetics LIVE In The Op With Dr. Jason Olitsky

Clinical Mastery Series

480-489-5551

clinicalmastery. com

Mar 09-10

New Orleans Louisiana

14th Annual Hands-On Facial Cosmetic Surgery Course

American College of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons

202-367-1182

acoms.org

Apr 06

Toronto Ontario

A Potpourri Of Oral Surgery And Implants For General Practice

See website

dcinstitute.ca

Mar 01-02

Toronto Ontario

(Dr. Brock Rondeau)

Rondeau Seminars

800-663-7229

rondeau seminars.com

Mar 31Apr 07

Western Caribbean Cruise

An Orthodontic Treatment Method That Will Create The Best Profiles, Smiles And Healthy TM Joints

Continuing Education, Inc./University at Sea

800-422-0711

continuingedu cation.net

Ongoing

Online

Pediatric Behavior Management

Advanced Continuing Education Systems

888-844-2237

aces4ce.com

Custom

Onsite at your location

Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) For Dentists

Sea to Sky Dental-Ed

778-984-0915

dental-ed.com

May 03-04

Brossard Québec

Soft Tissue Grafts

International Dental Institute

877-463-1281

idi.org

Sep 12-21

Venice & the Adriatic

Dr. Francis Serio – A Little Bit Of Everything In Non-Surgical Periodontal Therapy Peri-Implantitis, Treatment Planning

Kennedy Professional Education Seminars

877-536-6736 See Ad Page 20

kennedysemi nars.com

Sep 18

Toronto Ontario

Periodontal Plastic Surgery: Soft Tissue Augmentation For Function And Aesthetics

Prosthodontic Associates Centre for Excellence

877-920-7223

pace education.ca

Nov 02-05

Chicago Illinois

105th Annual Meeting Of The American Academy Of Periodontology

American Academy of Periodontology

312-787-5518

perio.org

Periodontics

Pediatric Dentistry

Occlusion

Medical/Dental Issues

Implantology

topic

Oral Surgery

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Orthodontics

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new DCCEInstitute to be placed Diagnosis & Treatment Of TM Dysfunction

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c e calendar Pharmacology

ce

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topic

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Ongoing

Online

Optimizing Opioid Safety And Efficacy

NetCE

800-232-4238

netce.com

Ongoing

Online

Basic Pharmacology: Part I Pharmacodynamic And Pharmacokinetic Principles

Procter & Gamble

800-543-2577

dentalcare. com

Ongoing

Online

Dental Medications

Health Studies Institute

800-700-3454

healthstudies. com

Multiple Dates

Toronto Ontario

Prosthodontics Didactic Sessions Sep 20-21, Nov 08-09, Dec 13-14 Treatment Planning Session Oct 26

Genesis Continuing Dental Education

416-229-6002

genesiscde. com

Feb 17-24

Southern Caribbean Cruise

Prosthodontics In The 21st Century & Managing Your Practice And Personal Finances For Optimum Profitability And Success

Continuing Education, Inc./University at Sea

800-422-0711

continuingedu cation.net

Feb 19-20

Chicago Illinois

Digital Dentistry Symposium

American College of Prosthodontists

312-573-1260

prostho dontics.org

Mar 02

Toronto Ontario

Creating Masterpieces With Composite Resins: A Hands-On Course

University of Toronto Faculty of Dentistry

416-864-8100

dentistry. utoronto.ca

Sep 26-28

Toronto Ontario

Canadian Academy Of Restorative Dentistry And Prosthodontics Annual Scientific Meeting

Canadian Academy of Restorative Dentistry and Prosthodontics

902-435-1723

cardp.ca

Ongoing

Online

Dental Recordkeeping

College of Dental Surgeons of BC

800-663-9169

cdsbc.org

Feb 08

Mississauga Ontario

Dental Practice Management Bootcamp

M & Co. Chartered Accountants

416-727-7875

dental accountants.ca

Feb 22-24

Rancho Mirage California

Palm Springs Dental Practice Transition Seminar & Golf Weekend

University of British Columbia CDE

877-328-7744

dentistry.ubc. ca/cde

Mar 01

London Ontario

The Evolution Of Your Dental Practice: Taxes, Tactics And Tips

Western University

888-281-1428

schulich.uwo. ca

May 21Jun 02

Land Tour of Andalusia Spain

Digital Workflows In The Modern Dental Practice & Future Trends In Dentistry With Dr. Ron Perry

Mindware Educational Seminars

888-574-8288 See Ad Page 19

mindwaresem inars.com

Jul 31Aug 13

Scandinavia and Russia Cruise

Dr. Amarjit Rihal – Digital Technology In The Modern Dental Practice

Kennedy Professional Education Seminars

877-536-6736 See Ad Page 20

kennedysemi nars.com

Aug 27Sep 05

Northern & Western Europe Cruise

Comprehensive Dentistry And The Dental Team: The Pursuit Of Excellence

Continuing Education, Inc./University at Sea

866-456-9464 See Ad Page 23

continuingedu cation.net

Oct 26Nov 02

Southern Caribbean Cruise

Maximizing Clinical Success In Your Dental Practice: Fundamental Technologies & Proven Strategies

Continuing Education, Inc./University at Sea

866-456-9464 See Ad Page 23

continuingedu cation.net

Practice Management, Technology and Planning

Prosthodontics/Restorative

Multidisciplinary Approach To Implant

new CE to be placed

For feedback, requests or to have your course featured email dentalce@inprintpublications.com

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For more information Call 866-456-9464 or visit www.ContinuingEducation.net Continuing Education, Inc. University at Sea®

Dental Implants: An Integral Component of the Comprehensive Dental Practice

7-Night Italy, France, Monaco & Spain

Comprehensive Dentistry and the Dental Team: The Pursuit of Excellence

9-Night Northern & Western Europe

June 15 - 22, 2019 From Rome, Italy to Barcelona, Spain Celebrity Edge

August 27 - September 5, 2019 From London, England to Lisbon, Portugal Azamara Journey

Integrative Dental Medicine: The Next Great Frontier in Dentistry May 16 - 26, 2019

Cosmetic Pearls for the General Dental Practitioner

Treating the Apprehensive Dental Patient, Medical Emergencies and Practice Jewels You Can Use on Monday

July 29 - August 4, 2019 7-Night Western Mediterranean Cruise Conference Round-trip Barcelona, Spain Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas

10-Night Ireland and Iceland Cruise Conference Round-trip Dublin, Ireland Celebrity Cruises’ Celebrity Reflection

May 31 - June 7, 2019 7-Night Alaska Cruise Conference Round-trip Seattle, Washington Celebrity Cruises’ Celebrity Solstice

July 26 - August 2, 2019 7-Night Alaska Cruise Conference Round-trip Seattle, Washington Celebrity Cruises’ Celebrity Solstice

Pediatric Dentistry

Oral, Maxillofacial & Head and Neck Pathology October 6 - 13, 2019 7-Night Eastern Caribbean Cruise Conference Round-trip Fort Lauderdale, Florida Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas

Maximizing Clinical Success in Your Dental Practice: Fundamental Technologies and Proven Strategies October 26 - November 2, 2019 7-Night Southern Caribbean Cruise Conference Round-trip San Juan, Puerto Rico Celebrity Cruises’ Celebrity Summit

Definitive Anterior/Posterior Aesthetic Restorative Dentistry June 15 - June 22, 2019 7-Night Western Caribbean Cruise Conference Round-trip Fort Lauderdale, Florida Celebrity Cruises’ Celebrity Equinox

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Sliding into cross-country ski season near Vernon, BC, where the snow and trails and, yes, camp are all Super story + photography by Barb Sligl

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y date with Denys starts on a crisp bluebird day at the base of Vance Creek summit. We’re at SilverStar Resort near Vernon, BC, the province’s third-largest ski area—with the country’s largest network of groomed cross-country trails. I follow his easy strideand-slide across the sparkling snow to the lift. I’m wobbly while he’s smooth. We’re on cross-country skis and, not strapped into the iron grip of downhill ski boots, I feel a bit unsure on these relatively flimsy, skinny sticks. But Denys promises some serene trails through spectacular snowghosts with a sweet view up top, so I stride-and-stutter behind him.

I’m here for a crash-course in cross-country or Nordic “classic” (diagonal stride versus the newer skate version of the sport) skiing during XC Supercamp. This training program has been going on at the Sovereign Lake Nordic Club and Silver Star Mountain since 1986, where early snow, a vast and worldclass 105-km trail network and cute onmountain village combine for a can’t-beat base. During my weekend, I meet people who’ve travelled from as far as Australia for this Supercamp and range from competitive masters racers to first-timers. I’m somewhere in the middle.

Denys Lawrence, my coach, raced in the 2011 Masters XC World Cup at Sovereign Lake. So, yeah, my date knows what he’s doing. (He’s also married to someone he calls his “ski soulmate”; our “date” consists of that one glorious morning excursion to snowghost alley.) Denys peppers the three-day weekend instruction with tips like, “the arms are the metronome of your skiing,” and I begin to grasp the simple-yetcomplex beauty of this sport. “Tick tock, tick tock,” says Denys, gesturing with his arms.

Yes! It works.

He also teaches our group of novice-topassable skiers how to get up after a fall (day 1). We practise…lying in the snow, learning to make an “x” with our ski poles to brace ourselves in the deep powder, straightening

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our skis and almost kissing our ski tips to get up over the front of those skinny sticks. We also get a lesson in “sashaying,” using our hips like a high-fashion model walks. It’s all about the lower body.

As I get more comfortable, Denys pushes me to use my core, bounce from the balls of my feet and glide as long as possible on one foot. It’s hard. But when I get the rhythm going, even for a few strides, it feels frictionless. And freeing. On a little loop at Sovereign Lake (day 2), I practise my glide through the tall flocked trees. The sun glints off the pristine powdery snow, the only sound is the swish, swish of my skis and the crunch, crunch of my poles, and I almost get to a sensation of weightlessness. Almost.

I think of another analogy from Denys: let go, be on the edge of falling, hips forward… like Eddie the Eagle. This might be the closest I get to flying under my own power.

But it’s the meditative part of crosscountry skiing classic style that I connect to.

“There’s a real cathartic solitude in classic,” says Denys. “Efficiency is what makes it zen.”

With more glide, less steps, it takes as much energy to go 5 km as 30 km. “My favourite thing is the efficiency of the workout,” says Denys, “I’m not being a machine.”

Denys, who’s also the President of CANSI (Canadian Association of Nordic Ski Instructors), has XC Instructor level IV, XC Course Conductor level II, as well as telemark Instructor level II. He’s backcountry skied in the Swiss Alps (where he met his “ski soulmate”) and Japan, as well as all over BC. He gives me the low-down on Nordic skiing and its four types: classic (diagonal), skate, telemark and ski jumping. So, yes, Eddie the Eagle is a good example to follow.

I practise in tracks set on the snow-covered frozen surface of Sovereign Lake itself.

Back and forth. Tick tock, tick tock. A skier in a neighbouring track smiles as we pass by each other again and again, and says, “You’ve done this before.” He’s wearing a hat with a Norwegian flag (Norway is the motherland of Nordic skiing), so I beam and bounce and glide a little faster to the end of the track.

Not only are cross-country skiers super fit, they’re super nice. And there’s some

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Denys Lawrence glides up what’s known as “snowghost alley” at SilverStar ski resort below The skinny sticks of Nordic skiing opposite, clockwise from top right Flocked trees at SilverStar; the “Chap-tix” cabin on the XC trails of SilverStar; Annika Ackermann and Clair Littlefair, training on a sunny January morning at SilverStar; the view from the slopeside village

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if you go

You can still partake in the next three-day, “Weekend Warrior” XC Supercamp coming up February 1 – 3: xcsupercamp.com. Or, if you have a group of six, book a custom Supercamp anytime. Stay longer and explore the mid-mountain village at SilverStar, from alpine skiing to tubing: skisilverstar.com. For more on what to do in the Vernon area in winter, check out: tourism vernon.com.

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Basecamp, Sovereign Lake Nordic Centre above right Denys Lawrence leads the way onto one of the XC ski loops at Sovereign Lake above left Log book at “Chap-tix” cabin at SilverStar top The “Okanagan ocean” rolls in, as seen from one of SilverStar’s alpine runs

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1,500 of them in the Sovereign Lake ski club, the largest in BC. The club’s history goes back to the 1930s. The aptly named Supercamp has been going on since the ’80s as an immersive and communal experience (many friendships and even marriages have spawned here), from learning the how and why of wax (there’s grip wax and glide wax, and “waxless” skis with scales) to breaking bread together over lunch in the lodge. Warming up with hearty veggie curry (just one dish on the program’s menu, which includes a seminar on fuelling the body), I chat with another participant who’s here to improve her skate skiing in another group and gushes about the camp and crosscountry skiing in general: “It’s just such a pure sport.”

And it’s making a comeback. There’s a bit of a Nordic renaissance going on, from the evolution of gear and grooming (the XC tracks and trails at Sovereign Lake and SilverStar rival any downhill runs) to the sport’s profile. Olympic medalists, Beckie Scott and Sara Renner, have trained at SilverStar, and 14 teams from around the world came here to train before the Winter Olympics in Whistler. “The sport is growing,” says Denys.

The oldest form of skiing is new again.

On my third and final day of Supercamp, I go up Des Schumann Summit Express lift (this year, a new gondola at SilverStar means an even easier ride up— and back down, if wanted—for XC skiers) to access the upper trails for those spectacular views Denys promised. I should have known by day three to trust him.

From the top of Vance Creek, the Monashees of the Columbia range spread out and seem to surround us.

We’re above an inversion, what Denys calls the Okanagan ocean. The clouds roil, roll and break against the slopes below us. He points out Mount Fosthall with its long, exposed shale slope on one side.

Denys, of course, climbs it in the summer.

We stop at lookout after lookout and catch peek-a-boo views of Mabel Lake and Three Valley Gap between the rad rime of snowghosts. We stop at a ski hut beyond which the trail continues to yet another viewpoint.

We take the Comin’ Round the Mountain track back towards the village, passing by two young women training.

They’re smiling and glowing, millennials on cross-country skis on a Sunday morning. “Gotta love the pain,” they say. I laugh and agree. And, after I catch my breath, slide-and-stride and try to keep up.

t h e w e a lt h y d e n t i s t M a n f r e d p u r t z k i Manfred Purtzki, CPA,CA, is a principal in the Vancouver office of Purtzki Johansen & Associates. He can be reached at: Manfred@purtzki.com or 604-669-7558.

Marriage with benefits Four strategies that still let you split income with your spouse

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ver the last year we’ve been working with many dentists to minimize the drastic increase in personal taxes as a result of the Tax On Split Income (TOSI) rules. Here are four strategies that allow you to still income split with family members in lower tax brackets.

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your spouse needs only to prove that he or she worked a minimum of one of the past five years for at least 20 hours per week.

Exempt spouses are entitled to receive any discretionary number of dividends.

CRA has clarified that it will generally accept timesheets, payroll records, schedules or logbooks as sufficient proof to establish spousal employment.

It’s very important then, to keep your payroll records for at least five years.

The CRA says it will consider the following factors when deciding whether a spouse qualifies for this exemption: a. The type of duties performed as they relate to the clinic’s activities; b. The spouse’s education, training and experience; c. Any particular knowledge, skills or know-how possessed by the individual.

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Reasonable remuneration

It’s interesting that the TOSI rules do not apply to salaries paid to family members for actual work performed, provided the salaries are reasonable. A good test of reasonableness is to pay the family member what you would pay to a third party.

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The government did not want to upset retirement planning for dentists who are in the sunset of their dental careers. So, if you’re 65 years or over in 2019, you can income-split with your spouse without any

restrictions. The spouse’s age does not matter.

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save big

With practice values at an all-time high, many dentists are cashing in milliondollar cheques when they sell.

And they pay no tax!

When you sell a practice, which may include the clinic real estate, by selling the shares of the corporation, you will benefit from the $848,252 lifetime capital gains exemption. However, this exemption only applies in the event of a share sale.

The exemption extends to all company shareholders. If you have a family trust, with four family members as beneficiaries, your total entitlement will be $3,393,000.

Make sure you qualify for the exemption.

To access this capital exemption, the shares must be Qualifying Small Business Shares and meet the following three conditions.

1. At the time of sale, 90% of the fair market value of the corporate assets must be used in an active practice.

2. During the 24 months prior to the sale of the shares, 50% of the fair market value of the corporation’s assets must have been used in an active business.

3. You must have owned the shares 24 months prior to the sale.

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practice management Timothy A. Brown Timothy A. Brown specializes in dental practice appraisals, brokerage, consulting, locum placements, associateships and practice financing across Canada. You can reach Timothy at timothy@roicorp.com.

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hile most broker/client or regulator. In my experience, troubled conversations. Ultimately, this can be relationships are goal clients choose someone—a lawyer, an damaging to all parties involved. specific and remain primarily accountant, a colleague or sometimes, Why are these situations occurring professional, there are times when this is even a broker, to call out for help. on a seemingly increasing rate? not the case. Circumstances change and This is beyond the scope of Who should deal with these things can get personal. my and most other people’s developments? What needs Some time ago, a client confided in professional training, but to change? Are we as me. He revealed what was happening in it is also not something brokers and advisors Sometimes his life and that he was depressed to the I, or anyone privy to doing enough? a professional point of what appeared to be suicidal. such information, can When I started in relationship gets Our conversations had gone far beyond ignore—a dilemma to the dental industry, the the “normal” non-personal, business-only be sure. stresses on professionals up close and correspondence. were not as severe As a broker, my role is to appraise a as they are today. The business or practice, and both the client financials necessary to and I agree to list and sell his/her start and maintain a practice business or practice. We go through were nowhere near the current the entire business process; numbers. Practice values were the accounting, the law, the much lower. Expectations paperwork, the buyers, the for success—financial conditional periods and so and otherwise—were on. Often there are many moderate and the focus dramas and downturns was on superb dental in this process. If a client care. And brokers were is on unstable ground simply brokers. personally this can My conversation trigger more instability. with my client included Some clients bea third-party confidant come very comfortable who was closer to the talking and consulting problem and more with me or other advisors understanding of it. To who work in this industry. some extent, my burden I term this development as was thus lessened. We being a “business brother both suggested that my or sister,” signalling that our client calm down, take a clients trust us. break, seek counselling and In the above case, my take advantage of the various possibly suicidal client professional services available to revealed some very deep him. We both cautioned him and As a and dark thoughts and it reminded him to consider how fortunate professional, the was quite overwhelming. he was and how much he had to look trick is to engage Needless to say, my forward too. own comfort zone was I have heard of We all stayed in touch initially, and my while maintaining challenged and I wasn’t conversations between professional involvement with the client sure how to proceed. clients and advisors ended satisfactorily. Some months later, I I’m not qualified to in which the advisorlearned that my client’s troubling situation manage some of these turned-confidant is put in was largely diffused and he was better. personal conversations, a compromising position as a I was relieved but left with a foreboding even though I want to help and result of possible legal implications, about the next time a similar situation suggest a solution; I am not a professional as well as moral and ethical dilemmas would present itself, knowing that so many psychologist or an industry counselor that may be inherent in such revealing questions are still unanswered.

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dentists share their picks + pleasures dr. rolf kreher has travelled throughout northern, rural Canada—in a pickup that he continues to use today, more than three decades later—as well as the far east. He keeps it simple and grounded, getting his gear at MEC, treasuring items like his Leatherman multi-tool and binoculars, and walking in the woods with his dog. And his favourite souvenir from his travels? A suitably exotic yet of-the-earth cliff fragment with bonsai twig from the south coast of Newfoundland. As he says, if he wasn’t a dentist, he’d be an ethnobotanist. See page 9 for more…

My name: Rolf Kreher I live, practise in: Toronto, Ontario My training: BSc, DDS Why I was drawn to dentistry: Loved biology, wanted to work in a health field to provide service to people; enjoyed working with my hands

The best souvenir I’ve brought back from a trip: Cliff fragment with bonsai twig, south coast, Newfoundland A “wow” hotel/resort I’d happily stay at again: Santhiya Koh Yao Yai, Thailand A favourite place that I keep returning to: Northern Georgian Bay 10,000 Islands

Favourite book: Far Pavilions

My guilty pleasure: Chocolate

I’m inspired by: My immigrant parents

Favourite band/ album or song: Leonard Cohen/Phil Ochs/Lightfoot

My go-to exercise/sport: Hiking, canoeing

My motto: “The set of the sails and not the gales determines the way you go”

My first job: Choreboy/lifeguard at summer camp Gadget or gear I could not do without: Leatherman tool

My secret to relaxing and relieving tension: Walk in the wilderness with my dog A talent I wish I had: Better computer skills

A cause that’s important to my heart: Teaching/ equipping rural health workers in emergency dental care (similar to ‘barefoot doctor’

My last trip: Volunteer project with CDRI to Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala, October 2018 Most exotic place I’ve travelled to: One month trip in pickup truck through Patagonia

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in China, Hesperian Foundation currently)

My car: 1982 Suburban, 600,000 km

I’d want this with me if stranded on a desert island: Fresh water, knife, matches

Dream vacation: Kamchatka Peninsula

Last splurge: 10 X 25 Leica binoculars

A big challenge I’ve faced: Raising a family

If I could travel to any time, I’d go: Mid to late Pleistocene era

Most-frequented store: Mountain Equipment Co-op

The word that best describes me: Integrity

If I wasn’t a dentist, I’d be: An ethnobotanist

I always travel with: Leatherman multi-tool

My fridge is stocked with: Chocolate

Can’t believe I’ve never been to: Berlin

I’d describe my home as: Sanctuary

Don’t need to go to: Florida

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One thing I’d change about myself: To be better organised

On my must-do list: Travel the Arctic

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Dr. Kreher on his many travels and missions (see page 9 for more); some of his favourite things, from a Leatherman multi-tool to chocolate; and the pickup truck (left) he used as a mobile dental clinic throughout northern BC (1981–84) and still uses for camping and canoe trips today…

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