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Partnerships:

We All Care about the Children Inside: 2015 Foundation Annual Report

2016 Smiles for Kids

A PUBLICATION OF THE SACRAMENTO DISTRICT DENTAL SOCIETY

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Contents May 2016

VOLUME 62, NUMBER 5

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Promoting Oral Health: Mobilizing the Community to Action

Jayanth V. Kumar, DDS; State Dental Director, California Department of Public Health

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The Oral Health Priority – First 5 Investments Transforming Local Systems

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FEATURES

COVER IMAGE CREDIT: SHUTTERSTOCK

Moira Kenney; Executive Director, First 5 Association of California

Something to Smile about in Local Government Phil Serna; Chairman, First 5 Sacramento Commission

Oral Health from a Public Health Perspective Julie Gallelo, MPH; Executive Director, First 5 Sacramento

First 5 Sacramento Commission: Making Cutting Edge Contributions to Children’s Dental Care in Sacramento County

Debra Payne, MSW; Vice Chair, Sacramento County Medi-Cal Dental Advisory Committee

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Action and Advocacy: Working Together Matters Julie Beyers, BS; Oral Health Program Planner, First 5 Sacramento Commission

Amador County’s Oral Health Strategies “Small but Mighty” Nina Machado; Executive Director, First 5 Amador

Nugget Editorial Board Carl Hillendahl, DDS • Editor-in-Chief Antonia A. Accettura, DDS Paul Binon, DDS, MSD Christian J. Hoybjerg, DDS Denise M. Jabusch, DDS Brandon Martin, DDS, MS James Musser, DDS Hana Rashid, DDS Shikha Rathi, BDS, MS Ash Vasanthan, DDS, MS

Editors Emeritus Bevan Richardson, DDS

Awards

International College of Dentists (ICD) 2015 • Special Citation Award, unusual concept 2014 • Outstanding Cover, honorable mention 2014 • Golden Pen, honorable mention 2013 • Outstanding Cover 2012 • Overall Newsletter 2010 • Platinum Pencil Outstanding use of graphics

2007 • Overall Newsletter 2007 • Outstanding Cover 2007 • Golden Pen, honorable mention Article / series of articles of interest to the profession

Specials

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2016 Smiles for Kids

2015 Sacramento District Dental Foundation Annual Report

Regulars

4 5 7 9 15 21 38 39 41

President’s Message Cathy’s Corner You Should Know From the Editor’s Desk Volunteer Opportunities Job Bank Event Highlights YOU: The Dentist, The Employer Trustee Report

42 44 45 47 48 50 51 52

Committee Corner Blowing Your Horn Membership Update Vendor Members Spotlight Vendor Members Listings Advertiser Index Classified Ads SDDS Calendar of Events

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President’s Message Dedicated: The Best Way

to Describe Our Members

In this issue of the Nugget, we talk about the partnerships we at SDDS have with organizations to improve oral health and oral health care in our community. They are important in getting information to our patients and the population at large. Behind the scenes, we have ultra dedicated members who are working to affect this change.

Members like Dr. Terry Jones – F5 Commissioner and our Trustee and Dr. Cindy Weideman before him. Their ultimate goal is to enhance the health and early growth experiences of children, thus making them the perfect partner of SDDS and our Strategic Plan with our Smiles For Kids and Smiles For Big Kid programs. Terry dovetails his responsibilities to F5, SDDS, and CDA with

thoughtful insight and devotion to all three missions.

Dr. Guy Acheson – 1T1B Cheerleader – working tirelessly in the MD community to take our message. Guy brings an everyday, every-person sensibility in delivering the message of early oral health care to our medical team mates. His dedication in part comes from treating children who unfortunately were not able to or could not receive this important message.

Dr. Rodney Bughao and Jim Musser (and many more!) – on the front lines and in the trenches serving our Denti-Cal kids. They, and many others, exude passion for children's health and doing what they can clinically and administratively to bring change to and of the

By Wallace Bellamy, DMD 2016 SDDS President

process and bring a face or faces to the public of the devastation poor oral health and gaps in oral health care can cause.

Dr. Bev Kodama – serving on the Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Care Commission for Sac County to assure that all childbearingaged women, adolescents, children and infants have access to quality health services, as well as serving on the SDDS Board of Directors. Bev displays the love of dentistry and oral health as a clinician, and the enthused care responsible for teaching, governing and protecting the community, much like a bishop would care for her flock.

There are many more members who serve the community through partnerships. We salute you all and appreciate what you do. 

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Cathy’s Corner LEADERSHIP President: Wallace Bellamy, DMD Immediate Past President: Viren Patel, DDS President Elect/Treasurer: Nancy Archibald, DDS Secretary: Margaret Delmore, MD, DDS Editor: Carl Hillendahl, DDS Executive Director: Cathy Levering

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Dean Ahmad, DDS, MS Volki Felahy, DDS Greg Heise, DDS Bryan Judd, DDS Beverly Kodama, DDS Matt Korn, DDS Lisa Laptalo, DMD Peter Worth, DDS

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Adrian Carrington, DDS Terry Jones, DDS

TRUSTEES

CPR: Craig Alpha, DDS Ethics: Jag Heir, DMD, MD Nominating/Leadership Dev.: Viren Patel, DDS Peer Review: Morton Rosenberg, DDS CE Task Force: George Chen, DDS Forensics Advisory: Mark Porco, DDS Fluoridation Advisory: Kim Wallace, DDS / Rick Kennedy, DDS Strategic Planning Advisory: Nancy Archibald, DDS / Margaret Delmore, MD, DDS Budget & Finance Advisory: Nancy Archibald, DDS Bylaws Advisory: Viren Patel, DDS Legislative Advisory: Jenny Apekian, DDS Community Clinic Task Force: Bryan Judd, DDS Large Group Practice Task Force: Rob Berrin, DDS / Viren Patel, DDS 1T1B Task Force: Guy Acheson, DDS Pre Dental Clubs: Tania Nelson Chrystal, DDS Dental Benefits: Matt Korn, DDS Member Benefits / Services: Kristen Adams, DDS Member Events: Jennifer Drew, DDS, MSD GMC Denti-Cal Task Force: Warren McWilliams, DDS

Partnerships:

By Cathy B. Levering

SDDS Executive Director

A True Sense of the Word!

COMMITTEES STANDING TASK FORCES ADVISORY COMMITTEES

This issue of the Nugget focuses on our partnerships with First 5 organizations (state and local) and how we work together to enhance the oral health of our community’s children.

But, also in this issue, is the 2015 Annual Report for the SDDS Foundation. Talk about partnerships! Without the partnership of SDDS and SDDF, our Foundation wouldn’t be what it is today. And we certainly wouldn’t be doing all that we are doing for the kids and adults in our community.

If you take a look at the report (beginning on page 27), the fact that we now can, and DO, apply for grants for our two big programs, Smiles for Kids and Smiles for Big Kids, is a huge plus for our Foundation. The fact that SO MANY of our wonderful members and their staffs volunteer for SMILES FOR KIDS every year makes us one of the biggest volunteer community programs in the country.

The SDDS office staff and I are the administrative “staff” for our Foundation – the Foundation has no employees. Our fundraisers for the Foundation are what help to make our Foundation grow; these fundraisers are all supported and “run” by our SDDS staff. Those events and activities such as the Foundation Gala, Crowns for Kids, the Broadway series, the golf tournament, the Spirit of Giving, and the BIG DAY OF GIVING (March 3rd!!!!) are all ways that you can support our Foundation.

We are proud of what our Foundation has become; but it is only great because of our generous members… generous with their time and their monetary contributions.

Foundation: Kevin Keating, DDS, MS Golf Tournament: Vic Hawkins, DDS / Dennis Peterson, DDS SacPAC: Matthew Campbell, Jr. DDS Smiles for Kids: Donald Rollofson, DMD

SPECIAL EVENTS OTHER

Cathy Levering | Executive Director Beth Heneger | Membership/Peer Review Jessica Luther | Graphic Designer Rachel Sheets | Graphic Designer Bryant King | Member Outreach/Foundation Projects Sofia Gutierrez | Member Services/ Foundation Projects Anne Rogerson | Administrative Assistant

SDDS STAFF

So, if you aren’t a member of our Foundation (it’s only $75 per year), please email me and say you’d like to be a member… it is what keeps our Foundation operating.

The grant money goes to the programs themselves.

Thank you! Thank you for your support of what our charitable organization is… and what it does. You make us so proud.

Happy May!

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The Nugget is an opinion and discussion magazine for SDDS membership.

Opinions expressed by authors are their own, and not necessarily those of SDDS or The Nugget Editorial Board. SDDS reserves the right to edit all contributions for clarity and length, as well as reject any material submitted.

The Nugget is published monthly (except bimonthly in June/July and Aug/Sept) by the SDDS, 2035 Hurley Way, Ste 200, Sacramento, CA 95825 (916) 446-1211.

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YOU SHOULD KNOW

REINSTATEMENT FEE

EMPLOYERS NEED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION

The $100 reinstatement fee language comes from CDA bylaws (see below). A complete set of CDA bylaws can be accessed by logging in on cda.org. In 2010, the CDA House of Delegates voted to maintain the Reinstatement Fee, prior to the current administrative process.

The current process in Aptify is that the $100 fee is added to all unpaid 2016 dues invoices on April 1. The fee is removed manually for check payments post marked before March 31. However, if a member calls to renew and requests to have the fee waived, the member service representative will confirm with the component that the fee should be waived before the fee is removed from each order; therefore, online orders and payments received by mail after March 31 do not have the reinstatement fee removed.

Two new articles have been posted on cda.org. The first article, “Discrimination and Harassment Regulations Amended,” summarizes the new Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) regulations that became effective April 1 with links to the related employment poster.

Reprinted with permission from CDA.

CDA BYLAWS

Reprinted with permission from CDA. B. Nonpayment of Dues or Assessments: 1.

A member whose dues or assessments have not been paid by the delinquency date shall cease to be a member. 2. Reinstatement of membership for nonpayment of dues or assessments may be secured on the payment of the required dues and/or assessments for the current year, payment of a reinstatement fee established by the board and on compliance with other applicable provisions of the bylaws of this association, of the component society and of the ADA. The reinstatement fee may only be waived as described below. a. By component society: A component society may only waive the reinstatement fee for up to one month following the delinquency date by the component society for reasons of extraordinary circumstance, financial hardship, or upon enrollment in an electronic dues payment program. b. By CDA: CDA may only waive the reinstatement fee after one month following the delinquency date as part of a board-approved membership campaign.

Reprinted with permission from CDA.

The second article summarizes a second regulation that took effect on April 1. Employers need to update the pregnancy and disability employment poster “Pregnancy disability poster changes effective immediately”. Visit www.cda.org to read the articles.

CMS DELAYS MEDICARE ENFORCEMENT UNTIL FEBRUARY 1, 2017 Reprinted with permission from ADA.

Editor's note: A story appeared in the March 7 ADA News stating dentists had less than 90 days to enroll in Medicare or opt out if they wanted to prescribe Part D covered drugs to Medicare beneficiaries. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced March 4 — after the March 7 issue had gone to press — a change in the deadline. This story reflects that change.

Washington — The federal government once again delayed the deadline for dentists who prescribe Part D covered drugs to Medicare beneficiaries to enroll in the program or opt out.

Dentists now have until February 1, 2017, to take action, otherwise Part D prescription drug claims for Medicare eligible patients will not be covered. If dentists want Part D plans to continue covering drugs prescribed for their Medicare patients, they must either enroll as an ordering/referring provider by filling out form 855O or enroll as a Medicare provider through form 855I. Otherwise, they must opt out of the program.

CMS encourages health care providers to submit their Medicare enrollment applications or opt-out affidavits to their Medicare administrative contractors before August 1 to allow time for processing.

It's the fourth time CMS has delayed the deadline.

"Any way you slice it, dentists have to take action or their patients may suffer the consequences," said Dr. Ronald Riggins, chair of the ADA Council on Dental Benefit Programs.

If dentists do not take any action, the first time they write a prescription for a patient with a Medicare Part D drug plan, the plan will give the patient a provisional supply of the drug and a letter stating that because of the dentist's Medicare enrollment status, the drug will not be covered after the first three months. Part D plans are also required to attempt to notify the prescribing dentist. After three months, if the dentist still has not taken action to enroll or opt out, the Part D plan will deny coverage for that patient's prescription.

Dentists who choose to opt out cannot receive payment from a Medicare Advantage plan. Their patients also cannot receive payment. Dental practices may not be aware that a patient's dental plan is a Medicare Advantage plan.

Currently, as mandated by a similar federal regulation in 2012, if a dentist sends a biopsy to an oral pathology laboratory for a Medicare patient, the oral pathologist will not be paid unless the dentist either enrolled in Medicare to provide covered services; enrolled in Medicare to order and refer; or formally opted-out. The same is true of orders for other clinical laboratory services, as well as imaging services and Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies.

A dentist who elects to opt out of Medicare must file an affidavit with the appropriate Medicare contractor and meet other compliance obligations.

"Remember, opting out is not the same as doing nothing," Dr. Riggins said.

Visit CMS.gov for more information and to access forms 855O and 855I. The ADA Center for Professional Success also has links to the forms and a video tutorial on the process at Success.ADA.org/practice/Medicare/Medicare. www.sdds.org • May 2016

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From the Editor’s Desk It’s All about the Children Start early and keep it simple is a strategy that First 5 has employed to enhance the lives of thousands of children and families throughout California over the past eighteen years. Working with a variety of partners, First 5 has made the health and the education of children priority investments. This issue will examine First 5’s oral health partnership.

I am keenly aware that for some of my patients there are a variety of social and cultural determinants that can confound our shared goal of optimal oral health. My association with First 5 Sacramento has taught me that not all families in our community have equal access to the insular world of private practice dentistry. Economic circumstances have marginalized some, added barriers to dental access for others and fostered oral health literacy problems for many. First 5’s focus has been to ensure that all children be given a chance to succeed despite their individual or collective circumstances.

Given that our individual practices exist in this larger community it is understandable that our profession would have an interest in partnering with community groups to better serve all our patients. This issue attempts to celebrate that partnership with First 5.

As the guest editor, I hope that this issue will demonstrate that First 5 strategies have had a significant impact on the oral health of a variety of communities. I will focus primarily on the Sacramento region because, as a First 5 Sacramento commissioner, I am most familiar with this area’s accomplishment. However, I believe the oral health strategies developed here are representative of other commissions throughout the state as indicated by Ms. Kinney’s article. Consequently, I have chosen to sample strategies from a large county

(Sacramento) a mid-size county (Yolo) and a small county (Amador) to demonstrate that creative solutions are available that fit the needs of the community, are fiscally responsible and can improve the oral health outcomes of our most precious resource. On a macro level, I believe that this issue also points to future opportunities for First 5 to partner with our State Dental Director, Dr. Kumar, in implementing the California Oral Health Plan.

By Terrence Jones, DDS

Guest Editor Commissioner, First 5 Sacramento SDDS Past President CDA Trustee

I am grateful for the opportunity to serve our community as a member of the First Five Sacramento Commission.

I am convinced that the oral health investments highlighted in this issue have had a tremendously positive effect on the wellbeing of our most precious resource: our children.

I am also convinced that this is a partnership that we can all celebrate!

I hope you agree as well. 

First 5 strategies have had a significant impact on the oral health of a variety of communities. www.sdds.org • May 2016

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FIRST 5

Promoting Oral Health: Mobilizing the Community to Action

By Jayanth V. Kumar, DDS

State Dental Director, California Department of Public Health (SDDS Member)

Dr. Kumar is State Dental Director in the California Department of Public Health. He is a board certified specialist in dental public health and a former director and president of the American Board of Dental Public Health. Previously, he was state dental director in New York where he held multiple positions.

Numerous reports in California have observed high dental disease rates and unmet treatment needs.1,2 This situation, when combined with low utilization of preventive services, has resulted in California falling behind with respect to many Healthy People 2020 oral health objectives, a set of objectives for the nation with specific health targets to achieve.3 More than a decade ago, the then surgeon general Richard H. Carmona called upon policymakers, community leaders, private industry practitioners, health professionals, the media, and the public to affirm that oral health is essential to general health and well-being and to take action to change perceptions, overcome barriers, build the science base, and increase oral health workforce diversity, capacity, and f lexibility. Since then, many states have developed oral health action plans.4 Last year, California State Legislature authorized the Department of Public Health to develop a state oral health plan.

A state oral health plan represents an opportunity to create a road map and provides an ongoing process using science, community engagement, and partnerships.

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The purpose of this plan is to make progress toward attaining optimum oral health by all Californians and achieving health equity. It is well recognized that health outcomes are influenced not only by access and quality of care but also by conditions in the community. Therefore, a key approach should be to align public health and primary health care systems with community resources for promoting prevention and prompt treatment.

This approach requires involvement of multiple sectors and begins with a common understanding of the problems in the community and underlying causes and setting priorities to implement interventions.

Although tooth decay in children is preventable for the most part, a sizable proportion of the population bears a disproportionate burden of the disease.

Controlling such a chronic disease requires commitment to self-care, such as drinking tap water that contains fluoride, regular toothbrushing with fluoride toothpaste, appropriate feeding habits and dietary choices, and prompt dental visits as early as the eruption of the first tooth. The challenge every community faces is in

A state oral health plan represents an opportunity to create a road map and provides an ongoing process using science, community engagement, and partnerships.

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creating conditions to motivate people to take such actions. It can only happen through collaboration among multiple sectors that directly or indirectly deal with children, parents, and caregivers.

The implementation of strategies developed at the state level needs to happen at the local level to bring about improvements in oral health. Over the years, First 5 Sacramento has demonstrated its support for building the infrastructure and capacity to prevent disease and reduce unmet treatment needs by increasing access to children’s dental care. First 5 Sacramento achieves this through creating children’s dental clinics, supporting dental screenings in community settings, increasing water fluoridation, and advocating for better oral health. These initiatives have lifelong benefits and documenting their effects is difficult. However, tracking disease rates and unmet treatment needs is possible in Head Start, kindergarten, and such congregate settings.

Several recent developments offer support for striving to create a generation of cavity free children. The availability of dental

insurance coverage through MediCaid and Covered California has the potential to eliminate the financial barrier that many face. Primary care providers are integrating risk assessment, counseling

The implementation of strategies developed at the state level needs to happen at the local level to bring about improvements in oral health. and guidance and preventive dental services in their practices. The DentiCal Dental Transformation Initiative is designed to incentivize preventive services and demonstrate innovative solutions.

Therefore, now is the time for Sacramento to establish a surveillance system to track dental disease rates and unmet treatment

needs in Head Start and school-aged children. This approach will allow for making suitable adjustments to strategies and devising new linkage programs.

Such data are also helpful to demonstrate accountability and engender sustainable support. 

REFERENCES 1. Dental Health Foundation. “Mommy, It Hurts to Chew”. The California Smile Survey. An Oral Health Assessment of California’s Kindergarten and 3rd Grade Children, 2006.

2. Mulligan R, Seirawan H, Faust S, Barzaga C. Dental Caries in Underprivileged Children of Los Angeles. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 2011; 22(2):648-662.

3. California Dental Association. Phased Strategies for Reducing the Barriers to Dental Care in California: California Dental Association Access Report, May 2012.

4. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

A National Call to Action to Promote Oral Health.

Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research. NIH Publication No. 03-5303, May 2003.

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FIRST 5

The Oral Health Priority

FIRST 5 INVESTMENTS TR ANSFORMING LOCAL SYSTEMS

By Moira Kenney

Executive Director, First 5 Association of California

Moira Kenney is the Executive Director of the First 5 Association of California, an advocacy organization working with the 58 First 5 commissions that build and invest early learning, health and family support programs for children 0 to 5.

In partnership with public agencies, community agencies, and service providers working on the ground, First 5 builds strong, effective and sustainable systems to serve young children. See more at first5association.org

Since 1998, First 5s across California have played a critical role in their support of innovative children’s services. As public agencies committed to ensuring a local focus on cross-systems services, First 5s have worked with partners in health, early learning and family support. First 5s fill gaps, innovate bold ideas, and knit together typically fragmented systems on behalf of children 0-5 and their families.

Not surprisingly, given the immense need, oral health has been at the top of the agenda for First 5s in every corner of California.

Our Commissions know that oral health is critical to children’s ability to grow up healthy and succeed in school and life, and that early preventive dental care results in better oral health, overall health, and well-being. However, in combination the under-utilization of Medi-Cal dental services, limited access to pediatric oral health providers, partly due to low provider reimbursement rates, and a lack of innovation in the provision of services has meant that too many children have gone without care.

Over nearly two decades, First 5s have approached the oral health crisis in three key ways – providing services directly to children in community-based settings, investing in networks of clinics to build capacity, and expanding oral health education programs that reach parents and children. Each of these investment areas have been tailored to meet local need and designed to leverage local resources. As a result, the First 5 approach has transformed the landscape of early childhood oral health.

Last year, thirty-four First 5 County Commissions invested $22 million to improve the oral health of more than 207,000 young children. Despite the steady decline in tobacco tax revenues available to First 5 Commissions, this investment has stayed

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remarkably consistent, totaling roughly 6% of investments statewide. Ten Commissions invest more than 10% of their annual revenue in oral health.

As oral health advocates and professionals well know, one of the primary challenges to improving the oral health status of young children is the knowledge barrier around the importance of early oral health itself. Too many parents, providers, and policy makers have misunderstood the critical role that early oral health and the identification of a dental home play in the overall health of a child. For too many, “First Tooth – First Birthday” is not the mantra it should be.

For First 5s, the emphasis on health care for infants and toddlers has been important to the success of our oral health investments. One-third of all the children served by First 5 are infants and toddlers.

First 5 has been successful in building and supporting comprehensive oral health systems at the local level by utilizing a community action approach – bringing both the usual and unusual partners to the table, incentivizing providers to serve the hardest-to-reach, and returning again and again to the strategic planning table, so that programs evolve as needs and resources change.

As we look to the next decade, we are again facing a critical turning point. First 5 funds will continue to decrease, and direct services cannot continue to be the focus of our work.

As a result, we are turning our attention to the policy table, and working with state and local leaders to ensure that First 5 funding is reserved only for supports that cannot be covered by Medi-Cal or other funding. We will continue to play an important convening, educating, and advocating role at the local and state level, until we have ensured that every child in California achieves optimal oral health. 

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FIRST 5

Something to Smile About I N LO C A L G O V E R N M E N T

By Phil Serna

Chairman, First 5 Sacramento Commission

Phil Serna represents District 1 on the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors and serves as Chairman of the First 5 Sacramento Commission.

One of the things you quickly learn as a member of the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors is that you’ll make key decisions in multiple capacities. At last count, I sit on nearly three-dozen boards and commissions, each associated with the delivery of specific services; e.g., flood control, air quality and libraries to name just a few.

One of the most important governing bodies on which I serve, and lead as chairman, is the First 5 Sacramento Commission. Like the

With the help of many community-based partnerships, First 5 Sacramento is also very focused on advancing important health maintenance measures for our youngest constituents. other 57 counties in California, Sacramento County’s First 5 Commission oversees tens of millions in annual revenue derived from a statewide tobacco tax passed by voters in 1998. Funds appropriated by First 5 are used to promote the health, education and early development of children age zero to five years old, along with support services for their families. With the help of many communitybased partnerships, First 5 Sacramento is also very focused on advancing important health maintenance measures for our youngest constituents. At the forefront of this charge is our on-going effort to improve oral and dental health outcomes for Sacramento’s kids.

Perhaps the greatest testament to this is

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that during the Commission’s past three strategic plan cycles, First 5 Sacramento’s investment in community water fluoridation has resulted in a doubling of the number of residents benefitting from this crucial public health program. As a member of the Board of Supervisors, I was glad to take this First 5 initiated program and work to expand fluoridation of our own public water system.

Similarly, we were determined not to stand idly by when our Commission was confronted by the unacceptable challenges economically disadvantaged children faced trying to find dental homes in our community. We responded by investing in strategically located dental clinics that facilitated access to care where it was most needed. These clinics operate within a Federally Qualified Health Center environment utilizing existing federal funding streams that enhance longterm sustainability. Because both medical and dental clinics operate under one roof, there exists greater opportunity for efficient multidisciplinary communication and system-wide partnership, all for the delivery of holistic care and treatment.

Our Commission continues to support a mobile dental clinic (Smile Keepers) that frequently visits preschools, Head Start programs, WIC sites and community health fairs providing preventive services remotely in the communities we represent. Finally, we remain very committed to robust education and outreach efforts at our Family Resource Centers; efforts that continue to focus on improving levels of dental service utilization and that boost community wide oral health literacy.

I am proud of this progress and the fact it showcases wise and sustainable public and private investment benefitting generations of Sacramento’s children and their families.

That said I join a growing chorus of concerned individuals and organizations who are far from satisfied.

Volunteer opportunities SMILES FOR KIDS VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Doctors to “adopt” patients seen on Smiles for Kids Day 2016 for follow-up care.

TO VOLUNTEER, CONTACT: SDDS office (916.446.1227 • smilesforkids@sdds.org)

SMILES FOR BIG KIDS VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Dentists willing to “adopt” patients for immediate/emergency needs in their office.

TO VOLUNTEER, CONTACT: SDDS office (916.446.1227 • sdds@sdds.org)

October 15-16, 2016 • San Joaquin County Fairgrounds April 21-24, 2017 • San Mateo Event Center October 5-8, 2017 • Bakersfield/Kern County Fairgrounds TO VOLUNTEER: www.cdafoundation.org/cda-cares Robyn Alongi (916.554.5305 • robyn.alongi@cda.org) AUBURN RENEWAL CENTER CLINIC During a recent County Board of Supervisors hearing, we were once again very disappointed to hear details about acute underperformance of Sacramento’s dental managed care program that is intended to serve our community’s most vulnerable families. It is absolutely unacceptable that the oral health of a generation of our children has suffered while this delivery system continues to miss the mark with extremely low utilization rates.

Such system-wide challenges are precisely what First 5 Sacramento and other county-sponsored interventions have worked so hard to avoid with our targeted investments aimed at improving dental and oral health outcomes. As such, the Board of Supervisors formed a local stakeholder group the mission of which is to help improve persistently low utilization rates. The Medi-Cal Dental Advisory Committee or MCDAC, is comprised of parents and dentists who are involved with the program, the dental plans administering the program, the California Dental Association, as well as the California Department of Health Care Services. We value the efforts and advice the MCDAC provides, and the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors remains supportive of this very important work.

My colleagues and I are proud of the investments we’ve made, but we must hold programs, initiatives and ourselves accountable when it comes to public health. With the continuing support of the Sacramento District Dental Society I know we will continue to improve the availability and quality of oral and dental health services in our community. 

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: General dentists, specialists, dental assistants and hygienists.

TO VOLUNTEER, CONTACT: Dr. Steve Holm (916.425.6766 • sholm@goldrush.com)

THE GATHERING INN VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Dentists, dental assistants, hygienists and lab participants for onsite clinic.

TO VOLUNTEER, CONTACT: Kathi Webb (916.743.5351 • kwebbft@aol.com)

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Oral Health

FROM A PUBLIC HE ALTH PERSPECTIVE

By Julie Gallelo, MPH Executive Director, First 5 Sacramento

Julie brings 20 years of experience in health service and community development to the First 5 Sacramento Commission.

She has directed health and social services programs at community based organizations, health clinics and county government.

Julie has a passion for improving lives through public policy, parent advocacy and community engagement.

She is a board member of several area non-profit agencies, as well as participating in leadership roles at the First 5 Association of CA. She earned a bachelor's degree in Psychology and a master's degree in Public Health from San Diego State University. She lives in Davis with her husband and two daughters.

I have always had a love-hate relationship with my teeth. One of my earliest childhood memories was going to the dentist for the first time at the age of four… and having eight cavities. To this day, I remember every detail of my pediatric dentist’s office, from the plastic yellow chairs to the butterflies and bees theme to the scary reality of having my teeth drilled and pulled.

Things improved after that initial visit when my parents realized the importance of regular check-ups and cleanings, but the damage was done and I remained terrified of dental work for the remainder of my childhood.

Over the seven year period of First 5 investment, the percent of low-income children ages 0-5 with active dental disease decreased by 12% countywide.

Then, the love part of the relationship kicked in during graduate school. I worked my way through school as a dental health educator for California’s Dental Disease Prevention Program in the 1990’s. I visited elementary schools in high poverty areas of San Diego and taught children in kindergarten through sixth grade how to brush and floss their teeth, how to rinse with fluoride and the importance of eating nutritious foods. I loved this work, but all these years later, I still have nightmares about some of the children I taught in the program- the amount of decay, the abscessed gums and the pain on their faces has stayed with me over the decades. I cannot count the number of children I walked to the nurse’s office to ensure they received a referral to a dentist for treatment. Those children, and their mouths, made a lasting impression on me. I knew even then that we couldn’t drill our way out of this problem and that much

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more had to be done to prevent dental decay in the first place. I had no idea that this first real job experience in the dental education field would give such important context for the work I would eventually do with my newly earned master’s degree.

I brought these experiences with me when, in 2004, I became the Executive Director of First 5 Yolo. With my degree in public health and my knowledge of the need for oral health services, I worked with Commissioners to ensure that young children in Yolo County had access to preventive and restorative services.

Yolo is a mid-sized, mostly rural county with a large number of undocumented families who work in the agricultural industry. With a modest allocation of Prop 10 dollars- about $2 million per year- First 5 Yolo invested over $225,000 annually for seven years to build infrastructure and capacity of the community clinic system to serve more children ages 0-5, as well as pregnant women.

With Commission funding, we expanded the number of children’s dental chairs, screened thousands of preschool children through the Smile Savers mobile screening program, applied countless coats of fluoride varnish, funded critical dental staff to treat low income kids and fluoridated the water system in West Sacramento. Over the seven year period of First 5 investment, the percent of low-income children ages 0-5 with active dental disease decreased by 12% countywide. This is by far the accomplishment I am most proud of during my time at First 5 Yolo.

I’m now the Executive Director of First 5 Sacramento and I’m so impressed with the investments in oral health that the Commission has made during the last decade. If my four-year old self could envision 2015, she would know that we are working hard to ensure that young children no longer have her first experience at the dentist office. And she would be very proud and excited to be a part of the excellent work being done in Sacramento County to improve oral health for all of our children. 

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FIRST 5 SACRAMENTO COMMISSION:

Making Cutting Edge Contributions to Children’s Dental Care in Sacramento County

By Debra Payne, MSW

Vice Chair, Sacramento County Medi-Cal Dental Advisory Committee

Debra earned her Master's in Social Work (MSW) from CSUS in 1997. Her concentration was in community organizing, planning and administration (COPA). She has worked to improve conditions for children her entire career, first with children in foster care and then focusing on children ages 0 to 5 while working for First 5 Sacramento since 2002. Debra retired in June 2015 but continues to work on oral health issues by serving as Vice Chair of the Sacramento County Medi-Cal Dental Advisory Committee (MCDAC).

First 5 Sacramento’s mission has always been to improve the lives and opportunities available to the children 0-5 years of age living in our community. The Commission’s early assessment of the fundamental importance of oral health to a child’s well-being resulted in a plan for structured investments and community engagement that would be a key contribution to that goal. With the advice of many community service organizations, including the Sacramento District Dental Society (SDDS), we determined that a three prong approach that emphasized community water fluoridation, safety net dental clinic construction, and community based education and outreach would have both an immediate and lasting impact. The plan, the community partnership, the Commission’s resolve and commitment of over $19 million to see it through, illustrates First 5’s action at its best. This article will detail the specifics of each of these programs.

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A Driving Force to Fluoridate Water As far back as 2001, First 5 Sacramento prioritized community water fluoridation efforts in its strategic plan and funding commitment. The Commission accepted that such an investment would be cost effective, benefit the entire community and not require behavior changes to implement.

We also knew it would not be easy to achieve.

The effort demanded organizing many public and private meetings, careful, detailed cost assessments and contract negotiations as well as a great deal of community outreach and education emphasizing the importance of the objective. Working with both public and private water agencies such as California American Water Company, Sacramento Suburban Water District, City of Sacramento Utilities and Golden State Water Company, fluoridation increased in Sacramento County populated areas to 63%.

These projects will continue to fluoridate for

decades, serving not only young children, but also all those accessing drinking water through these companies. A Sacramento County Fluoridation Map is available at www.First5SacDental.org.

Improving Access for Children First 5 Sacramento was acutely aware that challenges existed for access to dental care for low income children on the mandatory Geographic Managed Care (GMC) DentiCal program. The Commission wanted to have child friendly safety-net dental clinics available to treat these kids. In 2010, First 5 Sacramento funded construction of five geographically dispersed children’s dental clinics that would accept GMC DentiCal. We selected two FQHC’s (Federally Qualified Health Center): WellSpace Health to build and operate four clinics and Sacramento Native American Health Center to operate one clinic. Recently, WellSpace Health was selected to build and operate the newest clinic in Galt.

These children’s dental clinics helped to double the utilization rate for GMC MediCal Dental programs from just over 20% in 2008 to over 39% in 2014.

Learn more about the dental clinics at www.

First5SacDental.org Preventive Care and Parent Education On Wheels In addition to fixed dental clinic locations, First 5 Sacramento valued the ability to provide preventive services and education and outreach to children and families where they lived, played and worked. First 5 Sacramento recognized that the Sacramento County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Smile Keeper’s Program did just that through the Tooth Truck, a mobile traveling dental clinic with two chairs. The Commission approved to fund the program in 2009 and it now serves over 8,000 preschoolers in Head Start, state preschools and school district sites. Kate Varanelli, R.D.H. created a helpful flyer for parents to assist them with making an appointment with their assigned dental provider and to contact their assigned dental plan. Download a copy: www.First5SacDental.org.

The Smile Keepers program screens and rates

children’s oral health status, applies fluoride varnish to the children’s teeth and makes referrals to dental providers to establish a dental home.

Delivering the Oral Health Message Complementing these infrastructure improvements, First 5 Sacramento launched public education efforts such as creating wall decals using the child-friendly “Toothy” mascot with clever dental messaging. This strategy attempts to improve the oral health literacy of the community we serve. These decals have been distributed to preschools, medical offices and Family Resource Centers throughout Sacramento County.

Additional outreach efforts included the creation of an eight page dental insert distributed in the Sacramento News & Review to over 80,000 readers. This compilation of articles aimed to debunk myths about f luoridation, encourage healthy habits and increase overall dental awareness. In an effort to capture the mounting dental resources in one place, First 5 Sacramento created a micro-website specifically for all things oral health. To drive site traffic, digital ads were created geographically and demographically targeted our audience.

and many other advocates for oral health.

This committee utilized public policy activism and accomplished many key oral health objectives including working with Senator Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg to address neglected dental access issues in Sacramento County. In 2012, committee members were officially appointed by the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors to the Medi-Cal Dental Advisory Committee (MCDAC), which continues to advance this oral health public policy focus. Information about MCDAC’s efforts is available at www.First5Sacramento.org/Meetings/ MCDAC The First 5 Sacramento Commission has always been keenly aware that they serve a county that has a variety of needs and takes pride in being responsive to those needs to improve children’s overall health. Oral health has been a focus because our community partners like SDDS, Sacramento families and our child advocates insisted upon it.

Our entire community should take pride in this investment. It will improve the lives of our children for years to come. 

Voices Heard: Oral Health Advocates Speak Out In add it ion to direct investments in infrastructure and services, First 5 Sacramento committed to facilitating system change within our oral health environment.

In January 2008, the Children’s Dental Task Force met for the first time with founding partners SDDS, Child H e a lt h Disability Program (CHDP), DHHS Smile Keeper’s Program, Head Start, LIBERTY Dental Plan www.sdds.org • May 2016

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Action & Advocacy Working Together Matters Getting dental care should be easy. Make an appointment and go to it, have a cleaning from a hygienist, see the dentist, and schedule follow-up. The steps are basic. It should be easy. But a study issued Julie Beyers joined First 5 Sacramento in 2003 bring- in 2010 showed that fewer than 21% of Sacramento County children ing more than 25 years ex- on Medi-Cal received any dental services in 2008. Clearly something perience in administration, wasn’t working and our children were paying the price.

By Julie Beyers Oral Health Program Planner, First 5 Sacramento Commission

contracting, accounting and auditing to the Commission.

As the Program Planner for Oral Health, she is responsible for program planning and development, contract management for the Commission’s fluoridation projects, Dental Clinics, and a mobile dental program.

She provides support for the Medi-Cal Dental Advisory Committee. She has a BS from Santa Clara University and is a Certified Internal Auditor.

Led by First 5 Sacramento, the Children’s Dental Task Force, formed in 2008, starting a public advocacy effort for children’s oral health. The Task Force recommended the 2010 study, funded by First 5, which provided dismal data about the rate at which Sacramento County children were receiving oral health care. First 5 efforts to establish child-friendly dental clinics and mobile dental services provided a start towards improving access to care. Four new children’s dental clinics were built and one clinic was updated creating 23 chairs dedicated for pediatric services. More than 8,000 children, primarily to preschoolers, receive screenings and fluoride varnishes from the mobile dental van. Parents receive oral health education packets.

These efforts were a positive start, but more was needed. Just two of California’s 58 counties – Sacramento and Los Angeles – participate in dental managed care (DMC).

The Los Angeles program is voluntary. Only Sacramento had a mandatory program, known as Geographic Managed Care (GMC). The DMC/GMC model functions with contracted dental plans that receive a per-person per-month (PPPM) payment for each Medi-Cal beneficiary assigned to them.

The plans contract with providers, from

general dentists to specialty providers,paying providers either a PPPM (per patient, per month) rate, a ‘per procedure’ rate or a combination of these.

The Task Force focused attention on the low utilization rates reported by the plans.

The Task Force pushed for the inclusion of specific performance standards and benchmarks in the next contract with each plan. Better communication with the plans and DHCS was also a focus. The Task Force and First 5 were working on systems change – a concerted effort to add capacity and change policy. Systems change can be a slow process but the change created can be impactful and lasting.

The Task Force continued by making legislative members aware of the need for improved dental care. The Task Force worked with DHCS to develop specific items which DHCS would implement. Then the Task Force worked with Senator Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg to pass legislative language for a Sacramento County advisory stakeholders group that could provide input and meet regularly with DHCS on the dissemination of information, and on improvements in the provision of oral health and dental care services for Sacramento County Medi-Cal

A study issued in 2010 showed that fewer than 21% of Sacramento County children on Medi-Cal received any dental services in 2008.

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Job Bank The SDDS Job Bank is a service offered only to SDDS Members. It is published on the SDDS website and provides a forum for job seekers to reach other Society members who are looking for dentists to round out their practice, and vice versa. If you are a job seeker, associate seeker, selling or buying a practice, contact SDDS at (916) 446-1227. For contact information of any of the job bankers please visit www.sdds.org.

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beneficiaries. In December 2012, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors created the Medi-Cal Dental Advisory Committee (MCDAC) as authorized by legislation.

The significance of the creation of MCDAC by legislation is the weight carried by the legislative mandates. DHCS must meet with MCDAC at least four times per year. They must accept input from MCDAC and must report data collected on the performance measures required of the plans. To facilitate positive working relationships, MCDAC strives to maintain an open line of communication with DHCS leadership.

The membership of MCDAC includes local nonprofit organizations, representatives and members of the Sacramento District Dental Society (SDDS), staff from the California Dental Association (CDA), staff from each of the GMC plans, Medi-Cal beneficiaries, First 5 staff, and other interested individuals. This diverse membership brings a variety of perspectives, experience and concerns to the committee. To read the report, visit www.first5sacdental.org/reports/ How does one committee make an impact on a problem as significant as the dismal 21% utilization rate? MCDAC members are involved and active. MCDAC members testified at the recent Little Hoover Commission Hearings on Denti-Cal. They provided input to policies and procedures via the DHCS stakeholder processes. MCDAC members supported the legislation for the creation and funding to implement the Virtual Dental Home project. Members assisted with the 2015 Sacramento County updated Dental Study titled “Sacramento Children and Dental Care: Better Served than 5 Years Ago.” MCDAC members worked with parents, providers, the plans to increase access and utilization for children, an effort that increased the 21% utilization rate in 2008 to a 39.6% rate in 2014.

Sacramento County and the greater Sacramento region are leaders in systems change and advocacy efforts for the children and families needing Medi-Cal dental services. The effort to improve access needs to continue through every avenue available.

Our children are counting on all of us.

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AMADOR COUNTY’S ORAL HEALTH STRATEGIES

“Small but Mighty”

By Nina Machado Executive Director, First 5 Amador Nina Machado has been the Executive Director of First 5 Amador since 2001. Ms. Machado coordinated a dental program while working for Amador County Public Health and has overseen Amador’s Oral Health Task Force for ten years. She is a founding member of a local non-profit that provides transportation and support for local cancer patients and their families.

First 5 Amador recognizes that oral health is an important component of overall health and essential to our mission to promote, support, and enhance the optimal development of Amador County's children from zero through five years of age. Although the Amador County line is only one hour east of Sacramento, it is a small county that faces many challenges common to rural counties.

Amador stretches from the Shenandoah Valley, which sits at the 1100-foot elevation to Kirkwood at 9000-feet.

In an effort to reach more children, free fluoride varnish and screenings have also been provided by volunteer dental hygienists to approximately 100 children at annual children’s fairs.

“But, we have insurance.” You would think that statement would signify, “My family has dental care.” But this is not necessarily true…especially for some of our more rural

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communities. Provider availability, lack of transportation, and distance to dental care facilities for families are some of the factors that led First 5 Amador to establish and maintain Amador’s Oral Health Task Force (OHTF).

Amador has one Denti-Cal provider in the county – the Mariposa, Amador, Calaveras, Tuolumne Indian Health Clinic (MACT).

Most families with Denti-Cal must travel approximately 60 miles each way to access dental services. Those families requiring anesthesia services for dental treatment must travel even longer distance to facilities in Stockton, Salida or Atwater for example.

Given the above challenges, First 5 Amador has made prevention a priority and focused our efforts on outreach to families where they are. For more than 10 years, First 5 Amador and Public Health provided funding for oral health screenings and fluoride varnish treatments for children in preschools, playgroups, and childcare centers. Approximately 25% of Amador’s age-eligible children received these services twice per year. In an effort to reach more children, free fluoride varnish and screenings have also been provided by volunteer dental hygienists to approximately 100 children at annual children’s fairs.

Additionally, First 5 Amador took the lead in coordinating dental screenings at kindergarten registrations throughout the county. The dentists performed a brief examination of the children’s teeth, which satisfied the AB1433 school entrance

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requirement and provided an opportunity to refer families to a dental office. This system proved successful and volunteer dentists throughout the county are now scheduled each year by Jackson Creek Dental – a member of the OHTF (done as part of the Smiles for Kids Day!).

Despite these preventative measures, Amador is still lacking in access to care for children’s dentistry and available Denti-Cal providers.

In the last decade, the OHTF coordinated four dental van visits with each visit providing services to approximately 60 children. While these visits have been helpful, many children required follow-up treatment. Scheduling that follow-up care has been challenging because of the lack of Denti-Cal providers in the county and because many of the families are transportation disadvantaged and have

limited resources for travelling outside the county.

In an effort to create a sustainable oral health prevention system, First 5 Amador and Public Health researched f luoride varnish application in a medical setting (i.e. pediatrician’s office). The Academy of Pediatrics found that this is cost effective, would serve more children, and solidifies the procedure as part of a well-child examination.

Parents hold physicians’ recommendations in high regard and the well-child checkup schedule allows for frequent contact with families. First 5 and Public Health presented the idea to Amador’s only pediatric medical office which agreed to pilot the program.

During the first 8 months of the pilot, Sutter Amador Pediatrics more than tripled the number of fluoride varnish treatments

offered in previous years. The goal is now to expand this practice to all medical offices in Amador that provide care for young children.

In an effort to share the success of this systems change, Sutter Pediatric staff and First 5 Amador’s Executive Director presented this practice at a regional Sutter Pediatric meeting and responded to a request to provide testimony before the Little Hoover Commission.

Amador is just one of many First 5’s throughout the state that have implemented multiple strategies to address young children’s dental needs. Creating sustainable systems are key to supporting the mission of First 5. 

Parents hold physicians’ recommendations in high regard and the well-child checkup schedule allows for frequent contact with families.

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Smiles for Kids 2016 Our Cups Runneth Over with Smiles!

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Trish Grasse Amy Miller Destiny Morton Roxanne Payan Deana Rott Janelle Tagumasi Kelly Taunton Tasha Turner

SFK Day - Volunteers McKenna Berry Madisen Berry Erin Castleberry Sara Cedeno Angel Dawson Daisy Garcia Audrey Goodis Cathy Levering Kelly McWilliams Renato Monroy Joselyn Nieves Rachel Sheets Kylie Somecillo Theresa Truong

SFK Day - DAs Nicole Brill Evelyn Chaney Marissa Delacruz Janis Dufort Jade Fox Susan Garcia Diana Ivanina Chelsea Landa Grace McIntosh Maria Mendoza Martha Pliego Aly Ramirez Vanessa Zavala

20%

of SDDS Members Participate in SFK! Adopt-a-Kid Endodontists Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr.

Bruce Holt David Keating Kevin Keating Sheri Opp

General Dentists Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr.

Guy Acheson Kyle Adams Ashkan Alizadeh Kreston Anderson Kimberly Anderson Jenny Apekian Ron Ask

Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr.

Jerhet Ask Cynthia Belgum Wallace Bellamy Michael Boyce Lenna Bright Matthew Campbell Michael Casagrande David Cernik Andrea Cerventas Christopher Chan Terry Chin Christopher Claus Garth Collins Matthew Comfort Jude Crutchfield Kenneth Curry Pamela Di Tomasso Wesley Fong Mitchell Goodis Matthew Gustafsson Elizabeth Harmon Victor Hawkins Timothy Herman Elizabeth Huynh Jose Juarez Bryan Judd George Kingsley Craig Kinzer Emerson Lake Tyson Lechner Evan Lomen Dan Mar Edward Montalbo Viren Patel Sireesha Penumetcha Sergio Pereira Leon Roda Christy Rollofson Jennifer Ryan Dwight Simpson Andrea Sosa Glen Tueller Ernest Watson Gregory Wilcox Roland Womack Ron Yee

Oral Surgeons Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr.

Craig Alpha Dale Alto Vincenzo Castaldo Nanlin Chiang Gregory Heise Richard Jackson Tania Nelson-Chrystal Nicholas Rotas

Orthodontists Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr.

Greg Adams Robert Alexander Steven Anderson Robert Andreson Hendrick Blom Thais Booms Brian Crawford Kent Daft Vincent D'Ascoli David Datwyler Jason Dorminey Jennifer Drew Mathisen

Orthodontists (con't.)

Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr.

Patricia Fong Donna Galante Kelly Giannetti Dan Haberman Mark Holt David Markham George Mayweather Gloria Nollie John Oshetski Michael Payne Paolo Poidmore Don Rollofson Matthew Sanders Damon Szymanowski Richard Talbot Alan Tan Garri Tsibel Melvin Walters Peter Worth Jamson Wu

Pediatric Dentists Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr.

Jessica Alt Jude Crutchfield Lora Foster Rode Wayne Grossman Craig Hollingsworth Paul Johnson Winston Lin Jennifer McCarthy Sydney Moore Dennis Peterson Vicki Sullivan Scott Thompson Allison Trout Cynthia Weideman Janice Work

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Smiles for Kids 2016 448 total volunteers (313 doctors participated) FALL 2015 SCREENINGS

SMILES FOR KIDS DAY

21,650 kids screened

ADOPT-A-KID PROGRAM

377 kids scheduled for treatment

289 kids adopted (specialty & GP)

(40 no-shows, only 10.6%. This no-show rate is amazingly good! Our rate last year was 46%. Thanks to our school nurses!)

115 doctors volunteered to screen (55 doctors actually screened)

(to date) ($1,500 ave./pt)

60 kids referred to Ortho Program 150 total doctors volunteered to take Adopt-a-Kid cases (need more)

181 volunteers 21 treatment sites

Results: 71% 1’s • 22% 2’s • 7% 3’s 1 = good dental health 2 = care required 3 = urgent care required

$500,000 in treatment

$200,400 in treatment ($580 ave./pt)

(estimated when finished)

THANK YOU TO OUR SMILES FOR KIDS SITES Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr.

Kyle Adams Andrea Cervantes Christopher Chan Garth Collins Joe Daby Mitchell Goodis Matthew Gustafsson Paul A. Johnson Jose Juarez Tyson Lechner David Miller Purvak Parikh

Thank you!

Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr.

Allison Trout Kim Wallace Ernest Watson Janice Work

Jackson Creek Dental Dr. Ron Ask Dr. Jerhet Ask Dr. Craig Kinzer Dr. Leon Roda Dr. Dwight Simpson

to our Smiles For Kids 2016 Grantors and Sponsors!

Roseville Dental Group Dr. Kreston Anderson Dr. David Cernik Dr. R. Emerson Lake Dr. Evan Lomen

Woodland Smiles Dental Group Dr. Christopher Claus Dr. Michael Tuan

Now Dental Dr. Victor Hawkins Dr. Elizabeth Huynh Surfside Dental Dr. Jennifer McCarthy

Thank you to the following for their gracious donations: CSUS Pre-Dental Club —

Project Backpack Blue Northern Builders Burkhart Dental Supply Henry Schein Dental Patterson Dental Supply Pro Distribution

Smiles for Kids®

SAVE THE DATE FOR NEXT YEAR! FEBRUARY 4, 2017 26 | The Nugget • Sacramento District Dental Society

2015 SACRAMENTO DISTRICT DENTAL FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT

Foundation of the Sacramento District Dental Society

What We Do

By Kevin Keating, DDS, MS 2015 Foundation President

Makes a Difference In 2005, the Foundation partnered with a metal refinery and began Crowns for Kids® (CFK) to benefit Smiles for Kids. In this program, member dentists collect scrap metal from their patients’ dental treatment in CFK jars, the jars are collected and sent to the metal refinery (Star Group), and the refinery sends a check to the Foundation each month.

CROWNS FOR KIDS HAS RAISED...

2006 $9,351 2007 $15,126 2008 $9,054 2009 $30,645 2010 $26,031 2011 $26,981 2012 $34,028 2013 $27,325 2014 $22,450 2015 $20,291

GRAND TOTAL

$200,992

The heart of our Dental Society, the SDDS Foundation, continued to beat strong for yet another year. The heart of our Society was nourished by the many acts giving through the many volunteers who provide care and made strong by the generosity of those who join as members or the gift of money to support the Foundation's charitable programs. Our many wonderful volunteers gave their time and talents by giving the gift of oral health care through their participation in Smiles for Kids, Smiles for Big Kids, Crowns for Kids, the Helen Hamilton funded orthodontic grant program and the Charitable Fund grant for our members’ patients in need.

There is much good news, better news and some bad news to report. The good news is that over the past few years we continue to screen thousands of children in those schools serving various communities of need. The better news, is in these schools, we find fewer severe cases of dental need to have participate in our Smiles for Kids program. This obviously is great news that I am able to report that our message of oral health care is being effective in these communities of need. The bad news is that, as a result of our successes in these schools, we now have fewer cases for our eager volunteers to treat! But even this bad news has a silver lining in that we now have fewer cases of need to treat.

However, we have taken this short fall and turned it to serve in our benefit by expanding the age of the “kids” we screen. We now offer to treat older kids in middle school and high school that have need for our services. This year we also adopted those clearly motivated parents of the kids we treat and provided care for them as well on Smiles for Kids day. The model of our Foundation’s charitable giving continues to change and evolve so we can continue to serve as the “Heart of our Dental Society.”

Additional great news is that in 2015 our Foundation was the recipient of a $150,000 grant (spread over three years) from the California Wellness Foundation for our Smiles for Big Kids program. This will be another opportunity to help us fund the expenses associated with Smiles for Big Kids—so that doctors aren’t “out of pocket” for lab costs while donating their time to patients in need.

If you find in yourself a desire to serve and give back, we would, love to have you join us in our Foundations continued efforts to give back to the communities, in which we live.

We would love to have your help by giving of your talents, energy or cash contributions to improve the oral health of those we live with who are in need. Give us a call… 

CROWNS FOR KIDS Totals since the beginning of the program 2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

# docs

12

56

23

46

60

67

77

70

72

70

# non-docs

0

2

0

3

0

1

3

0

0

0

# repeat donors

0

30

16

34

41

55

67

41

42

60

# new donors

12

44

7

20

27

17

16

12

13

13

# pickups

12

93

24

67

84

120

136

145

124

144

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2015 SACRAMENTO DISTRICT

2015 STATS: SMILE FOR BIG KIDS Participating Doctors

Smiles for BIG Kids® (SFBK) began in 2009 and, recognizing that often the parents’ dental health needs are equally as urgent as their children’s, SFBK focused on the needs of parents of SFK patients and the elderly. Since then, the program has expanded to address the dental needs of underserved adults (including parents of SFK patients). The Foundation has partnered with several local community organizations to identify eligible patients and, each year, member dentists provide much needed care to these individuals in the form of dentures, restorative treatment and specialty treatment. Still in its early stages of development, this project will hopefully be as successful as SFK someday!

Giving Back: Smiles for Big Kids

By Bryan Judd, DDS Like so many of you, I have had the great opportunity to “Give Back” by donating time at CDA Cares. I have also volunteered on Saturdays for SDDS’s Smiles for Kids. Every single time I come away a better person, and I see directly what we can do to change lives.

We have been so moved at these events as an office that we got together and said, “Wouldn’t it be great if we did this more often?”

Well the answer is, “Yes, we can, and it is through giving back with Smiles for Big Kids.”

At an office meeting I proposed to our team the idea of seeing one patient a month from the program. The patients come pre-screened from the Dental Society office. We discussed the logistics of timing, how these very grateful people would be cared for, including the treatment we would offer. I spoke with my labs, letting them know of what we had in mind, and they too were on board with helping out.

The experience for me and my office team has been a true blessing.

Time after time, tears of gratitude and joy have been shed by us all.

I would like to share just one story.

“Beth” came to us not wanting to smile, and she was lacking the confidence to go out and get a job to help support herself and her family. Step by step we were able to put the pieces back together, not only giving her a smile, but truly changing her life. Beth was able to go out and find work, and now her smile truly radiates from the inside.

Being a dentist is a wonderful thing, and we are all able to do so much in helping people. Sit down as an office and discuss giving back—even one patient a month—and then contact the Dental Society, letting them know of your wishes. The good feelings you and your team experience will be rewarding and priceless. 

Dr. Gary Ackerman Dr. Craig Alpha Dr. Dale Alto Dr. Cynthia Belgum Dr. Paul Binon Dr. Matt Campbell Dr. James Coyle Dr. Julianne Digiorno Dr. Lisa Dobak Dr. Volki Felahy Dr. Michael Forde Dr. Reza Fouladi Dr. Edi Guidi Dr. Jagdev Heir Dr. Gregory Heise Dr. Tim Herman

Dr. Carl Hillendahl Dr. Bruce Holt Dr. Richard Jackson Dr. Bryan Judd Dr. David Keating Dr. Marjorie Mojica-Jara Dr. Megan Moyneur Dr. Tania Nelson-Chrystal Dr. Kevin O'Neill Dr. Joshua Perisho Dr. Moji Radi Dr. Bevan Richardson Dr. Donald Rollofson Dr. Brian Royse Dr. Charles Smurthwaite

Participating Labs Ace Dental Lab Brabant Dental Lab Danilov Dental Lab Danilov Labs Dental Creations Laguna Dental Arts

Mike's Dental Laboratory Paramount Dental Lab Phillip A. Danz & Associates Professional Dental Lab Tri-City Dental Lab

2015-2016 STATS: SMILE FOR BIG KIDS 35 Treatments completed 33 Treatments still in progress 2015-2016 Total $105,430 in service donated by doctors $7,600 paid to labs (discounted bills!)

2015-2016 Grand Total $113,038 Totals since the beginning of the program 460 patients placed $970,000 in treatment donated

D E N TA L F O U N D AT I O N A N N U A L R E P O R T

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Foundation of the Sacramento District Dental Society

The Generosity

of Our Members is Strong Twenty five years ago we had an idea to provide much needed dental care to underserved kids in our area. Today it has grown to become the flagship program of our strong SDDS Foundation.

What started out as a one day screening event and a one site treatment event has turned into an entire fall season of school screenings in 5 different counties, and more than 100 schools and school nurses helping to pull off 20,000-30,000 kids being screened. Without the help of the school nurses in the various school districts, we couldn't begin to do this project! Thank you to all the school nurses, and their respective school districts, who help us to make dental health a priority in the educational curriculum.

From that one site treatment day 25 years ago, we have grown to multiple sites (2040 sites each year!) on the first Saturday in February treating kids who "fall between the cracks." The doctors who open their offices for SFK Day are our unsung heroes. Our member doctors - and their staffs - volunteer their time, their office supplies and their

passion for making sure our kids' oral health is a priority. Thank you to them as well!

Then, each year 80-100 kids are screened for further treatment for orthodontics. Our wonderful orthodontists adopt these kids each year for a 2-3 year course of treatment.

And the oral surgeons volunteer to help pull hundreds of teeth!

For the kids who need further treatment, our Adopt-a-Kid program gives the opportunity for volunteer doctors to "finish SFK Day work" on kids who need to have treatment finished. This completes the continuity of care and the full treatment success for these kids. When the kids return to school after SFK Day, the school nurses help educate the parents to find a dental home, get insurance and/or Denti-Cal coverage, and to make sure the parents realize that this "one time" assistance is a lesson to continue good oral health practices and care for their children.

The good news? We are seeing that the screening results have improved - a lot! Less kids have "urgent" care needs and many

By Don Rollofson, DMD more have good teeth. And less kids are being referred for SFK Day; this means that more and more kids are getting insurance, finding a dental home and are taking care of their teeth! Our statistics over the years proves this to be true!

It is only through the generosity of our Foundation donors (for time and monetary contributions) that this program can continue. And, since 2003, we have received some wonderful grants (see Grants article!) and contributions; this ensures that the program will continue to thrive. Thank you isn't enough to say but... "thank you" for sure!

The statistics below show just how great this program has become over the past 25 years.

In this issue of the Nugget you will see the report of the 2016 SFK program... and this is just for this year!

It is only through the compassion of our members and the support of our community that it can continue - we can't thank you enough! 

SMILES FOR KIDS... BY THE NUMBERS Since 1991 16,000 kids treated and counting Since 1995 400,000 kids screened Since 1996 1,050 kids received orthodontic treatment

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Our largest and most far-reaching project, Smiles for Kids® (SFK) (originally founded in 1991

by Dr. Gerard Ortner and Dr. Don Rollofson) was adopted and expanded by the Foundation in 2003. It partners member dentists with local schools to screen and provide dental education to thousands of children each year. From the screenings, underinsured and underserved children are treated by member dentists and their staffs on SFK Day each February. More than half of those children are then “adopted” for further pro bono treatment – including specialty and orthodontic treatment. Each year, a million dollars in pro bono treatment is provided to children in the five county SDDS area. Smiles for Kids is making great strides toward reversing the disheartening statistics that plague the children of our community.

2015 SACRAMENTO DISTRICT

It's all

for the Kids!

D E N TA L F O U N D AT I O N A N N U A L R E P O R T

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Foundation of the Sacramento

A charitable 501-C3 organization

District Dental Society

Celebration of Foundation Donors January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015 Grants Smiles for Kids Grants $28,400 ADA Foundation Patterson Foundation Sacramento Region Community Fund

Smiles for Big Kids Grants $150,000 (3 year grant) California Wellness Foundation

Program Contributions Smiles for Kids $9800

Blue Northern Builders Giannetti & Booms Orthodontics Dr. Skip & Cookie Lawrence Modern Woodmen Association / Ms. Debra Payne Michael Solso Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region United Concordia In memory of Dr. Gordon Harris Craig Harris Karen Harris Mary Ann Harris

Smiles for Big Kids $9300

All contributions (listed in memorials) in memory of Dr. Robert Gillis

Contributions and Pledges Perpetual Fund Endowment, Annual Pledge Fund $39,700 Dr. Adrian Carrington Dr. Steve Cavagnolo Dr. Wai Chan Dr. Robert Daby Dr. Kent Daft Dr. Kelly Giannetti Dr. Victor Hawkins Dr. Jagdev Heir Cathy & Bruce Levering Dr. Kevin Keating Dr. Viren Patel Dr. Dennis Peterson Dr. Don Rollofson Dr. Dean Sands Dr. Peter Worth Dr. Russ & Kathi Webb Dr. Herbert Yee Dr. Wesley Yee

Other Contributions $7400 Dr. Craig Alpha Dr. Paul Binon Dr. Scott Churchill Dr. Friz Diaz Dr. James Everhart Dr. Kelly Giannetti Dr. William Gilbert Dr. Tim Giroux Dr. Edi Guidi Dr. Philip Hankins Dr. Dan Harlan Cindy Johnson Dr. Richard Kennedy Dr. Angeline Lam Dr. Tim Mickiewicz

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Dr. Therese O’Brien Pioneer Family Dental Dr. Hana Rashid Dr. Gabrielle Rasi Dr. Bevan Richardson Roseville Dental Group Dr. Ed Sims Dr. Brian Steele Dr. Larry Templin Dr. Herb Wanier Dr. Dennis Wong Dr. Thomas Yamamoto Della Yee

Contributions and Memorials Contributions In honor of…

Blue Oak Dental Kari McKinley Dr. Kent Farnsworth Dr. Beverly Kodama Dr. Rick Kennedy Dr. Kim Wallace Bruce & Cathy Levering Dr. Wai & Ruby Chan Gary Radine, Delta Dental Dr. Beverly Kodama In memory of Dr. Robert Gillis for Smiles for Big Kids Dr. Gary Ackerman Kathy Anderson The Baciagalupi family Richard Barnes Ann Berlo Roy Bushey Dr. Wai & Ruby Chan Dr. Pamela Di Tomasso Dr. Kent Farnsworth Dr. David Feder Frank Giusti & Son Dr. Kelly Giannetti John Greenwood Dr. Enborg Halle Mary Ann Harris Dr. Greg Heise Alan Hickey Dr. Irene Hilton Jane & David Hinman Dr. Herbert Hooper Norma Jennings Kaiser Permanente, South Sac Dr. Richard Kennedy Dr. Beverly Kodama Dr. Grace Lee Dr. George Maranon Linda Massey Pacific Coast Society for Prosthodontists Dr. James Peck Gina Robinson Dr. Brian Royse

Stanley & Carol Scott Sacramento District Dental Society Dr. Norman Spalding Dr. Robert Tilly Dr. Glen Tueller The Tyagarajan Family Dr. Kim Wallace Whiteman, Osterman & Hanna, LLP Dr. Wesley Yee In memory of the father-in-law of Dr. Nancy Archibald Dr. Beverly Kodama In memory of the father and mother of Dr. Adrian Carrington Dr. Beverly Kodama Sacramento District Dental Society

Holiday Party Silent Auction $12,200 Drs. Greg & Eva Adams Dr. Nancy Archibald & Steve Irwin Dr. Wallace Bellamy Dr. Paul Binon Dr. Volki Felahy Mary Lou Gillis Dr. Nicky Hakimi Beth Heneger Dr. Carl Hillendahl Dr. Beverly Kodama Bruce Levering Dr. Viren Patel Dr. Ed Sims Dr. Brandon Webb

Broadway Series Supporters $1200

Fundraisers

Dr. David Cernik Dr. Jayson Chalmers Dr. Kent Daft Dr. Lisa Dobak Dr. Reynold Donovan Dr. Sindy Fondren Dr. Wesley Fong Dr. Kelly Giannetti Dr. Mark Greenmun Dr. Bruce Holt Dr. Kendall Homer Dr. Stephen Huppert Dr. Elizabeth Huynh Dr. Paul Johnson Dr. David Jolkovsky Dr. Dan Jones Dr. Kevin Keating Dr. Beverly Kodama Julia Marino Dr. Bill Melarkey Dr. Megan Moyneur Dr. Jim Musser Dr. Firas Nassif Dr. Ed Orgon Dr. Pat Penney Jennifer Pepetone Dr. Dennis Peterson Delia Ramirez Dr. Gerald Roberts Dr. Stephen Taylor Dr. Alex Tomaich Dr. Kenneth True Dr. Dina Wasileski Dr. Cindy Weideman Dr. Janice Work

Spirit of Giving Campaign $1350

Golf Tournament $15,000

In memory of Dr. Robert Coupe Albert Grosnick Sacramento District Dental Society In memory of Dr. Jerry Dobak Dr. Beverly Kodama John Nissen Sacramento District Dental Society In memory of Dr. Harold Drury Mary Ann Harris Sacramento District Dental Society Dr. Wesley Yee In memory of Dr. George Koch Mary Ann Harris Sacramento District Dental Society In memory of Dr. Steve Leighty Dr. Beverly Kodama Dr. Sean Rockwell Sacramento District Dental Society In memory of Dr. George Stewart Sacramento District Dental Society

Dr. Jude Crutchfield Dr. Dennis Peterson Dr. Don Rollofson Dr. Nicky Hakimi Dr. Richard Kennedy

Major Sponsors

W. F. Gormley & Sons Mass Mutual; Mike Welch

Hole & Bar Cart Sponsors Associated Pension Consultants Blue Northern Builders

2015 SACRAMENTO DISTRICT

Bridgeview Capital Advisors Burkhart Dental Supply Daft & Stamos Orthodontics Dental Management Solutions Desco F&M Bank Fechter & Company Heise & Alpha Oral Surgery Kaneski & Associates Liberty Dental Plan Mann, Urrutia & Nelson, CPAs Olson Construction Patterson Dental Supply Prosthodontic Dental Group SD Reliance Management Inc Wells Construction Wells Fargo Bank Western Contract Design

Golfers

Dr. Antonia Acceturra Dr. Todd Andrews Dr. Daisuke Bannai Dr. Gary Borge Capitol Periodontal Group James Cho Dr. Kent Daft First Community Credit Union Dr. Dean Funada Dr. Vic Hawkins Dr. Ryan Higgins Dr. Carl Hillendahl Dr. Brian Hull Dr. Chad Jensen Richard Johnson Steve Kaneski Dr. Jeff Kwong Bruce Levering Dr. David Miller Patterson Dental Supply Dr. Paolo Poidmore Dr. Gary Rawlinson Dr. Stephen Saffold Dr. Jeremy Salvatierra Victor Sampson Frank Sanchez Dr. Craig Stevens Dr. Damon Szymanowski Tri Counties Bank John Urrutia Edward Westefeld

Crowns for Kids (for Smiles for Kids) $20,300

Dr. Gary Ackerman Dr. Dean Ahmad American River Dental Group Dr. Carlos Bonilla Dr. Damon Boyd Dr. Nicole Brizendine Capitol Periodontal Group Dr. Rick Chang Dr. Kirsten Chang Chapa-De Indian Health - Placerville Dr. James Childress

Dr. Garth Collins Dr. Jerome Daby Dr. Margaret Delmore Dr. Julianne Digiorno Dr. Jeff DiMariano Dr. Shaina DiMariano Dr. Pamela DiTomasso Dr. Lisa Dobak Dr. Mark Ebrahimian Dr. Vivian Fernandez Dr. Debra Finney Dr. Kasi Franck Dr. Robert Gillis Dr. Mitchell Goodis Dr. Edi Guidi Dr. Dan Gustavson Dr. Laurie Hanschu Dr. Victor Hawkins Dr. Gregory Heise Dr. Ryan Higgins Dr. Dick Huang Dr. Elizabeth Huynh Dr. Richard Kennedy Jr. Dr. Matthew Korn Dr. Laurie LaDow Dr. Merlin Lai Dr. Judith Lane Dr. Steve Leighty Dr. Steve Longoria Dr. Eric Matson Dr. Luis Mendez Dr. Kenneth Moore Dr. Charles Newens Dr. Peter Ngai Dr. Michael O'Brien Dr. Siamak Okhovat Dr. Viren Patel Dr. James Peters Dr. Stacy Peters-Nelson Dr. Hanh Pham Dr. Robert Phillips Dr. Richard Phillips Dr. Jean Rabadam Dr. Moji G. Radi Dr. Mai Ly Ramirez Dr. Hana Rashid Dr. Ibtisam Rashid Dr. Mark Redford Dr. Jeffrey Rho Dr. Christy Rollofson Sacramento Oral Surgery Dr. Purvi Shah Dr. Howard Shempp Dr. Richard Shipp Dr. Hamid Shirazi Dr. Stefanie Shore Dr. Jonathan Szymanowski Dr. Alex Tomaich Dr. Amy Tran Dr. Hoang Truong Dr. Steven Tsuchida Dr. Glen Tueller Dr. Ash Vasanthan Dr. Kim Wallace Dr. Wen-Li Wang Dr. Russell Webb Dr. Ian Wong

Crowns for Kids Total Since 2016... $200,992 2015 FOUNDATION FINANCIALS

CURRENT ASSETS CHECKING / SAVINGS Charitable Fund (Smith Barney)

2013

2014

2015

$181,110

$221,087

$222,615

$484,932

$410,631

$572,823

$151,128

$182,514

$182,723

Perpetual Endowment Fund (Vanguard)

$619,024

$776,145

$800,308

TOTAL CHECKING / SAVINGS:

$1,436,195

$1,590,377

$1,778,468

ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE:

$4,030

$33,212

$8,684

PREPAID EXPENSES:

$19,788

$1,019

$10,648

TOTAL ASSETS: $1,460,013

$1,624,608

$1,797,800

2013

2014

2015

Accounts Payable

$17,516

- $8,750

$4,012

Deferred Revenue

$10,310

$5,747

$17,427

$27,826

- $3,003

$21,440

2013

2014

2015

$1,052,828

$1,432,181

$1,627,611

$379,359

$195,430

$148,749

TOTAL EQUITY: $1,432,187

$1,627,611

$1,776,360

TOTAL LIABILITIES & EQUITY: $1,460,013

$1,624,608

$1,797,800

General Fund (Smith Barney) Helen Hamilton Fund (Vanguard) Operating, program and grants monies

LIABILITIES & EQUITY LIABILITIES

(Other Current Liabilities)

TOTAL LIABILITIES: EQUITY Retained Earnings Net Income

General Fund Smiles for Kids Smiles for Big Kids

$186,101 $241,383 $145,339

D E N TA L F O U N D AT I O N A N N U A L R E P O R T

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Foundation of the Sacramento

A charitable 501-C3 organization

District Dental Society Thank you 2015 Foundation Members January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015 Foundation Members (2015) * Renewed for 2016

Dentist Members

Dr. Guy Acheson* Dr. Gary Ackerman* Dr. Eva Adams * Dr. Gregory Adams* Dr. Dean Ahmad* Dr. Craig Alpha* Dr. Rina Ambaram* Dr. Alexander Antipov Dr. Jenny Apekian* Dr. Nancy Archibald* Dr. Brad Archibald* Dr. Sean Avera* Dr. Mark Backhus* Dr. Daisuke Bannai* Dr. Richard Behl* Dr. Wallace Bellamy* Dr. Robin Berrin* Dr. Paul Bianchi* Dr. Paul Binon* Dr. John Birch* Dr. Ronald Blanchette* Dr. Hendrik Blom* Dr. Thais Booms* Dr. Michael Boyce* Dr. Damon Boyd* Dr. Rodney Bughao* Dr. Robert Burkhard* Dr. Matt Campbell* Dr. Adrian Carrington* Dr. Erin Carson* Dr. Vincenzo Castaldo* Dr. Steven Cavagnolo* Dr. Thad Champlan* Dr. Wai Ming Chan* Dr. Richard Chang* Dr. Shareen Char-Fat* Dr. Kevin Chen* Dr. Regina Cheung* Dr. Sonney Chong* Dr. Stephen Christensen* Dr. Lawrence Chu* Dr. Michael Chu* Dr. Darrell Chun* Dr. Scott Churchill* Dr. Matthew Comfort* Dr. Patrick Cook* Dr. James Cope* Dr. James Coyle* Dr. Lee Crane* Dr. Brian Crawford* Dr. Paul Cripe* Dr. David Crippen* Dr. Gina Crippen* Dr. Jerome Daby* Dr. Robert Daby*

Dr. Kent Daft* Dr. Vincent D’Ascoli* Dr. David Datwyler* Dr. Jeff Davidson* Dr. Martha De Los Rios* Dr. Teresa Deguzman* Dr. Margaret Delmore* Dr. Valerly Denisov Dr. Paul Denzler* Dr. Pamela Di Tomasso* Dr. Friz Diaz* Dr. Shaina DiMariano* Dr. Lisa Dobak* Dr. Gordon Douglass* Dr. Aly Hassan Elsayed* Dr. James Everhart* Dr. R. Kent Farnsworth* Dr. Diana Fat* Dr. John Fat* Dr. Ken Fat* Dr. David Feder* Dr. Volkmar Felahy* Dr. Carlos Feuillet-Latorre* Dr. Debra Finney* Dr. Brian Fong* Dr. Michael Forde* Dr. Lori Forsberg Dr. Rikard Forsberg* Dr. Lora Foster-Rode* Dr. Kasi Franck* Dr. Donna Galante* Dr. Beatriz Galofre* Dr. Calvin Garland* Dr. Douglas Gedestad* Dr. Spencer Gedestad* Dr. Richard Gere* Dr. Kelly Giannetti* Dr. Herbert Gibbs* Dr. Quincy Gibbs* Dr. Robert Gillis Dr. Mitchell Goodis* Dr. Jennifer Goss* Dr. Wayne Grossman* Dr. Edi Guidi* Dr. Dan Haberman* Dr. Gregory Hailey* Dr. Nicky Hakimi* Dr. Lauren Hanschu* Dr. Kerry Hanson* Dr. Dan Harlan* Dr. Elizabeth Harmon Dr. Mary Ann Harris Dr. David Hatcher* Dr. Victor Hawkins* Dr. Robert Hays* Dr. Jagdev Heir* Dr. Gregory Heise* Dr. Marsha Henry* Dr. Tim Herman* Dr. Steven Higashi*

Are you a member of our Foundation?

It only costs $75 a year to be a member of our Foundation. Email us at sdds@sdds.org to become a member and make a difference.

Thank you for supporting the Foundation!

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Dr. Carl Hillendahl* Dr. Craig Hollingsworth* Dr. Michael Holm* Dr. Mark Holt* Dr. Wesley Honbo* Dr. Herbert Hooper* Dr. Elizabeth Huynh* Dr. Richard Jackson* Dr. Nidhi Jain* Dr. Herb Jensen* Dr. Russell Jones Dr. Daniel Jones* Dr. Russell Jones* Dr. Terrence Jones Dr. Bryan Judd* Dr. Lynn Judd* Dr. Robert Katibah* Dr. Paul Katz* Dr. David Keating Dr. Kevin Keating Dr. Richard Keilson* Dr. Richard Kennedy* Dr. Neelofar Khan* Dr. James Kim Dr. Peter Kim* Dr. George Koch Dr. Michael Koch* Dr. Beverly Kodama* Dr. Matthew Korn* Dr. Leigh Kurio Dr. Kevin Kurio* Dr. Laurie LaDow* Dr. Judith Lane Dr. Lisa Laptalo* Dr. Harry Lawrence* Dr. Gordon Lee* Dr. Grace Lee* Dr. Leland Lee* Dr. Alan Leider* Dr. Steve Leighty Dr. Steve Longoria* Dr. David Lopes* Dr. Carol Lopez-Shams* Dr. L. Neil Loveridge* Dr. Donald MacDonald* Dr. Janine Ma-Golding* Dr. Abdon Manaloto* Dr. William Marble* Dr. Greg Maroni* Dr. Jennifer Mathisen* Dr. James McNerney* Dr. Warren McWilliams* Dr. James Meinert* Dr. Tim Mickiewicz* Dr. Glen Middleton* Dr. David Miller* Dr. Dwight Miller* Dr. Douglas Miller Dr. Michael Miyasaki* Dr. Edward Montalbo* Dr. Rhonda Montalbo* Dr. Jack Moore* Dr. Kathryn Moore* Dr. Sydney Moore* Dr. Megan Moyneur* Dr. Steve Murphy* Dr. James Musser* Dr. Kayla Nguyen* Dr. Hoang-Maxx Nguyen Dr. Daniel Nolan*

Dr. James Oates* Dr. Michael O’Brien* Dr. Kevin O’Dea* Dr. Gregory Olsen* Dr. Kevin O’Neill* Dr. John Oshetski* Dr. Stephen Ott* Dr. Gregory Owyang* Dr. Viren Patel* Dr. Michael Payne* Dr. James Peck* Dr. Joel Pedersen* Dr. Steven Penn Dr. Patrick Penney* Dr. Josh Perisho* Dr. Stacey Peters-Nelson* Dr. Dennis Peterson* Dr. Gayle Peterson* Dr. Robert Phillips* Dr. Paolo Poidmore* Dr. Mark Porco* Dr. Christy Porrino Dr. Robert Pretel* Dr. Koos Prins Dr. Michael Quessenberry* Dr. Dexter Quiggle* Dr. Jean Rabadam* Dr. Alan Rabe* Dr. Mojtaba Radi* Dr. Ibtisam Rashid* Dr. Hana Rashid* Dr. Ronald Rasi* Dr. Gabrielle Rasi* Dr. Paul Raskin* Dr. Joseph Rawlins* Dr. Justin Reich* Dr. Bevan (cust) Richardson* Dr. Lindsey Robinson* Dr. Leon Roda III* Dr. Donald Rollofson* Dr. Jeffrey Rosa* Dr. Nicholas Rotas* Dr. Sean Roth* Dr. Ronald Rott* Dr. Brian Royse* Dr. Benton Runquist* Dr. John Santamaria* Dr. Cherag Sarkari* Dr. Christopher Schiappa* Dr. David Seman* Dr. Howard Shempp* Dr. Richard Shipp* Dr. Stefanie Shore* Dr. James Silverman* Dr. Ed Sims Dr. Walter Skinner* Dr. William Sloan* Dr. Norman Spalding* Dr. Joelle Speed* Dr. Terri Speed* Dr. Charles Stamos* Dr. Vissse Storm* Dr. Jeffrey Sue* Dr. Vickie Sullivan* Dr. Damon Szymanowski* Dr. Art Tanimoto* Dr. Larry Templin* Dr. Brent Thomas* Dr. R. Bruce Thomas* Dr. H. Scott Thompson

Dr. Robert Tilly* Dr. J. Alex Tomaich* Dr. Pedram Towfighi* Dr. Kelvin Tse* Dr. Glen Tueller* Dr. Greg Tuttle* Dr. Lucy Valencia* Dr. Asvin Vasanthan* Dr. Jenny Victoria* Dr. Chang Vong* Dr. Tom Wagner* Dr. Kim Wallace* Dr. Karen Walters Dr. Melvin Walters Dr. Wayne Walters* Dr. Kingsley Wang* Dr. Michelle Wang* Dr. Glen Warganich-Stiles* Dr. Ernest Watson* Dr. Russell Weaver* Dr. Brandon Webb Dr. Russell Webb* Dr. Cynthia Weideman* Dr. Michael Weideman Dr. Richard Whitaker* Dr. Mark White* Dr. Gregory Wilcox* Dr. Ryan Wilgus* Dr. Michael Wilson* Dr. Ian Wong* Dr. Kenneth Wong* Dr. Bingson Wong* Dr. Dennis Wong* Dr. Timothy Wong* Dr. Daniel Woodson* Dr. Janice Work* Dr. Peter Worth* Dr. Jamson Wu* Dr. Rosemary Wu* Dr. Thomas Yamamoto* Dr. Bradley Yee* Dr. H. Wesley Yee*

Associate Members Comel Ahmad* Irene Campbell* Thomas Chandler* Stephanie Cripe* Lori Daby* Peggy Daft* Fechter & Company* Leslie Fong Beverly Hawkins* Kathy Jones Marion Jones* Linda Judd* Joe Kalinowski* Sue Keating* Ladonna Drury-Klein* Cookie Lawrence* Deborah Lee Karen Leighty Steve Leininger* Catherine Levering* Ann Peck* Julie Rawlins* Kim Stiles* Kathi Webb* Roxanne Weideman Ruby Yu*

2015 SACRAMENTO DISTRICT

Foundation Grants Reach the $1 Million Mark!

Yippee!!! We have just surpassed $1 million in grants for our Foundation programs!

Our Foundation began applying for grants in 2003, with the ADA Foundation (chaired by Dr. Art Dugoni) granting our very first grant of $15,000 for our Smiles for Kids program.

Then the Sierra Health Foundation funded several years of Smiles for Kids for us – thanks to Dorothy Meehan and Len McCandliss who helped us promote oral health for children.

Over the years, several organizations have been constant and true supporters of what our Foundation, and our SDDS doctors, do for the community. Along with the ADA Foundation, others who have granted our programs for multiple years has been the CDA Foundation, CHW/ Dignity Community Fund, Sutter Health / Sac Sierra Region, Patterson Foundation, Ronald McDonald House Charities and the Sacramento Region Community Fund, among many others.

But, in 2005, our grants and fundraising hit the mark with the Rotary Club of Sacramento’s Bids for Kids event. Dr. Skip Lawrence, the Club President, and Dr. Wes Yee, the Event

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Smiles for BIGKids

Thank you

Chair, raised $65,000 for Smiles for Kids, and then the Sierra Health Foundation pitched in another $35,000 to make it $100K – thank you SO much Drs. Lawrence and Yee. It can’t go without saying that the Henry Schein Supply Grant, administered and chosen by the CDA Foundation, has been an integral part of our SFK success. For several years, we have received $50,000 in supplies for our SFK Sites. Thanks to CDAF for helping us with the supplies.

Last year, the Del E. Webb names SDDS Foundation as one of the “top charities” in the country and has been so very generous giving us grants for both SFK and Smiles for Big Kids (SFBK).

Finally, last year we were awarded $150,000 over 3 years from the California Wellness Foundation for our SFBK program. Their emphasis on adult oral health perfectly matched our SFBK program and we are able to pay for lab costs (for dentures, partials, etc.) for our wonderful doctors who accept adult patients in need.

to our generous Smiles for Big Kids 2014 Grantor Del E. Webb Foundation The Del E. Webb Foundation (DEWF) named SDDS and the Foundation an “Exceptional Organization” oin 2014.The DEWF Board of Directors went through their records for the past 10 years and found 22 exceptional organizations out of the 1,024 they had dealt with in that time. All these organizations “have at least one grant unanimously approved by all DEWF board members, have outstanding management and leadership commitment, provide consistent excellent service to a great many people and make excellent use of the funds received.”

So, needless to say, we have been so fortunate and blessed… thanks to our doctors who can help us take care of all the patients in need!

We will continue to apply for grants long into the future in order to continue supporting the SDDS Foundation's programs that serve those in need within our community. 

GRANTS AWARDED THROUGH THE YEARS Year Received

Program

Amount Awarded

ADA Foundation 2014. . . . . . . . . . . . . SFK. . . . . . . . . . . $10,000 2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . SFK. . . . . . . . . . . $15,000 ADA Foundation - Harris Grant 2010. . . . . . . . . . . . 1T1B. . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 California Endowment 2010. . . . . . . . . . . . . SFK. . . . . . . . . . . $25,000 California Wellness Foundation 2015. . . . . . . . . . . . SFBK. . . . . . . . . . $150,000 CDA Foundation 2011. . . . . . . . . . . . SFBK. . . . . . . . . . . $10,000 2010. . . . . . . . . . . . . SFK. . . . . . . . . . . $10,000 2008. . . . . . . . . . . . SFBK. . . . . . . . . . . $10,000 2007. . . . . . . . . . . . . SFK. . . . . . . . . . . . $9,250 Henry Schein Supplies Grant/CDA Foundation 2008. . . . . . . . . . . . . SFK. . . . . . . . . . . $50,000 2013. . . . . . . . . . SFK/SFBK. . . . . . . . . $50,000 2010. . . . . . . . . . SFK/SFBK. . . . . . . . . $50,000 CHW / Dignity Community Grants 2011. . . . . . . . . . . . . SFK. . . . . . . . . . . $40,000 2010. . . . . . . . . . . . . SFK. . . . . . . . . . . $25,000 2009. . . . . . . . . . . . . SFK. . . . . . . . . . . $25,000 2008. . . . . . . . . . . . . SFK. . . . . . . . . . . $20,000 2012. . . . . . . . . . . SFK/BK. . . . . . . . . . $50,000 CPS Community Action Network 2004. . . . . . . . . . . . . SFK. . . . . . . . . . . . $2,500 Del Webb Foundation 2016. . . . . . . . . . . . . SFK. . . . . . . . . . . $20,000 2014. . . . . . . . . . . . SFBK. . . . . . . . . . . $25,000 Delta Dental 2011. . . . . . . . . . . . SFBK. . . . . . . . . . . $20,000 2004. . . . . . . . . . . . . SFK. . . . . . . . . . . $10,000

Year Received

Program

Amount Awarded

First 5 Children's Coalition/ Cover the Kids 2006. . . . . . . . . . . . . SFK. . . . . . . . . . . $22,500 Kaiser Community Benefit 2012. . . . . . . . . . . . . SFK. . . . . . . . . . . $20,000 Patterson Foundation 2016. . . . . . . . . . . . . SFK. . . . . . . . . . . $10,000 2014. . . . . . . . . . . . . SFK. . . . . . . . . . . $13,400 Ronald McDonald House Charities 2009. . . . . . . . . . . . . SFK. . . . . . . . . . . $10,000 2004. . . . . . . . . . . . . SFK. . . . . . . . . . . . $6,667 2014. . . . . . . . . . . . . SFK. . . . . . . . . . . . $2,500 Rotary Club of Sacramento/ Bids for Kids (BFK) 2004. . . . . . . . . . . . . SFK. . . . . . . . . . . $65,725 Rumsey Community Fund 2004. . . . . . . . . . . . . SFK. . . . . . . . . . . . $2,500 Sacramento Region Community Foundation/ Field of Interest Grant 2005. . . . . . . . . . . . . SFK. . . . . . . . . . . . $1,216 Sacramento Region Community Foundation/ Give Something Back Fund 2006. . . . . . . . . . . . . SFK. . . . . . . . . . . . $1,054 Sacramento Region Community Foundation/ Knapp Fund 2007. . . . . . . . . . . . . SFK. . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 2008. . . . . . . . . . . . . SFK. . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 2009. . . . . . . . . . . . . SFK. . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 2010. . . . . . . . . . . . . SFK. . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000 2011. . . . . . . . . . . . . SFK. . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000 2012. . . . . . . . . . . . . SFK. . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000 2013. . . . . . . . . . . . . SFK. . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000 2014. . . . . . . . . . . . . SFK. . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000 2015. . . . . . . . . . . . . SFK. . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000

Year Received

Program

Amount Awarded

Sacramento Region Community Foundation/ Knapp Fund (continued) 2016. . . . . . . . . . . . . SFK. . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000 2015. . . . . . . . . . . . . SFK. . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000 2004. . . . . . . . . . . . . SFK. . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000 Sacramento Region Community Foundation/ Luchetti Fund 2004. . . . . . . . . . . . . SFK. . . . . . . . . . . . $3,333 Sierra Health Foundation 2005. . . . . . . . . . . . . SFK. . . . . . . . . . $120,000 2008. . . . . . . . . . . . . SFK. . . . . . . . . . . $32,863 2004. . . . . . . . . . . . . SFK. . . . . . . . . . . $10,000 2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . SFK. . . . . . . . . . . $10,000 2005. . . . . . . . . . . . . SFK. . . . . . . . . . . . $2,000 Sutter Health Sac Sierra Region (sponsorship, not grant) 2015. . . . . . . . . . . SFK/1T1B. . . . . . . . . . $2,500 2014. . . . . . . . . . . . GALA . . . . . . . . . . . $2,500 2014. . . . . . . . . . . . . SFK. . . . . . . . . . . . $2,500 2012. . . . . . . . . . . SFK/1T1B. . . . . . . . . $40,000 Teichert Foundation 2009. . . . . . . . . . . . SFBK. . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 United Concordia 2015. . . . . . . . . . . . . SFK. . . . . . . . . . . . $2,500 2014. . . . . . . . . . . . . SFK. . . . . . . . . . . . $2,500 Wells Fargo 2013. . . . . . . . . . . SFK/BK. . . . . . . . . . . $5,000

D E N TA L F O U N D AT I O N A N N U A L R E P O R T

TOTAL GRANTS RECEIVED $1,052,008 www.sdds.org • May 2016

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THE FADE INSTITUTE

The Foundation for Allied Dental Education is pleased to announce the establishment of The FADE Institute. This private institute will serve as the learning and professional development venue for the entire dental community.

The Institute’s mission is to provide: • Entry-level education for dental chairside • Advanced skills training and certification including soft tissue laser for dental hygiene • Board-approved certification courses for dental assistants including radiation safety, pit/fissure sealants, and coronal polishing

Our newest program offerings include: • DA-to-Licensure program – developed for working dental assistants wishing to obtain their RDA without the need to complete a full-time RDA program – this unique program allows for students to attend weekend or weekday classes to obtain their formal education combined with workplace experience to qualify for both the national board examinations and the California state board examinations for the RDA. • RDAEF2 program (approval pending) – the RDAEF is an emerging licensure category proving to be a valuable production and clinical tool for every dental office. This affordable and unique program is offered to currently licensed RDAs and original RDAEFs seeking to obtain the new current advanced licensure (commonly referred to as the RDAEF2).

For more information about the Foundation or The FADE Institute call (916) 357-6680 or visit our website at www.theFADE.org

New Location New Learning Opportunities New Community Collaboration & Support As of June 1, 2016, the Foundation and The FADE Institute will be relocating to its new offices and educational facility in the spacious El Dorado Hills Business Park just minutes from our current location in Folsom. With over 6,000 square feet of space for educational purposes, our new facility will provide the latest equipment and learning resources available to the dental community and its staff.

Look for more news and information about our programs and courses on our new website at www.theFADE.org or contact us by email at office@theFADE.org for program and course data.

The FADE is a proud vendor member of SDDS and contributor to the SDDS Foundation.

Check Out Our

RECENT EVENTS Painted Cork

SDDS members headed to The Painted Cork for a painting lesson, wine, and good company!

April General Meeting 1. Dr. Alpha with Lori Alvi from CDA and speaker of the night, Dr. Henrik Hansen.

2. Dr. Penney trying out his putting skills in the putting contest.

3. Dr. Stamos announcing the winner of the putting contest and promoting the Annual Swing for Smiles, Foundation Golf Tournament.

4. Dr. Heise with this year’s putting contest winner Dr. Endo. He won by putting from 20 ft.!

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Manual Day

Doctors and staff headed to the SDDS classroom to build and complete their OSHA, Employee and HIPAA Manuals in one day!

“Glad we have a manual that's up to date & a good portion is done!”

“Very informative!

Should be an annual event!”

YOU

YOU ARE A DENTIST. You are also an employer. Employee evaluations, hiring and firing, labor laws and personnel files are an important part of that. This monthly column, will offer current employment law information pertinent to you —

THE DENTIST, THE EMPLOYER

the dentist, the employer.

BER MEM IT! F E N E B

Hygienists & Cancellations –

SDDS HR Hotline NEW EXCLUSIVE NUMBER FREE TO SDDS MEMBERS!

What To Do?

888.784.4031

By Mari Bradford, HR Director

California Employers Association (SDDS Vendor Member)

Has this happened to you? You have your hygienist scheduled for the entire day, but half of your schedule cancels on you at the last minute. What should you do?

Well, you have several options and several wage and hour laws you will need to follow (of course!).

Your first step is to determine how many hours the employee was scheduled to work and then determine what amount of ‘reporting time pay’ is required for that day. In California, an employee is required to be paid one-half of their scheduled workday when less than a full day of work is provided; this is known as reporting time pay. For reporting time pay, an employee must be paid a minimum of two hours and a

maximum of four hours, based on the hours they are scheduled to work.

For example, an employee was scheduled to work an 8 hour day; they show up ready to work but only have one hour of work to do.

They would need to be paid four hours for that day (one-half of their scheduled eight hour day).

As an employer, you have options when it comes to filling those hours that you are paying your employee. You need to pay them for the time, so why not keep it positive and make it work well for everyone? This could be a great opportunity to do some crosstraining, catch up on paperwork, assist with office clean up, filing, etc.

What if the employee would rather not clean and wants to leave? Reporting time pay would not be due if the employee is the one that chooses to leave early. For example, you say to the employee, “we have had several cancellations, you could stay for a total of four hours and do some office clean up or, if you would like to voluntarily leave early, you can clock out now and I’ll pay you for the hours you have worked so far today.” When the employee is the one who chooses to end the day early, reporting time pay would not be due.

Reporting time pay can be tricky, so feel free to give us a call at the SDDS HR Hotline at 888-784-4031 if you have any questions. We would be happy to help! 

SDDS Salary Survey coming this Fall!

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CELL PHONE STAMPS NOW AVAILABLE! It will say:  I consent to the dental practice using my cell phone number to (choose one or both of the following:)  Call regarding treatment, insurance, and my account  Text regarding my appointments and to call regarding treatment, insurance, and my account.

I understand, I can withdraw my consent at any time.

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Trustee Report February 12-13, 2016 Board of Trustee Meeting

Adrian Carrington, DDS & Terrence Jones, DDS

CDA Trustees

The Executive and Evaluation Committees met on February 12 and the Board of Trustees (BOT) met on February 12-13 in Sacramento. The next Executive Committee meeting is scheduled for April 8, the next Evaluation Committee meeting is scheduled for September 8 and the next BOT meeting is scheduled for June 3-4. The following actions were taken and discussions were held.

Strategic Plan

Soda Tax Initiative

The Board approved modifications to the CDA strategic plan.

The Executive Committee and Board received a verbal update on legislative efforts related to the Berkeley and San Francisco sweetened beverage tax initiative.

Actions Taken

Official Call for Special House of Delegates

Actions of the Executive and Evaluation Committees are subsequently considered by the Board at its next meeting. All actions of the Board will be moved to the (March 4-5) House of Delegates (HOD) for ratification or as a separate resolution.

Minutes and Appointments The Executive and Evaluation Committees and BOT approved prior meeting minutes.

The BOT also ratified the presidential appointments to the Committee on Volunteer Placement, Council on Peer Review and the New Dentist guests on various councils, committees and boards for 2016.

2015 Evaluation of the CDA Foundation (Foundation) Executive Director The Evaluation Committee, in closed session, approved the Foundation Executive Director’s 2015 evaluation that is contingent on the Foundation Board of Directors’ approval at its February 26 meeting.

American College of Dentistry (ACD) Gies Ethics Project Support: The Board approved CDA participating in the ACD Ethics Project.

Component Aptify Implementation The Executive Committee recommended and the Board approved an expenditure up to $918,000 to support the component Aptify implementation.

The Board approved the official call to meeting of the special session (March 4-5) of the house and funding up to $375,000 to cover travel and housing costs for the allocated number of delegates, component executive directors, trustees, officers and committee and council chairs.

Discussions Program Assessment The Board received and discussed the developed criteria to support an organizationwide assessment of member programs and services.

General Counsel The Board, in closed session, received a verbal update on the Delta Dental of California litigation.

Resolutions Submitted to Special House The Board reviewed and discussed the resolutions received for inclusion in its official notice of the special session.

The Executive Committee also discussed the goals and objectives for the volunteer leadership education program assessment, upcoming outreach activities with ADA and other constituencies, preparations for the 2016 component visits and received a data privacy and security update. The chairs of the Foundation, TDIC/TDIC Insurance Solutions, The Dentists Service Company and the CDA Presents Board of managers attended the Executive Committee meeting and discussed the priorities of their respective groups.

Next Board of Trustees Meeting: June 3-4, 2016

Business Opportunity The Board, in closed session, discussed a potential business opportunity.

Strategy to Support the Western Los Angeles Dental Society The board, in closed session, acted on a resolution that is contingent on the HOD’s consideration of a petition for the creation of a 33rd component.

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Committee Corner PreDental Internship Program/Task Force

By Tania Nelson-Chrystal, DDS

Task Force Chair

Legacy is not just something you leave behind. It is the legacy you have put into someone along the way that truly makes the difference.

History of SDDS Pre-Dental Internship Program Sacramento District Dental Society is unique as it has one of the largest and most active Pre-Dental Internship Programs in the country. It offers CSUS students college credit for spending time with you as a dental professional! Established 10 years ago, the SDDS Pre-Dental Internship Program has grown into a large and vibrant community of future dentists and dentists alike.

Purpose of SDDS Pre-Dental Internship Program All of us, at one time, were college students trying to find out what the best fit was for our personal goals in life. Do you remember someone who influenced you or opened your mind to the profession of dentistry?

The Pre-Dental Internship Program is designed to help students obtain a “handson” and immersive learning experience about the art and beauty of our profession.

We also strive to involve the future dentists in our community outreach programs. This

Pre-Dental Program has helped countless students enter the dental field and helped define their future in amazing ways.

How you can be involved in the Pre Dental Internship Program/ Task Force?

Purpose and Goals of the Pre-Dental Task Force

Ask yourself this – when you were applying for dental school, what did you wish you knew then that you know now?

With the growth of the internship program and the expanding outreach programs put on by the Pre-Dental clubs of CSUS, UCD, and SDDS; a Task Force was implemented to help streamline the process of pairing predental students with dentists and outreach programs.

The primary purpose of the task force is to engage with UCD and CSUS students, help arrange for dentist speakers at their meetings, monitor and offer suggestions for improvements to the internship program, connect students with dentists for advisory and mentoring purposes, and support their efforts within the community. In addition, we are helping to update the existing student curriculum for their assigned dental internships.

Would you like to pass on your words of wisdom in your field of expertise, and deposit a little of your legacy into future dentists and dental providers – then this is the program from you!

Because this is a college credit course for your intern, there is a one-page curriculum the students must follow. This is mainly for the purpose of making sure the students get a well-rounded experience. You can choose from 4 hours or 8 hours a week for your intern to observe and participate in the inner workings of your practice. Total commitment per intern is 40 to 80 hours per semester you volunteer.

Also, if you would like to volunteer to speak to the Pre-Dental Clubs of UC Davis and CSUS, they are always interested in hearing about your experiences in dental school, private practice and/or your specialty.

Make a difference. Change a life. It is your participation in community outreach programs, internships and organized dentistry events, which is essential for getting dental care to all Americans.

Please contact Dr. Tania Nelson-Chrystal (drchrystal1@gmail.com) or Cathy Levering (cathy@sdds.org) to learn more information. 

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2016 SDDS Committees Schedule Standing Committees

Advisory Committees

Task Forces/ Advisory Committees

CPR Committee

Continuing Education Advisory

TBA

TBA

Ethics

Mass Disaster/Forensics Advisory

May 24 • Oct 4

Sept 27

Nominating/Leadership Development

Fluoridation Advisory

TBA

Yolo County Schedule as needed

Pre Dental Outreach

Peer Review Committee

Nugget Editorial Advisory

TBA

May 23 • Sept 27

Dental Benefits

Foundation

Strategic Plan Advisory

Foundation Board

Budget and Finance Advisory

May 23 • Sept 20 • Dec 5

Golf Tournament TBA

Other

Schedule as needed Schedule as needed

Bylaws Advisory Schedule as needed

Legislative Advisory

Sac Pac

TBA

CDA Delegates

Board of Directors

TBA TBA

Large Group Practice Membership TBA

1T1B Medical Outreach TBA TBA

May 24

Member Benefits & Services May 3 • Sept 6 • Nov 1

Member Events May 19

GMC Denti-Cal May 24

Reduced Dues/Community Clinics

TBA

Leadership May 3 • Sept 6 • Nov 1

Executive Committee Aug 19 • Oct 7 • Dec 2

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We’re Blowing your horn!

Congratulations to...

Paul Binon, DDS, on his work “New Paradigm for Fixed Complete Dentures,” being published in the Journal of Implant and Advanced Clinical Dentistry. (1) Madison Bumgarner, for hitting a home run (his second!) against Clayton Kershaw, April 9, 2016.

Reza Fouladi, DDS, MD, for completion of the rigorous process of board certification and becoming a Board Certified Oral Maxillofacial Surgeon. From your friends and colleagues at Sacramento Oral Surgery! (2) Drs. Kelly Giannetti, Peter Worth and Doug Jaul on serving as Directors on the Board of California Association of Orthodontists.

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Jeff Levering, for being promoted to the #2 radio broadcaster for the Milwaukee Brewers, and being Bob Uecker’s new partner! (3) Paul Raskin, DDS, for giving a half hour presentation on the most recent development from Neubite Dentures, called NeubiteBT and being told by Gordon Christensen that, “It looks like you're on the right track!”

LET US KNOW YOUR NEWS! Got married? Pass your boards? Got published? Let us know your good news and we will feature it in "Blowing Your Horn."

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Send us your news to sdds@sdds.org to let everyone know about the great things that are happening!

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Look for the door marked:

There is absolutely no fee for unlimited experience, strength and hope! For more information, please call (916) 947-5676.

TOTAL MEMBERSHIP (as of 4/14/16):

1,651

New Members ETHEL AGUILAR- RIOS, DDS

General Practitioner Transferred from Northern California Dental Society (916) 384-1420 5501 Stockton Blvd Sacramento, CA 95820-5414 Dr. Ethel Aguilar-Rios graduated internationally from dental school in 2014.

MARKET SHARE: 79% RETENTION RATE: 98%

ADNAN ANWAR, DDS

General Practitioner Transferred from Fresno-Madera Dental Society (916) 455-6600 5200 Stockton Blvd Ste. 110 Sacramento, CA 95820-5492 Dr. Adnan Anwar graduated from Meharry Medical College School in 2011, and Lutheran Medical Center in 2012.

JOHN BARAKAT, DDS

Welcome General Practitioner (916) 972-0770 6940 Fair Oaks Blvd. Ste. A Carmichael, CA 95608

Back!

Dr. John Barakat, DDS graduated from UOP Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry in 1989.

GAUTAM DOGRA, DDS

TOTAL ACTIVE MEMBERS: 1,322 TOTAL RETIRED MEMBERS: 248 TOTAL DUAL MEMBERS: 5 TOTAL AFFILIATE MEMBERS: 13 TOTAL STUDENT/ PROVISIONAL MEMBERS: 9

General Practitioner (916) 736-2801 2801 O St. Sacramento, CA 95816

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Welcome Ba

Dr. Gautam Dogra graduated from SDM College of Dental Sciences Chitradurga in 1998.

STACIE FENDERSON, DDS

Orthodontist Welcome (530) 268-4698 10193 Combie Rd. Auburn, CA 95602-8976

Back!

Dr. Stacie Fenderson graduated from Loma Linda University in 2004, completed her residency at University of Alabama in 2005 and Specialty training at Loma Linda University in 2007. Fun Fact: - Dr. Fenderson breeds Holsteiner horses for showjumping in the US and in Germany.

May

2016

CHALISE MORGAN, DDS

General Practitioner (530) 387-4232 5168 Honpie Rd. Placerville, CA 95667

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Dr. Chalise Morgan graduated from UCLA School of Dentistry in 2007, and Completed residency at Lutheran Medical Center in 2008.

Fun Fact: Dr. Morgan loves Disneyland.

When she worked in Orange County she would go every Tuesday!

ANEEL NATH, DDS

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Periodontist M arch (916) 691-1065 9309 Office Park Cir. Ste 120 Elk Grove, CA 95758-8072

Dr. Aneel Nath graduated from UCSF School of Dentistry in 2009.

SHERWIN PANEM, DMD

General Practitioner Welcome (916) 344-2554 729 Sunrise Ave. Ste. 615 Roseville, CA 95661-4548

Back!

Dr. Sherwin Panem graduated from Centro Escolar University in 1995. Fun Fact: Dr. Panem loves snowboarding with his wife!

JOHN RICHARDSON, DDS

General Practitioner Transferred from Tulare-Kings Dental Society (530) 889-2828 70 College Way Auburn, CA 95603-5001 Dr. John Richardson graduated from UOP Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry in 1991.

RAJBIR SANGHVI, DDS

General Practitioner Pending Office Address

Dr. Rajbir Sanghvi graduated from UCLA School of Dentistry in 2005.

Fun Fact: Dr. Sanghvi holds an art fundraiser to support children in the community.

TOTAL CURRENT APPLICANTS: 3 TOTAL DHP MEMBERS: 48 TOTAL NEW MEMBERS FOR 2016: 30

CLIP OUT this handy NEW MEMBER UPDATE and insert it into your DIRECTORY under the “NEW MEMBERS” tab.

WELCOME to SDDS’s new members, transfers and applicants.

IMPORTANT NUMBERS: SDDS (doctor’s line) . . . . . (916) 446-1227 ADA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (800) 621-8099 CDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (800) 736-8702 CDA Contact Center . . . . (866) CDA-MEMBER

(866-232-6362)

CDA Practice Resource Ctr . cdacompass.com TDIC Insurance Solutions . (800) 733-0633 Denti-Cal Referral . . . . . . (800) 322-6384 Central Valley Well Being Committee . . . (559) 359-5631 www.sdds.org • May 2016

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New Members

May

2016

UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENTS

YOLANDA SHORT, DDS

General Practitioner (916) 984-6200 2545 E Bidwell St Ste. 100 Folsom, CA 95630-6443

JUN

Dr. Yolanda Short graduated from University of Pennsylvania in 2008.

GUNCHA SOHI, DDS

General Practitioner (916)435-1665 3291 Stanford Ranch Rd. Ste. 102 Rocklin, CA 95765-5577

ERIC STEINBRECHER, DDS

WEDNESDAY 6PM-8PM

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Dr. Guncha Sohi graduated from University of Toronto in 2009.

General Practitioner Welcome (916) 961-6406 7803 Madison Ave. Bldg C Citrus Heights, CA 95610-7600

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Back!

Dr. Eric Steinbrecher graduated from Indiana University in 2005. Fun Fact: Dr. Steinbrecher likes to restore old Chevy C-10 trucks. He specifically enjoys the 68-74 years!

Pending Applicants Gina Savani, DDS Michael Tuan, DDS Ilya Verpukhovsky, DDS

30 TUESDAY 6PM-8:30PM

AUG

31 WEDNESDAY 4PM-6PM

New Member Reception

Job Bank Speed Dating

Retired Member Reception

SEPT

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Shred Day

FRIDAY 10AM-2PM

KEEP UP TO DATE... on all of our upcoming events by liking us on Facebook! facebook.com/sddsandf/

For a full calendar of all of the SDDS events head to sdds.org, to the Continuing Education tab and choose Calendar!

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VENDOR MEMBER SPOTLIGHTS:

We are in the business of helping people connect the dots between the things they want to do, and the things they have to do. We believe that at the center of a successful relationship between our firm and your family should be a disciplined, well defined financial plan.

Products and Services: • Wealth Management • Financial Planning • Investment Services • Insurance • Income Tax Preparation

Steve Raymond – Financial Advisor sraymond@fhwinc.com Garrett Morgan – President & CEO gmorgan@fhwinc.com (800) 661-5189 phone www.fountainheadwealth.com

welcome our new SDDS Vendor Member!

A FULL-SERVICE law firm specializing in all the business needs of a dentist; headquartered in California, but operating nationwide.

WOOD & DELGADO is a full service law firm of attorneys specializing in representing dentists for over 45 years in such diverse areas as transition consulting, dental practice purchase agreements, dental DSO’s, dental space sharing agreements, dental corporations and LLC’s, real estate, Dental board defense, estate planning, including wills & trusts, and other business transactions which a dentist will face during his or her career.

With offices in San Francisco, Temecula, and Irvine and with attorneys, licensed in most Southwestern states, Wood & Delgado provides legal service to a vast number of dentists and other medical professionals.

Wood & Delgado attorneys are highly knowledgeable and respected in the community, serving as legal business advisors for multiple national dental groups. They have lectured extensively in dental conventions, dental societies (including SDDS) and dental schools and have written numerous articles that have been published in dental magazines such as, “Dental Economics”, “Journal of California Dental Association”, “Dentaltown”, Journal of Colorado Dental Association” and “ the New Dentist”.

Products and Services • If you are looking for highly experienced and qualified dental business experts, Wood and Delgado is the firm for you.

• Visit our website at: www.dentalattorneys.com for testimonials, articles, calendar of events; speaking engagements and CE Seminars. Submit a question or request for a FREE consultation on- line today!

Benefits, Special Pricing and/or Discounts Extended to SDDS Members: $1,000 OFF ANY BUYER/SELLER Transition related services.

Amber Zdrakas — Director of Marketing & Client Relations amber@dentalattorneys.com (800) 499-1474 phone www.dentalattorneys.com

www.sdds.org • May 2016

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Heraeus Kulzer

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www.resourcestaff.com

Mindy Giffin 916.705.4515 www.pacificdentalservices.com

THIS COULD BE YOU! The Foundation for Allied Dental Education LaDonna Drury-Klein 916.357.6680 www.thefade.org

Vendor Member since 2015

www.xterralink.com

Vendor Member since 2003

Debbie Kemper 916.993.4182

xTerraLink, Inc. Rami J. Zreikat / Alnore Deen 916.608.9902 • 916.206.1858

Vendor Member since 2007

Vendor Member since 2014

Resource Staffing Group

Pacific Dental Services Vendor Member since 2014

business.comcast.com

www.westernpracticesales.com

Vendor Member since 2004

www.employers.org

Comcast Business Lisa Geraghty 916.817.9284 lisa_geraghty@cable.comcast.com

www.integritypracticesales.com

Education

www.dentalattorneys.com

Vendor Member since 2010

Wood & Delgado Patrick J. Wood, Esq. Jason Wood, Esq. 800.499.1474

Tim Giroux, DDS, President John Noble, MBA 800.641.4179

Kim Parker, Executive VP Mari Bradford, HR Hotline Manager 800.399.5331

IT, Billing & Security

www.bpelaw.com/dental-law

Western Practice Sales

Brian Flanagan & Kirsi Kilpelainen 855.337.4337

CA Employers Association

BPE Law Group, PC Keith B. Dunnagan - Senior Attorney Linda Lewis 916.966.2260

Integrity Practice Sales

Vendor Member since 2014

www.sacmag.com

Practice Sales

916.452.6200

Vendor Member since 2002

Media & Advertising HR & Legal

Sacramento Magazine

www.descodentalequipment.com

SDDS members are encouraged to support our Vendor Members as often as possible when looking for products and services. We count on our Vendor Members to provide industry information and benefits and discounts to our members, and welcome them to write articles for our publications and get involved in our courses and events!

Vendor Member since 2015

Christina Vetter 408.649.8921 www.heraeusdentalusa.com

Practice Services

www.burkhartdental.com

Vendor Member since 2015

www.asimedical.com

Vendor Member since 2012

Tony Vigil, President 916.259.2838

Vendor Member since 2011

DESCO Dental Equipment

Dawn Dietrich, Business Development Manager 916.784.8200

Vendor Member since 2004

Burkhart Dental Supply

Geary Guy, VP / Steve Shupe, VP 888.928.1068

Vendor Member since 2004

Dental Supplies, Equipment, Repair

Analgesic Services, Inc.

Insurance Services

Jeremy Lorenzo 916.274.4072 www.kp28dentallab.com

Chris Stafford 800.733.0633 www.tdicsolutions.com

Marc Davis / Morgan Davis / Lynda Doyle 916.772.4192

Nicole Wells 916.788.4480

www.bluenorthernbuilders.com

www.olsonconstructioninc.com

www.wellsconstruction.com

Metal Refining

www.westerncontract.com/studio

THIS COULD BE YOU!

Vendor Member since 2004

Wells Construction, Inc.

Maribel Martinez-Wyatt 916.638.3338 ext. 3357

Vendor Member since 2009 Vendor Member since 2010

The Dentists Insurance Company

David Olson 209.366.2486

Western Contract

Vendor Member since 2015

Vendor Member since 2015

KP28 Dental Laboratory

Olson Construction, Inc.

Blue Northern Builders, Inc. Vendor Member since 2007

Office Construction

www.uptownstudios.net

Vendor Member since 2015

Uptown Studios Tina Reynolds 916.446.1082

we love our SDDS Vendor Members!

Vendor Member since 2015

Marketing

www.thepayx.com

www.muncpas.com

Vendor Member since 2011

www.innovativecpas.com

John Urrutia, CPA, Partner Chris Mann, CPA, CFP, Partner 916.774.4208

Vendor Member since 2014

Ben Anders, CPA 916.646.8180

Mann, Urrutia, Nelson, CPAs

The Payment Exchange Kraig Speckert, President 916.635.8800

www.fechtercpa.com

Star Group Global Refining Jim Ryan, Sales Consultant 800.333.9990 www.stargrouprefining.com

www.sdds.org • May 2016

Vendor Member since 2009

www.fountainheadwealth.com

Dental Laboratory

Vendor Member since 2005

www.firstus.org

Craig Fechter, CPA 916.333.5360

Innovative Solutions CPAs & Advisors, LLP

First US Community Credit Union Gordon Gerwig, Business Services Mgr 916.576.5650

Fechter & Company

Steve Raymond 916.431.0425

Vendor Member since 2016

www.ameripriseadvisors.com

Fountainhead Wealth, Inc.

Vendor Member since 2013

Thomas Chandler 916.789.9393, ext. 03197

Vendor Member since 2015

Financial Services

Ameriprise Financial — The Chandler Group

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Advertiser INDEX Dental Supplies, Equipment, Repair Vendor Member Vendor Member Vendor Member Vendor Member Vendor Member

Analgesic Services Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Burkhart Dental Supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 48 Desco Dental Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Fountainhead Wealth, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Heraeus Kulzer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Dental Laboratory Vendor Member

KP28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Dental Services Vendor Member

Pacific Dental Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36, 48

Education Vendor Member

The Foundation for Allied Dental Education. . . . . . . . 48

Financial, Insurance & Investment Services Vendor Member Vendor Member Vendor Member Vendor Member Vendor Member Vendor Member Vendor Member

Ameriprise Financial – The Chandler Group . . . . . . . 49 Fechter & Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 First US Community Credit Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Innovative Solutions CPAs & Advisors, LLP . . . . . . . . 49 Mann, Urrutia, Nelson, CPAs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 The Payment Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 TDIC & TDIC Insurance Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 49

Group Help Caduceus Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Human Resources Vendor Member Vendor Member

California Employers Association (CEA) . . . . . . . . . . 48 Resource Staffing Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 48

IT, Billing & Security Vendor Member

xTerraLink, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40, 48

Legal Services Vendor Member Vendor Member

BPE Law Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Wood & Delgado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 48

Marketing Vendor Member

Uptown Studios. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 49

Media & Advertising Vendor Member Vendor Member

Comcast Business. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43, 48 Sacramento Magazine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 48

MEMBER MEMBER GET A

CONTEST

Office Design & Construction Vendor Member Vendor Member Vendor Member Vendor Member

Blue Northern Builders, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 49 Olson Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Wells Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Western Contract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Practice Sales, Lease, Management &/or Consulting Vendor Member Vendor Member

Dental Management Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Henry Schein - Wagner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Integrity Practice Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Western Practice Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39, 48

Waste Management Services Vendor Member

Star Group Global Refining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

SDDS is once again partnering with CDA and ADA for the Member Get a Member Promotion – every month we will have a drawing (beginning this May) for any members who participate in this promotion. Here is how it works: • When a potential members fills out their application, they list who referred them for membership (Will it be you?)

• By doing so, the referring doctor will be entered into the SDDS drawing for a monthly prize • The referring doctor will also receive $100 cash from CDA and $100 American Express card from ADA • All referring doctors will also be placed into the SDDS Grand Prize Drawing at the end of November with the grand prize being their 2017 SDDS dues paid for ($390) Start recruiting new members now for fast and easy winnings!

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Classified Ads EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

LOOKING FOR AN ETHICAL AND TECHNICALLY SOUND DENTIST to join an established general dentistry practice. The position would be full time (32-40 hours per week), but I would entertain parttime as well. The practice just moved into a new office consisting of all state of the art equipment, including CAD/CAM dentistry. Call 858-699-1776 or email drjasoncass@yahoo.com 11/15 WE CATER TO COWARDS. Here at Dental Excellence, we strive to provide the ultimate calm and comforting patient experience. Looking for an associate with 3-5 years of experience. Must have confidence in their skills, gentle touch to accommodate our fearful patients and have a flexible schedule. Must be available to work on Saturdays. Email greenhavendental@yahoo.com or call 916.395.5700.

06/07-15

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES CONTINUED

ORAL SURGEON: BUSY CENTRAL VALLEY DENTAL PRACTICE (near Modesto) looking for an Oral Surgeon to work 1 day a week (Fridays) in our growing practice.

We have a busy practice that could definitely serve our community better with an in-house Oral Surgeon (there are none currently in town). Please send a resume and introduction letter to 201wavedds@gmail.com 5/16 EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN OUR TEAM in a growing and well respected pediatric dental practice in a full or part-time capacity. Fee for service business model with over 30 years of goodwill in the Sacramento/ Rocklin area. My partner is retiring and I'm looking for an associate that is dedicated to the field, is board eligible or a current diplomate, and is ready to join a great dental family that is committed to providing quality pediatric dental care. Competitive compensation package and ownership potential. Call or email 916.660.2904, jcrutchfielddmd@gmail.com 5/16c

PRACTICES FOR SALE

WELLSPACE HEALTH ORGANIZATION (an FQHC) is taking applications for fill-in/part-time/fulltime dentists. Send your resume/CV to kdubois@ wellspacehealth.org.

01/15 BUSY PRIVATE PRACTICE in El Dorado Hills seeking exceptional, enthusiastic, detail-oriented, pediatric dentist to join our growing team! Please send CV to dpetersonmsd@gmail.com or fax to 916.941.1443 12-15 DENTIST (SACRAMENTO/CENTRAL VALLEY) General Dentist- Assoc. position- Full or Part time. Excellent opportunity in a premier well established practice in Sac-Fair Oaks area. We need an experienced GP with outstanding people skills to focus on clinical excellence and patient care, supported by a team of highly skilled professionals. The growth potential is Excellent for the right Doctor-- Potential ownership for the future.

Please email resume to hofferber@dental-mba.com.

Compensation: Based on Skills and Experience. 12-15 Looking to add a compassionate, confident, Board Certified or Board Eligible Pediatric Dentist to our amazing team! We are a privately owned children's dental practice. If you are looking for a part-time position in a fun-filled work enviornment where patient care comes first please contact DrJessi@RPD1.com 4-16

SACRAMENTO DENTAL OFFICE BUILDING FOR SALE— 8,000 sq. ft. As is, needs your vision, two stories, elevator, near Arden Mall. Contact Joe Hruban at 530.746.8839 or joe@omni-pg.com, Omni Practice Group #01821307 08/09-15 DENTAL PRACTICE FOR SALE: six operatories, computers, with dual monitors, digital x-ray, paperless green office, recently remodeled. HIPAA/OSHA award for excellence 2014 and 2015. Large and growing patient base on the Mendocino Coast. 707.964.5616 4-16 MEMB E BENEF R IT!

SDDS member dentists can place a classified ad

FOR FREE!

FOR FOR LEASE LEASE

EXCLUSIVE, PRIVATE DENTAL SUITE; 1200 sq. ft., completely remodeled w/upscale amenities: 3 operatories, lab, reception, business office w/breakroom, private Doctor's office w/bath. Suite is located in a custom dental building w/on-site parking and handicapped access near Country Club Center. If requested, owner will furnish finish equipment upfront: amortize over long term lease (5-10 years). For appt. or further info, call 916.346.0041 5/16c SACRAMENTO DENTAL COMPLEX has one small suite which can be equipped for immediate occupancy. Two other suites total 1630 sq. ft which can be remodeled to your personal office design with generous tenant improvements. 2525 K Street. Please call for details: 916.448.5702.

10-11 LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION: DENTAL OFFICE AVAILABLE, 3000 L Street 1,535 sf with 5 operatories, recently remodeled. Fully serviced lease with ample free parking. Contact Kelly Gorman 916.929.8100. 03-13 FOR LEASE: One operatory dental suite, corner 39th and J street in desirable East Sacramento. For the dentist easing into retirement. Contact R.J. Frink, M.D. 916.801.5276 12-15

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

MONEY IS WALKING OUT THE DOOR. Have implants placed in your office and keep the profits. Text name and address 916.769.1098.

12-14 LEARN HOW TO PLACE IMPLANTS IN YOUR OFFICE OR MINE. Mentoring you at your own pace and skill level.

Incredible practice growth. Text name and address to 916.952.1459.

04-12 To place an ad in The Nugget Classifieds, visit www.sdds.org/publications-media/advertise

Selling your practice? Need an associate? Have office space to lease? SDDS member dentists get one complimentary, professionally related classified ad per year (30 word maximum). For more information on placing a classified ad, please call the SDDS office at 916.446.1227. www.sdds.org • May 2016

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PRSRT STD US POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 557

2035 Hurley Way, Suite 200 • Sacramento, CA 95825 916.446.1211 • www.sdds.org

SACRAMENTO, CA

ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED

SDDS CALENDAR OF EVENTS MAY 3

Midnight to Midnight / bigdayofgiving.org

18 Large Group Practice/Corporate Task Force 6:00pm / SDDS Office

23 Foundation Board 6:15pm / SDDS Office

Board Meeting 6:00pm / SDDS Office

19 Peer Review Clinical 6:00pm / SDDS Office

24 Dental Benefits Task Force 6:00pm / SDDS Office

Member Benefits and Services Task Force

Big Day of Giving

6:15pm / SDDS Office

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Annual Golf Tourney: Swing for Smiles 7:00am / Empire Ranch Golf Course

10 General Membership Meeting Orthodontic Management of Cleft Lip and Palate – from A to Z CE Snehlata Oberoi, BDS Hilton Sacramento Arden West 5:45pm Social / 6:45pm Dinner & Program

Member Events Task Force 6:15pm / SDDS Office

20 Licensure Renewal California Dental Practice Act, Infection Control & OSHA Refresher CE Marcella Oster, RDA 8:30am–3:30pm / SDDS Classroom 23 Nugget Editorial 6:15pm / SDDS Office

For more calendar info and to sign up for courses ONLINE, visit: www.sdds.org

Ethics 6:15pm / SDDS Office

GMC/Denti Cal Task Force 6:30pm / SDDS Office

25 Dentists Do Broadway: Motown 8:00pm / Sacramento Community Center

JUNE 1

New Member Reception 6:00pm / SDDS Office

16 Dental Day at Raley Field 7:00pm / Raley Field

SAVE THE DATE FOR THE 37TH ANNUAL MIDWINTER CONVENTION & EXPO

WRANGLE UP YOUR RANCH HANDS AND SAVE THE DATE FOR FEBRUARY 9–10, 2017

General Meeting: Foundation Night 3 CEU, CORE • $64

MAY

10 TUESDAY 5:45PM-9PM

Orthodontic Management of Cleft Lip and Palate – from A to Z Presented by Snehlata Oberoi, BDS The focus is on orthodontic and pediatric dental treatment in the broad context of an interactive coordinated team approach to care, with the goal of encouraging community orthodontists and pediatric dentists to work with their local cleft/craniofacial teams.

5:45pm: Social & Table Clinics 6:45pm: Dinner & Program Hilton Sacramento Arden West (2200 Harvard Street, Sac)

ARE YOU REGISTERED FOR FOUNDATION NIGHT?