SFDDA Newsletter Fall Issue

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South Florida District Dental Association A Component of the American and Florida Dental Associations Volume 53, No.2 www.sfdda.org Fall 2011

As time goes by....

A journey through 89 years, pg 10

President’s Message, pg 3 As I See It, pg 4 Miami Winter Meeting, pg 7 Dental History Trivia, pg 9 SFDDA Calendar, pg 13 Classifieds, pg 14 New Members, pg 15 SFDDA Membership List, pg 18 FDA Capitol Report, pg 22 Familiar Faces at the 2011 ADA Annual Session, pg 23

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President’s Message

Irene Marron-Tarrazi, D.M.D.

Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Understanding where we came from can help us more clearly identify our vision and clarify where we are going.

The American Dental Association was created with the purpose of protecting and delineating our profession. In the early 1800's, dentistry had no parameters. The dental association did not exist.

However, in August 1856, a group of twenty-six dentists got together and created an organization to protect and give structure to dentistry as a profession. Another purpose of the group was to limit those who practiced illegally, thereby protecting the public.

This is no different than today. One hundred and fifty years later, our principles remain very similar.

Steve Jobs was an innovator capable of recognizing opportunities and was an inventor of the future.

As he once said, “Don’t be trapped by dogma which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.”

We are a smart, creative, skilled, hard-working and caring group of people. We all need to become proactive in the creation and planning of our future. Don’t be afraid of expressing your opinion.

Your voice needs to be heard. You might be our own inventor of the future of our profession. Your ideas could be the spark for innovative changes that could lead to a better and more powerful organization that will represent us.

“We have a unique and rewarding profession that we need to protect.”

We have created a solid group that protects us as a profession and advocates for the public. The vision of the founders of our profession was key.

Their foresight has helped by keeping us strong and unified.

However, as the time passes, our priorities and threats are changing. The changes we are facing today are happening at a very fast pace. We have to be vigilant and participate in all the developments that are occurring at all levels that could affect our profession.

We have a unique and rewarding profession that we need to protect. If you are a member of organized dentistry - “THANK YOU!” If you are not a member, I encourage you to join. Your membership is important to your profession, your practice, and to you personally. Why would you risk allowing others to decide your future? Join organized dentistry, get active, and shape our destiny.

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Note from the Editor: As a tribute to one of our most beloved and esteemed leaders within organized dentistry, and former editor of both the SFDDA and North Dade-Miami Beach Dental Society newsletters, who unfortunately suffered an untimely passing in November, 2007, it gives me great pleasure to honor Dr. John Tabak by reprinting one of his editorials from the SFDDA archives (JulyAugust, 2003). This could not come at a more timely moment when, just as in 2003, the issue of members dropping out of organized dentistry was a concern.

No More Excuses I've had it. No more lame excuses. "It's too expensive." "What has the ADA ever done for me?" They spend a lot of money on foolishness." "It's top-heavy, too expensive to run."

Forget that our ADA lobbyists have been battling against the excesses of OSHA, HIV, ergonomic, insurance, and, now, HIPAA rules on our behalf for years. And, with many great successes. Forget that no one buys restorative, impression and luting materials that don't meet ADA Specification # whatever. Children's Dental Health Month, Senior's Dental Health Week, Give Kids A Smile. Promotion after promotion getting the word out: see your dentists.

might be legal, but I sure feel like I've been robbed. When my painstaking treatment has been down-coded, I sure feel like my patient has been robbed. When my x-rays are often “lost’ and I am challenged to justify my treatment again and again, I sure feel like I've been robbed. NO MORE! It has taken several years of painstaking work for ADA legal staff to gather sufficient documented information to file these suits. We are going to hold their collective feet to the proverbial fire. And, we will win. But, many of your dentist friends will get a free ride, as they have been for years. Reread the list above.

Now, the bad news. It costs huge amounts of money to pursue a lengthy lawsuit against such deep pockets as the insurance companies. We need new members in order not to

____________________________________________ “SFDDA has within its district several hundred dental practitioners who do not belong to the ADA.” “… many of your dentist friends [are getting] a free ride, as they have been for years.” ____________________________________________ Just read that headline in the newspaper: "ADA files suit against health plans. Defendants include Cigna, Connecticut General, MetLife and Mutual of Omaha."

Mama Mia, that was music to my eyes. Now, that was not the first lawsuit. It was the third, but the first filed here in our South Florida Federal District Court.

Everyone has stories about how he/she has been taken advantage of (read: "cheated") by the insurance industry. If you think cheated is too strong a word, consider this. When the money owed to me stays in the insurance company's bank account earning interest for it instead of being paid in a timely manner so it earns interest in my bank account for me, that

need dues increases. SFDDA has within its district several hundred dental practitioners who do not belong to the ADA. That includes many of the specialists to whom you GPs refer thousands of dollars-worth of work, but who think all they need to belong to is their specialty societies. And, do not forget your GP colleagues who feel the same about their AGD membership.

The American Dental Association represents the majority of American dentists. It represents the interests of ALL American dentists. That majority needs to be, must get to be, closer to 100% of American dentists.

A membership application blank is enclosed with this issue. continued on next pg.

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SFDDA 2010-2011 Officers and Executive Council President IRENE MARRON, D.M.D. (305) 646-1524 President-Elect BEATRIZ TERRY, D.D.S. (305) 270-1350

Take it with you the next time you meet the “guys” for lunch. Ask who isn't an ADA member. Whip out the application and lay on a good guilt trip.1 Everyone benefits. It is time for the free rides to end. ____________________________ 1.If you don't feel up to that kind of friendly coercion, take along this column. Good hunting.

Vice President JEANNETTE PENA-HALL, D.M.D. (305) 667-8766 Secretary MARCOS DIAZ, D.D.S. (954) 659-9990 Treasurer RODRIGO ROMANO, D.D.S. (305) 667-8766

Another Note from the Editor: FYI : The ADA lawsuits against four majors insurance carriers, which Dr. Tabak referred to in his article, were ultimately decided in favor of the ADA and was a significant victory for organized dentistry."

Immediate Past President ORLANDO DOMINGUEZ, D.M.D. 305-386-2766 Young Member Kellie Paxton, D.M.D. (954) 217-3700 Trustees Paul L. Benjamin, D.M.D., Trustee 305-373-1361 FAX: 305-379-6409 Thomas H. Ward.D.M.D., Trustee

Alternate Trustees Jorge Centurion, D.M.D. 305-662-2216 FAX: 305-663-6647

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He received the “Distinguished Member Award”, the most prestigious award that the Academy of Sports Dentistry can bestow.

Dr. Mariani has served the field of sports dentistry for more than 40 years and is a past treasurer of theSouth Florida District Dental Association back when the association was known as the East Coast District Dental Society.

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Dental History Trivia...

Paul Benjamin, D.M.D. An early operation to repair a cleft lip.

Most of us remember Dr. Horace Wells, the Boston dentist who in 1844-45 demonstrated the first use of nitrous oxide to sedate patients for an extraction.

Unfortunately, his first live demonstration in front of a medical class did not go off as planned when his patient, not sedated deep enough, woke up, causing the medical audience to jeer and ridicule Wells.

Even though Well’s life went downhill from there, he did start the medical profession on the journey to find an anesthesia that would make surgery tolerable. The quest continued with his former associate, Dr. William Morton, who is usually given credit for being the first to use ether for an extraction in 1846. Unlike Wells, this demonstration went quite smoothly. On a side note, Morton neither finished dental school nor medical school, but still worked first as an apprentice for Wells, and then 1 for himself, both as a “dentist” and as a “physician.”

The surgery was successful. No one would ever notice the small scar on the boy’s lip. It was then left up to the boy’s mother to train her son to speak without the tell tale sounds of a cleft. Although a tedious process, the boy grew up with a flawless southern drawl and his cleft palate went unnoticed by everyone. The experience left its mark, however, because the boy ended up attending and graduating from the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery in 1872. He even won a dental contest in Dallas, Texas, “for having the best set of artificial teeth… vulcanized rubber and dental ware.” But, like Horace Wells, the once cleft-lip boy did not live happily ever after. Ultimately, he contracted chronic pulmonary tuberculosis and died at the young age of 36. He was named after his uncle, who gave him a normal smile and made sure he would never be ridiculed and traumatized while growing up. He became one of the most famous dentists ever to live.

However, the fame came not from his skilled use of an explorer, but from his deadly use of a gun.

His name was John Henry Holliday. But, you might know him as Doc Holliday.

Besides Morton, others have claimed to be the first to use ether as an anesthetic. One was Dr. Crawford Long of Georgia (of the Crawford Long Hospital, later to be become Emory University), who used ether for tumor removals at the same time as Morton, but never got the full credit he deserved. A References: few years later in 1851, Long’s cousin asked him 1. Doc Holliday: A Family Portrait, Karen Holliday Tanner, 1999 to help with repairing a cleft lip and palate. Also a 2. Ether Day: The Strange Tale of America's Greatest physician, he had just delivered his own nephew, Medical Discovery and the Haunted Men Who Made It. a healthy boy in all respects, except that the baby Julie M. Fenster, 2001 had this “defect,” which was unacceptable in the southern gentry he was born into. So when the child was 3 months old, Long, using his “newly” discovered ether, helped his cousin repair the boy’s lip. But, Long and his cousin did not attempt the more difficult procedure of closing the boy’s palate.

1.Morton’s career took another interesting turn when he was called as an expert witness at the famous Parkman-Webster murder trial, where dentistry was first used as identification evidence. But, that is a tale for another day

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ADA Membership Application from 1918

Parts of this article were originally printed in a 1997 ECDDS document.

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East Coast District Dental Society....looking back.

Huntington Building in Downtown Miami.

The 1920’s The good old days…

In October 1922, there were just thirty-five charter member dentists in the newly organized East Coast District Dental Society.

They all were white, male and individually declared “ethical” by the Board of Censors and Ethics. Dr. D. E. Sheehan, Miami was the first president.

Their interest in quality continuing education and their concerns for their patients and each other were paramount. As it is today, the dental politics of the times related to licensing laws, fees and dues.

Issues of those times In the October 11, 1924 minutes of the society’s Executive Committee, the elected Secretary recorded in his beautiful Spenserian hand that a motion passed directing. … delegate to the state meeting be instructed to object to the sum of $3 for annual license renewal as excessive.

Annual dues to the district were $4, FDA $3 and ADA $2. They contributed $1 a year to the relief fund. The total was $11. It is interesting that the Relief Fund contribution designated to help needy fellow dentists was 15% of the dues…a biblical tithe.

About Budgets In the second quarter of 1928, the SecretaryTreasurer reported, “…there is $111.60 cash in the First National Bank of Miami, and $209.25 was on deposit when the Ft.Lauderdale Bank and Trust closed its doors.”

The great depression was at its zenith, but by 1921 the financial report showed $561 cash on hand. The membership had more than doubled to 72 paid dentists. In 1934, a Treasurer’s report lists paying $14 for 56 dinners at .25 cents per person. What a bargain compared to 1997’s usual $30-$45 person!

The 1930’s Tragedy in a Miami park.

On February 15, 1933, Dr. Rupert H. Gillespie, then East Coast Secretary, wrote descriptively of the unexpected ending to a General Membership meeting being held in

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“Due to the lateness of the hour, and further due to the fact the President elect of the United States who was in a city park, but two blocks distant, had escaped attempted assassination, the election of the officers was deferred to a called meeting at which time a larger attendance is hoped for.”

The incident occurred in Bayfront Park, Miami, when a disgruntled citizen tried unsuccessfully to shoot Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Tragically, the Mayor of Chicago took the bullet intended for FDR and died.

Growth in the district

By July 1936, there were 125 East Coast members. That is about a 280% growth in 14 years and 85% of the market share. Dr. E. C. Kunsford reported on the statistics with a bit of wry humor,“…146 (dentists) in the district; 125 in good standing, 21 good, bad and indifferent.”

Dentists were known as golfing aficionados in those early days. It was officially recorded in June 1937 that, “Our good friend and fellow member, Dr. Arthur Kellner, Mayor of Hollywood, caused a near riot when he invited the East Coast District members to a barbeque and all day golf match at Hollywood Country Club.”

That they took Dr. Kellner at his word is evidenced by the crowd of nattily dressed members gathered for a group picture the following year at the Hollywood Beach Hotel. (See photo right) On the far right is Dr. Ruth Tichenor, the first woman dentist member of the ECDDS. A graduate of the University of Louisville in 1923, she joined in 1924. Dr. Tichenor practiced general dentistry in downtown Miami.

The 1940’s In 1940, a banquet in Coral Gables marked the 100th anniversary of organized dentistry. Dr. T.A. Price introduced a night club entertainer from “The Drum” for a series of “stories and imitations.” One can only guess the possible rowdy content.

The fearsome forties and fabulous fifties

brought far reaching changes during and after WWII. The dental population all but disappeared when Uncle Sam called, creating a critical shortage of dentists to serve the civilian population.

Procurement Boards were set up during the national emergency to assign practitioners to areas of need. ECDDS adopted a policy that, “…those dentists who were licensed in Florida after the declaration of war, and who would not accept the critical need area assignment would be dropped from membership.”

Minutes of a June 6, 1942 meeting recorded

by Secretary Dr. William. J. Hughes tells of showing a Technicolor, sound film entitled.

“Fighting the Fire Bomb.” The movie explained procedures for fighting incendiary bombs in the home. A German invasion was feared. “This was educational and most interesting,” wrote Dr. Hughes, who was later seriously injured while serving in action as an US Navy dental officer.

After the war, those who served their country resumed their interrupted practices.

Other dentists from colder climates passed the Florida board and migrated to South Florida where the population was exploding. There was room for all. The district dues were now $50.

The 1950’s District offices By 1958, the Executive Council decided it was time for a public presence in the community. A lease was signed with the Dade County Medical Association for two small rooms in its new building at Brickell Avenue and Southeast 13th Street, south of downtown Miami. A full-time Executive Secretary was hired at an annual $3000 salary. The society struggled to administer programs and services in a diverse geography and population group – from Key West in the south to Vero Beach in the north.

Meetings were a long ride for many leaders and discussions were sometimes heated. In 1966, outgoing president Dr. Andrew A. Henry remarked he was tempted many times to quote a fellow being tarred and feathered and ridden out of town on a rail, “If it weren’t for the honor, I’d just as soon walk.”

The 1960’s and 70’s Changes In 1966, the ECDDS was redistricted, creating the Atlantic Coast District from the Dania cutoff canal to tiny Sebastian north of Vero Beach. East Coast was centralized to include the Greater Hollywood area in Broward County, all of Dade County and south through the Florida Keys. More than 40 years later the geography is the same.

Barbara Simms was Executive Director of the society.

The refugees came During the 1960’s and 1970’s , thousands of Cuban refugees arrived in South Florida seeking asylum from the tyranny of Fidel Castro’s harsh, Communist regime. Several hundred dentists were among them. A few were allowed to treat fellow refugees in a clinic in the Freedom Tower in downtown Miami. Others were tutored by volunteers from the ECDDS to pass the National Board and entered US Dental schools.

Forced to relocate temporarily in colder climates for two to three years, most returned to South Florida and private practice. Many of these hardy scholars eventually joined leadership of the society.

Long in the planning, the “June-In-January” Miami Winter Meeting opened to an enthusiastic audience in January 1971. A tradition of Southern Hospitality continued through the next decade.

The society took a giant step in 1976, becoming a property owner with the purchase of 1,500 sq.ft. condominium office suite in Coral Gables.

The 1980’s and 90’s Enlarged twice, the headquarters in 1997 included 2,500 sq.ft of attractively decorated executive offices evaluated on the tax rolls at $200,000. The space was owned free of a mortgage. A full time staff of seven, under the direction of Barbra Sims, who retired after 37 years at the helm, administered the society’s policies and programs.

She was later replaced by Rosalie Small

who ran the association from 1999 to 2006.

New avenues for licensure opened to dental graduates from other countries. By 1997, East Coast’s dentists included graduates of more than 50 foreign dental schools and boasted a culturally diverse dental community speaking many languages.

1n 1995 Dr. Ramon A. Sanchez became the first Cuban exile dentist elected President of the ECDDS. The membership included a wide ethnic mix, about 20% of whom were female, and among them, Dr. D. Georgina Garcia, a Miami Beach general dentist, became the first woman president in 1998.

The New Century and “9-11” Fresh on the heels of the start of the 21st century, our nation would be attacked in a most unlikely and tragic scenario, when two airplanes crashed into the World Trade Center more commonly known as the “Twin Towers”. That was Tuesday, September 11, 2001. By Thursday September 13th, a group of men had been deployed from the Fort Lauderdale Airport to New York, their destination being “Ground Zero,” where the towers once stood.

Among those men was our own, Dr. William E. Silver who was one of four dentists from Florida activated by the Office of Emergency Preparedness of the United States Public Health Service – DMORT (Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team).

Society Gets a New Name Also in 2001, our Executive Council, at the suggestion of Dr. Richard Mufson, voted to change the name of our dental association, “...to appear less confusing and more user friendly to the public, and to more accurately reflect the geographic location of the members our society represents,” as then stated by Dr. Mufson. The name change would require, however, approval by the FDA, and after much heated debate by the House of Delegates (as reported in FDA publications), the change from "East Coast"

District to "South Florida" District was approved by the January, 2001 House.

The Wave of Technology During this last decade, technology has advanced more quickly than expected. With electronic mail, websites and social media being utilized more and more, the South Florida District Dental Association created a website, made the move to “green” meetings where announcements and agendas were sent by e-mail to the members. It is now common place to see laptops, iPads and e-readers being used by most everyone at meetings from local council meetings to the state and national meetings.

Diversity We’ve come a long way from the original thirty-five white male dentists who founded the East Coast District Dental Society. In 2009, Dr. Joseph S. Gay became the first African American President of the association. Today, our current excutive director, Yolanda Marrero, and the board of officers, which is comprised of four women and three men (Dr. Irene Marron, President, Dr. Beatriz Terry, President Elect, Dr. Jeannette Peña Hall, Vice President, Dr. Marcos Diaz, Secretary, Dr. Orlando Dominguez, Immediate Past President and Dr. Rodrigo Romano, Treasurer), are all Hispanic. Our membership is rich in diverse cultures and represents dentists in all phases of their professional lives.

The Message Remains the Same The South Florida District Dental Association faces this century with optimism. The challenges are many, and the stakes are high. The future of dentistry and how it is practiced rests in the hands of thoughtful, visionary leaders willing to give their time and talent to preserve and improve what those 35 colleagues began in 1922.

May those who celebrate the 100th anniversary add even more successful chapters .

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SFDDA Calendar October 2011 8th - Yom Kippur 10th - Columbus Day 10th - 21st - S. Fl. Baptist Mobil Dental Unit 11th - State Mandated Courses South 12th - State Mandated Courses North 19th - CPR Class A.M. 22nd - Radiology Course In English 25th - Parliamentary Procedures Refresher 26th - CPR Class P.M. 31st - Halloween

December 2011 21st - Chanukah Begins 24th - Christmas Eve 25th - Christmas Day 31st - New Year’s Eve

November 2011 2nd - Steering Committee 5th - Radiology Course in Spanish 6th - Daylight Savings TIme Ends 16th - Executive Council 24th - Thanksgiving Day

January 2012 1st - New Year’s Day 11th - SFDDA Caucus Meeting 20th - 21st - FDA HOD - Tampa 27th - SFDDA Annual Busiiness Meeeting 27th - 28th - Miami Winter Meeting Although every effort is made to not alter the calendar, dates are subject to change.

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Steven D Aaron Jose Abadin Bill Abbo Suzanne Abergel-Nahon Rafael B Abislaiman Cecil Abraham Howard N. Abrahams Glenn M Abrahmsohn Maigrely Abreu-Hernandez Maria Abril-Barsky David M Adelman Jennifer M. Adelson Robert Myron Adler Andrew J. Adler Norton H Agron Lina M. Aguilar Roselo Humberto Aguirre Ahmad K. Ahmadi Rodger Stuart Aidman Carolina Akerman Jose Alberto Gabriela Albota Samira Alempour Edna Alfonso-Vega Hugh G Allen Anthony Alonso Madelen Alonso Andrew M Alpert Pedro J. Alquizar Maria J. Alvarez Gary Alvo David Amaro Marina E. Amelinckx Herman Leo Andersen Rotho Angelakis John G Angella Juan Carlos Anguita Liliana M. Angulo Juan Anillo-Sarmient Robert Apfel Carlos F Aponte Alfredo Arauz Nilda M Arceo Ernesto Arill Gary Seth Arnold Richard M Arnold Josefina Arocha Antonio Arriola Raphael Arwas Vanessa Arzola William W Ashley Abraham Klel Asseff

Andrea L. Asseff Jeffrey Auerbach Juan A. Auza Nicolas G Avalos Jose Luis Avila Zalman H. Bacheikov David J Badat Yolanda E Baez Jessica Baitner Morton Balick Richard L Balick Ramon Bana Daniel Paul Barash Antonio Barcia Gilbert J Bardfeld William E Barkins Rosemarie Baro Carlos Manuel Baro Martha E Barrera Hank Barreto Jose Francisco Barros Todd B. Barsky Stanton Bass Virginia D. Batista Harold L Beddall William R. Belobraidich Louis J Beltrone Yehuda Joseph Benjamin Paul L. Benjamin Nicomedes Berasain Eran Berenstein Marshall Boris Berger Steven H. Berkowitz Samuel Berkowitz Caroline Berman Howard Benjamin Berman Jack I Berne Stuart Bernstein Allan Berry Wayne Lee Berry Frank Vincent Bervaldi Nicole F. Besu Mayra G Betancourt Julia Bewley Robert Haines Beyer David Bitchatchi William Howard Blanch Diana R. Blanco Robert Joel Blank Marina Blay William D Bleser Enrique Blondet

Jeffrey D Blum Sherri J. Bluth Barry A Bluth Jerry Lee Boatright Joshua A Bockian Theodore M Bolotin Brian K. Bons Paulino E Boudet Amy Johanna Bouvier Gabriela A. Bozzuti Lawrence I Brant Sandra R. Brener Jack Harris Brenner Edward Brenner Alan H Bresalier Luis F. Breton Alexander L Bretos Carmen E. Briceno Joseph W Briggle John Briggle Margo Kay Brilliant Michael Brody Robert A. Brody Laurence Brody William R Bronkan Norman N Brooks George J Brooks Marshall Alan Brothers Lawrence R. Brown Edward Barry Brown Norman Browner Francisco R Bru Livia Kalnins Buck Robert F Buksch Alan I Burch Alan Bush Paul H Busker Evelyn O Caballero Jesus Cabrera Ania Cabrerizo Alfredo J. Calderon Randy T. Califf Jose R Calvo Gianna Camejo Garin Jennifer L. Cameron Beth Anne Campbell Ronald M. Cantor Marco A. Capasso Harvey D Caplin John F Capriccio Luis Eduardo Cardenas Juan D Cardenas

Sam Brooks Carico Jerry Carle Donald Stewart Carmona Jose A Carreno Alicia D Carroll Lewis E Carroll David Carroll John Tyson Carter Oscar Gilberto Cascante Frank J Casella Lee Morse Casler Minerva J. Castillo Oscar Castro Pedro Armado Castro Rene F Cedeno Jorge R Centurion Enrique P Cepero Jeffrey Chait Boyan B. Chakalov Herbert I Chauser Rashmi Chhadva Victor D Christoph William B Cinkilic Jacqueline Cogan Robert J Cohen Myron Benjamin Cohen Stanley Cohen Adam D. Cohn Jack Cohn Frank Anthony Colaizzi Ralph C. Collazo Marco A. Contreras Jonathan H. Cook Thomas Bonifer Cornell Robert M Cornfeld Jorge Coro Carlos M Coro Joshua J. Coussa Marc A Cowan Gina Cozzarelli Ellen Bates Crockett Edward A Cronauer Mary C Crosby Iris M. Cruz Daleccio Robert O Cuckler Annie Cuenca Sonia Curbelo Thomas J Dahlan Rosemeen Daood T Marshall Darden Beatriz Fraga Davidson Stephanie Beth Davis

Diana Davisson Alberto A De Cardenas Andres De Cardenas Roy E. De Jesus Armando De La Cabada Alejandro De La Cruz Henry De Stefano Abel O Deanna Christian Ellis DeJesus Ramiro E Del Amo Berta L Del Rio-Jorge Jose Manuel Delgado Jose Ernesto Delgado David J. DePorter Elaine S. DeRoode Alberto Despaigne David Edward DeWitt Luis Diaz Marcos Diaz Osmani Diaz Roberta L. Diehl Steven F. DiFilippo Kenneth Ernst Ditthardt Howard I Dollinger Elsa M C Dominguez Orlando Dominguez R Maurice Downs Fernando J. Duarte Raymond Earl Dube Jack Duckstein Alfred Carol Duda Leo Joseph Durbin Dorislaw M. Dvorkin Melvin H Eaton Rita Echevarria Jean-Jacque Edderai Stanley H Eder Leonard David Efrom F Lee Eggnatz Michael D Eggnatz Ronald Samuel Ehrlich Andrew M Eisenberg Sam Eisenstein Jeffrey M Eisner Uri Elias Alfred Daniel Ellins Bernard S Ellins Henry Thorndyke Ellison Donald Albert Elsman Gene W Eng Irwin N Ennis Peter H Epstein Juan C Erro Enrique C Escofet Ramiro Esparragoza Mayli A. Espejo Ricardo J. Espinosa Javier Estrada Mitchell B Evedon Edwin E. Fabrega Lewis Harvey Factor David A. Faget Robert Faine Jeremy Harris Farbman Erick L Fass Naved Fatmi Richard R Feder Alfred Feinglass Jeffrey P Feingold Stanley J Feinman

Liza M. Feliciano Edward A Fellows Sheryl A Fensin Katherine Anne Ferguson Maria A. Fermin Ivette M. Fernandez Carlos F Fernandez Carlos Fernandez German Fernandez Jorge C. Fernandez-Abril Soraida M Ferrel Natalia Ferrer Carlos O Fiallo Maria H. Figueredo Tammy Finder Roger A Fine Alberto Fischzang Mark N Fisher Edward J Fisher Jerry Irving Fishman Paul J Flaer Jerome Fleeman Paul G Fleisher Herbert Leonard Fletcher Iris J Fonseca Luis H Fonseca Pablo J. Fonseca Jorge Fornaris Nora S Fornaris Alfredo R Forns Mark Forrest William H Fountain Elliot Z Fox Daniel Ralph Franco Raymond James Franconi Marc H. Frankel Tomas Frankel Robert Frankel Randy Freedline Ira S Freedman Brian L. Freedman H Richard Frick Stephen Fried Alan E. Friedel Harold Friedman Kurt E Friedman Neil A. Friedman Charles M Friedman Craig A. Friedman Stanley Frommer Leonardo M Frydman Isabel F Fuentes Marta Luisa Gainza Joel C Gale Hector Caridad Gallardo John Paul Gallardo Enrique J. Gallo Isaac Garazi Carolina Garces Juan M Garcia D Georgina Garcia Francisco Garcia Juan D Garcia John Garcia Marisol Garcia Delio Garcia Jose C Garcia Rebeca M. Garcia Faustino G Garcia Faustino D. Garcia

Leonard Garfinkel Jose I. Garri Luis E. Garrigo Judith L. Gartner Fernando A. Gasset Joseph S Gay Michael Joel Gebhart Richard Gelman Bernard Geltzer Samantha Geluda-Lewin David G Genet Jeremy Gerber Alfred Geronemus Ira Ginsberg Mariana Gitron-Beer Ronald Marvin Gittess Alexis L. Glaser Martin N. Glaser Jeffrey M Glasser Marshall Aaron Glasser David M Glassman Philip M Glatstein Joel Glicksman Melvyn Gober Raj Gohill Marvin Bennett Golberg Michael J Goldberg Lee F Goldberg Christopher D Golden Greg R. Goldfaden E William Goldner Emily J Goldstein Francisco Gomara Luis F Gomez Daniela Teresa Gomez Hortensia Bibiana Gomez Oscar F Gomez Lillian Gonzalez Carmen M Gonzalez Ramon Laureano Gonzalez Eduardo D Gonzalez Bertram F Goodhart Harold Goodman Harvey P Gordon Lucien Gordon Jeffrey H Gordon Karen Louise Gordon Laurie Gordon-Brown Michael Simon Gorfinkel Louis Gorzeck Brad Graff Francisco M Granda Richard Grant William T Grant Anne Elizabeth Green Edward N Green Roy L Greenberg Milton Greenberg Steven Alan Greenberg Marios Grigoropoulos Larry B Grillo K Randall Groh Roy O Gross Kenneth E Grossman Robert A Grumet Stephen Michael Grussmark Yanelys Guerra Edy Guerra Maria C Gundian Jerry H Guthrie

Hector A Guzman Derek Haber Isaac Haber Daniel I Hagen Ronald M Hagen Merritt Dean Halem Cecil B Hall Charles Whitney Hall Mark L. Hall Ernest Monroe Halpryn Fitz-Herber Harris Claude Felton Harris Lee S. Hauer Norys Hayes John B Hayes John A Hayes Robert E Hazel Jeffrey P. Heilig Rita A. Heller Elena F Hernandez Francisco E Hernandez Wilborn M Herring Theodore Herrmann Arthur Felix Hersh Allison M. Hidalgo-Gonzalez Andrew R Hirschl Bernard Hoffman Howard J Hoffman Alan L Hoffman Burton P Hoffner Donald B Hogue Carol A Horkowitz Richard H Horwitz Seanica M. Howe Rossana Hoyos Laurence T Huber Tin Wai Hui John Seely Huling Kathy Iglesias Lawrence R Imber Ozzarah Infante-Rocha Carlos M Interian Kenneth R Irigoyen Herbert Arthur Iserman Ignacio J Iturralde Robert D Iver Bernard Joseph Jacks Bruce G. Jacobs Gilbert Jacobson Ralph William Jacobson Thomas R Jarrett Janis J Jeffers A Helena Jimenez Hilda E Jimenez Louis Rodman Joblove Robert A Johns Robert B. Johnson Charmaine Johnson-Leong Louis F Jourdain Patricia C Junquera Stanford Kane Jeffrey . Kane Frederick E Kane Phillip C Kaner Stanley D. Kanowitz Alan S. Kaplan Simon E. Kaswan Charles H Kates Hyman Katz William Edward Kaufman

Robert H Kaufman Peter Allen Keller John Gary Kemeny Scott F Kenward Stanley Phillip Kessel Lawrence J. Kessler James Kessler Melvin Lionel Kessler Leonard P Kessler Raymond G Khachab Olga Kharevich Raymond D Kimsey Edward . Kirsh Elaine Klein Norton Klotz Bethanne T Klugerman Frederick Knoll Kenneth H Knopf Alexander Kobb Samuel G Kohlenberg Jay Kopf Richard Korn David H Kornbluth Ira M Kotch Stephen J. Kotkis Martin Kraidin Lawrence Krasne Alvin L Krasne Seymour Kreisler Allan I. Krieger Steven Lee Krischer Stanley Krugman Walter K Kulick Benn Marvin Kushner Miles E Kuttler Liudmila Labrada William P Lamas Donald Tobin Lambert Jorge E. Landa Arthur J Lane Tomas H. Lang John Stanley Langer Solomon Lanster Robert Lanster Steven Mark Lanster Mario L. Laska Jesus L Lastra Idalia Lastra Herbert L Lawson Jerry M Layne Nhat Minh Le Eric J Lebowitz Ralph J Leidner Nick Lekkas Ira S Lelchuk Pablo E Leon Esteban Leon Lawrence M. Lesperance Nathan R Lessin Robert J Lev Ronald Elliot Leventhal Lawrence Levin Harold Bernard Levine Keith Levine Paul D Levitan Martin Harold Lewis Brad Lewis Esther Lewkowicz Marco Leyte-Vidal Jared E Lichstrahl

Morton Irwin Lieberman Robert F Liebler Howard Listopad Robert Litowitz Antony C Livingstone Juan G. Llano Julio A Llera Jose Lopez Manuel G Lopez Debora I. Lopez Maribel Lopez Yohama Lorenzo Victor A. Lowell Teresa Lozano Kevin Jamie Luba Gary Alan Lubel Judith Lubin Albert Lucas Mark S Luger Roberto Lugones Olga R Lujan Matthew Lupu Joseph A Lynch Clara M Macias Ana Maderal-Cozad Bruce Mulloy Mahaffey Jacob David Maldonado Dorone Mark Manasse Jason P. Manchester Benjamin F Mancia Charles Solomon Mandell Celia C Mangels Paul A Marchand John J Marchetto Gina R. Marcus Richard C Mariani Richard C Mariani Noel C Markman Clifford Marks Robert Earl Marlin Carlos J. Marques Irene Marron-Tarrazzi Ricky Mars Frank Martell Alan J Martin Alfredo D. Martin Jose Maria Martinez Miguel A Martinez Jesus Martinez Mario J. Martinez Jennifer M. Martinez-Amores Ronald Bennett Marx Robert E Marx William C Mashburn Mark Mautner Richard Mautner Richard S Maxey Billy J Mayfield Osvaldo Z Mayoral Dan Mazor Joseph P. McCain Richmond C McDavid John Donald McDonnell Olin G McKenzie William R Means Barry D Meiselman Daniel S Meister Malcolm Meister Jose R. Mellado Carl J Melzer

Jocelyn Mendez Rosa M Mendez Javier Mendez Bianca Ana Mendez-Viera Ernesto Mendoza Irenia Mendoza Isidoros Aristidis Mereos Jorge E Mesa Yusel Mesa Estevez Steve J. Mescher Jorge C Mestre John M Meyer Neil S Meyers Maria A Mezcua Margaret M. Michael Robert Alfred Miessen Eliover Milanes Doralio S. Millan Gary S Miller Laura Elizabeth Miller Michael R. Minars Lina M Miranda Jack H Mishkin Daniela Modesto Dennis Mohney Bertram I. Moldauer Raul G Molina Rosario G Molina Ronald Emil Molinari Francisco T. Montamarta William H Montes Miguel A Montilla Paul W Moo Young Azita Moosavi Vivian Sara Morad Marco J Morales Enrique Morales Nibaldo P Morales Jenny C. Moreno Tal Morr Stephen Edward Morrow Arturo F Mosquera Samuel Mozes Richard A Mufson Esteban Mulkay Roger V Mumm German L Murias William H Myones Maurice H Nahmad Raymond H Nahmad Kistama Naidu Hector H. Naranjo Azadeh Nassiri Maria G Navarro S Edward Neuwirth Marcela P. Newman Richard F Newman Binh T. Nguyen Fausto Nicieza Eduardo Nicolaievsky Dennis Grant Nielson Frederick Nin Theodore Jan Nohava Thomas R Nordman Eduardo R Northland Fred Joseph Novak Joaquin A Novoa Joaquin Jesus Novoa Julie Beth Nullman Jeffrey Howard Nullman

Elias Fernando Odio Ronald Oklin Bernard Older Steven Oppenheimer Alvaro J. Ordonez Nancy D. Orphanos Heidi C. Ortega Jose A Ortega Ana M. Ortiz Leonard Ostroff Lester S Page Piero G. Palacios Harvey S Pallen Serge Papiernik Hector E. Parayuelos Yolanda Parayuelos Brett A. Paredes John E Parent Stephen T Parker Thomas A. Parker Edmund Ira Parnes Stephen J. Parr Joelyz Patino Kellie Paxton Kevin L Payton Lidia M. Paz Armando F Paz Christopher Dade Pearson John R Pell William A. Pena Jeannette Pena-Hall Beatriz Peraza Roberto R Perdomo Robert L Perdomo Rosanna B Perello David A Peretz Harvey Peretz Alexis R. Perez Omar Perez Juan E. Perez-Solar Bruce M Perlman Samuel David Perlman Tiffany M. Peterson Gabriel E Pichardo James A Pickle Charles John Pinkerton Gerald A Pinsky Reynaldo Pita Melvin A Platt Marc Harris Pomerantz Louis K Popiel Edgar J Porras Jorge L Powell Robert Edwin Powell Jack J Power Carlos Miguel Pria Ernesto A Prieto Aurel Puscas Richard Mark Pyne Ernesto J. Quezada Luis O. Quinones Juan Francisco Quintero Juan-Carlos Quintero Roberto Quiros Antonio Luis Rabassa Sidney George Rachlin Michael R. Ragan Judex Ramirez Elisa Ramirez Jorge Ramirez

Jorge Luis Ramos-Mendoza Ileana Ramudo-Townsend Susan M Rand Melvin Rappaport Jeffrey Roland Rashbaum Shahbod Rassoulian Luciana E. Ravazzi Morton M Reiss Allen A Ressler Yanet Rey Jose E Ribas Paul T Richman Alan J Richter Alan Barry Richter Steven Rifkin Juan Rodolfo Rios Astrid Risi-Rotter Dignora Martinez Rives Alfred J Robbins Van R Robinson Michael T. Robinson Benjamin P Robinson Guillermo P Rodriguez Katherine Rodriguez Vicki Rodriguez Claudia J. Rodriguez Adriana M. Rodriguez Ramon A Rodriguez Jose Rodriguez-Cepero Carlos J Rodriguez-Feo Carlos R Rodriguez-Feo Adrian I Rodriguez-Gomez Tamara Rojas John I Roll Rodrigo Romano Ricardo Romay Ingrid Johanna Romero Adela Romero-Arguelles Enna A Romeu Julio C Rosado Howard B Rosen Ronald Rosenbaum Michael Norman Rosenberg Howard G Rosenberg Morton Rosenbluth Steven J Rosenstein Scott B Ross Charles Lee Ross Craig A Roth Leonard H Rothenberg Jeff S. Rothenberg Ira Rothfield Francis P Rouviere Henry Rozen Peter A Rubelman Glenn G Rubin Monroe M R Ruda Frederick Rudisch Carla V. Ruiz Richard L Rush Ronald S Ruth Joseph Farris Saba Cesar Leoncio Sabates Cesar R. Sabates Robert Bernard Sabra David A Sachs Tania Saint Amand Leonard Marvin Sakrais Jose L Salgueiro Heberto Miguel Salgueiro

Dwight Salmon Richard D. Salzmann Stephen Arthur Samson Steven J Samuelson Alejandro San Jorge Carlos Alberto Sanchez Ramon Adolfo Sanchez Zoraida T. Sanchez Pedro M Sanchez Derek A. Sanders James David Sands Luis M. Santa Marina Tatiana Santiago-Herzog Manuel E Santin Nataly Santos James Satovsky Michele Saverin W Jack Saxonhouse Danni Sayman Peter M. Scerbo Michael H Schenkman William M Schiff Barry Scholl Robert C Schroer Selden D Schwartzberg Anthony G Sclar Barry S. Segal Michelle A. Segal Matthew M Segal Maria C. Segrera P Stuart Seider Clifford Howard Selinger Robert E Selz Gary P. Senk Alberto O Sepic Maurice Serotta Manuel Serra-Jovenich Dennis S Sevel Arthur I Shapiro Seth Shapiro Sanford Shapiro Stanley Ira Shapiro Meriam I. Shather Bruce Shaw Tracy Carolin Shaw Arnold M. Sheir Keri A. Shenker Richard L Sherman David M Shield Barry Shipman Robert William Shippee Charles I Shofnos Joseph A Shore Irving Shugar Richard D Siegel Marc Siegel Donald Siegendorf Alberto M. Silber Anthony Joseph Silla William E Silver Alan Michael Silverman Harvey F Simon Michael A Simon Robert J. Sims Arthur W Sitrin David L Skaff Joel B. Slingbaum Lisa Slingbaum Ronald L Sloane Donald G Smith

Maria Victoria Smith Michelle G. Smitley Darren B Snow Herbert A. Snyder Irvin Snyder Peter Barry Sobel Susana Socas Gordon D Sokoloff Arthur Sokoloff Jorge I. Solano Jerome A Soloman John V Sootin Ciro A Sotomayor Jack H Soutar Maria V Souto Richard R Souviron Richard Soven Hans Sperling Silvia Stambler George A Stampelos Lawrence M Stanfill Sharlene Starkman Jordon N Steele Nenad B. Stefanovic Kenneth D Steig James M Steig Bruce C Stein Lawrence E Stein Rita Steiner Robert Alan Sterling Philip B Stern Shmuel Z. Stern Jeffrey A Stevens Douglas Stokesberry Alan Stoler Claudia T. Succar Raymond Sloan Sullivan Leslie H Sultan Steven A Sutnick Martin A Swartz Christine Taggart Richard Tooru Takeshita Paul H Tannenbaum Richard H Temlak Patricia Gonzalez Templeton Alyne Tendero Alfredo E. Tendler Max I Tendrich Beatriz Terry Harold Knight Terry Robert Charles Tesher Peter Theodorou David E. Thome Gilbert Toledo Richard Topolski Deyanira Torres-Ochoa Iris Torres-Rivera Jules Emile Toupin Nelcy Triana Concepcion Rodolfo R. Trigueros Byron Edwin Truax Andrea Trujillo Brian A. Tschirhart Erika P. Tugendhat William L Tycoliz Alfred H. Underwood Rafael Urbino Helena Urrea-Feldsberg Rafael J Valdes Nelly Valencia

Thomas G Van Buskirk James C Vann Dina Kawa Varon Mamatha Veeramachaneni Maritza Vega Luis Felipe Velasquez Barbara Yirenia Veloz Jaime J Vergara-Felices Maria C. Verne Norma A Victores Maribel Victoria Tania A. Villar Bernardo Antonio Villela David Vine Clifford E Voltapetti Floralba Vuelta John N Walker Stephen H Wander Thomas H Ward David W Warren Frederic J Wasserman Trevor R. Weathers Mark Webman Gary R Weider Michael Jan Weil Melvin S Weinberg Seymour Weiner David J Weiner Milton L Weinkle Douglas B Weinman Bruce S Weisbrot Robert Scott Weishoff Jeffrey A. Weiss Mark L Weiss Steven D Weissman Larry Charles Wilner Dwight Wilson David Craig Winer Fredric J Witkin Juan Wong Lloyd L Wruble Robert L Yackee Mark Alex Yaffey Gary A. Yanowitz Maria Yazji May Yazji-Corey Stanley L Zakarin Norman Martin Zarr Jan L Ziegler Neal B Ziegler Jerry W Zimmerman Deborah J Zimmerman-Corliss David B Zionts Morton H Zisk Ana Lucia Zuluaga Nury E. Zurbano Thomas A. Zurfluh

If you notice a colleague is missing from this list, please contact the SFDDA office at (305) 667-3647.

We’d be happy to send them information about membership.

FLORIDA DENTAL ASSOCIATION • CAPITAL REPORT • VOL. 18, NO. 12• SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

2012 LEGISLATIVE SESSION STARTS IN JANUARY Mark your calendars! The 2012 Legislative Session will commence on Tues., January 10 and is scheduled to end on Fri., March 9. During redistricting years where the Legislature is required by the constitution to redraw the congressional and state district lines after the census, the legislative session dates are moved up in order to have the proposed districts approved by the Legislature in time for the 2012 elections.

LEGISLATURE PREPARES FOR REDISTRICTING Every 10 years following the release of the United States Census, the Florida Legislature is charged with redrawing congressional and state boundaries based on the change in population. Because of an increase in population, Florida will add two congressional seats for a total of 27 seats. The state Senate will continue to have 40 districts and the House will keep 120 districts; however the boundaries will change. Districts determine which voters participate in which elections for choosing representatives in the U.S. House, State Senate, and State House. Districts must be geographically compact, respect municipal boundaries as much as possible and keep intact minority voting blocks. The Legislature must approve the redistricting plan during the 2012 Legislative Session which begins in January. It is likely that lawsuits will challenge the Legislature’s plan and that the Florida Supreme Court may ultimately determine the new boundaries.

The Florida Legislature has taken steps to make the redistricting process more transparent to the public. The Florida House has launched a website for the public at http://www.floridaredistricting.org/ and the Senate also has a website and district builder which is accessible to the public at www.flsenate.gov/Session/Redistricting/.

PRELIMINARY ISSUES OUTLINED FOR THE 2012 LEGISLATIVE SESSION FDA staff has already begun the process of reviewing bills that have been filed for the 2012 Legislative Session. The

SAVE THE DATE! DENTISTS’ DAY ON THE HILL 2012 The annual Dentists’ Day on the Hill will be held on Wednesday, February 1, 2012. This event is a couple of months earlier due to the legislative session convening in January rather than March because of redistricting. Each year, FDA members from around the state travel to the Capitol to meet with legislators on issues that directly impact dentistry. Legislators

Legislature will be taking on a momentous task of redrawing the congressional and state district lines in preparation for the 2012 elections. This endeavor will be their main focus and will consume much of their time during session. As such, advocacy groups will be advised to be less aggressive in their efforts to push forward controversial legislation. Many times in this process success comes from playing defense and at the end of the day, defense may bring home a better overall outcome than always focusing on offense.

At this time, the FDA’s legislative agenda includes the following issues: • Support for maintaining the current law that requires graduates of non-accredited dental schools to complete a 2-year supplemental education program before taking the Florida licensure exam.

• Support allowing dental hygienists to administer local anesthesia (after 60-hours of training) to a non-sedated patient over 18 years old under the direct supervision of a dentist.

• Support creating a public records exemption for dentists and dental hygienists for information provided in the voluntary dental workforce survey completed during licensure renewal.

• Support legislation prohibiting insurance companies from telling dentists what they can charge for non-covered services.

• Support clarification that dentists (in specified circumstances) do not need to purchase a $255 health care clinic establishment permit to purchase prescription drugs.

There are many other legislative issues FDA staff will be monitoring this year, including Medicaid and budget proposals, which may have an impact on the dental profession. Remember to read your weekly Capital Report and watch your legislative video updates during session for the most current information. Also, be sure to respond to any FDA legislative alerts immediately when action is needed.

The FDA Capital Report is emailed directly to the members. For more information please visit floridadental.org.

look forward to these meetings and hearing directly from you even if you don’t consider yourself “political”. Attending Dentists’ Day on the Hill is a special opportunity to advocate on behalf of your profession and to see firsthand your state legislature in action. There will be a legislative briefing held the evening before Dentists’ Day, Tues., January 31, to help prepare you for your meetings with legislators. The FDA hopes to have a strong showing at the Capitol on Dentists’ Day on the Hill. Mark your calendars for Wed., February 1!

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Familiar Faces Welcome Guests at the 2011ADA Annual Convention.

Recognize the faces gracing the huge posters in the ADA Welcome Center at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada? Dr. Irene Marron sent us these fabulous pics of the convention center - you can see her standing by one of the posters below Our models probably never suspected that they’d be such a hit in Vegas!

Dr. Joseph Gay, Past President, SFDDA

Dr. Piero Palacios President, MDDS

Dr. Beatriz Terry SFDDA President-Elect

Dr. Marina Amelinckx Past President, MDDS

2012 Winter Meeting

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Roger Levin , D.D.S.

Hal Crossley, D.D.S. PhD

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