North Texas Dentistry Volume 6 Issue 2 | Page 24

TDA news Can the TDA Play a Positive Role in Your Future? J An emphatic “YES”! by Dr. William H. Gerlach Texas Dental Association Board of Directors, Northeast Division Vice President ob market entry for new dental graduates has been an annual dilemma. Some graduates find employment as full time associates in a traditional practice setting, and others rely on large volume group practices as their primary alternative. While some of our new colleagues simply want to become employees for their entire career, as eloquently detailed by Dr. Marko Vujicic in the November 2015 issue of the Journal of the American Dental Association, others have dreams of owning their practice as an eventuality, perhaps three to five years after graduation. Is that dream still viable? 24 NORTH TEXAS DENTISTRY | www.northtexasdentistry.com