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EXPLORER
Inside this issue:
3 President’s Message
4 Editor’s Corner
5 The Future of the Dental Lab
Industry: The Lab Industry Ain't
Never Gonna Be the Same
7 Executive Order
8 Do Collection Agency Efforts
Violate HIPAA? - It Depends
9 Reasons Why You Don’t Suck
at Dentistry
10 Maximize the ROI of Your CE
11 Action for Dental Health
12 Dental Benefit Plans
13 Dentist Holds Annual Patient-
Appreciation Movie Nights
14 Dentists May Soon Prescribe
Nanoparticles to Fight Biofilms
15
Oregon Dental Laboratory
Program Closure
Labor Law Corner
16 The Anatomy of Patient-
Producing Dental Direct Mail
17 Dear LADS
18 University at Buffalo and
Roswell Park Establish
Dental Residency Program
Fall 2018
Calendar of Courses
MONTH DATE MEETING/EVENT
October 16 LADS Experts Present...
20 Radiation Safety
27 83rd Installation /
Volunteer Recognition Gala
November 13
Restorative-Optimized
Orthognathic Surgery
17 8-Hour Infection Control
19 CPR
Explorer
published by
Los Angeles Dental Society
Editorial Staff
Sonia Molina, DMD - Editor
Teresa Chien - Executive Director
19 Taking Inventory to Safeguard
the Dental Practice
21
22 Classifieds
Officers
Fariba Kalantari, DDS - President
Sadegh Namazikhah, DMD - Treasurer
Pilseong Kim, DDS - President-Elect
Richard Hirschinger, DDS, MBA - Vice President
Adam Geach, DMD - Secretary
Michele Frawley, DDS - Immediate Past President
New Members
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