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Seacoast Esthetic Dentistry Association
6/1/2000
Greetings,
Much is being made these days of the new materials and methods available for dentists to enhance the appearance of their patients. We see them come across our desks in anything from the JADA to tabloids put out by some of the national crown & bridge laboratories. These procedures can range from something as simple as take-home, nightguard vital bleaching to complete esthetic zone transformations with indirect restorations and everything in between.
Our patients are now beginning to ask us about this process as well. The Boomers, now in the midst of their top income producing years, have expectations of middle age quite different from those of our parents. They aspire
to a healthy, youthful appearance well beyond the age that was once considered young. A significant part of this quest for an enduring youth is a person's smile.
Just how we provide our patients with these much sought after smiles can be
a difficult decision to make. Many of the materials promoted to us are rushed to market with extravagant claims and precious little clinical testing. Journal articles that are followed on the next page by advertisements for one of the materials featured in the piece may leave us skeptical. Fads abound and can make this field seem quite overwhelming.
With these challenges in mind, there would seem to be a need for a forum in
which we all could discover more about this emerging area of dental practice. One in which we can learn from each other as well as visiting clinicians, separate fact from fiction and become more comfortable with an aspect of dentistry that will inevitably grow more important in all our practices.
To this end, we ask that you fill out the enclosed postage paid card and return
it before the first of July so that we can gauge the level of support for such a
study group here on the seacoast. If we find that there is indeed a desire for this kind of exchange among the members of our seacoast dental community, we will announce further details concerning the organization of this group. We hope to start with an initial structural meeting early this fall and then to conduct four or five meetings on an annual basis in the Portsmouth area. Membership will be open to all dentists and we apologize to anyone who may have been inadvertently overlooked by this mailing.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Lisa B. Schulman, DDS
Barry F. McArdle, DMD
PS: If you are aware of someone who did not receive this and might be interested in our idea, please have him or her call either one of us.
Seacoast Esthetic Dentistry Association
8/1/2000
Dear Colleagues,
Your responses to our initial survey letter have been overwhelmingly
positive and so we have set a date for the first [SEDA] meeting. It will be held on Thursday, September 28, at Fleet Bank's 848 Islington Street location in Portsmouth starting at 6:30 PM. Thursday was selected by the greatest number of respondents as the most convenient weekday evening to attend such meetings. This Fleet Bank branch is located next to Rite Aid in the parking lot of Islington Street's Plaza 800 in front of the Pic-N-Pay supermarket.
[SEDA]'s first meeting will be organizational in nature and such issues as dues, meetings format, number of meetings per year and continuing education credits will be discussed. We will also announce the meeting dates for the rest of [SEDA]'s inaugural season with a tentative schedule of topics and speakers. The meeting will be held in one of the bank's second floor conference rooms accessible through the ground floor's far right entrance. Light refreshments will be served.
Please RSVP to the office of Dr. Lisa Schulman no later than Thursday, August 31, to indicate your planned attendance. Those doctors who have responded to our survey letter affirmatively, but will be unable to attend this initial meeting, will be sent a written summary of the consensus positions achieved at the meeting. We wish to thank all those doctors and laboratory technicians who responded to our survey letter and we hope to see all those who support this idea at the first meeting.
Sincerely,
Lisa B. Schulman, DDS
Barry F. McArdle, DMD
STUDY GROUP FORMED
Seacoast Esthetic Dentistry Association
The Seacoast Esthetic Dentistry Association [SEDA] was formed this past August by Dr. Lisa Schulman and Dr. Barry McArdle in Portsmouth to promote the inclusion of dental esthetics into general practice. The aim of this group is, as its introductory letter to southeast component dentists stated, to ... "learn from each other as well as visiting clinicians, separate fact from fiction and become more comfortable with an aspect of dentistry that will inevitably grow more important in all our practices." The group will hold four meetings each year in the Portsmouth area. Guest lecturers in [SEDA]'s inaugural season beginning this fall will include Dr. Gerard Kugel. Continuing education credits for state licensure and the AGD will be available to all attendees. Originally envisioned as serving dentists from New Hampshire's seacoast area, the group invites any dentist interested in this subject matter to join. For more details, please contact Dr. Schulman or Dr. McArdle.
From the October/November 2000 issue of THE GRANITE STATE DENTIST.
Seacoast Esthetic Dentistry Association
10/10/200
Greetings,
We wish to thank those doctors and laboratory representatives who attended our initial structural meeting on September 28th. At that meeting it was agreed that there would be four SEDA meetings held each season on the first Thursdays of October, November, April and May. This will keep the meetings from interfering with anyone's holiday plans and should, with any luck, keep us out of the way of any inclement weather as well. Because of calendar logistics and other considerations, this season's slate will vary somewhat from that schedule and can be found listed on the reverse side of this letter. We are excited about this line-up and we hope that you will find it of value. It was also agreed at the first meeting that yearly dues for [SEDA] would be $75.00 to cover our venue (The Schoolhouse Restaurant in Portsmouth), the buffet and to compensate guest speakers who appear before us. Any speaker whose appearance is sponsored by a supplier or manufacturer will be announced as such. There will be a cash bar at the meetings. We announced that there would be AGD and relicensure continuing education credit issued for those members attending meetings at the rate of 3.0 hours per meeting. This means that members attending all meetings can expect to receive 12.0 hours of AGD and NH state dental board approved CE credits each season. Meetings will run from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM. We ask that you fill out the membership registration form found underneath this season's schedule and return it with your dues prior to the next meeting on November 2nd. Those offices with multiple doctors registering can do so on this single form with either a single or multiple checks, as you may prefer. You will find postage paid, return addressed envelopes enclosed for your convenience to this end. Canceled checks will serve as your receipt, so please enter the appropriate memos on them. Only those who have sent in their dues in advance each season, including this one, will be able to attend the meetings so please tend to this matter promptly. Payment must be received from all those who wish to attend the next meeting by November 1st. If you have questions about any aspect of [SEDA], please call either one of us. If you know of anyone we have overlooked with our mailings who may be interested in membership, please let us know. Otherwise, we look forward to seeing you on November 2nd.
Sincerely,
Lisa B. Schulman, DDS
Barry F. McArdle, DMD
To view a copy of [SEDA]'s initial survey card, click here.
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Previous Seasons Schedules
2000/2001 (All meetings were held on Thursday evenings for 3.0 CEUs each.)
11/2/2000 School House Restaurant, Portsmouth, NH - Mr. Jeff Blair (sds Kerr) "Composite Bonding".
3/1/2001 School House Restaurant, Portsmouth, NH - Len Gordon, CDT (Bangor Dental Lab) "Lab Considerations".
4/5/2001 School House Restaurant, Portsmouth, NH - Dr. Gerard Kugel (Tufts University) "Esthetic Dental Materials".
5/3/2001 Holiday Inn, Portsmouth, NH - Tom Briley,CDT (Universal Dental Lab, Malden, MA) "Implant Esthetics".
2001/2002 (All meetings were held on Thursday evenings for 3.0 CEUs each.)
10/4/2001 Holiday Inn, Portsmouth, NH - Dr. Mars J. Lans (EastFlex Corporation) "The Monodont Bridge".
11/1/2001 Holiday Inn, Portsmouth, NH -Dr. Julian Osorio (Atlantis Components, Inc.) "Anterior Implant Esthetics Through Custom Abutments".
4/4/2002 Holiday Inn, Portsmouth, NH - Dr. Geri Hunter (private practice, Portsmouth, NH) "Orthodontics and Esthetics".
5/2/2002 Holiday Inn, Portsmouth, NH - Dr. Gerard Kugel (Tufts University) "Materials for Esthetic Dentistry".
2002/2003 (The first and third meetings of this season were held on Fridays for 8.0 CEUs each and the second and forth meetings of this season were held on Thursday evenings for 3.0 CEUs each.)
10/4/2002 Holiday Inn, Portsmouth, NH - Dr. Dick Barnes (Arrowhead Dental Lab) "Creating The Successful Cosmetic Practice".
11/7/2002 Holiday Inn, Portsmouth, NH - Mr. Scott Kertenis (Dexis Corporation) "Digital Radiography In Dental Practice".
4/4/2003 Holiday Inn, Portsmouth, NH - Renee Marks, RDH (Dentsply Professional) "Air Polish & Ultrasonic Stain Removal".
5/1/2003 Holiday Inn, Portsmouth, NH - DR. David Bardwell (visiting faculty - Tufts University) "Current Trends In Whitening".
2003/2004 (The first, second and fourth meetings of this season were held on Fridays for 8.0 CEUs each and the third meeting of this season was held on a Thursday evening for 3.0 CEUs.) All meetings were held at the Holiday Inn, Portsmouth, NH.
10/3/2003 Dr. Marty Goldstein (Contributing Editor - DENTISTRY TODAY) "Digital Photography In Your Dental Practice".
11/7/2003 Dr. Dick Barnes (Arrowhead Dental Lab - Sandy, Utah) "Creating The Successful Cosmetic Practice II".
4/1/2004 Peter green et al (3M/ESPE) "The LAVA Metal-Free Restorative System".
5/7/2004 Dr. Bruce Small (contributing editor to the AGD's General Dentistry) "Exceptional Esthetic Restorative Dentistry".
2004/2005 (The first, second and fourth meetings of this season were held on Fridays for 8.0 CEUs each and the third meeting of this season was held on a Thursday evening for 3.0 CEUs.) All meetings were held at the Holiday Inn, Portsmouth, NH.
10/1/2004 Dr. Michael DiTolla (Clinical Director - Glidewell Laboratories) "Creating Value For Comprehensive Esthetics".
11/5/2004 Ms. Jo Ann Pulver (Owner - The Sapphire Group) "World Class Case Presentation Skills".
4/7/2005 Dr. Barry F. McArdle (co-founder - Seacoast Esthetic Dentistry Association) "State of The Art Shade Matching".
5/13 & 14/2005 Dr. Edward McLaren (director - UCLA Center For Aesthetic Dentistry) "Esthetics - Implant & More".
2005/2006 (The first and third meetings of this season were held on Fridays for 8.0 CEUs each and the second meeting of this season was held on a Thursday evening for 3.0 CEUs. The fourth meeting was held on a Saturday for 8.0 CEUs.) All meetings were held at the Holiday Inn, Portsmouth, NH.
10/14/2005 Dr. Jim McKee (visiting faculty member, The Dawson Center) "Occlusion And Esthetics".
11/3/2005 Dr. Lisa Schulman (co-founder, Seacoast Esthetic Dentistry Association) "Custom Cosmetic Imaging".
4/7/2006 Dr. Rodrigo Escalante (Private Practice, Acapulco, Mexico) “Soft Tissue Enhancements For Outstanding Crown And Bridge Aesthetics".
5/6/2006 Dr. John Cranham (visiting faculty member, The Dawson Center) "Predictable Aesthetic Excellence".
2006/2007 (The first, second and fourth meetings of this season were held on Fridays for 8.0 CEUs each and the third meeting of this season was held on a Thursday evening for 3.0 CEUs.) All meetings were held at the Holiday Inn, Portsmouth, NH.
10/6/2006 Dr. Bruce Small (contributing editor, General Dentistry) "To Metal Or Not - Predicvtable Esthetic Restorative Debtistry".
11/2/2006 Dr. Dan De Tolla (private practice, Portsmouth, NH) "Anterior Maxillary Implants - The Esthetic Considerations".
4/6/2007 Dr. Barry Freydberg (reviewer, Journal Of Contemporary Dental Practice) "An Esthetic Digital Vision You Can Incorporate Today".
5/4/2007 Dr. Martin Goldstein (contributing editor, Dentistry Today) "Comfort Zone Cosmetics".
For [SEDA]'s current schedule, click here.
To see a photo gallery of cases done by our members, click here.
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| Dr. Ron Levenbaum of Westford, MA lunches with staff members Sandy Cheth (center) and Galyna Chekuta (right) at that last meeting of the 2006/2007 season on May 4th. |
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| From left to right New Hampshirites Dr. Br Brian Maguire (North Hampton), Mr. Andy Pepin (Candia), Dr. Carmen Santana (Portsmouth) and Dr. David Staples (Dover) enjoy lunch together at the same meeting. |
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| SEDA co-founder Dr. Lisa Schulman enjoys lunch with visiting speaker Dr. Mark Peck at SEDA's first meeting of the 2007/2008 season on October 5th. |
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| Drs. Joseph Kenneally of Wells, ME (left) and Dr. Roland Bryan of Windham, NH take lunch together at the same meeting. |
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| Dr. Peter Dinnerman (left) of Portsmouth, NH and Dr. Jim Fischbein also of Portsmouth, NH take lunch at SEDA's second meeting of the 2007/2008 season on November 2nd. |
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| Sandra Ramsey, CDT of Hooksett, NH reviews a point with guest speaker Dr. Ricardo Mitrani of Mexico City, Mexico at the same meeting. |
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