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12th Annual NMDA Pre-Dental/Mentor Dinner
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n Friday November 13, over 50 pre-dental
students from around the state were hosted to
the 12th Annual Pre-Dental/Mentor Dinner
at a banquet room in the Embassy Suites in Albu-
querque. Pre-dental society groups from New Mexico
State University, Eastern New Mexico University, and
the University of New Mexico presented updates of
their activities during the past academic year.
Audience members were treated to an inspirational
and informative keynote address by Dr. Keon Ahghar.
Dr. Ahghar is a past president of the pre-dental society
at UNM, and was previously a UNM AEGD dental
resident. He has returned to the state to practice in
Roswell, where he’s working with communities of high
dental need.
A special thank you to the organizers, including the
New Mexico Dental Association Foundation, the New
Mexico Dental Association, corporate sponsors, dentist
sponsors, and all dentists willing to serve as mentors
for future dentists-in-training.
By Charles D. Tatlock
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