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The Official Publication of the New Mexico Dental Association
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Member Publication
www.nmdental.orgThe
New Mexico Dental Journal
is published quarterly in the months of January, April, July and
October by the New Mexico Dental Association, 9201 Montgomery Blvd NE, Suite 601; Albuquerque,
NM 87111.
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Articles should be submitted digitally to editor,
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New Mexico Dental Journal
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Mexico Dental Association.
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What’s Inside
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Shelly L. Fritz, DDS
Editor
7520 Montgomery Blvd NE, Ste E-12
Albuquerque, NM 87109
505-888-6980
New Mexico Dental Association Staff
9201 Montgomery Blvd NE, Ste 601
Albuquerque, NM 87111
505-294-1368 | fax 505-294-9958
Mark Moores, MBA
Executive Director
Nancy Arenas
Assistant Executive Director
Joseph D. Menapace, PhD
Senior Legislative Consultant
Michael Moxey
Director of Communications and Advocacy
Kansas K. Begaye
Associate Director of Membership
New Mexico Dental Association Officers
Michael Law, DDS
President
4141 Camino Coyote, Ste A
Las Cruces, NM 88011
575-524-5812
Christopher Morgan, DDS
President-Elect
1442 S Saint Frances Dr., Ste G
Santa Fe, NM 87505
505-988-4119
Joe Valles, DDS
Vice President
500 Central Ave SE
Albuquerque, NM 87102
505-243-3535 (office)
505-720-0253 (cell)
David Manzanares, DDS
Secretary-Treasurer
3615 State Hwy 47
Peralta, NM 87042
505-565-0609 (office)
505-670-4439 (cell)
Greg LoPour, DDS
Immediate Past President
6500 Jefferson St NE, C-4
Albuquerque, NM 87109
505-298-7475
Gary Yonemoto, DDS
ADA Fourteenth District Trustee
Honolulu, HI
4 President’s Message 7 How Do We Prevent Decay? References on page 40 14 Fluoride in New Mexico Wells: Health Cost or Benefit? 18 Congratulations to NMDA’s Newest AGD Fellows 21 New Mexico Dentist Relief Fund 22 Novitski Hall Dental Clinic Grand Opening 23 12th Annual NMDA Pre-Dental/Mentor Dinner 25 Committee on New Dentists 26 NMDA 107th Annual Session Schedule 28 A Message From Your Dental Board 30 New Mexico Department of Health 32 Membership Matters 33 ADA Foundation Grant Awarded 34 Save the Date—Event Calendar 35 2015 NMDA Education Conference 37 Classified Ads/Employment OpportunitiesVolume 67 Number 1
Winter 2016
New Mexico Dental Journal, Winter 2016