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N e w M e x i c o
The Official Publication of the New Mexico Dental Association
D ental journa L
Member Publication
www.nmdental.org
The 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.
Contributions: Articles should be submitted digitally to editor, shefritz@comcast.net. Articles
appearing in the New Mexico Dental Journal may not necessarily represent the opinions of the New
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
mmoores@nmdental.org
Nancy Arenas
Assistant Executive Director
narenas@nmdental.org
Joseph D. Menapace, PhD
Senior Legislative Consultant
jdmenapace@comcast.net
Michael Moxey
Director of Communications and Advocacy
mmoxey@nmdental.org
Kansas K. Begaye
NMDA-Associate Director of Membership
kbegaye@nmdental.org
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
morgandmd@comcast.net
Joe Valles, DDS
Vice President
500 Central Ave SE
Albuquerque, NM 87102
505-243-3535 (office)
505-720-0253 (cell)
joevalles@aol.com
David Manzanares, DDS
Secretary-Treasurer
3615 State Hwy 47
Peralta, NM 87042
505-565-0609 (office)
505-670-4439 (cell)
david.j.manzanares@gmail.com
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
yonemotog@ada.org
5 President’s Message
7 A Proud Tradition of Dental Education
in New Mexico
12 Silver Nitrate
16 Should I Enroll In Medicare?
18 NMDA Member Benefits
20 2015 106th Annual Session Recap
22 Expanded Function Dental Auxiliary (EFDA)
26 24/7 Call?
29 New Name...Same Foundation
30 New Mexico Dental Support Center (NMDSC)
32 Membership Matters
33 Committee on New Dentists
34 Save the Date—Event Calendar
37 Classified Ads/Employment Opportunities
Volume 66 Number 3 Summer 2015
New Mexico Dental Journal, Summer 2015