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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.
Contributions:
Articles should be submitted digitally to editor,
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
Thomas Schripsema, DDS
Interim Executive Director
[email protected]Nancy Arenas
Assistant Executive Director
Joseph D. Menapace, PhD
Senior Legislative Consultant
Michael Moxey
Director of Communications and Advocacy
New Mexico Dental Association Officers
Christopher Morgan, DMD
President
1442 S Saint Frances Dr., Ste G
Santa Fe, NM 87505
505-988-4119
Joe Valles, DDS
President-Elect
500 Central Ave SE
Albuquerque, NM 87102
505-243-3535 (office)
505-720-0253 (cell)
Julie Powell
Vice President
121 W Llano Estacado Blvd
Clovis, NM 88101-3712
575-742-3100
[email protected]David Manzanares, DDS
Secretary-Treasurer
3615 State Hwy 47
Peralta, NM 87042
505-565-0609 (office)
505-670-4439 (cell)
Michael Law, DDS
Immediate Past President
4141 Camino Coyote, Ste A
Las Cruces, NM 88011
575-524-5812
Daniel J. Klemmedson, DDS, MD
ADA Fourteenth District Trustee
Tucson, AZ
[email protected]4
President’s Message7
Tobacco Use Screening and Advice to Quit11
Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems: Key Facts14
2016 107th Annual Session Recap16
Are You Reducing Your Taxable Income as Much as Possible?19
New Mexico Mission of Mercy in Santa Fe was a Huge Success!20
Committee on New Dentists—There for you23
Report from NMDA Peer Review27
NM Monitored Treatment Program28
NM Board of Dental Health Care Report32
Membership Matters34
Save the Date—Event Calendar35
2016 Pre-Dent Mentor Dinner37
Classified Ads/Employment OpportunitiesVolume 67 Number 3
Summer 2016
New Mexico Dental Journal, Summer 2016