NMDA Journal Summer 2019

2 New Mexico Dental Journal, Summer 2019 Jo u r n a l NEW ME X I CO DENTA L 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 the editor, shefritz@comcast.net . Articles appearing in the New Mexico Dental Journal may not necessarily represent the opinions of the New Mexico Dental Association. Advertisements: We are proud to partner with LLM Publications, for our advertising sales. To place a classified or display ad, please contact Ronnie Jacko at 503-445-2234 or ronniej@llmpubs.com . What’s Inside 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 Executive Director tschrip@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 New Mexico Dental Association Officers Jennifer Thompson President 1212 E 20th St Farmington, NM 87401-4215 505-327-6233 jenniferthompsondds@hotmail.com Michael Sparks President-Elect 4216 Louisiana Blvd NE Albuquerque, NM 87109 505-291-9000 (office) office@abqperio.com Kimberly Martin Vice President 705 University, Ste B Las Cruces, NM 88001 575-640-3777 (cell) kmartin14@msn.com Joe Valles, DDS Immediate Past 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 Daniel J. Klemmedson, DDS, MD ADA Fourteenth District Trustee Tucson, AZ klemmedsond@ada.org www.nmdental.org 4 President’s Message 6 The Story Behind the NMDA Medal of Distinction Award 10 The NMDA Medal of Distinction Award Recipients 16 Dentistry and Healthy Sleeping Where Do We Fit In? 21 Dental Therapy: The Next Step 22 We (Millennials) Didn't Start the Fire 24 NMBDHC Report A Message from Your NewMexico Board of Dental Health Care NMBDHC Report to the 2019 NMDA House of Delegates 25 Michael Brown, DDS Receives Lubar Spirit of Service Award 26 NMDA Endorsed Vendors: The Dentist Supply Company 28 Save the Date—Event Calendar 28 Welcome New Members 30 Obituaries 32 Classified Ads & Employment Opportunities SUMMER 2019 VOLUME 70 NUMBER 3 Download the NMDA App Today Visit the App Store on Your Device