Spring 2022 www.nvda.org 25 NNDS President’s Message Benjamin Brooks, DDS NNDS President’s Spring Message This time of year brings in the sunlight, long days, and hunger for vacations and time off. First off, huge thank you to our delegates in January for their important winter HOD meeting. They all really look out for dentistry in our state. We are gearing up for a legislative session, so pay attention to those updates as they come. Also, huge thank you to all the Executive Directors state-wide that keep us all together. Lori Benvin, Michele Reeder, and Sean Worrix. They really keep our state dental leadership together and join us in all the delegate meetings, local society and state meetings and more. We can’t thank them enough! Let them know at the next meeting you attend this spring. Has everyone had a chance for spring cleaning yet? This time of year brings in the sunlight, long days, and hunger for vacations and time off. Christmas and New Years are just a distant memory and Memorial Day is still so far away! It is amazing how we are hard-wired for sunlight and long days. Have lunch outside in the sun and see how you feel for your afternoon. It’s amazing what a little vitamin D does for the mood. Back to spring cleaning: seriously worth taking a bit of time to declutter the office and mind! It sounds cliche now with “Marie Kondo-ing” becoming a verb, but The Lifechanging Magic of Tidying Up is a great read and very motivating. It is amazing how it can lift the spirit and rejuvenate us with clarity for our busy personal and professional lives when we get rid of unused possessions. Give it a try—read the book, start looking at your possessions, and see what you think. If you are anything like me, your practice accumulates tons of old materials and equipment that doesn’t get used anymore. Clean those cabinets out, refocus a bit, you will feel a weight lift. That lifted weight will help to refocus on priorities. Mental weight will disappear, work enjoyment will increase, and donating extra dental gear will help more people in the end. Now that we are talking about our book recommendations (sorry), there are a couple actual dental-related goodies that will elevate conversations with patients in our pursuit for whole-body care for them. The Dental Diet, Deep Nutrition, Breath, and Why We Sleep are recent reads that have influenced many conversations with patients. They are dental-related enough to be interesting to both us and patients. I’m a nuts and bolts dentist, but love to have a deeper understanding of the body and systemic issues that my patients may have and how they affect what we do and the longevity of our work. Also, it changes up the daily routine of fixing the teeth that our patients trust us with by opening up new conversations. Thank you to all member dentists! This publication and our group stays together because of our strong membership and commitment to excellence in dentistry state-wide. We have a couple more great NNDS Dinner CE meetings coming up this season, including the Mario Gildone Lifetime Achievement Award on April 28 and OSHA in May before our summer break. Please think about attending and honoring Drs. Furchner and Williams at the Lifetime Achievement Award Dinner on the 28. If you haven’t been, these dinners are a great time to honor colleagues that really epitomize dental excellence. 0
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