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President: Anthony
Fescina, CDT
631-475-3930
1st V. President:
Ralph. J. Rega, CDT
516-935-2750
2nd V. President:
Slav Odynocki, CDT
631-737-9701
Secretary pro-term:
Nicholas Argentieri, CDT
631-543-5863
Treasurer pro-term:
William Goldofski, CDT
Sergeant-at-Arms:
John Lebrun
631-724-7016
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Corporate
Offices:
LIDLA c/o Wilde
48-13 216 Street
Oakland Gardens, NY 11364-1334
Tel. & Fax: 718-428-0894
E-mail: ADW5823@aol.com
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2001 Calendar of Events |
May 5: Institute for Advanced Education for Dentists
and Tech:
May 24: "Salute to MdtroTech" see page 3
July 13-15: LIDLA Summer weekend, Nevele Resort, Ellenville NY
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Member Address/Changes
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HORIZON DENTAL STUDIO
415 CENTRAL AVE -Suite B
BOHEMIA, NY 11716 .
631-563-0841
POKSUN BOWES
Note: NICK KULCZYCKI is no longer with the firm.
ISLAND DENTAL STUDIO
234 LONG BEACH ROAD
ISLAND PARK NY 11558
516-889-3501
JACK KAPLAN Wife: RUTH
STEPHEN ROTHMAN Wife: CAROL
SLAV ODYNOCKI DENTAL LAB
Please correct spelling of name of lab and Mr. Odynocki. The letter "k" is in
error.
Our apologies for oversight.
Please up-date your 2001-2002 Member Directory |
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NADL/NBC reorganized and moved to Florida |
For quite some time, the National Association of Dental
Laboratories [NADL] / National Board for Certification [NBC] has been in a state of flux, and
confusion. It was apparent that the head did not know what the tail was doing.
Communication between Alexandria VA and the membership appeared to totally
breakdown. It became virtually impossible to contact the association, or
NBC, and phone calls remained unanswered.
The matter came to a head within the last few short months when
NADL/NBC decided to adopt an impossibly complicated system to control CDT
recertification credits. Had this been finally implemented, as was the
intention, it is possible that come recertification time, not only
would the CDT not have record of his/her credits, but NBC's record might well have
been found deficient! The new system was circulated but, we understand,
before mailing it had been declared impossible to administer, and it's
circulation merely added to the confusion..
NADL was in no better shape -- it appears it too was in total confusion all
round, to put it kindly. The problems of NADL/NBC came about when the
established staff was discharged, and the organization given to an outside association management
company who, apparently, had not the slightest idea of how to administer a
dental lab association.
The outcome is that NADL and NBC management operations have been moved to
Florida. Partners in Association Management, another association Management
Company based in Tallahassee, FL engaged as of 2001.
There are two partners in this company, one will serve executive director of
NADL, and the other as Director of Certification [NBC]. The latter is said to
have experience with the dental laboratory profession, service with Florida
Dental Laboratory Association, [FDLA] and Florida Dental Hygiene Association
[FDHA]. Their staff is said to be equally competent to handle a Lab association.
Oversight will include the Officers of NADL, and selected members of FDLA, to
ensure the new system rights itself, and keeps on track.
As additional information unfolds we will advise you of points of interest
through The Articulator. The new organizational structure became operative as
of April 1, 2001. Location is NADL/NBC, 1530 Metropolitan Ave., Tallahassee
FL 32308. Telephone [800] 950-1150. Fax: [850] 222-3019. E-mail: nadl@nadl.org |
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TRYING |
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The world would be better off -
if people tried to become better.
And, people would become better -
if they stopped trying to become better off.
For, when everybody tries to become better off
- nobody is better off.
But, when everybody tries to become better,
everybody is better off.
Everybody would be rich -
if nobody tried to become richer.
And, nobody, would be poor if everybody tried to be the poorest.
And, everybody would be what he ought to
be -- if everybody tried to be what he wants the other fellow to be
Easy Essays via Catholic Worker
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NYS' Message about Dentists
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"The New York State Dept. of Education oversees the licensure of dentists. To
verify a license and learn more about who must be licenses and currently
registered to offer professional services and/or use the professional title,
contact the New York State Education Dept, Office of the Professions at [518]
474-3817, or visit www.op.nysed.gov
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NADL enters relationship with DAMAS
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H. Gayle Clark, CDT, NADL 2001 president announces that NADL has signed a
contract with Dental Appliance Manufacturer Audit Scheme [DAMAS]. DAMAS is a
voluntary program which aims to bring quality assurance and industry unity.
Mr. Clark commented that
"We are proud to initiate a program that benefits the laboratory as a
profession, the dentist for quality product assurance and the patient with a
qualifying quality product"
The report, appearing in the March 2001 issue of NADL's Journal of Dental
Technology. Mr. Clark's report was unfortunately rather vague as to specific
detail telling the reader just how all this comes about, but he assures
readers that DAMAS is only one of the parts of validation for documented
quality assurance in the dental industry. He finally comments that "to
accomplish respect and professionalism we must have unity. He then used a
quote "You cannot name it and then just claim it - anything we do must be
done for the right reasons and in the right way" More information on this as
it unfolds.
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