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MISSOURI DENTAL ASSOCIATION address: 3340 American Ave, Jefferson City MO 65109 phone: 573-634-3436 or 800-688-1907 | fax: 573-635-0764 email:
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EDITOR } Dr. Jim Nail
editor@modental.org EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR } Vicki Wilbers
vicki@modentalmail.org MANAGING EDITOR } Melissa Albertson
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WINNING ENTRY { ARCHITECTURE } BRIDGE OF REFLECTION by Dr. Terrence Bond, Kirkwood
THE ARCHITECTURE CATEGORY HAD 15 ENTRIES with pictures of architectural details, exteriors and interiors. The category winner, Dr. Terrence Bond, is no stranger to the MDA Photo Contest. Not only has he had winning images in previous years, but in 2017, he had two first place entries— this issue’s and “Eagles Approach” for the “All Creatures” cat- egory featured in the January/February issue. He says about
this bridge picture, “As a birthday present to my beautiful adult daughter, Meg, we took a trip to Waco, Texas to visit Chip and JoJo at their Magnolia shop. A side trip to Baylor University and this interesting reflection of the walking bridge to the football stadium just caught my eye.” Dr. Bond says his two cur- rent favorite cameras are his Canon 5D Mark III with an EF 100-400 lens and his 1D Mark IV and EF300mm Lens ... coupled with a lot of walking! He has a general dental practice in Kirkwood.
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PRESIDENT } Dr. Vince Rapini
president@modental.org | 314-517-0135
PRESIDENT-ELECT } Dr. Daniel Kessler 417-739-4965
TREASURER } Dr. Ron Wilkerson 573-265-8402
GREATER ST. LOUIS TRUSTEE } Dr. Earl Larson 636- 537-0447
GREATER KANSAS CITY TRUSTEE } Dr. Rob Tait 816-763-3368
GREATER SPRINGFIELD TRUSTEE } Dr. Cheryl Haley 417-581-6111
CENTRAL TRUSTEE } Dr. David Dear 573-378-5488
NORTHEAST TRUSTEE } Dr. Michael Berry 660-263-1133
AFFILIATED CONTACTS
AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION } 800-621-8099 |
www.ada.org Dr. Roy Thompson, Sixth District Trustee 615-378-8777 |
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greg@mdis4dds.com MDA FOUNDATION } Dr. David Neal, Chair |
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VOLUNTARY WELLNESS PROGRAM } 314-571-6284 |
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NORTHWEST TRUSTEE } Dr. Bob Ruwwe 660-646-3802
SOUTHEAST TRUSTEE } Dr. Jim Fox 573-335-4646
SOUTHWEST TRUSTEE } Dr. Michael Patterson 417-782-0400
NEW DENTIST COMMITTEE } Dr. Mack Taylor 573-293-6930
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT } Dr. Prabu Raman 816-436-4422
EDITOR } Dr. Jim Nail
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SPEAKER } Dr. Thomas Stone 417-881-1195
LEGISLATIVE & REGULATORY CHAIR } Dr. Jeremy Bowen 816-478-3600
NOV/DEC 2017 VOL 97, NO 6
the MDA is a state constituent of the 4 focus | NOV/DEC 2017 | ISSUE 6
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