WINTER 2023 | VOL 103, NO 4 USPS 284-840; ISSN 0887-4646 ONLINE


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PRESIDENT-ELECT } Dr. Jon Copeland | 636-273-5866


TREASURER } Dr. Mack Taylor | 573-293-6930


GREATER ST. LOUIS TRUSTEE } Dr. Lori Roseman | 636-757-1800


GREATER KANSAS CITY TRUSTEE } Dr. Wendy Weimer | 816-812-6770


GREATER SPRINGFIELD TRUSTEE } Dr. Ashley Meyer | 417-773-1993


CENTRAL TRUSTEE } Dr. Philip Batson | 573-875-7071


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AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION } 800-621-8099 | ada.org Dr. Michael Medovic, Sixth District Trustee 615-378-8777 | medovicm@ada.org MDA COMPONENT SOCIETIES } modental.org/components MISSOURI DENTAL INSURANCE SERVICES } 800-944-7550 | mdis4dds.com MDA FOUNDATION } Dr. Darren Mahaffey, Chair | modental.org/foundation MODentPAC } Dr. Kirk Opdahl, Chair | modental.org/pac


VOLUNTARY WELLNESS PROGRAM } 314-435-1101 | modental.org/wellbeing Rebecca Mowen, LCSW, SAP, CIP, CADC | wellbeing@modental.org MISSOURI DENTAL BOARD } 573-751-0040 | pr.mo.gov/dental.asp


MISSOURI OFFICE OF DENTAL HEALTH } health.mo.gov/living/families/oralhealth Dr. Jacqueline Miller, State Dental Director 573-526-3838 | jacqueline.miller@health.mo.gov


NORTHWEST TRUSTEE } Dr. Emily Mattingly | 660-646-3802


SOUTHEAST TRUSTEE } Dr. Steven Schoolman | 573-334-5566


SOUTHWEST TRUSTEE } Dr. Jon Reagan | 417-451-2403


NEW DENTIST REPRESENTATIVE } Dr. Garret Cochran | 816-589-0371


LEGISLATIVE & REGULATORY CHAIR } Dr. Ron Wilkerson | 573-265-8402


SPEAKER } Dr. Amanda Fitzpatrick | 660-385-3413


EDITOR } Dr. Douglas Wyckoff | 816-632-2822 editor@modental.org


IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT } Dr. Tom Stone | 417-881-1195


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