As Robert J. Gorlin, D.D.S., Et. Alphabet-soup, he was an international academic celebrity, but in the halls of the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry, Bob was an infamously vivid character, and in his passing in 2006 left an unfillable place in the hearts and imaginations of his friends and colleagues. He was so many things, they would tell you. In our cover feature's gathering of memories, they have told us the good, the best, the rest. He was a high-test mix, but you had to take the whole package, which may be his real legacy; that what is essentially human is how our complexities create each one of us. Bottom line: If those who know you best are the ones who love you best, it turned out right. It did.

"If you're not allowed to laugh in heaven, I don't want to go there."  Martin Luther

A raft of retirees explore new options; a clinic with an open door; the new crop stretches in the summer sun

Northwest Dentistry Receives International College of Dentists 2008 Journalism Awards.

Dental care is the “product of a dialogue between the dental profession and the larger community”** and is thereby a social enterprise.

“Broad social structures distribute society’s resources and govern their exchange.”** Are these structures ethically sound and just?

The Minnesota Dental Association’s Marketplace Committee has given final approval to the third party payor profiling instrument developed in collaboration with MORI Research.

An old pro finds himself in a place he's never been...

Report from the Trustee to the Tenth District of the American Dental Association

A year of positive direction

Report from the Committee on the New Dentist

Emergency preparedness in the office

Helping Our Patients Become Tobacco Free

As I held the film in my hand, I knew it was a piece of history.

Flying Along Far, Dumb, and Happy - Are We Prepared?

Prih-veet!         Hello!

Do-brih-dehn?   How are you?

Spaseba!          Thanks!

Bood laska!      You’re welcome!

These few Ukraine words allowed Dr. George Posavad’s dental team to communicate during the two-week trips they take every year to the Ukraine.

Transatlantic Continuing Education

The Donated Dental Services program at work.

By any measure, an extraordinary person