Dr. Richard Moen Receives 2016 Humanitarian Service Award Dr. Richard Moen was selected as the recipient of the Minnesota Dental Association (MDA) 2016 Humanitarian Service Award.  He was honored by nearly 9,000 dental professionals at the MDA’s annual convention, the Star of the North Meeting at the RiverCentre in St. Paul. Dr. Moen graduated from the […] Read More »

Dr. Sarah Manguson Receives 2016 New Dentist Leadership Award Dr. Sarah Magnuson was selected as the recipient of the Minnesota Dental Association (MDA) 2016 New Dentist Leadership Award. She was honored by nearly 9,000 dental professionals in attendance at the MDA’s annual convention, the Star of the North Meeting at the RiverCentre in St. Paul. […] Read More »

By Wayne O. Sletten, D.D.S., M.S.D. From the March-April 2016 Issue of Northwest Dentistry Orthodontic involvement in temporomandibular disorders is a perspective that calls upon many aspects of that specialty to address patients every dentist will have in the chair at some point in his or her professional journey. The whole patient, and the whole […] Read More »

MINNEAPOLIS, MN —  Minnesota dentists are asking for the public’s help in locating children in need of free dental care.  Dentists have created a statewide network of volunteer professionals who will provide free dental care services for up to 5,000 children on February 5th and 6th, 2016.   Dentists at over 150 dental offices and clinics […] Read More »

By Georgios Chatzopoulos, D.D.S. From the January-February 2016 Issue of Northwest Dentistry Smoking has been found to play a crucial role in the onset, progression, and treatment outcome of periodontal disease. Limited studies have evaluated the effect of cigar and pipe smoking on tooth loss and alveolar bone loss. However, pipe and cigar smokers may exhibit […] Read More »

By Thomas D. Larson, D.D.S., M.S.D. From the November-December 2015 Issue of Northwest Dentistry This paper will describe the causes of root caries, including the various bacteria thought to create the lesions as well as the mechanisms of action in lesion development. There will be a description of various prescriptions for preventing root caries, including the most […] Read More »

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — The Minnesota Dental Association recently appointed Dr. John Lueth as its new executive editor for the Northwest Dentistry Journal. Northwest Dentistry is the association’s peer-reviewed professional journal, featuring scientific and clinical research articles, as well as practice management and regulatory issues guidance. It is published bi-monthly and distributed to MDA member dentists […] Read More »

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — The Minnesota Dental Association recently held its annual House of Delegates meeting at the Verizon Wireless Center in Mankato where new officers were elected. The newly-elected 2015-2016 officers include:  Dr. Peter Cannon, as president; Dr. Kevin Dens as president-elect; Dr. R. David Resch as first vice-president; Dr. David Andersen as second vice-president. Officers […] Read More »

By Thomas D. Larson, D.D.S., M.S.D. From the September-October 2015 Issue of Northwest Dentistry This article will review the use of various liners used to eliminate microleakage in amalgam restorations. It will review the literature about whether amalgam restorations are improved by using a bonding process and if so specifically how it improves the patient outcome. Read More »

By Shelly S. Stecker, D.D.S., M.S., Vacharee S. Peterson, D.D.S., Soraya Beiraghi, D.D.S., M.S.D., M.S., Sandra L. Myers, D.M.D., and Walter R. Bowles, D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D. From the September-October 2015 Issue of Northwest Dentistry Dens evaginatus (DE) presents as an extra cusp or tubercle projecting from the occlusal or lingual surface of the tooth, and was […] Read More »