My name is Craig Soffin and I am serving as president of the Montgomery-Bucks Dental Society for this 2011-2012 year. I am a locally trained endodontist (Penn Dental, Temple Endo, Einstein Endo Staff) and have practiced in King of Prussia for 29 years.

I would first like to acknowledge the wonderful job done by my predecessor, Bruce Singer. He started several programs that have proven to be very effective in bringing new, younger people into active rolls and new sources of revenue. I plan to maintain the momentum of these programs and perhaps initiate some of my own.

In the past few months, members of the executive board have been busy putting together a great lineup of continuing education presenters. Dr. Larry Stone has again organized the full day courses for our dental society. Dr. Scott Smith is now in charge of the monthly Monday evening meetings. At the Annual Valley Forge Dental Conference in March, there will be three full days of CE and exhibits provided by your Second District Dental Association. The complete listing can be found in this month’s Bulletin The topics selected for these presentations should prove to be great learning experiences. I hope each of you will join me for these programs.

Like me, many of you are likely experiencing a slow period where it is difficult to maintain a full schedule. The economy is stalled and people are evidently choosing to cut back by avoiding dental visits. Big mistake! I had a Great-uncle who used to say “Be true to your teeth or they’ll be false to you”. This was from a man who had dentures most of his life. We are very good about minimizing the effects of dental disease, but people need to be reminded of the need for a regular maintenance routine. Perhaps with your recall reminders you could send out an infomercial of your own, stating that routine check-ups make it more likely to discover a small problems (where a filling would be sufficient) before it would become a more serious problem requiring much more extensive work.

I would welcome any suggestions regarding any suggestions you would like the Montgomery –Bucks Dental Society to offer. Please email me at CBSoffin@gmail.com . Or better yet, you could become active in the society itself. I look forward to seeing you at our lectures; introduce yourselves to me if we haven’t yet met.

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