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The New Zealand Dental Association Wellington Branch Monthly Newsletter 2015 Proudly supported by Medical Assurance Society April 2014
The New ZealandDental Association
Wellington BranchMonthly Newsletter
2015Proudly supported by Medical Assurance Society
April 2014
Call us today:0800 800 627Visit us online at mas.co.nz
Mutual success. At MAS, it’s something we’ve believed in for over 90 years. But what’s the advantage of being in a mutual company? It means we’re owned by our Members – so naturally, we have our Members’ best interests at heart.
Specifically, our profits don’t go to shareholders, but are reinvested back into the organisation to provide insurance, loans, savings and investment products that suit the needs of our Members.
Mutual success. It’s a policy on policies that puts our Members first. And the first step on the road to success is easy. Call the number below.
YOU SUCCEED, WE SUCCEED...YOU SUCCEED, WE SUCCEED...YOU SUCCEED, WE SUCCEED...You can see where we’re going with this.
NZDA Wellington BranchCommittee 2015
President TIFFANY LOGAN 387 9392 [email protected] Hon. Secretary GRAHAM SYMES Newsletter Editor 801 5551 [email protected]
Hon. Treasurer ELIZABETH HITCHINGS 027 235 8224 [email protected] Consumer Affairs Officer ADRIAN TONG 476 7295 [email protected]
Board Delegate DAVE EXCELL 562 7506 [email protected] Board Delegate DAVID MCKELVEY 801 5551 [email protected]
GPDP Co-Ordinator OLIVER FERRY 472 7826 [email protected]
Committee Members
CARA WELCH027 322 [email protected]
COLIN WONG232 [email protected]
ROGER BARNES021 144 [email protected]
SIMON TEMPLEMAN473 [email protected]
BRENDAN YOUNG479 [email protected]
GAVIN CHO027 [email protected]
Welfare Officer JEFF ANNAN 472 5516 or 476 6088 [email protected]
Administrative Assistant SHARYN PICKARD 801 5551 [email protected]
Luck? A disciplined, pragmatic approach is usually more reliable when it comes to financial success.
That’s why we believe in regular face-to-face conversations about your insurance, loans, savings and investments as the best way to help you achieve your financial goals.
At MAS, our advisers are always happy to meet with you to help you make plans for your financial future.
To organise a personal review, just pick up the phone. And start picking our brains.
Call us today:0800 800 627Visit us online at mas.co.nz
MAS is a Qualifying Financial Entity (QFE) under the Financial Advisers Act 2008. Our QFE disclosure statement is available at mas.co.nz or by calling 0800 800 627.
YOUR FRIENDS WILL CALL IT LUCK.YOU CAN CALL HIM GRAHAM.
April Branch Meeting
Wednesday 1st of April 2015 at
The Wellesley Boutique Hotel (2-8 Maginnity St, Wellington)
April 2015
The presenter of the April Branch meeting will be:
Dr Dikesh Parmar BDS University of Otago
Grad Dip Clinical Doctorate (Endodontics)
“Root Canal success starts from the top!”
Dr Dikesh Parmar graduated from the University of Otago with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery in 2000. After working in Private Practice as a General Dentist graduated with a Clinical Doctorate in Endodontics in 2007 he now practices as a Specialist Endodontist at Capital Dental Endodontics.
The schedule for the evening will be: 6.00—6.15 Pre-dinner drinks
6.15—7.15 Dinner
7.15—7.30 Branch meeting
7.30— Presentation
Please RSVP to Sharyn on 801 5551 by 10.00am Monday 30th March if you would like to have a meal. The cost is $40.
Meal orders will not be accepted after 10.00am Monday 3oth March
Due to the large number of members now attending the meetings but not having a
meal, we would also like members to advise Sharyn if they will be attending the Presentation only so that adequate arrangements for seating may be made.
From the President
Presidents News April 2015
Well, very busy time at the moment, end of the financial year, and
children back to school, university and “gap years”. Parents in hospital,
but all well. Then there are patients and staff.
The speaker in March Anthony Mak was excellent, well supported, had
great slides, information and we all received an excellent publication. This
small journal has fabulous photography and step-by- step pictures
showing his techniques .
I have renewed enthusiasm about composites after this last excellent
speaker. The patients that were used for presentation cases were very
“normal ,everyday” cases and the work was fantastic. Most of the dentists
I spoke to were very impressed; glad they attended and found it very
worthwhile. The products used were the GC composites , with a series of
tints supplied by Kerr. Henry Schein and GC were the sponsors and I
would like to thank them on our behalf.
The committee have been working hard on further information for the
Executive meeting of NZDA , in Auckland this week. We are well
represented by Dave Excell and Dave McKelvey.
The exciting news for Wellington, is our constant support for more
advocacy and promotional activity surrounding “sugary drinks”. This is
going forward to the National level and we can be grateful for having
Moira Smith and Anna Ferguson diligently working away at this issue.
There has been fantastic traction in Nelson with Rob Beaglehole , the
DHB and Council. They have already taken many sugary drinks from the
DHB Nelson and wellington CCDHB has now followed .
Dr Tiff Logan President Wellington NZDA
The website is looking fantastic this year, simple but effective.
The courses and content is diligently updated. It is mobile friendly and relates well
to our needs.
www.nzdawellington.org.nz
Click on the month, then if the day has a dot, tap the date and the event will come
up, with speaker, venue, time and a brief synopsis. Export to your phone calendar,
if that helps.
The courses placed on our website are held in Wellington. This was done
specifically to help everyone in this region and promote support for those
workshops and speakers from out of town. It has been a great effort from Dave
McKelvey to continue using his time to load the data.
Another Thank you to all local speakers over the last year and I am very grateful
to those that have offered to speak this year. Local specialists and Generalists have
approached me, suggesting speakers and putting themselves forward to be a
speaker for 2015. It looks like a great line up, with some very interesting and
educational Topics. More to come in the next newsletter.
Cyclone Pam has brought many memories back of the torn and damaged Pacific
Islands, I worked on with the NZ Defence Force. The latest NZDF news also looks
at the Tsunami and has some fantastic articles, from individuals about their roles
and feelings in this area.
Timely to say we are going to be helping some very needy patients this year.
There will be three free dental days, supported by Southern Cross and Colgate.
The first one will be in May, 2015. The first will be at Symes de Silva and Sharyn
“ protégé” will be coordinating. The patients will be from the those organisations
supported by the Downtown Community Ministry.
Please put your names forward to help out on one of these days.
April, as it is Easter, is Endodontic month. The speaker will be Dikesh , from
Capital Endodontics .
I am looking forward to seeing you all there and will try not to say CR-p, again ,
whilst thanking the speaker.
Tiff Logan
Present Dr‟s Colin Wong, Tiffany Logan, , Dave Excell, David McKelvey, Cho, Hitchings Apologies Dr‟s Symes, Young, Barnes, Tong, Welch and Ferry
Minutes of Last Meeting
True and Correct
Moved: Dr Logan Seconded: Dr Excell Matters Arising Dr Hitchings stated that Dr Rob Beaglehole has met with Wellington City Council to lobby for the removal of sugary drinks from the local government and council premises. Dr Hitchings will confirm next meeting that the CCDHB is complying with their commitment to provide only sugar free beverages. Dr McKelvey on behalf of the Branch is to write a note of thanks to Dr Beaglehole. Correspondence As Tabled
Moved: Dr McKelvey Seconded: Dr Excell
NZDA Wellington Committee Meeting Minutes
Wednesday 18th February 2015 Symes de Silva Conference Room
FINANCIAL
Dr Hitchings tabled the Financial Report noting the following:
Membership invoices will be posted and emailed to members within the week.
Contact with NZDA to check if a list of Association members located in the Wellington area can be obtained. This is to ensure that all effort is made to encourage Dentists to join the Branch.
Dr Hitchings confirmed that the issues with the double entry of accounts had been rectified.
Moved: Dr Hitchings Seconded: Dr Wong
GENERAL BUSINESS
COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS: President Dr Logan, Secretary Dr Symes, Treasurer Dr Hitchings, Complaints Officer Dr Tong, Welfare Office Dr Annan, GPDP Dr Ferry, Board Reps Drs Excell & McKelvey, Peer Review Drs Symes & Excell, Website Dr McKelvey, Student Observation Dr Wong, Mentors Dr Excell Branch Meeting Venue Options Dr Cho Dental Council Codes Dr Templeman, Dental Assistants Course Dr McBride DCM Drs Corcoran & Symes Dr McKelvey asked if there was any way in which we can get advanced notice of courses that are appropriate on our website giving our members plenty of notice as he finds that he has limited time to advertise them. Dr Logan agreed to contact Hugh Trengrove from NZDA to ask. Dr Logan sought feedback from the meeting to her suggestion of having an app developed that tells you how much acid there is in drinks. This is something that will be discussed at a later date. Dr McKelvey has a friend who is a Public Health Advisor working for the HVDHB and is interested in volunteering on the DCM initiative. It was agreed that Dr McKelvey should contact Dr Corcoran and offer her services.
Dr McKelvey had been approached by a company called „Triple Jump‟ offering to speak at a Branch meeting. It was agreed that as a sponsor this would be appropriate however not as a presenter at the Branch meeting. Dr McKelvey will liaise with Triple Jump and Dr Logan.
Dr Logan asked if the Committee felt it appropriate to make a donation on behalf of the Branch to the John Walsh Biography being written by Harvey Brown. John Walsh was the Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Otago between 1947 and 1971. It was agreed that the Branch would donate $500.00 and the Admin Assistant is to contact Dr Annan as he may know where we send our donation.
ACTION Admin Assistant to contact Dr Annan
STUDENT OBSERVATION Dr Wong informed the meeting that dates for students coming to the Wellington area under this scheme is Monday 29
th June through to
Friday 3rd
July. Ami Gilchrist from NZDA is going to Otago University on the 18
th March. The numbers are unknown however
as an indication last year Christchurch hosted 18 students. To host a student you must be a NZDA member. Dr Wong will speak at the Branch meeting on Wednesday 4
th March and Dr McKelvey will
advertise it on the web site. The students will be invited to attend the branch meeting. Dr Excell stated that he had meetings with Anna Ferguson and Moria Smith and following on from that meeting he suggested that they contact Deepa Krishnan at NZDA. Deepa is currently working on nutrition and oral health policy and both Anna and Moria are having some input into this.
Dr Logan reminded the Committee that submissions to the Dental Council on the Oral Health Therapy Consultation document close on Friday 20
th February. It was agreed that time did not allow for
consultation with the Branch for the committee to put a combined submission in so we should encourage the membership to do individual submissions. The Admin assistant is to email the Branch first thing Thursday morning reminding them. Dr Excell informed the meeting that Southern Cross are interested in holding a dental free day. This was agreed to in principle however there was concern raised over it being an appointment based day. Dr Excell will feed this concern back. Dr Logan asked the Admin Assistant to check with the Wellesley if they have a PA system for our guest speakers. Dr Logan confirmed that the date for the meeting in the Hutt Valley will be Wednesday 2
nd September. The Admin Assistant is to book
the Dowse and to see if perhaps tapas could be served instead of a dinner. Dr Logan asked Dr Excell to inquire at NZDA if consideration could be given to their Annual Conference being held here again in Wellington. Dr Logan was aware that a suitable venue had been the issue however she has been assured that both Shed 6 and the TSB arena would be suitable venues. Dr McKelvey is to advertise the NZDA Conference on the website. Next meeting Wednesday 18th March 2015
NZDA Student Observation Programme NZDA is excited to bring the Student Observation Programme to Wellington this year. The programme will take place over 5 days during the university holidays from June 29
th to July 3
rd.
The aim of this programme is “to provide final year BDS students from the University of Otago with insight into what it is like to work in private practice”. This will be achieved through observation at a different practice each day. We need your help to make this programme a valuable learning experience for those students involved. If you are interested, then you can help with one or both of the following:
*Billet a student(s) for the week in your home *Open up your practice for observation
More information on the programme and application
forms visit www.nzda.org.nz under the “Students” tab.
Support the younger dentists about to join your
profession.
Apply today!
NZDA Wellington Branch Golf
December 5th 2014 With the aid of good weather and generous sponsorship, a team of
two dozen golfers enjoyed a splendid afternoon on Royal Wellington in mint condition. Our Branch is fortunate in having the sponsorship of Henry Schein and NZ Dental Insurance at what is effectively the last Branch golf event in the country. The fact that Garth Bradford and Craig Alexander, representing the main sponsors, make the trip to play with us regularly and provide such a generous prize table is most appreciated and makes the day possible. The hospitality was completed by MAS members Kim Gross and Richard Sladden traversing the course on the refreshment cart to keep our temperatures down and sugar levels up. The names on the trophies reflect earlier days in the Dental Industry and hint at the longevity of our competition. In the hope that it can be preserved, please note that this year we will play on our usual day. The first Friday in December, the 4
th.
The Dental and Medical Cup (Stableford) 1st Gary Lawrence 39pts 2
nd Jeff Annan 38pts (on countback)
3rd
Ian Ongley 38pts The Medic DDS Cup (Gross Score) 1
St Brendan Young 83
2nd
=Edward Harrison 84 2
nd = Garth Bradford 84
3rd
Geoff Hunt 89 Closest to the Pin Di Lawrence Longest drive Jeff Annan (this was not a weight for age contest) First to a Century Mat Popham (Score available on request).
NZDA Wellington Branch
Meeting Dates for 2014
Branch meetings will be held at 6pm on the first Wednesday of the month.
FEBRUARY - MARCH 4
TH
APRIL 1
st
MAY 6
th
JUNE 3
rd
JULY 1
st
AUGUST 5
th NZDA Conference
SEPTEMBER 2
nd
OCTOBER 7
th
NOVEMBER 4th AGM
NZDA Wellington BranchCommittee 2015
President TIFFANY LOGAN 387 9392 [email protected] Hon. Secretary GRAHAM SYMES Newsletter Editor 801 5551 [email protected]
Hon. Treasurer ELIZABETH HITCHINGS 027 235 8224 [email protected] Consumer Affairs Officer ADRIAN TONG 476 7295 [email protected]
Board Delegate DAVE EXCELL 562 7506 [email protected] Board Delegate DAVID MCKELVEY 801 5551 [email protected]
GPDP Co-Ordinator OLIVER FERRY 472 7826 [email protected]
Committee Members
CARA WELCH027 322 [email protected]
COLIN WONG232 [email protected]
ROGER BARNES021 144 [email protected]
SIMON TEMPLEMAN473 [email protected]
BRENDAN YOUNG479 [email protected]
GAVIN CHO027 [email protected]
Welfare Officer JEFF ANNAN 472 5516 or 476 6088 [email protected]
Administrative Assistant SHARYN PICKARD 801 5551 [email protected]
Luck? A disciplined, pragmatic approach is usually more reliable when it comes to financial success.
That’s why we believe in regular face-to-face conversations about your insurance, loans, savings and investments as the best way to help you achieve your financial goals.
At MAS, our advisers are always happy to meet with you to help you make plans for your financial future.
To organise a personal review, just pick up the phone. And start picking our brains.
Call us today:0800 800 627Visit us online at mas.co.nz
MAS is a Qualifying Financial Entity (QFE) under the Financial Advisers Act 2008. Our QFE disclosure statement is available at mas.co.nz or by calling 0800 800 627.
YOUR FRIENDS WILL CALL IT LUCK.YOU CAN CALL HIM GRAHAM.
The New ZealandDental Association
Wellington BranchMonthly Newsletter
2015Proudly supported by Medical Assurance Society
April 2014
Call us today:0800 800 627Visit us online at mas.co.nz
Mutual success. At MAS, it’s something we’ve believed in for over 90 years. But what’s the advantage of being in a mutual company? It means we’re owned by our Members – so naturally, we have our Members’ best interests at heart.
Specifically, our profits don’t go to shareholders, but are reinvested back into the organisation to provide insurance, loans, savings and investment products that suit the needs of our Members.
Mutual success. It’s a policy on policies that puts our Members first. And the first step on the road to success is easy. Call the number below.
YOU SUCCEED, WE SUCCEED...YOU SUCCEED, WE SUCCEED...YOU SUCCEED, WE SUCCEED...You can see where we’re going with this.
