The next scheduled General Membership Meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 17, 2008.  The meeting will be held at Café East Restaurant, 7:00pm at 4628 Rye Street, Metairie, LA   70006. (Phone: 504/888-0078, Website:  www.cafeeastnola.com). 

 

The speaker will be Jon Fundingsland.  Mr. Fundingsland has been with 3M for more than 20 years and was in the research and development of many of 3M ESPE's restorative composite, ionomers, and adhesive materials.  He was also involved with the technical support of each of these products.  In addition, Jon has spent time within 3M's Professional Services Department working with many worldwide lecturing clinicians.

 

The topic of the lecture will be “Dental Materials: Behind the Scene”

 Dental materials are changing, and both clinicians and manufactures are doing their best to keep up!  During this presentation you will see both clinical and technical results with today’s restorative products.  You will also get a glimpse as to how these materials are developed through close collaboration between manufacturer and clinician.

 Objective #1 - Dental adhesives:  We are now into our 7th generation of dental adhesives.  Generations 4-7 are all available.  When are certain generations appropriate and when are they not?  What recommendations might be upcoming based on recent research?  Techniques to reduce postoperative sensitivity will also be presented.

 Objective #2 - Nanotechnology:  Let’s look beyond the hype.  What nanotechnology can offer to restorative materials, from adhesives to flowables to universals to glass ionomers.

 Objective #3 - From a clinical perspective, layering techniques collected though collaborations with clinicians around the globe will be highlighted.  Techniques designed to both reduce the effects of polymerization stress as well as optimize esthetics will be presented.  While most techniques will feature 3M ESPE Filtek Supreme Plus, the techniques themselves would be appropriate to other esthetic composites as well.

 Objective #4 - Future dental materials.  New developments in both chemical and digital technology will conclude the presentation.

 The sponsor of this meeting is 3M ESPE Dental Products.  They are located in Houston, Texas.   You can place a toll-free telephone call to 1-800-634-2249, Ext. 1 or visit their website at www.3MESPE.com for more information.  Mr. Craig N. Mason can be reached at 225/205-4784 or e-mail to cnmason@mmm.com. 

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The Greater New Orleans Health Service Corps Recruitment and Retention Program is working in collaboration with Med Job Louisiana and currently has several dentist looking for job opportunities in Region 1.  Please contact Mr. Harry Lemming with any questions.
 

Mr. Harry Lemming

Placement Coordinator

GNO Health Service Corps

hlemming@yahoo.com

337.254.2126

About the Greater New Orleans Area Health Service Corps
The purpose of the Greater New Orleans Area - Health Service Corps (GNO Health Corps) is to sustain and increase access to health care services in the Greater New Orleans Area by reducing the shortage of critical health care professionals through targeted recruitment and retention strategies. The GNO Health Corps offers a variety of incentive programs including: loan repayment, sign-on bonus, malpractice premium payment, relocation expenses and income guarantee in order to attract and retain eligible health care professionals.

 

Eligibility Requirements:
• Eligible practitioners include physicians (allopathic or osteopathic) and resident physicians who have received a medical degree in family practice, general practice, obstetrics/gynecology, internal medicine, pediatrics or general psychiatry, dentists (DDS or DMD practicing general or pediatric), family practice physician assistants, certified nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives, registered clinical dental hygienists, licensed clinical or counseling psychologists (Ph.D. or equivalent required), psychiatric nurse specialists, licensed professional counselors (masters or Ph.D. required), marriage and family therapists (masters or Ph.D. required), licensed clinical social workers (masters or Ph.D. required), licensed pharmacists, registered nurses and allied health professionals.
• Work in a federally designated health professional shortage area (HPSA) in the Greater New Orleans Area (Region 1) or serve a majority of patients who live in a  HPSA in Region 1.
• Work for a public, private for-profit or private non-profit entity
• Work full-time (40 hours per week) with 32 of those hours providing direct patient care
• Accept assignment of Medicaid patients and have a sliding fee scale for low-income, uninsured patients
• Not currently work in a HPSA in Louisiana outside the Greater New Orleans Area, unless displaced as a result of Katrina
• Commit to a three-year service obligation in the Greater New Orleans Area

Participants must have:
• United States citizenship or national and licensed to practice in Louisiana or have applied for license
• Not defaulted on educational loans
• Not breached a health professional service contract

Compensation
Incentive packages include: loan repayment (up to $110,000), income guarantee (up to $110,000), sign-on bonus (up to $40,000), malpractice premium payment (up to $40,000), relocation expenses (up to $20,000) and continuing education expenses for health information technology (up to $10,000). Practitioners can choose a package of incentives up to the amount offered for their practice-type. Eligible practitioners will be subject to the following caps: physicians, psychiatrists and dentists may receive up to $110,000; mid-level practitioners may receive up to $55,000; pharmacist may receive up to $50,000, registered nurses may receive up to $40,000 and allied health professionals may receive $10,000-$40,000. 

FUTURE ANNUAL CONFERENCE DATES:

April 2-4, 2009

April 8-10, 2010