Volume 107, Number 4 (2025)
Each month, The Journal of the Michigan Dental Association provides news, information, and features about Michigan dentistry to our state's oral health community and the MDA's 6,200+ members. It stands as the primary publication reaching Michigan dentists. The April issue marks the end of an era, as the MDA announced it would discontinue providing a print issue and focus on digital distribution. This issue includes:
This month’s issue includes a cover feature on going non-par, a feature article on pterygoid implant placement and restoration, candidate’s biographical statements, and information on a new membership benefit for health and well-being. Regular departments include the New Dentist Column, MDA Services, Dentistry and the Law, Staff Matters, MDA Insurance (Data Breaches Hit Providers,) and a Michigan Dental Foundation update.
Full Issue
Cover Story
Going Non-Par: What Are Your Options?; With sidebar: One Dentist’s Experience with Going Non-Par
Alan Laing DDS, MBA and Greg Maxson DDS
Feature Articles
Pterygoid Implant-Retained Bridge Following Multiple Failed Alveolar Implants in Posterior Maxilla
Kouder Dakhallah DDS, Anish Gupta DDS, Joey Wilmot, and Brian Giammalva DDS
A New Member Benefit: The Talk Space Go App
Lisa Knowles DDS
Editorial and News
Michigan Can Be Proud of Dentistry's Volunteers
Michelle C. Dziurgot
Monthly Departments
MDA at Your Service: I'm Graduating this Spring - Now What?
Kristin Johnson DDS
Staff Matters: Diversity as a Value-Add vs. a Turn-Off
Jodi Schafer SPHR, SHRM-SCP