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Editor and Art Director Barb Sligl Editorial Assistant Adam Flint
Contributors Timothy A. Brown Dr. George Burden Yvette Cardozo Dr. Holly Fong Joseph Lieberman Lesley Morris Dr. Neil Pollock Jim Prime Manfred Purtzki Dr. Kelly Silverthorn Dr. Derek Turner Cover photo Yvette Cardozo Senior Account Executive Monique Mori
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10 river trek Cruising through Yukon wilderness and history 30 sand surf Adventure and wildlife in Namibia’s dunes
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5 May/June mix
A dentist retaliates for his team
15 practice management The booming dental market
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19 CE calendar 37 sudoku 38 small talk with Dr. Milli Harel-Raviv
18 in the office Maintain your dental practice’s foundation
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27 dentist unleashed
An Antarctic adventure
29 the wealthy dentist
Professional Health Services Plan
34 the thirsty dentist
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35 the hungry dentist
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elcome to Just For Canadian Dentistsmagazine, a new generalinterest publication specially for the dental profession. As you flip through the pages you’ll find a mix of news and notes about places to go, shows to see, gadgets to get, books to read, and so on. Discover a different side of your colleagues through their adventures and travels, even their favourite films and guilty pleasures. Follow columnists who provide expertise, wisdom and wit. Most importantly, escape! Travel is a key element of the magazine, so when you’re away from the office, you can still escape via the armchair if not an airplane. Read through our premiere issue and let us know what you think. Send us your comments and suggestions. We look forward to finding out what you want to see in the magazine. If you have something to share about your travels, home, family, workouts, inspirations…tell us! With the next few issues we’ll continue to shape the magazine. In the meantime, enjoy this first issue, which starts with summer adventures…
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ummer typically means family outings and get-togethers. The kids are out of school and the weather begs for outdoor adventure. So, what to do this summer? One of the easiest options for summer family fun: camp. For the kids, of course, but also for you. Grand View Lodge is part of a long-running camp, but anyone can sample—or re-live!—a slice of classic summer camp by the lake (page 5). Want to get more wild? Travel down-river through the Yukon’s wilderness and fascinating history (page 10). An even more far-flung adventure awaits in Africa…Surf sand in Namibia to get your adrenaline going (page 30). And then there’s Antarctica…(page 27). Travel to the far south with Dr. Derek Turner, the dentist unleashed…He takes us on one of his recent voyages (he travelled to seven continents in one year!). Or for something unexpected, embark on an art-filled adventure in—of all places— Dallas, Texas (page 19). Get up and go! Barb Sligl, BA, MPub feedback@InPrintPublications.com
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Family viewing: Watching the sunset over Gull Lake at Grand View Lodge in Nisswa, Minnesota. Lakeside family get-togethers are part of the summer lifestyle in Minnesota’s lake country…one of the state’s official slogans is “Land of 10,000 Lakes.”
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HELLO SUMMEr! Remember the lazy days of summer camp by the lake? Jumping off the dock, bunking with new friends, playing endless games, sharing stories and s’mores over the campfire? It’s quintessential summer. And it’s still going on at Camp Lincoln and Camp Lake Hubert in Minnesota’s lake country. (It’s also the famed region of Paul Bunyan axe-wielding lore…) The brother-sister camps sit across the lake from each other in Nisswa at Grand View Lodge. Generations of families have been coming here every summer for over 100 years now, grandkids learning to sail on the same lake as their grandparents, with the same shenanigans going on between the separate girls’ and boys’ camps. To relive some of that carefree summer bliss, go back to camp… Camp Lake Hubert’s Family Camp is a five-day all-inclusive camp for families. Or go more upscale at historic Grand View Lodge on neighbouring Gull Lake, where campers’ parents have escaped for over 90 years. Bring the family here for a luxe version of camp. >>
CE / CAMP? CE events are a bit like adult camp—an educational get-together with peers away from home. You learn new things, take part in se activities—all while blowing off plenty of steam. And at Grand View Lodge you can actually mix CE with camp! The lakeside resort has a new conf and can accommodate groups of up to 500 with full-service catering, professional event planning, activities, entertainment, lodging, dining, golf, May/June 2010 Just For Canadian dentists
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>> There’s gourmet fare at a variety of eateries (from family-style dining at Italian Gardens, boasting dishes like wild mushroom ravioli, to fresh-caught walleye in the Grand Dining Room), championship golf (with S’mores on the shore four courses to choose from, rated in the top-100 in the US by Golf Magazine), and a full-service spa (including pedicures for the whole family, kids and dads too!). For some back-to-basics summer fun, fish for walleye on the lake or make your own s’mores lakeside. With the sun setting over the still water, the sand still warm on your toes, and the hum of summer Walleye caught on Gull Lake (this one, crickets in the air, that s’more catch-and-release!) will bring back some sweet memories, along with some new ones… —B. Sligl
Planning a summer adventure near the gadget water? Pack a kayak alongside your swimsuit, flip-flops and sunscreen. The Citibot is a fully collapsible kayak. Fold it, stow it, expand it, use it… Like a tent, you simply pull it apart and then put it back together on shore…whether it’s at the lake, river or seaside. At just 24 pounds., it morphs into a small package that takes minutes to assemble. It’s an easy way to pack some adventure in your luggage this summer. Brilliant. —B.S. folbot.com
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the ultimate travel tool for the gear/ directionally gadget challenged When it comes to travel the iPhone may become indispensable. One must-have tool for the adventurous traveller: The built-in app Maps. It’s a mega mix—think Google Maps with GPS and a digital compass. Get turn-by-turn directions or follow a highlighted map route and track your progress with GPS—walking or driving. Want to explore a new city like a local? Get public transit directions. Bookmark addresses for hotels, shops, museums, restaurants…check out local landmarks. And the built-in digital compass rotates maps to match the direction you’re facing. Or use the compass on its own. It works just like a magnetic needle compass so intrepid adventurers always know the way. Start navigating. —B.S. apple.ca
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For more on Grand View Lodge go to grandviewlodge. com or call 1-866-801-2951. For more on the camps go to lincoln-lakehubert.com or call 1-800-242-1909.
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And some of France’s best-loved characters and places The are his sensory stories in Histoires de Parfums. Personnages Principaux in Gérald Ghislain’s fragrances include George Sand (spicy and amber), Colette (fresh citrus because she was “fresh in everything she did,” says Ghislain), and Jules Verne (oceanic, of course). Each fragrance is named for the year the Personnages Principaux were born. So with a spritz of “1804”, the sensory story of George Sand, you’ll exude her courageous spirit and that of the literary world she shone in: a newly modern and Each perfume, named for the year these French legends sensual Paris. were born, tells a story. For Ghislain, an opera fan, his perfumes are like impressionistic arias. From the South of France himself, this epicureanturned-perfumier has been creating his cutting-edge perfumes since 1999. One of his latest scents is “1889,” which celebrates the infamous Parisian cabaret Moulin Rouge. There’s also a travel pack of three mini bottles— pick a different scent for a different destination. Feeling seaworthy? Travel to “1828” and channel some Jules Verne… —B.S. histoiresdeparfums.com
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The Age of Wonder, now out in paperback, delves into the late-18thcentury era of Romantic science. Reallife characters driven by “wonder” to pivotal discoveries and inventions include botanist Joseph Banks, who sailed to Tahiti in 1769 with Captain Cook in search of Paradise, and chemist Humphry Davy, whose near-suicidal gas experiments led him to the discovery of the properties of
nitrous oxide and the invention of the miner’s safety lamp. Author Richard Holmes, winner of a National Book Critics Circle award for this book, follows this second scientific revolution— astronomical, chemical, poetical, philosophical. These characters, driven by “wonder” brought “a new imaginative intensity and excitement to scientific work” and “produced a new vision which has rightly been called Romantic science.” Like the chemist Davy, who rocked the intellectual community with his radical scientific views preDarwin, and influenced the great Romantic writers and poets Shelley, Coleridge, Byron and Keats. Religious faith and scientific truth do more than just clash in The Age of Wonder—the term “romantic science” isn’t an oxymoron. Keats may have famously made reference to Newton’s science unweaving a rainbow’s mystery and allure, but this book shows how the era’s scientific breakthroughs were just as awe-inspiring. —B.S. randomhouse.ca
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Dr. Ram came to Canada 10 years ago to study medicine and build a practice. “I’ve lived in condominiums ever since I left Malaysia because they suit my lifestyle,” says Dr. Ram. “I’m not ready for the picket fence yet. With the kind of work that I do, I need to have a place that’s convenient and accessible to the things that I like to do and the Trump Tower is all that.” Dr. Soloway grew up in New York and took his medical training in Philadelphia, specializing in medical orthopaedics. He sees as many as 500 patients per week in his New Jersey clinic and he loves to visit Toronto. He finds it a lot like major cities in the United States, only smaller, safer and cleaner. “My favourite part about Toronto is I see it as a major metropolitan city, but because it’s a little bit smaller, it has a more ‘home-like’ feeling and the streets are clean. It features major sports just as if it is any US city on a large, world-class scale,” says Soloway. Donald Trump (left) and Dr. Stephen Soloway are equally enthusiastic about Trump International Hotel & Tower Toronto.
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Toronto’s downtown real estate market offers many advantages to urban professionals who want to stay close to business centres and key professional and cultural institutions. Says Ram, “The city is still priced very well and it offers so much, easily as much as Chicago, London or Paris. Also, Toronto is a very safe environment. The education is top-notch. The people are friendly. The list goes on, but in my mind it’s an ideal society.” As a world leading centre for medical research and innovation, Toronto houses North America’s fourth largest medical community, including 100 hospitals and research institutions, nine teaching hospitals and more than 30 specialized institutions. It has a thriving medical and biotech community, and is a home for providers of pharmaceutical products, medical devices and technology, diagnostic labs, health care services, IT systems and hospital supplies. Of all the buildings in the city of Toronto, Dr. Ram chose Trump International Hotel & Tower because it is close to the hospital and convention centres and because he recognized the exceptional quality of the Toronto Trump property. “There are a couple of reasons why I frequent Toronto. One is for the social life. Fantastic restaurants, nightlife, and culture that’s easily accessible,” says Ram. “But more importantly, I come here for my work. The hospitals, physicians and even the conferences held in Toronto are top-notch and world-renowned.”
Soloway loves the convenience of Trump Toronto. “Convenience is the ability for you to arrange your life so it’s as easy as possible with as few bumps in the road. If you can set that up for yourself, you have convenience.” He also loves the excellence. “Trump is the newest. He offers the best product.”
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Dr. Soloway is such a fan of the Trump brand that over the years, he has purchased 33 Trump properties in a variety of cities, including Chicago, New York and now Toronto. “For me, the Trump experience has allowed me luxury, security and a convenient lifestyle.” Dr. Ram, who bought a 600 square foot suite, recently visited the model suite and described it as “600 square feet of pure luxury.” He is so smitten with Trump Toronto that he is considering buying a penthouse suite as well. “The Trump brand, to me, embodies style, elegance and exclusivity. I do not believe that there is such a building or project in Toronto today that embodies that spirit. I am proud to be partaking in something that Toronto is going to be very proud of.” Trump International Hotel & Tower Toronto luxury hotel condominiums are priced from $900,000; private residences are priced from $2.1-million (CAD). Sales are by appointment only. The sales office is located at 120 Adelaide Street West, Suite 110; telephone number is 416-214-2800 or toll-free at 1-866-91-TRUMP. Visit the web site at trumptoronto.ca/candocs
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travel at home properties, and feeds us wild berries like bush cranberries. There’d have been no scurvy among the stampeders if they’d listened to local First Nations. We continue the cruise up Lake Laberge’s 30-mile coast. We pause for a hike and I notice colourful beach glass, worn by wave action, no doubt dating from the Klondike. A hill climb gives us a view of the spectacular rocky lake shoreline, streaked with gold from the changing aspen, birch and alder leaves. We then stop at the abandoned community of Lower Laberge for a shore-side picnic lunch, followed by a cruise up the so-called Thirty Mile River, an official Canadian heritage river. Cruising along Thirty Mile, we enjoy glorious sunshine and the constantly changing scenery of craggy hills and mountains, interspersed with sightings of wildlife such as black bear, eagles, hawks and migratory waterfowl on the run from the rapidly approaching change of season. At the end of Thirty Mile, near the ghost town of Hootalinqua, we pay a visit to Evelyn, a lady over 90 years old who lives alone on Steamboat Island. Chris leads us along a path to this page, clockthe centre of the island wise from top Misty morning on where Evelyn, a stillCoffee Creek. > gorgeous steamboat Gourmet dinner abandoned by her of fresh trout, owners, awaits us. asparagus and From here we berry mousse board Beaver and at LaBarge. Cessna float planes > Isolated to Homestead Lodge. Homestead The flight is graced Lodge on Pelly with myriad rainbows River. > One of framing emerald green Pelly Farm’s ownalpine lakes, colourful ers, Hugh Bradley, stands of aspen and now pushing 80, birch, and the turquoise with an old potato waters of the Yukon planter. Hugh and River. his farm were Homestead Lodge profiled in a 1978 overlooks the Pelly edition of National River and nestles up Geographic. to isolated Pelly Farm (the farm was profiled in a 1978 edition of National Geographic). We dine on thick slices of Pelly Farm prime rib and farm-fresh vegetables before gathering round the campfire for readings of Robert Service—The Cremation of Sam McGee, The Shooting of Dan McGrew and the lesser known but hilarious Bessie’s Boil. And later, in the wee hours, we awake to a spectacular show: the Northern Lights. In the morning, a handful of brave souls leave before breakfast to bike and hike to a lookout point that gives incredible views of the misty, sunlit Pelly River. I pick handfuls of fresh wild sage (carefully sparing the roots). The First Nations people consider a sprig of sage hanging in the home to spiritually cleanse and purify. Back at the lodge, I sprinkle a little on my free-range eggs from the farm. The following day we continue by riverboat to where the White River enters the Yukon.
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great river journey Many holiday destinations offer to pamper you with deluxe accommodations, gourmet foodanda good selection of wines andother libations. The Yukon’s Great River Journey is the only outfit I knowthat does this in the middle of Canada’s northern wilderness. This recently established enterprise is the brainchildof Yukon entrepreneur George Asquith and several First Nations investors. greatriverjourney.com; 1-866-756-2421 air canada Unlike the journey of a GoldRush stampeder, my trip fromHalifax toWhitehorse was much faster in the comfort of an Air Canada executive class seat. For Executive Class andEconomy Service toWhitehorse andwestern Canadian centers, contact aircanada.ca; 1-888-247-2262 air north For travel between Dawson City andWhitehorse and connections towestern Canadian centres, contact flyairnorth.com; 1-800-661-0407
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We check into the Downtown Hotel, infamous for serving the Sourtoe Cocktail, a tradition begun in 1973 when Captain Dick Stevenson found a mummified frostbitten big toe and started using it as a drink garnish. Those brave enough to allow the digit to touch their lips get a special certificate. A tour of the town reveals many restored buildings from the Klondike Gold Rush era. Diamond Tooth Gertie’s offers a casino, a bar and can-can dancers. The Palace Grand, a National Historic Site, has vaudeville shows in season. Visitors can also explore Pierre Berton’s childhood home and the cabins of Jack London and Robert Service, where Parks Canada employees give poetry readings wearing period costume. If gold fever strikes, there’s plenty of gold-nugget jewelry in town. Mammoth ivory, found when digging for gold, is also popular. Or there’s panning at Claim 33 and a tour of a restored gold dredge and the original Discovery Claim where George Carmack (or his wife Katie, if you choose to disbelieve “lyin’ George”) found gold in 1896. A prospector named Doyle owned Dredge No. 4. From the Yukon, he moved to Romania, had an affair with Queen Marie, and helped smuggle Russian aristocrats out of post-Revolutionary Russia. Typical Klondike panache.
Stopping here, we observe how the grayish, silt laden glacial waters of the White contrast with the clear water of the Yukon. We hike past a small creek, staked with the double post of a prospector, and up a hill to view Shamrock Dome. A recent gold discovery here is thought to be the mother lode of gold in the area. Wilderness Lodge is our next destination along the river. Aptly named, this encampment is located far from any town or road. The camp manager tells us he recently spotted a wolf pack and a cow moose. Hiking to a nearby slough, we see the moose prints and a wolf’s paw print the size of my hand. That evening we dine on fresh bison stew, sip drinks around the campfire, and admire the Northern Lights from a woodheated cedar hot tub. I retire to my “tent,” equipped with a wooden fabric-covered floor, comforter-bedecked bed, propane stove and separate bathroom with full-size tub and running water. This is “roughing it” in the wilderness. After an ample breakfast, we head downstream for the final leg of our journey to Dawson City. We pass the famous Klondike River, whose tributary, Bonanza Creek, is the site of the discovery that sparked the famous Klondike Gold Rush of 1897 – 1899.
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aqueous humour jim prime Jim Prime is a writer with a dozen baseball books to his name, including one with Ted Williams (“the greatest hitter in baseball history”) as co-author and two with Bill “Spaceman” Lee.
going dental A dentist retaliates in honour of the Leafs
Dr. Rob MacGregor’s handiwork on his friend Richard Galpin. When friends gathered every Saturday night to watch Hockey Night in Canada, Richard placed Montreal signs all around Rob’s house. On two occasions, he affixed Montreal Canadiens license plates to Rob’s vehicles without his knowledge. MacGregor’s patience was wearing thin. “The final straw was when he somehow managed to put a Canadiens plate on my brand new car before it left the showroom ,” he says. As luck would have it, Richard
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also happened to be a patient of Dr. MacGregor’s, so when he chipped a tooth he naturally came to his office to have it repaired. As Rob was finishing the restoration, he had a sudden flash of inspiration. He thought it would be great to stick something on his tormentor’s teeth as a signature—an answer to the pranks played on him. Alas, there was no such item at hand and the opportunity passed. But as things sometimes happen in the world of sport, Rob was handed an unexpected second chance. A few days later, while standing in line at a grocery checkout, he spied a package of Maple Leaf decals in various sizes. Taking it as a sign that the hockey gods wished him to act, he bought the decals, took them to his office and placed them in the Galpin file. Then he waited. A few months later the tooth fairy once again delivered Richard into his hands. Galpin called the office to report yet another chipped tooth. Since his friend’s workplace was an hour away in Halifax, MacGregor, who is vice-president of the Canadian Dental Association, suggested a Friday-night appointment, followed by dinner with their wives at a local pub. Richard readily agreed. When Richard arrived for his appointment there was no one around except Rob and his wife Noreen, who is his assistant. The two exchanged their usual hockey jibes before finally getting down to the business at hand. It took MacGregor about 30 minutes to repair the chipped tooth, and then the real work began… With Richard still numb from the local anesthetic, and with a rubber dam in place, Rob peeled off two blue Maple Leaf decals and very meticulously placed them on his two front teeth. He then applied several coats of clear resin to seal them on, all completed under the pretext of repairing the chipped tooth. Since most reputable
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schools of dentistry do not offer instruction in the procedure, it took awhile to get it just right. Galpin hardly helped his own cause. “I told him that a large monkey could do the job quicker,” he recalls. Unable to contain her laughter, Noreen was forced to leave the room on several occasions. She used the opportunity to remove any mirrors from the reception area. With the job finally done, Richard slurred a thank you and the three drove to the local pub where his wife Leslie and a dozen friends had gathered. It was happy hour and soon everyone was in a weekend frame of mind. Conscious of his frozen mouth, Galpin was unusually quiet. Finally, on a prearranged cue, a coconspirator asked Richard what was wrong with his front teeth. He mumbled that he had just had a filling. She insisted that there was something stuck to his teeth and passed him her compact mirror. Baring his Leaf teeth for all to see, he stared in complete horror at his altered reflection. His friends collapsed in fits of laughter and within minutes the entire pub was in an uproar as patrons gathered round to view the phenomenon. “I looked at Rob and he was grinning like a dog eating thistles,” recalls Galpin. “I tried to scrape it off with my fork but they said it had been surgically cemented there.” Despite his friend’s desperate pleas, MacGregor was in no hurry to remove the decals. “He said that he was quite busy but might be able to fit me in when he returned from a scheduled business trip to Calgary,” says Galpin, adding, “I can’t repeat what I said. He mentioned that he had eight yards of concrete that had to be moved to his backyard, so on Saturday I spent six hours at hard labour. At least I didn’t have much reason to smile.” On Sunday night, MacGregor finally relented and the decals were removed.
Behind his surgical mask, he concealed a devilish grin…
Noreen MacGregor
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ehind his surgical mask, Dr. Rob MacGregor concealed a devilish grin as his friend, Richard Galpin, settled into the dental chair. Galpin, of Coldbrook, NS, is a diehard Habs fan. His friend, dentist Rob MacGregor from nearby Kentville, is an avid Maple Leafs supporter. The rivalry between them is intense and had recently escalated from verbal sparring to practical jokes, with Galpin consistently getting the upper hand.
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Timothy A. Brown specializes in dental practice appraisals, brokerage, consulting, locum placements, associateships and practice financing across Canada. Reach Timothy at timocthy@roicorp.com.
the booming market It’s a fabulous time to be a dentist and own a practice
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ental practice sales volumes for the first quarter of 2010 will be higher than in the first quarter of 2009. As the market matures, in terms of the average age of a practising dentist, the number (supply) of practices for sale will increase and the demand will eventually decrease. Any change in these two critical variables will impact price. While this topic has been documented by many experts for almost 10 years, since the early days of the Boom, Bust and Echo phenomenon, the real increase in supply has yet to materialize. Thus demand remains very strong. In the unique marketplace of dentalpractice sales, the cycles are somewhat predictable yet have proven to be resistant to outside economic forces. When compared to the units of measure for the traditional economy such as the stock market, currency fluctuations, oil prices and real estate, dentistry, as a profession, remains very stable. Proof of such resilience is the continuing supply of financing from all the major lenders in Canada. All five major lenders continue to pursue the dental market assertively with financing offers to dentists that remain very attractive—typically financing 100% of the purchase price! This lending invariably stimulates the demand for practice acquisitions, expansions and in some areas, a steady stream of brand new start-ups. One would expect a marginal withdrawal from the current generous lending practices of the banks when studying the drastic changes to the global financial markets in late 2008. The major stock markets dropped dramatically and the US entered a long and serious “recession.” Yet the average Canadian dental practice proved to be stronger than ever, and most completed the year 2009 at previous or higher levels of income than in 2008, indicating that dental practices are very resilient to some recessionary pressures. With a steady supply of new buyers entering the Canadian market each year
(about 525 new dentists will graduate in May of 2010) and combined with a continuing short supply of practices for sale in the highest demand areas, prices should continue to increase in the most desirable regions, namely those surrounding the major cites like Vancouver. One might ask: “How is this possible?”
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very stable, and is growing in many regions. Consumer confidence remains solid. This confidence will always stimulate elective spending on many items, including health care (cosmetics) and other “luxuries.” In short, this continues to be one of the greatest growth periods for dentistry. What a fabulous time to be a dentist, to own a practice or enter into ownership! Even with the climbing sale prices of dental practices in the major markets, the cash flow and the return on investment remains one of the best purchases a dentist can possibly make.
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D r . k e l ly s i l v e r t h o r n Dr. Kelly Silverthorn is Just For Canadian Dentists’ automotive writer. He tries to keep one convertible and/or one track-day car in the family fleet.
Monterey is for motorheads Don’t miss car buffs’ big get-together in California
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Highway 1alongthePacific Oceancoastlinenear BigSur inMonterey County, California. This famous snakingroadwith spectacular scenery makes for theultimateroadtrip, especially withtheAugust bonus of Monterey AutoWeek, (August 11– 15in2010) includingthePebbleBeach Concours d’Elegance, complete withcelebrity sightings.
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onterey, California is the place for a classic car nut to be in mid August. In truth, the list of high-quality events has grown to fill the entire week. An enthusiast could return every August of their life and never duplicate an event itinerary…
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m o t o r i n g [ c o n t i n u e d ] D r . k e l ly s i l v e r t h o r n >> Sure, there’s racing to watch. The Rolex Monterey Historic Races draw an amazing entry of 450 invited cars of historical significance. These racers run in 16 different classes over three days at stunning Laguna Seca. The racetrack is a few miles inland (out of the coastal fog) in the hills above Monterey Bay. Porsche was the featured marque in 2009, with multiple Le Mans, FI, and Targa Florio Porsche Museum exhibits for the assembled masses to drool over. (Note to self: bring own spittle cup). The Porsche Clubs were also out in force, with the owners’ parade circling Laguna Seca hundreds of cars deep. The Porsche factory also chose Laguna Seca for the North American debut of their Panamera “four door sports car.” Multiple examples of the new sedan were caned around the racetrack and peninsula as pace cars and test-drives. A feature of Monterey is the ability to search out multiple demo fleets for test drives. This year, there was Porsche, Hyundai (yes, the excellent Genesis Coupe), Spyker, Maybach, McLaren-Mercedes, Iconic, and even the Bugatti Veyron. We squeezed in the Maybach and McLaren-Mercedes drives, but mysteriously were left off the Bugatti list. I’ll have to have a word with my agent. Most of the demo fleets were across the Monterey Peninsula from Laguna Seca at
Pebble Beach Lodge. There are many events going on at Pebble all weekend, but come Sunday morning the 18th-fairway is squarely in the limelight, when the 150 invited cars for the world-renowned Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance shine. A post-WW II car has yet to win this event; 2009’s winner was a 1937 Horch 853 Sport Cabriolet. There are several ways to end up with a car at the Pebble Beach Concours. Restore a barn find, or buy an already restored car at one of the many auctions. Auction houses present in 2009: RM, Gooding and Company, Kruse, Mecum, Bonhams and Butterfields, Russo and Steele, and MidAmerica. Hundreds of cars, and well over one hundred million dollars, changed hands. Pinnacle cars continued to set world-record prices: $7.7 million USD for a Shelby Daytona Coupe, the highest ever paid at auction for an American car. We spent most of our auction time at the RM three-evening sale in our hotel, the Portolo. RM is Canadian, and kindly included 600 Targa Canada West postcards in their (well-heeled) bidder bags. I had a blast each evening walking the RM auction staging lanes, giving each car a 30-second look, and seeing if I could peg the estimated sale price range. My prognostication was pretty good for cars <
$350,000. I’ll have to talk to my accountant about putting a collector car into the RRSP—they can’t do worse than natural gas has! Short a couple hundred thou for a collector car? There is still much to peruse in Monterey. How about die-cast cars in 1:18 scale? Automobilia, from vintage gas pumps to historic racing posters? A computer racing simulator? Motoring art, sculpture, painting, original or print…yup, in spades. Magazine samples? Book signings? All-Italian car shows? All of it happening at Monterey. If you collect autographs, there are some interesting ones to stalk. We ran into Jay Leno, and his buddy Jerry Seinfeld… both huge car fanatics. Driving greats who survived the Golden Era were also everywhere, with elder statesman Stirling Moss underfoot, and the merely grizzled Brian Redmond, Derek Bell, or Vic Elford all available to chat about the SpaFrancorchamps back in the day. But be forewarned. Taking in Monterey’s car extravaganza is a bit like listening to your buddy’s killer stereo. The experience is great while you’re in the moment, but leaves you jaded to lesser quality for sometime after.
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in the office lesley morris Lesley Morris has been a consultant in the dental industry for over 15 years, providing marketing and relationship management to dental practices. You can reach her at lesley@sweettoothconsulting.com.
sate the savvy dental client Reinforce your dental practice’s foundation
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usiness is the foundation upon which a dental practice is built yet many otherwise-sophisticated dentists have little-to-no understanding of structure, systems and revenue. Gone are the days of accepting dental treatment on a handshake. Meet the ultimate consumer, “your dental client.” Technology has not only enhanced dentistry in time management, expertise and precision, but has identified a new sophisticated client with online access to dentists’ bios and examples of their restorative treatment and services. Walking into your office does not necessarily translate to a commitment in dental treatment. By crossing your office threshold, a client starts the process I refer to as the “interview.” You may think you have a high-tech cosmetic practice adorned with flat-screen TVs, a cerac machine, digital radiographs, waterfalls, and even spa services and gourmet teas and treats—why would a client go anywhere else? And, while these perks are a factor in decision-making, the number-one factor in whether a client becomes a part of your practice is how you build the relationship itself. Trust, loyalty, empathy, advocacy— these are the key characteristics that allow you to stand above the rest of the dental community that produces the same zirconia crowns, bridges and implants, and perhaps for less. Three major components are the foundation of your dental practice. Relationship Management, Case Acceptance and Account Management.
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is a comprehensive program designed to advocate for both the client and dental practice. The common goal is achieving treatment in a cooperative and responsible manner. Being responsive
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to the needs of your client takes a team approach starting with the first phone call, visit, and diagnosis. Think of a half step less than assertive and three steps above passive as the best fit for integrating and enrolling your patient into treatment. Don’t let the “pink elephant in the room” stand in the way of what could be a 30-year relationship—even when patients come for irregular visits or ignore phone calls and reminders for booking treatment. Your dental clients have all the time in the world while your schedule may be suffering, but any hint of aggressive or pushy behaviour on behalf of the office could land your client at the dental practice down the road. So maintain a smooth relationship.
a swipe of a credit card away. Both dental clients should be treated the same. As a dentist, you should always provide the Mercedes Benz treatment. Be authentic and take the time to listen to your client’s needs and restraints with empathy. Providing incentives for a cooperative solution is the key to case acceptance, not the designer wallet a client carries her or his money in.
Walking into your office does not necessarily translate to a commitment in dental treatment
2 case acceptance is the compilation of education, professionalism and intuition, complemented by empathy and a complete understanding of a client’s desires, as well as recognizing their financial needs. Diagnosing one’s pocket is a common theme. Take Mercedes Benz as an example of “fashion profiling.” If you enter the showroom wearing anything less than designer labels, the chance of being approached in a respectful and helpful way might be slim. Of course, these days, with torn jeans and baseball caps at the forefront of fashion, it’s harder to profile the haves and have nots. Translate this to the dental industry. For some patients, a single crown is a luxury, for others full-mouth rehabilitation is only
patients seen in a week by the average dentist:
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account management
Integrity, trust and building value into dental treatment are the mix needed for accounts-receivable freedom. Many dental clients stutter when faced with paying for fees at service and not relying on the safety net of their insurance companies. With congruent messages that “oral health benefits” are what dentists provide and “dental benefits” are what employers provide, savvy dental clients have altered their thinking to see their dentist as a trusted advisor, much like accountants, lawyers or other professionals. Beyond dental school, beyond the art of dentistry, is a business with a full complement of growth and prosperity potential—if tended to with knowledge, understanding and the appropriate business tools. Being an industry leader means selfreflection and investment in your clients’ emotional needs and goals before the cutting-edge gadgets are purchased as a selling feature for dental treatment.
(2006 statistic from the Canadian Dental Association)
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arty dallas: The Texas city built on oil offers plenty of art + style (CE events in Dallas are highlighted in blue)
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hen you think of Dallas, do 10-gallon hats, cowboy boots and big, shiny belt buckles come to mind? Or maybe the lone-star symbol of the state and the love-’em-or-hate-’em NFL team, the Dallas Cowboys? Well, Dallas does have all that, but it’s also surprisingly sophisticated. This is one arty town… Stay downtown and you’re within the 19-block Dallas Arts District, with access to a host of museums, galleries, a stellar performing arts centre (including the architecturally innovative Opera House) for dance, theatre and the symphony, and even the renowned progressive Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. Oh, and shopping… [stay] Make the Sheraton Dallas your home base. This mega hotel is ideal for any CE event. It’s minutes from the Dallas Convention Center, and itself has over 230,000 square feet of ballrooms, boardrooms, and entertainment suites for functions of any size. For post-conference relief, go to the hotel’s Draft Media Sports Bar; belt it out in the karaoke rooms, challenge colleagues at Wii stations, or shoot some good, old-fashioned pool. And the cuisine is swish—dishes
please the palate in pretty packages, from bamboo bento-like boxes of grilled veggies to personal Le Creuset pots of Indian pudding. And premium Texas beef too, if you must…More to savour: With a recent 91-million-dollar revamp, the Sheraton Dallas has implemented plenty of green initiatives. The hotel is making big eco steps with energy-saving automated temperature control in guest rooms and a ground-breaking “Make a Green Choice” program. For each day you choose to not have your room cleaned you’re rewarded with $5 (or 500 Starwood points) to redeem at any of the hotel’s eateries. The hotel may be Texas big, but it’s a green giant. sheratondallashotel.com [museum hop] From the Sheraton, it’s a short stroll to the Dallas Museum of Art, a stunning, huge repository of art, from fascinating modern art (including Canada’s own David Altmejd’s work) to unique treasures like the giant four-poster bed (with posts over 13-feet high) made for US presidential candidate Henry Clay in 1844 (the bed was meant for him in the White House, but he lost…). dallasmuseumofart.org Next, cross the street to the Nasher Sculpture Center and be blown away by the collection of modern art
on display inside and out in the beautiful gardens. See one of Raymond and Patsy Nasher‘s first modern-art purchases, Jean Arp’s Torso with Buds, as well as work by Picasso, Moore, Brancusi, and exhibits of modern masters like Spain’s Jaume Plensa. nashersculpturecenter.org A few more steps, and you’re inside another art mecca: The Crow Center of Asian Art. The must-see: jade crickets astride a delicate leaf—meticulously carved from one piece of stone. The Lotus Shop features fabulous Asian-inspired pieces to take home. crowcollection.com [shop it] Heard of legendary department store Neiman Marcus? The first store—the flagship—is another short walk away. Step inside and get a slice of the golden era of department store glamour. The posh still frequent the store for the latest luxury goods (like sparkly Manolos), private fashion shows and personalized shopping. Browse, then sit back in the top-floor restaurant, The Zodiac, where nubile beauties model clothes while ladies lunch. Sip a martini and nosh—indulge in the famous Mandarin Orange Soufflé…or grab a signature Neiman Marcus cookie. neimanmarcus.com —B. Sligl For more info: thedallasartsdistrict.org
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Clinical Intravenous Sedation
University of Southern California School of Dentistry
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Aug 16-18
Scottsdale Arizona
Communicating and Mastering Lab Artistry 3 Day Advanced Workshop
Scottsdale Center for Dentistry
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Oct 16-17
Toronto Ontario
Oral Sedation and Nitrous Oxide Sedation
University of Toronto Faculty of Dentistry
416-979-4902
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Abbotsford British Columbia
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Abbotsford British Columbia
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Abbotsford British Columbia
Botox Training Courses for TMJ, Tension Headaches, Migraines, & Facial Cosmetic Rejuvenation
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Abbotsford British Columbia
Botox Training Courses for TMJ, Tension Headaches, Migraines, & Facial Cosmetic Rejuvenation
Canadian Academy of Medical Education
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Oct 01-03
Scottsdale Arizona
Anterior Esthetic Restorations Two Session - Live Patient Experience
Scottsdale Center for Dentistry
866-781-0072
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Oct 08-10
New York New York
The Aesthetic Advantage Hands On Aesthetic Continuum
Aesthetic Advantage
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Nov 12-13
New York New York
The Aesthetic Advantage Hands On Aesthetic Continuum
Aesthetic Advantage
212-794-3552
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Jul 07
New York New York
CPR, Defibrillation and Emergency Medicine in Dentistry
Henry Spenadel Continuing Education Program
212-573-8500
nycdentalsociety.org
Aug 13-14
Portland Oregon
Medical Emergencies: A Simulation Course
Oregon Health & Science University
503-494-8857
ohsu.edu
Aug 21
Anchorage Alaska
Safety in the Dental Office: Emerging Diseases & Allergic Reactions
Concord Seminars
603-736-9200
concordseminars.com
Nov 05-06
Chicago Illinois
Medical Emergencies in the Pediatric Dental Office
American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
312-337-2169
aapd.org
Jul 23
Green Bay Wisconsin
The Essentials of Endodontics:Understand & Utilize Evidence-Based Concepts to Maximize Your Clinical Success
SybronEndo
800-346-3636
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Aug 27
Miami Florida
Core Concepts: Rotary Endodontics
DENTSPLY International Inc.
800-877-0020
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Sep 10-11
South Hackensack New Jersey
Safe & Predictable Engine Driven Endodontics
Essential Dental Seminars
888-542-6376
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Nov 12
Victoria British Columbia
Modern Endodontics
University of Victoria
250-721-8608
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Apr 13-16 2011
San Antonio Texas
American Association of Endodontists Annual Session
American Association of Endodontists
800-872-3636
aae.org
Jul 17-24 2011
Alaskan Cruise
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KISCO Dental
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Aug 01-04
Maui Hawaii
36th Annual Review of Continuing Education in Dentistry
University of Southern California School of Dentistry
213-821-2127
uscdentalce.org
Aug 13-15
Los Angeles California
NEI Conference Series, Multiple Topics
National Education Institute
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Aug 26-28
Memphis Tennessee
DALS Dental Advanced Life Support also known as Advanced Cardiac Life Support for Dentistry(ACLS)
DOCS Education
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Aug 27-29
Mont Tremblant Quebec
NEI Conference Series, Multiple Topics
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Toronto Ontario
NEI Conference Series, Multiple Topics
Institute
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Sep 25
Toronto Ontario
Infection Control for Dental Offices: A Guide to Best Practices for All Oral Health Care Professionals
University of Toronto Faculty of Dentistry
416-979-4902
utccde.com
Sep 29Oct 02
St. Paul Minnesota
Miniresidency in Nursing Home and Long-Term Care for the Dental Team
University of Minnesota School of Dentistry
800-685-1418
dentalce.umn. edu
Oct 12-23
Papeete Tahiti
Healthcare Challenges in Isolated Island Communities
Professional Education Society
800-872-3070
pes-travel.com
Oct 15-17
Young Harris Georgia
Dental Update for the General Practitioner
Medical College of Georgia
800-221-6437
mcg.edu
Oct 15
Toronto Ontario
Medical Emergencies
University of Toronto Faculty of Dentistry
416-979-4902
utccde.com
Oct 16-23
Greek Isles Cruise
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Nov 05
St. Paul Minnesota
Dental Management of Medically Compromised Patients
University of Minnesota School of Dentistry
612-624-8159
dentalce.umn. edu
Nov 13-20
Mexican Riviera Cruise
Oral Health and Mucosal Disease
Continuing Education, Inc./University at Sea
800-422-0711
continuingeducation.net
Dec 03
Vancouver British Columbia
Midwinter Clinic Lecture Program and Trade Show
Vancouver & District Dental Society
604-683-5730
vdds.com
Mar 06-17 2011
South African Tour
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3-Day Advanced Bone Grafting & Soft Tissue Grafting Cadaver Course
I.D.E.A.S.
604-444-3131
dentalideas.ca
Aug 20-21
Encino California
Step By Step Techniques for Bone Grafting Success
Implant Team Seminars
818-995-7971
smiler.net
Oct 22-24
Edmonton Alberta
3-Day Advanced Bone Grafting & Soft Tissue Grafting Cadaver Course
I.D.E.A.S.
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Nov 27-28
Vancouver British Columbia
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Jun 18-19
Santa Clarita California
Ridge Augmentation & Implant Placement
California Complete Dental Labs
661-295-1111
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Jun 25
Bay Area California
Atlas Implants Hands-On Workshop
Dentatus
800-323-3136
dentatus.com
Jul 10
Los Angeles California
Avoiding and Managing Complications Associated with Implant Therapy
University of Southern California School of Dentistry
213-821-2127
uscdentalce.org
Jul 16-17
San Antonio Texas
Course of Action: Implementing Implants
717-845-7511
dentsply.com
Aug 11
Santa Clarita California
Criteria for Ceramic Success
California Complete Dental Labs
661-295-1111
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Sep 23
Strasbourg France
Atlas Implants Hands-On Workshop
Dentatus
800-323-3136
dentatus.com
Oct 08-09
Oklahoma City Oklahoma
Implant Surgery and Restoration Mini-Residency: Session I of IV
DENTSPLY International Inc.
717-845-7511
dentsply.com
Jul 15-17
Scottsdale Arizona
Advanced Occlusion 3 Day Advanced Workshop
Scottsdale Center for Dentistry
866-781-0072
scottsdalecenter.com
Demystifying Occlusion
Scottsdale Center for Dentistry
866-781-0072
scottsdalecenter.com
Invisalign Clear Essentials I
Aligntech Institute
866-217-0293
aligntechinstitute.com
Progressive Orthodontics & Dentistry
714-973-2266
posortho.com
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Dr. Derek M. J. Turner lives in Ottawa where he conducts a private aesthetic dental practice. Derek guest lectures at CE dental institutions in America. He is also the founder and Chairman of TTi/ProDrive Systems, a dental product company.
journey far south Sail to Antarctica for otherworldly wildlife and landscape
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Dr. Derek Turner on Pleneau Island, a penguin hatchery, in the Antarctic Peninsula. Graham Land is in the background.
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ou’ve conquered the white water of the South Nahanni River, skydived, bungee-jumped, heliskied, road-biked in France, safaried in Kenya, cruised in luxury, to name just a few of hundreds of available adventure vacations, but here’s a newbie for you: the Pelagic Australis. It’s a steel-hulled 16.5-metre yacht out of Cape Town, South Africa, but that’s not where you’re going…You’re sailing to Antarctica from Tierra del Fuego, South America. With room for just eight passengers on board, the Pelagic Expeditions yacht and its professional crew of three will take you on an exceptionally beautiful and exciting voyage in comfort and, of course, safety. If you’re seeking a rugged, hands-on, active exploration then this might be your answer. And no sailing experience necessary! >> May/June 2010 Just For Canadian dentists
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dentist unleashed [continued] Dr. derek turner >> On my voyage I flew first to lovely Santiago, Chile, leaving a cold, winter Ottawa day behind and landing in 28°C sunshine 11 hours later. Though Santiago is near the Pacific coast of South America, until I looked at my atlas, I was surprised that Chileans are on Eastern Standard Time. After a couple days of pampering at a resort hotel (the Grand Hyatt Santiago, where a
Tierra del Fuego is an archipelago of mainly uninhabited islands; the “fuego” refers to the fires that 16th-century European explorers discovered warming the nude aboriginals. Two gentle sailing days and two spectacular sunsets later we had Cape Horn off our starboard, seeming to appear and disappear in three-metre rollers. Ahead were five days without sight of land across the
Gentoo penguins and the huge skeleton of a humpback whale on a small island near Lockroy Scientific Station (UK).
crater. Deception Island is black volcanic stone and ash washed clean by snow and rain. A fascinating hike took us to our first penguin encounter and the historical site of the Whaler’s Bay settlement, which was destroyed by successive 1967 and 1969 eruptions. We also passed through today’s settlements. Further south and beyond The Pelagic Australis in an ice flow off of Palmer Scientific Station (USA).
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Pelagic Australis tours alsoinclude The Falklands andSouth Georgia in winter and the ArcticNorthwest Passage in summer. For more information, gotopelagic.co.uk. Make it a CE event This was not a CE trip, but it couldbe with a guest sailor/lecturer. Andthe scientificstations visits with tours andinstructions allowfor tax write-offs—for at least part of the trip! Air Canada flies non-stopfromTorontotoSantiago: aircanada.com. In Santiago, stay at the 5-star Grand Hyatt Santiago: santiago.grand.hyatt.com.
gratis bottle of Errazuriz Chardonnay from one of Chile’s finest wineries awaited me in the room upon arrival!) and exploring in mountain-encircled Santiago, I took a flight to the world’s most southerly city, Ushuaia, Argentina. The port city of Ushuaia is the gateway to Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego. Cruiseship patrons, hikers, cyclists, campers, sailors, skiers and locals mix in the diverse and busy city centre; my cab driver here was Croatian, married to an Egyptian. The Pelagic crew assembled here for a wild-and-windy high -speed zodiac transfer across the Beagle Channel to another Chilean passport stamp at Navarino. A dusty Land Rover delivered us an hour later to Puerto Williams and our first view of the Pelagic anchored in a photographer’s paradise.
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mythical Drake Passage to Antarctica. Accompanied by the sightings of Petrels, gulls, terns, Albatross, flying fish and porpoises, life onboard was organized into rotations of traditional four-hour watches shared by all. Sleep, watch, work… throughout all 24 hours in a day. Lots of time to read, take photos, sleep, cook, eat, write and socialize with fellow sailors or just sit and watch the sea and the swooping flights of seabirds disappearing behind the crests of waves. And with mostly sunny weather, sea-gazing on deck was possible with only a sweater or windbreaker. The Pelagic is specially built for Arctic and Antarctic conditions with a retractable keel and rudder allowing it to beach and navigate shallow water. Our first Antarctica landfall was a flooded C-shaped volcanic
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the routes of ocean liners, we toured and visited with the friendly people of scientific stations at Lockroy (Br.), Vernadsky (Ukr.) and Palmer (USA). But it’s the landscape that rules here, figuratively and literally. We toured cliffs, crystalline icebergs, rocky islands and jagged glaciers that dwarfed the yacht as we manoeuvred through azure ice flows. Anchorages are limited in this barren land. Often the weight of the anchor chain and lines, extended via the ship’s zodiac to rock formations, had to suffice. And the few who venture this far south are rewarded with remarkable wildlife experiences. Humpback and Minke whales, having migrated thousands of kilometres, winter in these waters where they live off the fat stored from summer’s high-latitude feeding. Gentoo and Adelie penguin colonies flourish on rocky islands. Preying on krill and squid, the penguins are, in turn, preyed upon by Skua seabirds, Fur seals, Crabeater seals and the mighty serpent-like Leopard Seal. It’s a whole other world.
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Walking by a geyser on Deception Island near the volcanic landslide that destroyed Whaler’s Bay.
t he wealth y d en tist m an fred pur tz ki, c .a . Manfred Purtzki is the principal of Purtzki & Associates Chartered Accountants. You can reach him at manfred@purtzki.com.
the no-fee corporate health plan Write off healthcare expenses without triggering a taxable benefit
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receive inquiries all the time from dentists across Canada interested in setting up a private health plan, thereby making their personal healthcare expenses a corporate tax deduction. By using the Private Health Services Plan (“PHSP”), your dental corporation can deduct dental and medical bills incurred by you, your family, and other employees of your practice. The payments on behalf of your employees are not subject to income tax withholding, CPP or EI, and is equivalent to getting a 40% discount on medical expenses. Compared to self-employed dentists, the tax treatment for corporations utilizing a PHSP is much more beneficial. For instance, the Income Tax Act does not place a limit on the amount deducted within the corporation, while unincorporated dentists do not have such a free rein. For these dentists, a maximum allowable annual deduction of $1,500 for themselves, spouses and dependents aged 18 or more, plus $750 per child under the age of 18, can prove to be restrictive. To illustrate, if a dentist employs his spouse and has two minor children, then the total maximum deductible expense would be $4,500 per year. Another advantage afforded by the corporation is that the “do-it-yourself” healthcare plan is only available to incorporated dentists, and you can save the third-party administration fee by administering your own PHSP.
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Setting up your own plan involves the following steps.
1 Execute a director’s resolution to legally set up the PHSP.
2 Prepare a written employment agreement between the company and its employees outlining the eligibility requirements, including the maximum annual benefit for each employee.
3 Set up the bookkeeping records so that you can track the amount of medical expenses paid on behalf of each employee.
corporation reimburses you for healthcare expenses. In order to pass muster with CRA, you have to prove that the benefits were “employee benefits” and not benefits as a result of your ownership of the corporation. If CRA is successful in proving that you received the medical reimbursements paid by the company in your capacity as a shareholder, a penalty in the form of double taxation will result. CRA will deny the deduction of the medical expense, but at the same time, will tax you on the benefit you received as a result of the reimbursement. In order to mitigate the exposure to this kind of shareholder benefit assessment, you need to demonstrate that the PHSP coverage extends to all employees of the corporation. The key aspect is that participating in the PHSP is available to all employees, not necessarily that the employees are actually using the PHSP.
The paperwork is straightforward and I can send you an information package containing sample documentation. (Send a message to feedback@ By using the inprintpublications.com Private Health if you’re interested in receiving the package via Services Plan, email.) your dental Here are some points to bear in mind if you are corporation can considering a PHSP.
deduct dental and medical bills incurred by you, your family, and other employees of your practice
> To be eligible as a PHSP expense, the payments must qualify as medical expenses as defined in the Income Tax Act. Note that in the latest federal budget, expenses incurred after March 4, 2010 for purely cosmetic procedures (including related services and other expenses such as travel) are no longer eligible. “Purely cosmetic” generally includes surgical or nonsurgical procedures solely aimed at enhancing one’s appearance, such as liposuction, hair replacement procedures, Botox injections, and teeth whitening. > Assume you and your spouse are both employees and shareholders of the corporation, and under the PHSP your
> Trading salary for PHSP benefits is not permitted. If the employee agrees to reduce her salary for a tax-free PHSP payment, then the PHSP will be considered a taxable benefit. On the other hand, it is acceptable for you to provide the staff with a PHSP benefit in lieu of a salary increase or a bonus, and this results in a tax-free PHSP payment.
I believe that one of the greatest tax benefits associated with incorporating your practice is that you can set up and administer your own health plan. Imagine being able to write off all manner of healthcare expenses, even including the cost of orthodontic treatment for your own children, without triggering a taxable benefit.
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Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) in Etosha, Namibia’s largest game park. Africa.
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Sossus Dune Lodge, one of Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) newly renovated safari lodges.
Aerial view of desert landscape of north central Namibia. above Cloth crafts for sale on the street in Swakopmund, a popular tourist centre on the Namibia coast. right Burchell’s (Plains) Zebra (Equus Burchelli) in Etosha wild animal park.
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A member of Namibia’s Himba tribe and the staff at Sossus Dune Lodge.
run a few steps and throw myself across a waxed slab of Formica, starting a screaming freefall down a huge sand dune in Africa. Sandboarding, on your stomach or feet, is huge in Namibia. You might come to this country, made famous by Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, expecting the usual African experience… elephants, giraffes, lions, zebras. But it’s also the adventure capital of the continent, complete with crazy adrenaline-washed visitors sliding down sand dunes on snowboards, side-hilling on ATVs, trekking by camel, parasailing… Swakopmund, a seaport town midway up the coast of Namibia, is just above South Africa on Africa’s Atlantic coast. Our sandboard day starts on ATVs or quad-bikes, as they’re called here. It’s one thing to drive alongside sand dunes in a Jeep…quite another to surf down the middle of them on a quad through a sea of golden waves. At the base of a 180-metre dune, you pick up your “board”—construction-grade Formica, rough on one side, polished smooth with floor wax on the other—and trudge up to a knife-edge ridge. Up top, you flop across the board, making sure to curl the front end with your fingers so you don’t dig into the sand and bite it at 50 km/hour. If you’re chicken like me, you’ll also drag your toes. That not only keeps your speed down, it lets you actually control your direction. Sort of. The sand gets in EVERY thing. Yeah, you’ll be knocking it out of your clothing, shoes and body parts for days. And, yeah, it’s a raging rush. (Want proof? Check out youtube.com/watch?v=-TGlNnxgTUY.) We begin to realize Namibia is nothing like the rest of Africa. Originally, this wide expanse of desert, the size of Oklahoma and Texas combined, belonged to South Africa but won independence in 1990. It’s made up of sand, scrub, golden grass and mines that spit out everything from gold and diamonds to uranium. But above all, it’s part of the Namib, the oldest living desert on earth. Thirty years of German colonial history show up in the ornate architecture of Namibia’s few small towns where most of the country’s two million people live. And, while mining remains the top income producer, tourism is a close second. It didn’t hurt when Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie decided this is where they wanted their baby Shiloh to be born. Still, the 250,000 yearly visitors are a fraction of the million Kenya gets in a good year. Our experience with the dunes continues at Sossusvlei to the south. The sand here is powder-fine bits of quartz and assorted other minerals that have migrated to the coast from the interior. The more the quartz May/June 2010 Just For Canadian dentists
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travel the world has oxidized, the redder the sand becomes. And at Sossusvlei the sand is blood-red. At 5 am, the stars are brilliant, the Milky Way is a palpable presence seemingly inches above our heads and, off in the distance, is the wailing mew of jackals. In this early light, the dunes—100-km deep, 1,000-km long, 40-m high—are an incredible swirl of coloured patterns that outline sculpted lines of sand. At dawn, the light creeps up the sand, turning beige to vibrant salmon. An endless blanket of yellow grass glows and people atop the dunes cast pencil thin shadows in a montage of angles and lines. We’re staying at Sossus Dune Lodge, just minutes from the best dunes, where our host, Hilmar Tonnemacher of Abenteuer Afrika Safari, surprises us with daily sundown celebrations. “In Namibia, nature reaches out and touches you,” Hilmar says. One night we bounce down a desert track for 20 minutes before coming over a ridge to a sea of glittering lights that climb the sides of a narrow canyon. Hundreds of luminaria candles in paper bags light up dinner in a small courtyard ringed with reed fencing. He has a talent for arranging this sort of thing. His company hosted Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt for 70 days. In fact, he threw this same dinner for them. From Swakopmund, we fly by private plane to Etosha, Namibia’s great wildlife reserve. Here’s where Namibia is locatedbelowthe you find the herds of elephants and giraffes silhouetted against a bloodEquator, just north of South Africa red setting sun, where jackals skulk on Africa’s Atlanticcoast. The best near waterholes, where rhino, buftime tovisit Namibia is duringits winter, May through November, when falo and herds of springbok wantemperatures are cooler andtrees are der past your camera’s viewfinder. And it’s where we find Okaukuejo less leafy, soyou can see the animals. Premier Waterhole Chalets, the For more on Namibia: swakop.com; largest of Namibia Wildlife Resorts’ namibiatourism.com.na safari lodges. The NWR story is a bit of wonAbenteuer Afrika der. In 2005, Namibia safari lodges Safari has an assortment of customtours rangingfromtwoor three looked like holdovers from US budget motels of the 1960s. After nights toa week, coveringlodging, $17 million US worth of work, the foodandtransportation within the lodges are now something out of country. Abenteuer Afrika Safaris: the pages of a slick architectural abenteuerafrika.com magazine—simple but elegant deSouth African Airways cor with muted earth tones, beds covered in soft pillows, duvets and has daily flights fromNewYork white-gauze mosquito netting, andWashington, DC, nonstop marble floors, tasteful African art. toJohannesburg. South African We see giraffes amble across the Airways: flysaa.com. Most visitors horizon and springbok jump. And overnight in Johannesburg, where at a nearby waterhole, we watch the Westcliff, an Orient Express half-a-dozen jackals tear into the remains of a wild deer, tumbling over Hotel, has rooms hugginga hillside each other, snarling and having a that overlooks the city. Westcliff tug-of-war with the ribs. Hotel: westcliff.co.za The “Premier Waterhole” title is authentic. The gathering at the resort’s waterhole, just yards from our chalet, is nothing less than amazing. The animals move in at sunset and by 7:30 pm there are 14 elephants, including half-a-dozen babies, along with a couple of rare black rhinos, halfa-dozen warthogs, and who knows what else in the tangle of legs, trunks and hooves. Eventually, a jackal wanders by, looking like someone’s scruffy lost dog. We’re told the bright spotlights keep the animals from seeing us but there’s no doubt that jackal knows we’re watching. He drinks and then looks us over and deliberately makes eye contact before nimbly leaping over the spike-topped rock wall to disappear into the darkness between our cabins. The jackal’s gone but we stay. We’re still out at midnight watching the parade come and go.
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Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) jumps in Etosha wildlife park. This peculiar form of jumping is called “pronking.” below Upscale “VIP” room at Okaukuejo, one of Namibia’s recently renovated game parks in Etosha game park.
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Sandboarding on sand dunes near Swakopmund, a coastal city halfway up Namibia’s Atlantic coast. Local teenagers climb a dune with their formica “boards.”
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In Namibia, nature reaches out and touches you Footprints frozen in cracked mud patterns in limestone of Dead Vlei, a salt pan left when a river dried up in Sossusvlei, left Elephants (Loxodonta africana) enjoying a waterhole in Etosha, Namibia’s largest wild animal park.
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Photographing the dawn at the Sossusvlei sand dune area in south central Namibia.
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the thirsty dentist dr. neil pollock Dr. Neil Pollock is a member of the Wine Writers’ Circle of Canada; visit his website on wine at vinovancouver.com or send feedback to drneil@pollockclinics.com.
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hen I moved to Vancouver in my late 20s, Yaletown was just establishing itself as the social and trendy bar and restaurant epicentre of the city. My friend owned and operated a restaurant that epitomized the Yaletown Saturday night scene. His restaurant-bar was filled with loud hip music, young, beautiful, well-dressed people, including a professional athlete or two, and many well-known personalities who were regulars. It was the place to be (until it went bust when all these people floated over to the next great place to hang out and be seen in). But, until the party was over, every Saturday night my friend dined in his restaurant with the most incredible company at his table. Now, I am not referring to the occasional times I saw Michael Jordan, Robert DeNiro or Pamela Anderson with him. I’m speaking about the regularity of his dining with a character of international flare— flamboyant, powerful, and dense (in a positive way). He was never without the company of a bottle of Tignanello, the Super Tuscan, at his table. One Saturday he invited me to the table and poured me a glass. I had just started to study wine, but I clearly recall the details of that bottle of Tignanello and its nose of dark fruit and spice. Layers of flavour unfolded on my palate, beginning with black cherries, liquorice and tar. It had an incredible complexity that continued through the long silky smooth finish. It had class, elegance and opulence.
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Tignanello is just one of many wellknown Super Tuscans. Unfortunately, you can expect to pay upwards of $60 to many hundreds of dollars for a bottle, depending on the Super Tuscan and vintage you’re after. Tignanello by Antinori is primarily Sangiovese (80%) with Cabernet (usually 20%), and sometimes a small amount of Cabernet Franc. Other well-known Super Tuscans include Sassicaia by Tenuta San Guido, is a Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc blend. Ornellaia by Tenuta dell’Ornellaia is a Cabernet Merlot and Cabernet Franc LaStella Wineries’ blend, as is Solaia by VivacePinot Antinori. Grigio—a Interestingly the perfect match wines of the Super withtuna Tuscans group have tataki salad. become some of the best-known and most-sought wines from Italy. After World War II, inexpensive and easy-to-drink Chianti wines became popular, but then grew increasingly disappointing, partly due to the Chianti formula of adding white Malvasia grapes to make the young wine more drinkable. Unfortunately, the more popular Chianti got, the more it was lightened with white grapes, turning it into a thin red wine— acidic, hollow and poorly balanced. In the 70s, a group of innovative and quality-minded producers, fearing the tarnish of their reputation, decided to depart from the traditional blending laws. Doing so meant that their fine wines would be classified at the lowest quality classification (Vino da Tavola) instead of the higher DOC (Denominazione di Origine Controllata) and highest DOCG (Denominazione di Origine
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Controllata e Garantita). Nevertheless, Piero Antinori, whose family had been making wines for over 600 years, pushed ahead with the creation of Tignanello. This inspired other winemakers to follow, eliminating white grapes from the Chianti blend and adding Bordeaux varietals (mainly Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot) to the Sangiovese base. After some time and lobbying, the new designation IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) was created to bring Super Tuscans back into the regulatory fold (and out of the Vino da Tavola category that marked them as inferior). My interest in the Super Tuscan was reignited at a recent dinner party and wine tasting, hosted by the owners of Le Vieux Pin and LaStella Wineries. The exquisite dinner prepared by Vancouver’s Coast Restaurant was an extraordinary pairing of some of the finest food and wine. A sample: the 2007 LaStella Fortissimo ($35) paired with wild mushroom gnocchi. Fortissimo is a forceful musical note, LaStella’s Super-Tuscaninspired blend, that’s true to its name. This powerhouse wine has a pronounced nose of mocha, Black Forest cake, scorched earth and grilled herbs; the palate entry is bold with a firm mid palate and a gripping finish. Another inspired food-and-wine pairing: flavourful tuna tataki salad with the 2008 LaStella Vivace Pinot Grigio ($25). The Vivace refers to a playful, joyful musical note. And this wine is full of spunk. It’s a true Grigio, light-gold colour with aromas of lemon, pear and apple, finishing with a trace of mint. Organically grown and harvested in a cooler climate in BC, the palate exhibits pear, perfume and mineral tones; it’s well balanced with a fresh, crisp finish. Let the dinner table showcase how food and wine can create a sum greater than its parts. Whether at the latest hot spot, like Coast, or hosting your own party at home, add a bold and multi-faceted character to your dinner table. Rest assured you will always be dining in great company with any of the above wines at your table.
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t h e h u n g r y d e n t i s t d r . h o l ly f o n g Dr. Holly Fong is a practising speech-language pathologist with three young children who is always trying, adapting and creating dishes.
grind it! It’s easy to make a better burger at home southwest burger (serves 4)
1 kg chuck roast or well-marbled sirloin, cut into 1-inch chunks ½ white onion, peeled and coarsely chopped 1 large clove of garlic, peeled, finely minced or grated 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro salt and pepper to taste
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4 buns or rolls, split and toasted 4 leaves of romaine or leafy green lettuce, washed 4 slices of tomato 1 ripe avocado juice of ¼ lemon juice of ½ lime 7 tablespoons salsa 1 teaspoon chopped cilantro
Preheat a gas grill. Put meat, onionandgarlicina food processor, inbatches if necessary, andpulse until just ground. Don’t over-process. Remove any obvious gristleor membranes. Put ina bowl andsprinklewithabout a teaspoon of salt andpepper. Addmoreseasoningif necessary(cook a teaspoonof meat ina panto taste). Shapeinto4or morepatties of nomore than6 ounces (171 grams), handlingmeat as littleas possibletoavoidcompressingit. Cut avocadoinhalf. Pushtheheel of the knifebladeintothepit andtwist toremove. Peel avocadoandcut intoslices. Toss ina bowl withlemonjuicetoprevent browning. Combinethesalsa, limejuiceand choppedcilantroina small bowl. Mix well. Scrubthegrill rack witha wirebrush. The grill is sufficiently hot whenyoucanbarely holdyour hand3 – 4 inches over therack for a fewseconds. Grill burgers about 3 minutes a sidefor rare, andanother minutea sidefor eachincreasingstageof doneness, but no morethan10 minutes total—unless youlike eatinghockey pucks. Serveontoastedbunor hardrolls, garnishedwithsalsa, lettuce, tomatoand avocado.
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This dentist from Montreal likes it hot…her favourite trips and recent travels include a Caribbean cruise, Hawaii, Tortola and, hopefully next, Italy…When she’s not travelling you might find this savvy business woman at Bureau en Gros (Quebec’s version of Staples). And for downtime? She watches Dancing with the Stars and indulges in some good old-fashioned ice cream. C’est bon! My name: Milli Harel-Raviv
My favourite movie: The Kite Runner
I live and practise in: Montreal, Quebec
My must-see TV show: Dancing with the Stars
My training: DDS, diploma in Oral Medicine and Natural Health consultant
My favourite music: The Beatles
Why I was drawn to dentristy: It’s a good profession for a woman in the medical field.
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My last trip: A cruise in the Caribbean The most exotic place I’ve travelled: Hawaii
My first job: nurse The gadget or gear I could not do without: my cellular phone My favourite room at home: the den My car: Chrysler PT Cruiser
Hawaii is on Dr. Harel-Raviv’s travel itinerary. It’s a world away from dentistry in Montreal… Big Beach in Makena, Maui, is a popular boogie-boarding spot.
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The sky is the limit—if you want it you can get it.
The best souvenir I’ve brought back from a trip: Photos and new friends A favourite place that I keep returning to: Tortola in the Caribbean My ultimate dream vacation: Italy If I could travel to any time, I’d go to: Italy
My last purchase: computer Most-frequented store: Bureau en Gros (Staples)
My favourite sport to watch: soccer
A talent I wish I had: singing
My scariest moment: big dogs
My closet has too many: clothes
My celebrity crush: Richard Gere
One thing I’d change about myself: not to be so obsessive
My fridge is always stocked with: ice cream
My secret to relaxing and relieving tension: swimming
The word that best describes me: workoholic
I’d want this item with me if stranded on a desert island: a few great books
I’m inspired by: my father
My medicine cabinet is always stocked with: Aspirin My guilty pleasure is: ice cream!
Mmmm ice cream… Dr. Harel-Raviv’s fridge is always stocked with this guilty pleasure!
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My favourite exercise/activity: aqua fitness
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I’m happiest when: I am doing well with my business apart than dentistry
My greatest fear is: I worry about my four children—will they all get married? What’s in their future? My motto is: The sky is the limit—if you want it you can get it. Something I haven’t done yet that’s on my must-do list: Travel with just my three daughters. If I wasn’t a doctor I’d be: In business! Which I already do as well…I am currently the distributor of A.B. Dental Implants in Canada, through which I get to combine my dental experience with my business savvy. I also have a company of innovative health products.
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