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Dental School Yearbooks Available
The UMKC School of Dentistry Library has a large assortment of duplicate yearbooks available. There are multiple copies of some years and for other years there are none. Some copies are in better shape than others. And since 1992, no yearbooks have been published. If you would like a copy of a specific yearbook from the thirties, forties, fifties, sixties or seventies, please write or call the UMKC School of Dentistry Library. If a copy of the one you want/need is available, we will send it to you. Please contact: Ann Marie Corry (816)235-2030 or email corrya@ umkc.edu.
Dr. Craig Hollander Receives Distinguished Service Award
 Craig Hollander (DDS ’88) received the Greater St. Louis Dental Society’s Distinguished Service Award at the society’s Annual Installation of Officers, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2008, at the St. Louis Marriott West Hotel. Dr. Hollander was honored for his dedicated service to the Dental Society during the past year.
Dr. Hollander graduated from the University of Michigan in 1983 and received his dental degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 1988. He received a master’s degree from the University of Iowa in 1991. Since 1991, Dr. Hollander has practiced pediatric dentistry in Sunset Hills, Mo.
Dr. Hollander is a member of the American Dental Association, Missouri Dental Association and the Greater St. Louis Dental Society. He is a Diplomat of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. Dr. Hollander served as president of the Missouri Academy of Pediatric Dentistry from 2003-2005 and has been the secretary/treasurer since 2002.
Dr. Hollander has written numerous articles and given lectures on pediatric dentistry. An active member of the Greater St. Louis Dental Society’s National Children’s Dental Health Month Committee, he has devoted much of his time to promoting children’s dental health.
Dr. Jay Sheets Elected to MDA Board of Trustees
 Dr. Jay Sheets, Cape Girardeau, Mo., has been elected as Southeast Missouri District Trustee to the Missouri Dental Association Board. He will serve for three years. His official term began following the Association’s annual House of Delegates meeting, November 2-3, 2007, in Jefferson City.
Dr. Sheets completed a bachelor’s degree from Southeast Missouri State University in 1972, and received his DDS degree from the UMKC School of Dentistry in 1976. In 1979 he completed a three-year residency in oral and maxillofacial surgery at Carle Foundation Hospital in Champaign, Ill. He taught in the residency program for two years and moved to Cape Girardeau in 1981. He has been in private practice since.
Dr. Sheets has been a member and past president of the Missouri Dental Board; is a founding member and past-president of the GROWS Dental Implant Study Club; is a member and past-president of the Cape Girardeau Dental Study Club; is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery; a Fellow of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons; a Diplomate of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists; a Fellow of the International College of Dentists; a Fellow of the American College of Dentists; and is on active staff at both Southeast Missouri Hospital and Saint Francis Medical Center. He is a partner in The Center for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery with offices in Cape Girardeau and Poplar Bluff.
Dr. Sheets’ civic involvement includes membership at Centenary United Methodist Church, sponsorship of Cape Area Youth Soccer Association teams, former Crusade Chairman for the American Cancer Society, membership in the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce, membership in the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, and membership in the Southeast Missouri State University Booster Club and Copper Dome Society.
Dr. Sheets is married to Chris (Nauert) Sheets and they have two children, Jordan, age 17, and Emily, age 13. The Missouri Dental Association congratulates Dr. Sheets on his trustee position and thanks him for his service to the public and to organized dentistry.
Dr. Matt Niewald Named MDA Outstanding New Dental Leader
 Dr. Matt Niewald, Lee’s Summit, Mo., was recognized as Outstanding New Dental Leader, at the 2007 Missouri Dental Association (MDA) House of Delegates.
He was honored for his active involvement in organized dentistry, both for his service on the New Dentist Committee and for his outstanding efforts to protect and advance the dental profession through legislative action.
As a new dentist, the amount of time and effort Dr. Niewald has put into organized dentistry has been unprecedented. The numerous leadership roles he has had in dentistry and the work he has done for our profession is characteristic of a dentist who has practiced for over 30 years, yet Dr. Niewald graduated from school only six years ago.
Upon graduation in 2001, Dr. Niewald became very active in the Northwest Dental Society. He served as editor of its newsletter in only his first year out of school, and in 2004, became the youngest president ever of the NWDS. That same year, Dr. Niewald was elected the New Dentist Committee member to the MDA Board of Trustees, on which he has now served as the Legislative and Regulatory Committee chair since 2005.
Dr. Niewald also is chair of the New Dentist Committee and serves on the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Dental Advisory Group. Along with his statewide efforts, Dr. Niewald is on Greater Kansas City Dental Society Political Action Committee.
In addition to Dr. Niewald’s various leadership roles, he donates time to numerous UMKC School of Dentistry and other philanthropic activities, including: speaking at the MDA Food for Thought program; raising dental student scholarship funds by helping organize the UMKC Annual Scholarship Golf Tournament; and, helping disadvantaged children through Lee’s Summit Public Schools and Give Kids a Smile.
Dr. Niewald received his BA in biology and his DDS from the UMKC School of Dentistry in 2001. Dr. Niewald owns a private practice, Lakewood Dental Center, in Lee’s Summit. He and his wife, Dr. Kristen Niewald (also a general dentist in Lee’s Summit) have two sons: Aidan, 3 years, and Ethan, 5 months.
Dr. Craig Rechkemmer Receives MDA Presidential Citation Award
 Dr. Craig Rechkemmer, Ozark, Mo., was presented with the 2007 Presidential Citation at the 2007 Missouri Dental Association (MDA) House of Delegates.
The award recognizes his instrumental role in the success of the Ronald McDonald House Charities “Tooth Truck” dental outreach program and his tireless efforts to improve the oral health of underprivileged children in the Springfield, Mo., area.
In addition to his vital part in the success of the Tooth Truck, Dr. Rechkemmer has spent time and energy developing a program through the Springfield Public Schools for kids in need of dental care.
The Tooth Truck is a national model program in the delivery of dental care to underserved children. Since its debut in summer 2002, nearly 6,000 children have been treated through over 17,000 dental appointments valued at $3.7 million. The Tooth Truck visits area schools where school nurses identify Medicaid-eligible children and/or kids in the free or reduced school lunch program with the biggest needs. The Tooth Truck provides a full range of dental services, including X-rays, cleanings and sealants, root canals and fillings.
Dr. Reckhmmer received his BA in biology from UMKC in 2002 and his DDS from the UMKC School of Dentistry that same year. He has worked with the Tooth Truck since. Dr. Reckhmmer also is a nationally certified emergency medical technician, Missouri certified fire fighter and certified private pilot.
Among other accolades, Dr. Reckhmmer was the UMKC Dental Student of the Year (2000) and was one of Springfield Magazine’s “40 under 40” in 2005. He and his wife, Brandi, are expecting their first child soon.
The MDA congratulates Dr. Rechkemmer on his award and thanks him for his service to the public and to organized dentistry.
Dr. John Hume Receives MDA Distinguished Service Award
 Dr. John Hume, a general dentist in Springfield, Mo., received the Distinguished Service Award at the 2007 Missouri Dental Association (MDA) House of Delegates, for his many years of service and dedication to the dental profession.
Dr. Hume has been a member of the MDA since 1975, the same year he received his DDS from the UMKC School of Dentistry. He has actively served the local society as well as the MDA and ADA in various capacities, including MDA delegate, trustee and president in 1995-96. He has been an ADA delegate twice, having served first from 1994-96 and in his current term, from 2004 to the present.
One of Dr. Hume’s most significant contributions to the MDA was his integral role in the formation of Missouri Dental Insurance Services, Inc., the for-profit subsidiary of the MDA.
In 1988, the MDA House of Delegates directed the Council on Membership Services (of which Dr. Hume was chair from 1989-91) to study the Wisconsin Dental Association brokerage arrangement and other for-profit subsidiaries owned by state dental associations. This included travel to 12 state dental associations to study their for-profit programs. In 1990, the MDA House set aside $20,000 to hire a consultant to study the brokerage concept; in 1991, the MDA House voted for the formation of a for-profit insurance agency, which would become MDIS. Dr. Hume served as MDIS’s first president, from 1991-95. In 1992, Dr. Hume received the MDA Dentist of the Year (sharing the distinction with Dr. Mark Zust), based on his work to form MDIS.
Dr. Hume was a trustee on the UMKC Dental Alumni Association Board from 2001-06, serving as treasurer in 2004-05. He has been inducted to both the American College of Dentists (1993) and the International College of Dentists (1996). He served as chair of the Missouri Section for the ACD from 1999-04.
Dr. Hume practices at 2142 S. Brentwood Blvd., Springfield, Mo.
The MDA congratulates Dr. Hume on his award and thanks him for his service to the public and to organized dentistry.
DR. SHANON T. KIRCHHOFF ELECTED 2007-08 MISSOURI DENTAL ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT
 Dr. Shanon T. Kirchhoff, Cape Girardeau, Mo., has been elected as the 2007-08 president of the Missouri Dental Association (MDA). His official term began following the MDA’s annual House of Delegates meeting, November 2-3, 2007, in Jefferson City.
Dr. Kirchhoff served as a U.S. Army Medical Army Corp Dental Laboratory Technician from 1972 through 1975. He then completed a B.S. degree from Southeast Missouri State University in 1979. He received a DDS degree in 1985 and a Certificate of Graduate Orthodontics in 1988 from the UMKC School of Dentistry. Since that time he has been in private practice in Cape Girardeau.
Dr. Kirchhoff has served organized dentistry in numerous ways: as president of the Southeast Dental Society; as a trustee, delegate and on various councils and committees for the Missouri Dental Association; and as a delegate to the American Dental Association. He is also a member of the American Association of Orthodontists; the Missouri Society of Orthodontists, for which he served as president; and the College of the American Board of Orthodontists.
Dr. Kirchhoff is a Fellow of the American College of Dentists and a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontists. He is the current vice-president of the UMKC School of Dentistry Orthodontists’ Alumni Association, and in 2007-08 will become president. In 2006 he graduated from the inaugural class of the MDA Leadership Development Continuum, a program to help doctors become more successful, dynamic, inspiring leaders in their business, family and community endeavors.
Dr. Kirchhoff is a member of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and American Society of Forensic Odontology, the Missouri Emergency Response and Identification Team (MERIT) and the Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team (DMORT), through which he was deployed to Activation Hurricane Katrina.
Dr. Kirchhoff’s civic activities include: being a charter member of St. Andrew Lutheran Church and a member of the Jaycees, Lions Club and SEMO University Booster Club. He’s also been involved with the City of Cape Girardeau Vision 2000 Committee for new schools, the City of Cape Girardeau Board of Examiners, the Cape Girardeau Council of the Arts and YELL (Youth Education Literacy Learning).
Dr. Kirchoff has two practice locations in Southeast Missouri: 1762 Independence Avenue in Cape Girardeau and 326 West Main Street in Jackson.
The MDA congratulates Dr. Kirchhoff on his officer position and thanks him for his service to the public and to organized dentistry.
 DR. JEFFREY T. CAVANAUGH, ST. LOUIS-AREA ORTHODONTIST, ELECTED PRESIDENT OF AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHODONTISTS FOUNDATION
Jeffrey T. Cavanaugh, DDS, (DDS '94, Ortho '96) an orthodontist with offices in Manchester, Clayton and Wildwood, Mo. was elected 2007-08 president of the American Association of Orthodontists Foundation (AAOF).
The AAOF is the charitable arm of the American Association of Orthodontists (AAO). Its mission is to raise endowment funds to provide support to orthodontic education programs and orthodontic research. Endowment earnings are used to support research awards and teaching fellowships that are designed to benefit the specialty of orthodontics, its practitioners and the patients it serves. As of July 1, the AAOF endowment campaign, A CASE FOR THE FUTURE, has realized $30.3 million in pledges, of which $20.7 million has been redeemed.
“I am grateful to be of service to the specialty of orthodontics. I hope my efforts will help to ensure the future of quality orthodontic care for patients,” Dr. Cavanaugh said.
Dr. Cavanaugh began serving on the AAOF Board of Directors in 2003, representing the Midwestern Society of Orthodontists (MSO), which serves orthodontists in Missouri, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois and the Canadian province of Manitoba.
He resides in Chesterfield with his wife, Linzi, and their four children, Margaret, Katherine, Ryan and Joseph. He has been in practice since 1996.
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