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A Helping Hand<br />
Glenda Payas, DMD, Tulsa, Oklahoma<br />
I didn’t get to where I am without a<br />
lot <strong>of</strong> help from others. When I was<br />
young I had dreams, like most <strong>of</strong><br />
us, but our family lacked the<br />
resources that might have made<br />
those dreams easily come true. I<br />
also grew up in the era in which<br />
one rarely received an encouraging<br />
word for a job well done.<br />
Those factors put me on a path.<br />
They could have put me on a path<br />
where I felt defeated before I<br />
started, but instead they put me on<br />
a path to excel and succeed.<br />
I worked hard, set goals, and<br />
had a vision for where I wanted to<br />
be someday. There were challenges<br />
and disappointments along the way<br />
but as I look back – there was<br />
always someone there that reached<br />
out to assure me that I would get<br />
to my destination.<br />
I still fondly remember those<br />
people. There is no way they could<br />
have known that the tiny seeds<br />
that they were planting; a word, a<br />
smile, a monetary gift, would have<br />
produced such a generous harvest.<br />
These people so impacted my life<br />
that I decided I would, some day,<br />
find others for whom I could do the<br />
same.<br />
As members <strong>of</strong> the ALD, we<br />
have a great opportunity to sow<br />
seeds within students that need<br />
our reinforcement. We can reach<br />
The future <strong>of</strong> lasers in dentistry will be built upon the<br />
commitments we make today. The <strong>Academy</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Laser</strong><br />
<strong>Dentistry</strong>’s goal is to establish a $100,000 endowment<br />
fund. The interest from this fund will be used to support<br />
the study <strong>of</strong> lasers by students and other eligible future<br />
programs, while the principle will remain intact.<br />
For more information visit<br />
www.laserdentistry.org/pr<strong>of</strong>/studentscholarship.cfm<br />
or Email E-mail: laserexec@laserdentistry.org<br />
S T U D E N T S C H O L A R S H I P S<br />
Glenda Payas, DMD,<br />
Awards Committee Chair<br />
out to help them achieve their<br />
goals. Through their education and<br />
practice skills they will in turn<br />
impact those lives that they touch<br />
to have great dental health.<br />
Please join us as we give to the<br />
Eugene Seidner Scholarship Fund.<br />
Glenda Payas, DMD, MAGD nn<br />
Sponsored by Henry Schein Dental<br />
J O U R N A L O F L A S E R D E N T I S T R Y | 2 011 V O L . 19 , N O . 3<br />
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