Listed below are the events for July 2009
Young Dentists Float Trip - Saturday July 11th, 2009 
Attention Young Dentists: Please sign up for the upcoming (Young Dentists) float trip on July 11, 2009, in Hurley, Missouri. Please return the attached flyer to Dr. Josh Montgomery. The event is free and camping is available. Have a fun and safe weekend!
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The Greater Springfield Dental Society is a professional association of dentists committed to the pubic's oral health, ethics, science and professional advancement. The following documents are available to the public. Members of the Greater Sprignfield Dental Society can login to the "members only" section to view by-laws, newsletters, board meeting meeting minutes, etc.
GSDS Slate of Officers - 2009-2010 
The nominating committee approved the 2009-2010 slate of officers. Please feel free to review attachment.
Oral Access Initiative Ad Hoc Committee (OAI) Report
Charles & Dorothy Weaver Memorial Orthodontic Grant Nomination Form
Missouri Donated Dental Services Application
Feel free to download a Donated Dental Services application.
Springfield Area Dental Clinics for Low Income & Unisured
Click to open document that includes a list of dental clinics that provides services for low-income and uninsured individuals.
Click to view pictures from the Greater Springfield Dental Society Installation Banquet held on May 1, 2008 at Doe's Eat Place. Dr. Alan Rosen was installed as the new president for 2008-2009.
Click the picture for a larger view.
Post your ad (another GSDS member benefit!)
As a member, you can post classified ads and job openings on this website. Classified ads and job postings will remain on the website for 45 days, after which they will removed, unless you remove them sooner through your account. ~~~ To post, click on the "Back" button (top of page to the right), Click "Login" (top of page to the right). (This will take you to your Account Management Page.) Click on "Add Classified Ad" and fill in the blanks! Go to the bottom of the page and hit "Save". (Hit "Back" to return to the previous page.) If you "refresh" the page, you will be able to view your classified from the Home page.
Looking for a job in the dental field?
Post your resume on this website if you are looking for a dental assistant, dental hygienist or front desk position. Your resume will be accessible to all the members of the Greater Springfield Dental Society, but will not appear to the public. Please email your resume to grsds@sbcglobal.net, or fax to 417.886.3685. If you have any questions, call 417.882.4117.
Part Time Hygienist
Part time hygienist needed with potential for full time in the future. Please call or email with any questions.
Front Desk
Experience in dental front desk duties, including managing the appointment schedule, insurance estimates, filing with follow-up, collections, letter writing with MicroSoft Word, and computer use proficiency. Marketing and/or public relations experience would be helpful. We are seeking a motivated and energetic long-term employee who shows initiative and pride in performance. This is a full-time position M-Th 8-5, alternating F 8-12. Please mail or FAX resume to (417) ...
Dental Chairs
Four Dental-Eze Advantage Chairs - All are 24 years old and in working order. Dark brown base with tan-beige upholstery. $450.00 each. Please call our office if interested at 417-883-2214.Thank you.
Looking for a Dental Assistant
Opening for a Dental Assistant in a growing, fast paced, and challenging dental office. Experience preferred but willing to train. Career minded. Chance for excellent bonus. Please apply in person at 207 W. 7th St, Cassville, MO 65625. Fax resume to (417) 847-4005. You may also email your resume to kelly_lee_28@hotmail.com.
Dental Assistant
Pediatric office looking for experienced dental assistant, expanded funtion certified, experience working with children call 883-4746 or fax resume to 883-2548.
To learn more about the American Dental Association or the Missouri Dental Assocation, please go to these websites:
American Dental Association - http://www.ada.org/
Missouri Dental Association - http://www.modental.org/
Greater Springfield Dental Hygienists' Association - http://www.gsdha.org/
To learn more about Missouri Donated Dental Services, please go to http://www.modental.org/mx/hm.asp?id=dds
To view a Donated Dental Servies YouTube Video, click http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsTc_OxQvrc
GSDS says, "Thank You" to our GSDS Open House sponsors:
Goetze Dental http://www.goetzedental.com/
Patterson Dental http://www.pattersondental.com/
Sullivan-Schein http://www.henryschein.com/
Attention Young Dentists! If you would more information about social activities planned with the young dentists, please contact Sarah Mahaffey at 417-882-3335.
Young Dentists Float Trip, July 11, 2009
Attention Young Dentists: Please sign up for the upcoming (Young Dentists) float trip on July 11, 2009, in Hurley, Missouri. Please RSVP to Dr. Josh Montgomery at 883-2111. The event is free and camping is available. Have a fun and safe weekend!
To print a copy of the flyer please go to GSDS calendar of events.
The mission of the Greater Springfield Dental Society is to fulfill our community responsibility by serving as the oral health advocate for our 16 county component area.
History of the Greater Springfield Dental Society
(Taken from an early copy of the bylaws)
J. A. Nattrass was the first dentist in this district. Little has been found about him. He was here long before the Civil War and for a considerable period after. First and second City Directories for Springfield (1878 and 1881) listed him with an office and residence at 230 South Street.
Eleazer Hovey was the second pioneer dentist. He was born in 1816 in Trenton, N.Y. and came to Texas County, Missouri, in 1840 to work as a millwright. Sometime after 1840, he came to Springfield to study dentistry with Dr. Nattrass and later took up the study of medicine. Dr. Hovey practiced both dentistry and medicine for some time in Buffalo but, preferring dentistry, gave up the practice of medicine. He went to Ohio in 1850 but returned in a few months to again take up practice in Buffalo. In 1862 he entered partnership with Dr. Nattrass in Springfield and stayed until around the close of the Civil War when he sold his practice and equipment to Dr. Nattrass due to ill health. He returned to his home in Dallas County, but came back to Springfield in 1880 where he died on April 19, 1898.
Chas. F. Wright was the third in the trio who fathered dentistry in the Springfield territory. He moved to Springfield in 1864. He studied dentistry and practiced with Dr. Nattrass, later opening his own office. Dr. Wright died in 1895.
The Springfield Dental Society was organized in the autumn of 1905. It was organized as a local society. However, a majority of its members were also members of the Missouri State Dental Association so it seemed natural to cooperate with the state organization. Especially since the annual meeting of the state association was in Springfield in June 1906. Those present at the first meeting in 1905 as founders of the Springfield dental Society were:
W. R. Anderson J. C. Park
Howell Boatner H. T. Rand
J. V. Boswell W. S. Sweet
R. E. Darby W. E. Tucker
J. A. James W. Ed. Tucker
H. C. Kitchell T. T. Umbarger
J. B. McBride J. L. Wetzel
R. H. McCrum
The opportunity for professional betterment and good fellowship appealed to dentists in towns of the surrounding territory who sought and were given membership.
The society was officially made the Springfield District Dental Society and its territory designated May 23, 1910, when the Missouri State Dental Association in annual session in St. Louis reorganized establishing component district societies.
The National Dental Association was reorganized in Kansas City in 1913 making components of the state organizations. This being done, it made the district society responsible for judging qualifications, reception of members and collection of dues simultaneously for the three organizations. These were evolutionary changes in organization for greater efficiency, harmony and scientific advancement worthy of the dental profession.
Greater Springfield Dental Society
1717 E. Republic Road Suite A
Springfield, MO 65804
417-882-4117
417-886-3685 (fax)
Jean Harmison - Executive Director