Michigan Board of Dentistry
Meeting Minutes
April 13, 2023
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Board meeting scheduled to consider the request is canceled, through no fault of the
licensee.
MOTION by Sarkisian, seconded by Siddiqui, to approve the Board of Dentistry Master
Resolution as presented and amended to include language that involves contact with the
Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, or Chairperson’s designee, when handling a continuing
education waiver request when the board meeting scheduled to consider the request is
cancelled, through no fault of the licensee.
Discussion was held.
A roll call vote was held: Yeas: Brewer, DeWitt, Fuller, Johnston, Kinney, McCants,
Oza, Sarkisian, Siddiqui, Spangler, Strehl, Weber,
Yehia, Thomas, Tseng
Nays: None
MOTION PREVAILED
Chair Report
Tseng stated that Ellen Chambers, RDA, had been appointed to the board.
Tseng stated that she and Thomas attended the CDCA-WREB-CITA annual session in
January 2023 in Dallas, Texas. She stated that they attended the chair/co-chair meeting
where discussions were held regarding a dental compact, how rules differ between states,
and the expansion of the ADEX examination outside of the United States.
Tseng asked that the department send out the annual letter to schools, providing
disciplinary statistics.
Department Update
Ditschman stated that the bureau will hold the next board member training will be held
later this summer, via Zoom. All board members are welcome to attend.
PUBLIC COMMENT
Sandy Sutton with MDHHS Oral Health, made a comment regarding the content of implicit
bias training.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The next regularly scheduled meeting will be held June 8, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. at 611
West Ottawa Street, Upper-Level Conference Center Room 3, Lansing, Michigan 48933.