In addition to the tireless efforts of numerous member dentists throughout the years, who have made the MDA EFDA program what is is, we thank the following funders and allied businesses:
Grant Funders
In 2009, UMKC and MDA began updating the courses and delivery of the 15-year-old EFDA program curriculum through a multi-year grant from the Missouri Foundation for Health (MFH). in 2014, the MDA concluded another grant from MFH that supported the development of curriculum for the 2013 Restorative II rule.
Allied Dental Businesses
- Dentsply Sirona donated Aquasil impression material used in Prosthetics courses.
- Edmonds Dental Prosthetics donated denture setups to be used as a teaching tool for the Removable Prosthetics course and continues to donate crown and bridge preparations for the Fixed Prosthetics course, and/or provide discounts on course preps.
- Garrison Dental Solutions donated matrix systems for use in the MDA Restorative II course.
- Goetze Dental donated toolkit instruments (crown and bridge scissors, rubber clamps and acorn carvers) for the Restorative course, and/or provide discounts on course preps.
Curriculum Updates
We especially acknowledge the efforts and contributions of the following UMKC School of Dentistry faculty and MDA members who assisted with the curriculum updates that occurred as a part of the grants provided by the Missouri Foundation for Health.
UMKC Faculty
Dr. Laura Iwasaki
Dr. Eric Gottman
Dr. Jeff Nickel
Dr. James Parrott
Dr. John Purk
Dr. Tim Taylor
Dr. Elrod Weldon
Dr. Brian Williams
Bill Marse
MDA Member Dentists
Dr. Ed Kendrick
Dr. Joe Shea
Dr. Susan Sherrick-Benson
Dr. Jim Osborne
Dr. James Klarsch
Dr. Rolfe McCoy
Dental Assistant Educators
Janet Sell
Karen Dent
Linda Twehous
Member Contributions
Through the history of the MDA EFDA program, one thing is certain: The program would not be in existence, or furthered to its current state, without the tireless efforts of many MDA members who have dedicated their time and care to this program. This list is not exhaustive and does not include all MDA members who've ever served as an EFDA trainer, but it does include dentists who played a large role to establish or update the EFDA program and those dentists who've been long-time EFDA trainers (alphabetical). Sadly, some of these doctors are now deceased, but always will be remembered for their contributions to the EFDA program. See more history.
Dr. George Bailey
Dr. Jeffrey Cavanaugh
Dr. Guy Deyton
Dr. Norm Freiberger
Dr. Wayne Goodin
Dr. Erv Harder
Dr. Ed Kendrick
Dr. James Klarsch
Dr. Rolfe McCoy
Dr. Jim Osborne
Dr. Tim Taylor
Dr. Joe Shea
Dr. Kevin Wallace
Dr. Mark Zust