Spotlight Archives - Nova Scotia Dental Association

Bridge to Health: Working together to support sustainable dental care

Sep 16, 2024 • Spotlight

By Samantha AshenhurstNSDA Communications Manager What would you say is on your professional bucket list? For Halifax-based Registered Dental Assistant…

A Retired Dentist’s Spotlight: In Conversation with Dr. Steve Brayton

Mar 12, 2024 • Spotlight

How did a Boston-born fella who didn’t consider studying dentistry until the tail-end of his undergraduate degree at Tufts University…

A Retired Dentist’s Spotlight: In Conversation with Dr. Archie Morrison

Jan 15, 2024 • Spotlight

As a youth, Dr. Archie Morrison’s interests certainly leaned towards science. He considered pursuing medicine — maybe even surgery — but, ultimately, followed in the footsteps of his dad, Dr. ES (Dinny) Morrison.

Dentists helping dentists: Shining a spotlight on NSDA’s Nomination Committee

Jan 8, 2024 • Spotlight

The Nova Scotia Dental Association could not exist without its volunteers. Behind every professional event, industry publication, and award of recognition, there are dozens of individuals working behind the scenes to ensure things go off without a hitch.

A Retired Dentist’s Spotlight: Dr. Will Draper

Nov 30, 2023 • Spotlight

Dr. Will Draper didn’t always know he was destined for dentistry. In fact, while completing the first year of his Bachelors of Science at the University of Toronto (U of T), he considered many professions, including pharmacy, law, and medicine. Ultimately, his own dentist recommended dentistry as a career path.

Retired Dentist Spotlight: Dr. Gary Foshay

Nov 9, 2023 • Spotlight

Dr. Gary Foshay, while known well amongst many of his peers in Nova Scotia, wasn’t always on the path to dentistry.

Doctors Giving Back: How Volunteerism Supports Dentistry

Oct 9, 2023 • Spotlight

Volunteering with the NSDA can be a valuable way to connect with peers, stay in-tune with the profession, and give back to the field of dentistry in Nova Scotia. NSDA volunteers, and their important contributions, are among the way the organization fulfills its mission of ‘dentists helping dentists.’

Retired Dentist Spotlight: Dr. Kim Mailman

Oct 6, 2023 • Spotlight

Kim Mailman graduated in 1984 from Dalhousie School of Dentistry in Halifax. He had been practising 35 years when he decided it was time to move on and open the next chapter. He has fond memories when looking back at his studies, describing Friday nights at the Dental House on Coburg Road as some very fun times.