That Time of Year is Here!
The 2010 Townie Choice Awards
We all look forward to this magical time of year, when we dim the lights, stoke the fire, pour ourselves a mug of hot cider, curl up
on the couch and, like caffeinated Tasmanian Devils, tear through
the pages of the December issue of Dentaltown Magazine to find
out which dental companies, products and services were awarded
the highly sought-after Townie Choice Awards! It's a time of mirth
and whimsy, when we all get together online afterward to debate
with friends and colleagues the final results of the most important
annual poll in dentistry. Happy holidays, indeed! Yes, friends, welcome
to the official 2010 Townie Choice Awards showcase!
Dentists are posed with purchasing decisions on a regular basis
(when what you'd rather be doing is dentistry). You can pick up the
phone and talk to a few of your dental school buddies to find out
what they use. You can scan the message boards of Dentaltown.com
to see what dentists are debating. But do you have the time to sift
through the facts or the arguments when you need to place your
order right now? For seven years, the Townie Choice Awards have
cut to the chase and answered the basic root of your purchasing
concerns, "What are other dentists using right now?"
After months of tabulating thousands of votes cast by honest-to-goodness, real-world, practicing dentists, we are pleased to present
the winners in each of our TCA categories – from
Anesthesiology to TMD. As in years past, in some instances, the
race to the finish was close; in others, winners were determined by
a large margin. You can find the list of runners-up as well as the
winners from the past seven years on Dentaltown.com. Thank you
for your participation and continued support of Dentaltown!
In some categories the winner was chosen by a landslide, and
there were some pretty close calls in others. If you’d like to see how
close some of these contests were, check out the list of runners-up
on Dentaltown.com. Thanks for voting and continually making the
Dentaltown community such a success!
For the first time this year, TCA voters who cast
their ballot by August 7, 2010, were eligible for our
$500 early-bird drawing. Congratulations to Dr. George
Valentine of Middletown, Connecticut, for winning the
$500 Early Voter prize! Dr. Valentine began practicing
over 37 years ago and has been a member of Dentaltown since 2002.
"I feel that by participating in the Dentaltown surveys and
Townie Choice Awards, I can at least, in a small way, return something
to an organization (Dentaltown) that I feel offers the premier
forum in dentistry for active exchange of professional experiences,
ideas, concepts and solutions to the many issues and problems facing
dental providers and practices today."
Congratulations To Our $1,000 Winner
Voters of the Townie Choice Awards were automatically entered in a
drawing to win $1,000. This year's winner is Dr. Joshua Haremza of
Mendon, New York.
Born and raised in New York, Dr. Joshua Haremza graduated Magna
Cum Laude in 2005 from State University of New York at Buffalo School
of Dental Medicine and completed his one-year general practice residency
at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, New York. Dr. Haremza currently
practices with 11 staff members and two other doctors in Palmyra,
New York, a suburb of Rochester, where he started as an associate in 2006,
and purchased 50 percent ownership in January 2008.
He now lives in Mendon, New York with his wife, Joanne, and two
Beagles, Banana and Oscar, which many Townies might recognize from his
posts on Dentaltown.com.
"I like using Dentaltown because it keeps me up to date on new technologies
and advances in dentistry. I refuse to become one of those dentists
that is still using technology from 20 years ago and Dentaltown is the best
way to make sure of that." |