Dentistry

Drs. Fred L. Bye and Rebecca W. Bye will host a free dental care event through Dentistry From The Heart (DFTH) supporting Washington County residents by providing free dental services to the community on Saturday, Feb. 18. Patients are asked to arrive early as the event is a first come, first serve basis.  Event registration will begin at 8 a.m. and patients will be seen through 5 p.m. that day. Patients should dress appropriately for...

Hagerstown Community College's Center for Continuing Education is offering a dentistry seminar titled "Drugs, Herbals and Nutraceuticals: New Issues for Denistry" on Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., in HCC's Kepler Theater. The all-day seminar will feature Richard L. Wynn, professor of pharmacology at the University of Maryland School of Dentistry in Baltimore. Participants in the seminar are able to receive six continuing education credits from the Maryland State Board of Dental Examiners and from the West Virginia Board of Dental Examiners.

Drs. Fred and Rebecca Bye believe no one should be ashamed to smile. But for many people, a simple grin doesn't come easily. There is the embarrassment of discoloration and the pain caused by decay. There are loose teeth and infections. And there is the worry of how to pay the bills. For those with no dental insurance and limited income, good oral hygiene often becomes a luxury. As periodontists, the Byes have seen firsthand the extremes of dental neglect. They have donated their time and services to thousands of people at the annual Hagerstown Convoy of Hope and have offered assistance at a dental clinic in a remote section of Alaska.

Harold Dean Smith Jr. had one tooth broken off and another cracked in an October car crash, but he had no dental insurance and more pressing medical needs at the time. On Saturday, he emerged from one of the exam rooms at The Bye Center on Pennsylvania Avenue, looking fairly chipper for someone who just had two teeth extracted. “One of them had to be removed surgically because it was a pain to get out,” Smith said through a wad of cotton. Smith and about 130 other people went to The Bye Center Saturday for Dentistry from the Heart, a day of free dental care for adults in need of cleanings, fillings or extractions.

Some people camp out all night in parking lots for concert tickets or Black Friday sales. For others, all-nighters are less about amusement and more about essentials. Some are just trying to keep their teeth. Eager patients camped out Friday night to secure a spot in the dentist's chair Saturday at Hagerstown Smiles Dental Care's Dentistry from the Heart event. Roughly 65 volunteers - dentists, oral surgeons and dental hygienists among them - offered free dental services to adults on a first-come, first-served basis between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. at the practice on Mt. Aetna Road.

MARCH 28, 1914-FEB. 16, 2011 WILLIAMSPORT — Dr. Donovan Isaac Benjamin Shockey, 96, died Feb. 16, 2011, at Homewood of Williamsport, Williamsport, Md. He was preceded in death by his parents, Isaac Benjamin and Nannie Oglesbee Shockey, and by his loving wife of 73 years, Elizabeth Klimenko Shockey. Dr. Shockey was a native of Waynesboro, Pa. He was a graduate of Waynesboro High School, Class of 1932, and graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Dentistry in 1937.

Editor's note: The Washington County Commission for Women is trying to document the county's women who were pioneers in their career fields. In honor of Women's History Month, The Herald-Mail is presenting, each Sunday in March, a sample of women who the commission is considering as "firsts" for a book. This is the third in a four-part series. andrews@herald-mail.com HAGERSTOWN - Why would a patient prefer a female dentist? Dr. Margaret Wade has heard at least two reasons.

charlestown@herald-mail.com SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. - The effort to recruit more health-care providers to the Eastern Panhandle was expanded Monday when officials from Shepherd University and West Virginia University announced they will offer a new pre-dentistry and pre-pharmacy program at Shepherd University. Through the PharmSTEP and DentSTEP programs, students coming out of high school and heading to Shepherd University will be accepted into WVU's dentistry or pharmacy school if they meet certain academic requirements, officials said at a Monday morning press conference at Shepherd University.

Engagements NOTE: To view previous engagement announcements, please see our archives section. Send us your engagement announcement . Saturday, November 8, 1997 Edition Tooley-Schmidt Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Schmidt Sr. of Hagerstown wish to announce the engagement of their son, Paul E. Schmidt Jr. D.D.S., to Laura Tooley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Omar F. Quesada of San Jose, Costa Rica. Ms. Tooley is a 1979 graduate of Leuzinger High School in Laundale, Calif.

Dental care lacking in county To the editor: We have a major problem in the State of Maryland and especially in Washington County. That problem is dental care for foster children. All of the foster children are supposed to get public medical assistance for dental care. The problem is that there are very few, if any, dentists who will accept medical assistance for this service. I have spoken to enough dentists to know what the problem is. According to them, the state reimburses so very little for dentistry for these children that it costs them too much for personnel and paperwork.

Some people camp out all night in parking lots for concert tickets or Black Friday sales. For others, all-nighters are less about amusement and more about essentials. Some are just trying to keep their teeth. Eager patients camped out Friday night to secure a spot in the dentist's chair Saturday at Hagerstown Smiles Dental Care's Dentistry from the Heart event. Roughly 65 volunteers - dentists, oral surgeons and dental hygienists among them - offered free dental services to adults on a first-come, first-served basis between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. at the practice on Mt. Aetna Road.

A new $320,000 RV-like mobile dental unit is helping Walnut Street Community Health Center in downtown Hagerstown expand its dental-care services to more children in the community, health center Executive Director Kim Murdaugh said Monday. U.S. Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin, D-Md., attended a ribbon cutting for the nearly 40-foot-long mobile dental unit outside the downtown Hagerstown clinic Monday morning. The mobile unit is “critically important for access to dental care for our children,” Cardin said.

Harold Dean Smith Jr. had one tooth broken off and another cracked in an October car crash, but he had no dental insurance and more pressing medical needs at the time. On Saturday, he emerged from one of the exam rooms at The Bye Center on Pennsylvania Avenue, looking fairly chipper for someone who just had two teeth extracted. “One of them had to be removed surgically because it was a pain to get out,” Smith said through a wad of cotton. Smith and about 130 other people went to The Bye Center Saturday for Dentistry from the Heart, a day of free dental care for adults in need of cleanings, fillings or extractions.

Drs. Fred and Rebecca Bye believe no one should be ashamed to smile. But for many people, a simple grin doesn't come easily. There is the embarrassment of discoloration and the pain caused by decay. There are loose teeth and infections. And there is the worry of how to pay the bills. For those with no dental insurance and limited income, good oral hygiene often becomes a luxury. As periodontists, the Byes have seen firsthand the extremes of dental neglect. They have donated their time and services to thousands of people at the annual Hagerstown Convoy of Hope and have offered assistance at a dental clinic in a remote section of Alaska.

Drs. Fred L. Bye and Rebecca W. Bye will host a free dental care event through Dentistry From The Heart (DFTH) supporting Washington County residents by providing free dental services to the community on Saturday, Feb. 18. Patients are asked to arrive early as the event is a first come, first serve basis.  Event registration will begin at 8 a.m. and patients will be seen through 5 p.m. that day. Patients should dress appropriately for...

MARCH 28, 1914-FEB. 16, 2011 WILLIAMSPORT — Dr. Donovan Isaac Benjamin Shockey, 96, died Feb. 16, 2011, at Homewood of Williamsport, Williamsport, Md. He was preceded in death by his parents, Isaac Benjamin and Nannie Oglesbee Shockey, and by his loving wife of 73 years, Elizabeth Klimenko Shockey. Dr. Shockey was a native of Waynesboro, Pa. He was a graduate of Waynesboro High School, Class of 1932, and graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Dentistry in 1937.

Hagerstown Community College's Center for Continuing Education is offering a dentistry seminar titled "Drugs, Herbals and Nutraceuticals: New Issues for Denistry" on Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., in HCC's Kepler Theater. The all-day seminar will feature Richard L. Wynn, professor of pharmacology at the University of Maryland School of Dentistry in Baltimore. Participants in the seminar are able to receive six continuing education credits from the Maryland State Board of Dental Examiners and from the West Virginia Board of Dental Examiners.

Editor's note: Each Sunday, The Herald-Mail publishes "A Life Remembered. " This continuing series takes a look back - through the eyes of family, friends, co-workers and others - at a member of the community who died recently. Today's "A Life Remembered" is about Helen Mae (Cave) Hamburg, who died June 5 at the age of 79. Her obituary appeared in the June 7 editions of The Morning Herald and The Daily Mail. In January, Helen (Cave) Hamburg got some discouraging news from her doctor about her health.

Morrison-Barr DeAnn Kay Barr and James Aaron Morrison were married Saturday, March 19, 2005, at the Washington D.C. Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The bride is the daughter of William and Darlene Barr of Hagerstown. The bridegroom is the son of James and Nora Morrison of Frederick, Md. The bride is a 1996 graduate of North Hagerstown High School. She served an 18-month mission for the church in Salt Lake City, Utah, from 1999 to 2000, then received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brigham Young University in 2003.

kristinw@herald-mail.com Inside one of West Virginia's oldest commercial buildings in Hedgesville, Dr. Kenneth Barney is creating high-tech smiles with cutting-edge dentistry techniques. He's received advanced training in neuromuscular dentistry - a way of treating dental problems and pain originating from an incorrect bite. Many doctors in the Tri-State area have incorporated the latest technologies into their practices to reduce pain to patients and to better treat teeth.