Community

One of the great qualities of humans is that when tragedy strikes, we are capable of coming together to support the victims of unfortunate events. Dentists, I have found out in my long career, can be a very strange lot.However, when one of our colleagues, Dr. Kirk Gleason,lost his son near the finish line of the Philadelphia marathon due to a massive heart attack, the dental community rose up to support Dr. Gleason.

Many attended the wake last week and the wait was over 2 hours. Dentists from more than 150 miles away attended the wake to pay our respect to our friend and colleague who was the Executive Director of the 4th District Dental Society of the State of NY.

We mourn the loss of Dr. and Mrs. Gleason's son Chris. May their wonderful memories of their son be a source of comfort in this time of great sadness.

I commend the dental community for their show of support for the Gleason Family.