Greetings Fellow Smile Builders!

I am genuinely grateful to be elected the 2024 president for the finest dental lab organization in the country.

I would like to express my appreciation and honored acknowledgment for all previous presidents and board members alike: without your hard work and dedicated determination, the OADL wouldn’t be the efficient life-force of an organization it is today. 

Speaking of which, I would like for you to recognize, and to express a most gracious gratitude to Carrie Peil Warner, who we all owe for the successful state of our program. For the past several years Carrie has put countless hours of her own personal time toward assuring our program continues to be the healthy and thriving foundation we all know it to be. I would  also like to take a moment to thank you, my fellow OADL members, for your continued participation, contagious enthusiasm, and personal devotion in our professional community, and also to our sponsors and vendors for your incredible support. Without you—where would we be?

My priority as this year’s OADL president will be largely motivated toward enriching your personal and professional experience as members of this organization. 

Ultimately, primarily because, for me, it has been through the guidance of those of you in OADL—both elders and present colleagues alike—who have provided countless examples in actual instruction, opportunities for personal and professional development, technological advancement, an ideal culture to operate and strive within, and necessary outreaching, networking, and overall social camaraderie otherwise. These wide-ranging openings for connection over the years have truly supported my own growth, my abilities, my potentials, and my confidence to continually level-up professionally, but also in my own private life.

I wholeheartedly believe in the life-force of this organization, and I feel it is my duty, now, to prioritize as many opportunities for you to fully embrace and continue to apply yourself, your skills and your talents, in ways that inspire you to eagerly reach above and beyond… 

To really have a good time. Every day. I mean, c’mon: we make smiles for a living—fun should be built into it.

As we continue forward in this field—it is becoming more and more obvious how dramatically many things are changing. It’s exciting. It’s volatile. It’s somewhat scary, but just as equally, I think it is thrilling to do what is necessary to keep up with it all. And so I look forward, further, to arrange as many opportunities for speakers, workshops and the like, to better prepare and support the future of this field, this organization, and perhaps most directly—to support you.

Finally, I would like to share with you that I value your feedback, constructive criticisms, concerns, or ideas—toward the organization, my presidency, or that which becomes offered as we move along—especially in regard to how we ,the OADL , can better serve our lab community. I take this seriously—this organization deserves a fraternal  participation from us all—and I am more than willing to connect with you personally, for anything, anytime.

I wish all of you a prosperous and fulfilling 2024.

Joe McCloud, CDT

2024 OADL President