Keith Small Obituary ⁠3%

By The Denver Post⁠40%

7/11/2026, 6:05:00 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 1 faulty reasoning type, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 1.8% saturation with 4 hits. Analysis detected 4 faulty-reasoning hits from 220 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 15.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠3% (13,971 of 14,328 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 97.50% of the article peer group.

Keith Leroy Small was born in Kansas on September 8th, 1935, and died July 3rd, 2026. 
After graduating from Kansas State University, he worked at General Electric as a jet propulsion engineer before joining the Air Force. 
He was recruited for the astronaut program, but decided on dental school instead. 
After graduating from the University of Kentucky Dental School, receiving his DMD, and ultimately moving to Colorado, where he was a professor at the University of Colorado Dental School, a mentor to many dental students, and a founding member of Cody Dental. 
He was widely known as one of the best restorative dentists in the country, a fierce advocate for his patients, and an opponent to the corporate takeover of dental practices. 
He practiced at Cody for over 50 years before retiring in 2022. 
He lived in Denver with his loving partner, Denice, and spent the last 11 summers with her in Aspen, enjoying concerts, and Sunday breakfasts on the river with their many friends. 
Those summers were very special to him. 
A celebration of his life will be announced at a later date. 
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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220 words analyzed.

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1speaker15%attributed speech187writer words
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service+12.1 pts
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