SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Tirpak Bradley M (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O PALM VENTURES LLC 19 WEST ELM STREET (Street) GREENWICH CT 06830 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 12/28/2017	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol BIRNER DENTAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC [ BDMS ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

Remarks:

Palm Global Small Cap Master Fund LP (the "Fund") and Palm Active Dental, LLC (the "LLC") hold an aggregate of 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of certain securities, which represent approximately 34.8% of the Company's outstanding shares of Common Stock (assuming conversion of the securities). The Fund and the LLC directly own Convertible Senior Subordinated Loan Notes (the "Notes") and Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, which are both convertible at any time at the option of the holder into Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, which Series B Convertible Preferred Stock is convertible at any time at the option of the holder into shares of Common Stock. Upon the conversion of the Notes and Series A Convertible Preferred Stock into Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock into Common Stock, the Fund and the LLC will collectively directly own 998,000 and 2,000 shares of Common Stock, respectively. Palm Management (US) LLC serves as an investment manager to the Fund. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities.

No securities are beneficially owned.

	/s/ Bradley M. Tirpak	01/02/2018
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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