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SCDA Annual Convention Incentive | |
SCDA wants to encourage those members that have not participated in the past 6 years to join us for this year's event. As an incentive, we put together a "2013 Attendee Incentive" program. Here are the qualification details for the program:
1. Must be an SCDA member
2. Have not attended the SCDA Annual Session since 2006
3. Agree to stay two nights at the Embassy Suites Myrtle Beach (host hotel) during the 2013 program dates (May 2-5)
4. Agree to attend at least two CE classes
If you meet these criteria, you are eligible for a $350 credit towards your Annual Session expenses. Under the terms of this program, we are limiting it to the first 50 qualified participants. Participants will need to submit a copy of their CE form along with proof of stay at the Embassy Suites. Once that is processed, participants will receive a check in the amount of $350, within 30 days following the Annual Session. If you want to apply for this program be sure to enter "2013" in the promo code field when you register on-line.
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SCDA Annual Convention | |
It is time again to make plans to attend the upcoming SCDA annual convention. We will return to Kingston Plantation for this year's meeting and the Convention Committee, along with President Edmonds, has planned an outstanding program. If you haven't already, you will soon be receiving your program brochure in the mail. You can go ahead and check out the conference website, which lists all of the details and events for the meeting.
As part of the Convention, the SCDA Foundation will be holding its Silent Auction again. This continues to be a highlight event and the Chair of the Foundation, Dr. Mona Ellis, urges everyone who may have relationships with hotels, beach houses, art galleries, colleges and universities, to please work with those relationships and obtain items for the auction. You may contact her or Phil Latham at the SCDA with questions.
Also, as part of the annual convention, please note that the House of Delegates meeting will be held on Thursday, May 2nd at 7:00 am. The agenda and other documents will be posted on the SCDA website later on. Make plans now to be there.
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Donated Dental Services Program | |
Recently, the SCDA sent a letter to the membership asking for participation in this worthwhile program. The DDS program is a collaborative, direct way that the dental profession reaches out to individuals with special needs. These individuals are our most vulnerable residents: disabled, elderly and medically compromised people who can neither afford treatment nor obtain public aid.
The DDS program is designed by dentists and for dentists. The program is operated efficiently by the National Foundation of Dentistry for the Handicapped (NFDH) through DDS coordinators right here in our state. More than 14,100 dentists and 2,800 labs volunteer for DDS nationwide. For a quick introduction to DDS, watch this short video by Dr. Gordon Christensen, NFDH Board Member, at www.nfdh.org.
Participation could not be easier. Dentists and labs take care of the patients, DDS does everything else; no headaches, no red tape. A DDS Coordinator is the liaison between the patient, the labs and the dentists, answering any and all questions, assisting the patient, the lab and the dentist with anything and everything. The goal of DDS is to return patients to good oral health, enabling them to reach an affordable maintenance level.
If you have not signed up to participate in this program, please do so today. You can do through the national website mentioned earlier or call the SCDA today for information on how to get involved. |
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Sincerely,
Phil Latham
Executive Director, SCDA |
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