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March 2014 
SCDA Annual Convention

It is time again to make plans to attend the upcoming SCDA Annual Convention. Visit www.scdaannualsession.com for 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 there will be a House of Delegates meeting which will be held on Thursday, May 1st at 3:00 pm.  The agenda and other documents will be posted on the SCDA website closer to the date. Make plans now to be there. 


Donated Dental Services Program

The Donated Dental Services Program (DDS) continues to grow here in South Carolina as several dentists have recently joined to help provide care.  However, we still have pockets in the State where additional volunteers are needed.

 

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.

 

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 Dawn Peltier at 803-726-4522.


Continuing Education Opportunity

The SCDA Committee on New Dentists and DENTSPLY/Caulk have teamed to host a free CE Event on Saturday, April 26, 2014 from 8:30am to 2:00pm. The program will be
Mastering Excellent Restorative Dentistry  -  Dr. David M. Bonner and it will be held at the
MUSC Basic Science Building Room 100. You can RSVP to Dr. Jennifer Berwick at, [email protected] or by phone at 843-323-8061 by April 20th. Your team members are welcome! 

 

 


Sincerely,
 
 

Phil Latham
Executive Director, SCDA