Use the Filter Courses feature below to quickly identify Annual Session courses by target audience, that are free, or meet state license requirements. One hour of course attendance equals one CE credit.
The Michigan Dental Association is a nationally approved continuing education provider through the ADA Continuing Education Recognition Program (ADA CERP). The current term of approval extends from Nov. 1, 2019 through Dec. 31, 2023. The Michigan Board of Dentistry recognizes ADA CERP providers and will accept Michigan Dental Association credits toward license renewal.
Part of the Leadership Track.
Speaker: Kevin Kwiecien, DMD, MS
Fee: $229/person
Seating Limit: 300
AGD Code: 550
As dentistry continues to evolve, the role of the dentist and dental team can seem more ambiguous, creating more questions than answers. […]
DDS ONLY
Part of the Leadership Track.
Speaker: Todd Christy, DDS
Fee: FREE
Seating Limit: 100 (includes reception)
This session is appropriate for all members who desire to improve their knowledge of proper debate and decorum as well as meeting […]
Speakers: Robert Peskin, DDS; Lynda Farnen, JD
Fee: $90/person (PPP-insured dentists will be refunded $90 after the class is taken.)
Seating Limit: 75
AGD Code: 565
The Professional Protector Plan (PPP) Control, Protocol and Risk Management Seminar will […]
Where: Ballrooms C/D of DeVos Place
The first meeting of the MDA House of Delegates will be held Thursday, April 28 from 8:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. (end time approximate) in Ballrooms C/D of DeVos Place. Please […]
Speaker: Jennifer Cosey
Fee: DDS $35; Staff $25
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 566
This presentation is intended for HIPAA Compliance Officers, and will provide an overview of the changes to HIPAA’s Privacy Rule, including implementation guidance, a review […]
Speaker: Tija Hunter, CDA
Fee: DDS $139; Staff $69
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 550
Dental assistants spend more time with the patients than any other team member, so let’s educate that assistant to be the best they can […]
Speaker: Catrice Opichka, RDH, MS
Fee: DDS $79; Staff $39
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 730
Discussing the cause and effect relationship between oral sex and oral cancer is not easy for anyone. However, since nearly every person who […]
Speaker: Roy Shelburne, DDS
Fee: DDS $159; Staff $89
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 565
Dr. Shelburne went to prison on Aug. 20, 2008, was released on May 14, 2010, and learned a series of lessons the hard way. […]
Recommended by the New Dentist Committee.
Speaker: Bill Claytor Jr., DDS
Fee: FREE
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 770
In 2019, the World Health Organization stated that burnout is a “syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has […]
Speaker: Junu Ojha, DDS
Fee: DDS $159; Staff $89
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 730
This course is designed to provide dental professionals with information on a variety of pathological conditions commonly encountered and misdiagnosed in general and specialty […]
DDS ONLY COURSE
Speaker: David Harris, DDS
Fee: $99/DDS Only
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 550
Using cases drawn from Prosperident’s extensive files as teaching tools, David provides audiences with an inside look at embezzlement that is not available anywhere […]
DDS ONLY COURSE
Two-day, 14-hour Hands-on Course
Thursday and Friday (8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.)
Speaker: Michael Young, DDS
Fee: DDS $1,499; Nonmember DDS $1,599
Seating Limit: 20
AGD Code: 690
This course will help transform your practice by teaching, step by […]
Where: Ballrooms C/D of DeVos Place
The MDA will hold a Candidate Forum in Ballrooms C/D of DeVos Place for any contested elections for the MDA president-elect, MDA secretary/treasurer, MDA editor, MDA speaker of the House, MDA […]
Speaker: Jennifer Cosey
Fee: DDS $35; Staff $25
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 148
This presentation is intended for OSHA compliance officers and will provide a review of annual tasks and staff training requirements for OSHA compliance in the […]
Speaker: Tija Hunter, CDA
Fee: DDS $49; Staff $29
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 550
Scheduling is, hands down, one of the hardest things to accomplish in your day. Getting it right makes your day flow so much better!
Learning […]
Where: Ballrooms C/D, DeVos Place
There will be one reference committee hearing that will be held on Thursday, May 4 in Ballrooms C/D of DeVos Place from 12:15 – 1:15 p.m. (end time approximate).
DDS AND OFFICE MANAGERS ONLY
Speakers: Robert McDermott; David Fidanza; Aaron Smith
Fee: DDS $25; Staff $15
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 550
Cybersecurity is about more than just keeping your patients’ data safe. It’s about securing your […]
Speaker: Sean Kadel
Fee: DDS $25; Staff $15
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 550
Companies have taken a strong focus to wellness benefits, but have they optimized all of their options? Historically, the focus was on financial, and sometimes […]
Speaker: Catrice Opichka, RDH, MS
Fee: DDS $139; Staff $69
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 158
Because of decades of research, dental professionals feel comfortable educating patients on the negative effects of smoking and using chewing tobacco. However, when […]
Recommended by the New Dentist Committee.
Part of the Leadership Track.
Speaker: Tija Hunter, CDA
Fee: DDS $139; Staff $69
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 550
All dental team members are leaders, even if you don’t always see yourself that way; […]
Speaker: Roy Shelburne, DDS
Fee: DDS $139; Staff $69
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 550
When the practice is paid rapidly and appropriately, things are good; however, when there are delays, denials, and requests for additional information, things are […]
Speaker: Bill Claytor Jr., DDS
Fee: DDS $119; Staff $49
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 157
This course will explore patient marijuana use and its potential impact on oral health and dental practice. It will include a discussion of […]
Speaker: David Harris, DDS
Fee: DDS $79; Staff $39
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 550
Embezzlement isn’t the only way your practice can be robbed. This session focuses on how not to be a target for external threats like […]
Speaker: Keith Washington
Fee: DDS $25; Staff $15
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 550
This course will dive into best practices, and pitfalls to avoid, in core online marketing areas: your practice website, social media marketing, search engine optimization, […]
Speakers: Robert McDermott; David Fidanza
Fee: DDS $25; Staff $15
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 550
The goal of improving dental practice efficiency is to make improvements and reap rewards without significantly increasing overhead costs. While adding more […]
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Speaker: Christine Cashen
Fee: FREE!
Seating Limit: 500
AGD Code: 770
It can feel challenging to stay right side up when the world feels upside down. These past few years have been stressful, but it’s time to take […]
The MDA will hold a Welcome Reception right in the Exhibit Hall on Thursday, May 4, from 4:30 until 6 p.m. Everyone is invited! During the reception complimentary hors d’oeuvres will be provided, with a cash […]
Location: Emerald Room, Amway Grand Plaza Hotel
Attire: Business Casual
Fee: $25/person
Relax! Have a drink and delicious hors d’oeuvres with women dentists from all across the state. Hear — and be inspired by — women leaders in organized […]
Location: Pantlind Ballroom, Amway Grand Plaza Hotel
Please join your colleagues for a very special event to recognize and thank our donors and grant and scholarship recipients. The event is open to all interested Annual Session attendees […]
Location: Founders Brewing Company
Fee: $35 (includes tour, tasting, and appetizers)
What do you know about beer? What would you like to know? Find out during a tour and tasting held at Founders Brewing Company. It’s an experience […]
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: JW Marriott Hotel
The joint American/International College of Dentists and Pierre Fauchard Dinner will be held at the JW Marriott, Thursday, May 4 at 7 p.m. in Grand Rapids. Watch your email for more […]
Location: Amway Grand Plaza Hotel
The American College of Dentists Breakfast is scheduled for Friday, May 5 at 7 a.m. in the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel. For more information on the ACD breakfast, email Dr. Sherill […]
Location: Amway Grand Plaza Hotel
The International College of Dentists Breakfast will take place Friday, May 5 at 7 a.m. in the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel. Email Dr. Steven Sulfaro for more information or to make […]
Speaker: Kimberly Harms, DDS
Fee: DDS $119; Staff $59
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 550
We work in a high intensity, high anxiety environment. All it takes is a spark of controversy caused by a clinical/clerical error or perceived […]
PARTIALLY HANDS-ON
Speaker: Winifred Booker, DDS
Fee: DDS $159; Staff $89
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 430
“High Chair Dental Care: A Revolutionary Practice Model for Infants and Toddlers” is an age-appropriate oral health care practice that identifies the opportunity […]
Recommended by the New Dentist Committee.
Speaker: David Rice, DDS
Fee: FREE
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 550
Student debt, limited practice opportunities, imposter syndrome, team turmoil, and more … all leading to early practice burnout. Have you heard about […]
Speaker: Susan Cotten, BSDH, RDH, OMT
Fee: DDS $159; Staff $89
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 730
Consequences of an incomplete head and neck evaluation, delayed referrals, and inadequate documentation can result in an increased risk of liability, delayed […]
Speaker: Joshua Austin, DDS
Fee: DDS $119; Staff $59
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 130
This course explores strategies for working together to improve mental health so we can be our best. Learn how to recognize triggers and warning […]
Speaker: Junu Ojha, DDS
Fee: DDS $159; Staff $89
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 730
This course is designed to provide dental professionals with information on a variety of pathological conditions commonly encountered and misdiagnosed in general and specialty […]
Part of the Leadership Track.
Speaker: Carrie Webber
Fee: FREE/DDS and Staff
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 770
Each individual in business has the power to bring positive or negative influence into their work and among the people they lead. […]
Speaker: Emily Letran, DDS, MS
Fee: DDS $159; Staff $89
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 550
In today’s challenges of running a business, the CEO or business owner needs to focus on developing a clear vision and road map […]
Speaker: Gavin Convey, DDS
Fee: DDS $159; Staff $89
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 070
The root canal system is predictably complex. This lecture series will use detailed clinical imagery including photos, radiographs, and CBCT data to illustrate in […]
Speaker: Scott Lipford with Safety Plus
Fee: $90/person
Seating Limit: 50/session
This emergency planning and response offering is designed specifically for today’s dental office. It meets the requirements for Basic Life Support renewal for two years from the American […]
Speaker: Mark Murphy, DDS
Fee: DDS $119; Staff $59
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 550
The shift from traditional dental insurance to over 80% being PPOs has had a cataclysmic impact on patient health, workplace stress, and dental incomes. […]
Speaker: Rick Seely
Fee: FREE
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 770
As you transition into Medicare, your decisions and actions, or lack of them, can impact your health coverages and finances for the rest of your life. This information-rich […]
Location: Halls B and C, DeVos Place
See the listing of Table Clinics in the Annual Session Official Program.
By Invitation Only.
Fee: FREE
Seating Limit: 50
AGD Code: 555
The workshop will be geared to educating local peer review committee members in the peer review process, as well as reviewing specific issues the state committee is seeing, and […]
Speaker: Toni Roucka, RN, DDS, MA
Fee: DDS $59; Staff $29
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 550/555
As the world’s digital population grows, so does the reach and usage of social media. Social networks, with which users can access […]
Speaker: Scott Lipford with Safety Plus
Fee: $90/person
Seating Limit: 50/session
This emergency planning and response offering is designed specifically for today’s dental office. It meets the requirements for Basic Life Support renewal for two years from the American […]
Speaker: Kimberly Harms, DDS
Fee: DDS $149; Staff $79
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 130
Dr. Kim Harms offers a unique perspective on this issue. She is not only a dentist familiar with treating patients in pain, but also […]
Recommended by the New Dentist Committee.
Speaker: David Rice, DDS
Fee: DDS $119; Staff $59
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 550
The great resignation, quiet quitting, and struggling succession plans … does any of that ring a bell? You’re not […]
Speaker: Joshua Austin, DDS
Fee: DDS $159; Staff $89
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 010
In this interactive, fast-moving course, Dr. Austin shares the current trends in dental materials and technologies. Learn how materials have changed over the past […]
Part of the Leadership Track.
Speaker: Carrie Webber
Fee: DDS $119; Staff $59
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 550
Do you ever feel stuck? Find yourself working intensely to increase your practice performance, yet not sure how to attain […]
Speaker: Emily Letran DDS, MS
Fee: DDS $119; Staff $59
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 550
In business, the CEO or business owner often leverages time by building a team with great synergy and high productivity. The team must […]
Part I (Course #27) required to take workshop.
Speaker: Susan Cotten, BSDH, RDH, OMT
Fee: DDS $199; Staff $129
Seating Limit: 32
AGD Code: 730
Utilizing Susan Cotten’s instructional oral cancer screening videos, this workshop provides attendees the opportunity for […]
Speaker: Gavin Convey, DDS
Fee: DDS $159; Staff $89
Speaker Limit: 100
AGD Code: 070
This course will go more in-depth with treatments and procedures using advanced imaging systems.
Learning objectives:
Explore the benefits alternative procedures over a more traditional root […]
Speaker: John Carollo, DDS
Fee: DDS $159; Staff $89
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 690
The failing dentition patient is concerned with losing teeth and having to wear a removable prosthesis. We will show how we can go from […]
Speaker: Mark Cannon, DDS, MS
Fee: DDS $159; Staff $89
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 730
Simply put, oral disease is due to oral dysbiosis, and patients with a healthy oral microbiome (eubiosis) do not present with significant dental […]
Speaker: Toni Roucka, RN, DDS, MA
Fee: DDS $59; Staff $29
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 550/555
In this course, the intersection of law and ethics will be explored. Dental providers must be aware of the legal and ethical […]
Location: Exclusive IDC, inside the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel
Fee: $25 or FREE with attendance at one new dentist recommended CE Course
You’ll need a code to get in — but once inside you’ll experience panoramic views of […]
Honoring MDA President Dr. Vince Benivegna.
Time: 6:30 – 11 p.m.
Location: Ambassador Ballroom, Amway Grand Plaza Hotel
Fee: $89 (includes dinner, two drink tickets, and entertainment)
Attire: Snappy Casual
Grab your friends, colleagues, team members, and significant others for an […]
Regional caucuses will be held Saturday, May 6. Check the Annual Session Official Program for exact times and locations.
Speaker: Nan Dreves, RDH, MBA
Fee: $50/person
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 148
Dentists, dental hygienists, dental assistants, and all dental team members will update their compliance knowledge based on OSHA/CDC requirements by attending this course. This course will […]
ThIS COURSE HAS BEEN CANCELED.
Speaker: TBA
Fee: DDS $99; Staff $49
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 010
More than 90% of patients who can visualize their oral conditions are better prepared to make health-related decisions, explore treatment, and discuss payment […]
Leadership Track Course.
Speaker: Christopher Williams, RDH
Fee: DDS $119; Staff $59
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 770
Does your office culture presently reflect the dynamic your patients and team members love? The culture of your practice directly relates […]
Speaker: Danielle Fry, DMD, MS
Fee: DDS $119; Staff $59
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 730
This presentation will go into depth on how sleep deprivation is at the root of many chronic diseases. Many medications are simply masking […]
Speaker: Parag R. Kachalia, DDS
Fee: DDS $119; Staff $59
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 250
This program will look at a broad spectrum of restorative materials available today. Years ago, the practitioner was simply asked to pick between […]
Speaker: Jane A. Soxman, DDS
Fee: DDS $119; Staff $59
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 430
Treating the challenging child today requires a new approach for behavior guidance. Aversive techniques are no longer acceptable. Permissive parenting along with parents […]
Speaker: Jumoke Adedoyin, DDS
Fee: DDS $119; Staff $59
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 670
The loss of bone following tooth extraction is a significant clinical problem in implant and conventional dentistry. Clinical studies indicate that in the first […]
HANDS-ON COURSE
Speaker: Bernice Ko, DDS
Fee: $359/person
Seating Limit: 30
AGD Code: 070
In this all-day hands-on course participants will learn advanced NiTi rotary reciprocation instrumentation using Adaptive Motion Technology, predictable irrigation protocols using Apical Negative Pressure, and warm […]
Speaker: Nan Dreves, RDH, MBA
Fee: DDS $49; Staff $24
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 550/555
This presentation will review dentistry’s obligation to society to adhere to high ethical standards. We will discuss jurisprudence and the code of ethics […]
Location: Amway Grand Plaza Hotel
The Pierre Fauchard Academy plans to hold a brunch at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 6 in the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel. Email Dr. Richard Raad for more information or to […]
ThIS COURSE HAS BEEN CANCELED.
Speaker: TBA
Fee: DDS $99; Staff $49
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 180
What is the occlusion on the right? How about the left? What does this mean for your patient’s oral health? Occlusion tells you […]
Speaker: Christopher Williams, RDH
Fee: FREE DDS and Staff
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 770
Our mentality and thoughts can be a critical process that either helps or harms the actions we take in our daily lives and at […]
Speaker: Danielle Fry, DMD, MS
Fee: DDS $119; Staff $59
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 010/200
Participants will learn about how the tongue should look, move, and function, and how a dysfunctional swallow pattern affects craniofacial development and can […]
Recommended by the New Dentist Committee.
Speaker: Parag R. Kachalia, DDS
Fee: DDS $119; Staff $59
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 010
This course will take a critical look at the current world of dental technologies as it relates to […]
Speaker: Jane A. Soxman, DDS
Fee: DDS $119; Staff $59
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 310
This lecture instructs participants in examination, diagnosis, and the treatment of oral trauma in the pediatric patient. Timing and inclusions for follow-up examination, […]
Speaker: Deirdre Shelton-Young, DDS
Fee: $100/person
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 770
The Michigan, Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs has issued a requirement for all healthcare providers in Michigan to attend continuing education courses addressing the topic of […]
Speaker: Jumoke Adedoyin, DDS
Fee: DDS $119; Staff $59
Seating Limit: 100
AGD Code: 690
Implant-supported overdentures in the mandible provide predictable results with improved stability, retention, function, and patient satisfaction compared with conventional dentures. As edentulism continues to […]