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General Meetings, Seminars and the AGM

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NOTICE

We have changed our General Meeting Location. When we have “in-person” meetings they will now be held at Patterson Dental (4152 27 St NE Calgary, AB T1Y 7J8).

General Meeting (Virtual via Zoom)

Meeting Sponsor: No Sponsor as Zoom Meeting
Topic: Oral Airway Issues

Speaker: Dr. Mike Parchewsky

Description: Oral Airway Issues / Sleep Well Live Well

Learn why sleep quality directly correlates to our health and how we can help our friends and patients live longer !

Learning Objectives: 1. Who is at risk for obstructive sleep apnea and how do we screen for them?

2. Learn how technology can help us identify our patients at risk.

3. Sleep apnea and children; when is the critical age and what do we do!

4. Working with Respiratory Clinics and how they can help us.

Competencies: D-3-1

Details:

  • Date: January 16, 2023
  • Early-Bird Registration Ends: NA
  • Standard Registration Deadline: RSVP to Membership Coordinator
  • Walk-Up Registration Opens: NA
  • Seminar: NA
  • Location: Via ZOOM
  • Snacks and Beverages provided: NA

General Meeting

Meeting Sponsor: CDDS
Topic: Family Violence.
Speaker: Donald Ogden
Speaker Bio:
Description: Family violence has increased since the pandemic and since we are health care workers we need to be aware of the signs and help our patients who are going through this and to be as empathic as possible.
Details:

  • Date: March 7, 2022
  • Early-Bird Registration Ends: NA
  • Standard Registration Deadline: RSVP to Membership Coordinator 
  • Walk-Up Registration Opens: NA
  • Seminar: NA
  • Location: Inglewood Community Hall
  • Snacks and Beverages - NA

This is Dental Assistant’s Week!! Come out to the meeting as we have surprises lined up for those who attend!

Spring Seminar

Meeting Sponsor: NA
Topics:

  1. X-rays - 2D vs 3D Imaging, Navigating Multiple Software and Different Intra-Oral Sensors
  2. Dental Waterline and Equipment Maintenance
  3. Dealing With Difficult Patients and Trauma Informed Care

Speakers: Jerry Campbell/Lisa Makene, Ian Doyle and Jodi Besler
Description:

Event Details

  • Date: April 23, 2022
  • Time: 9:00 am - 2:00 pm (half-day seminar, in-person)
  • Early Registration Ends: March 23, 2022
  • Standard Registration Ends: April 20, 2022
  • Walk-Up Registration Opens: N/A
  • Seminar: Half-day seminar.
  • Location: Inglewood Community Hall (In-Person)
  • Snacks and Beverages provided: N/A

2022 AGM

Meeting Sponsor: Patterson Dental
Topics: Dental Mission Work In South America
Speakers: Dr J. Bradley Krusky
Description: Since 2003, Dr. Brad has also been the Executive Director of Dentistry for All, DFA for short. DFA is a humanitarian dental mission traveling and volunteering in some of the most remote and underserved parts of Central America, delivering dental services to people who might otherwise never see a dentist in their lifetimes. Over the course of his tenure, he has helped establish two community clinics, served thousands of people and performed tens-of-thousands of procedures.

Details:

  • Date: May 16, 2022
  • Early-Bird Registration Ends: NA
  • Standard Registration Deadline: RSVP to Membership Coordinator
  • Walk-Up Registration Opens: NA
  • Seminar: NA
  • Location: TBD
  • Snacks and Beverages provided.

General Meeting

Meeting Sponsor: Henry Schein
Topics: Infection Control
Speakers: Wendie Morley
Description: Wendie graduated from a Dental Assisting Program in Ontario and assisted for 10 years before moving with her husband to AB. She became a member of the NDEAB and the CADA and continued to assist for a few more years before she started working for Germiphene. She has been with Germiphene now for over 20 years and has been involved in IPAC lecturing all over Alberta, including U of A, CADA and College of Denturists of Alberta. Wendie and her family enjoy spending time in the mountains and has been a long-time member of a community Book Club. And while she did lots of baking during the Pandemic, she did not make sourdough or get a dog!

Competency  are C-1-1, C-1-2, C-1-3, C-1-4, C-1-5, C-1-6, C-1-7, C-1-8, C-1-9

Details:

  • Date: October 17, 2022
  • Early-Bird Registration Ends: NA
  • Standard Registration Deadline: TBD
  • Walk-Up Registration Opens: NA
  • Seminar: NA
  • Location: Patterson Dental
  • Snacks and Beverages provided.

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