Pre-register for the 2009 Midwinter Meeting
The 144th Midwinter Meeting will be held at McCormick Place
Thursday-Sunday, Feb. 26-March 1, 2009. The Exhibit Hall will be open
Friday-Sunday, Feb. 27-March 1. Pre-registration runs
through Jan. 31, 2009.
***CDS members: You do not need your password to register.
• Attendee pre-registration
• Exhibitor badge pre-registration
• View course descriptions and handouts
• Alter your registration after you have pre-registered
Earn cash as a 2009 MWM Room Chair
In order to maintain the level of excellence for which the Midwinter
Meeting has become known, we ask every regular and associate CDS member
to please consider volunteering his or her time as a Presiding or Room
Chair. To volunteer, please click here.
If you are a dental student from the
University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry or Southern
Illinois University School of Dental Medicine and wish to volunteer as a Student Room Chair, please click here.
Attendees may download CE certificates for courses taken during the 2008 Midwinter Meeting. There is a $25 charge per CE certificate. Attendees may still obtain CE certificates for the 2005-2008 Midwinter Meetings.
Order 2008 MWM recorded lectures
Was there a class you could not attend? Attendees may order recordings of the Midwinter Meeting at www.dcprovidersonline.com/cds.
CDS Regional Meeting: Jan. 21
A Potpourri of Dental Pharmacology
Presented by Harold Crossley, DDS, PhD
9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.,
5 CE hours
Drury Lane, 100 Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace
CDS encourages attendees to pre-register for the next Regional Meeting.
Click here to get started.
Pre-registration deadline: Sunday, Jan. 18
Regional Meetings are FREE to all CDS members and their auxiliaries, as
well as dental hygienist members of the Illinois State Dental Society.
A fee of $250 is charged to dentists and their staff who are not CDS members, which
may be applied to membership for the current year. Advance registration
is not required.
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We invite you to return in 2009. Pre-registration begins Nov. 1 and runs through Jan. 31, 2009. The 144th Midwinter Meeting will be held Feb. 26-March 1 in Chicago at McCormick Place Lakeside Center.
February is National Children’s Dental Health Month!
Will you be our valentine? February is National Children's Dental Health Month and CDS is now accepting requests from schools, nonprofits and member dentists for donated dental supplies.
Click here for resources to help you plan your event.
Bridge to Healthy Smiles aims to bring dental care to more Illinois residents
Learn how you can participate. Click here for more information.
Access to Care needs your input
The Chicago Dental Society's Access to Care Committee, working with the
CDS Foundation, is looking for information about ongoing efforts to
improve oral health in your community. Tell the committee about dental
clinics, oral health education events and other oral health advocacy
efforts that benefit people of all ages by clicking here.
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Renew your dues
For current members:
CDS tripartite members (Cook, DuPage and Lake counties in Illinois)
CDS associate members (outside Cook, DuPage and Lake counties)
Non-member dentists and dental students:
Join CDS today. Click here to get started.
***It may take several days for CDS to coordinate dues payment records with the Illinois State Dental Society and our Midwinter Meeting registration vendor. If you plan to attend the Midwinter Meeting and have paid your 2009 dues recently, please allow 3-4 days processing time before pre-registering online. Plan ahead. Don't put off paying your dues until the pre-registration deadline or you will not be able to pre-register for the Midwinter Meeting online for free.
Our members receive free admission to the Midwinter Meeting, innumerable continuing education opportunities and MORE>>
CDS offers new Workers Compensation insurance benefit
CDS has reached agreements with Accident Fund Insurance Company of
America and the Southpoint Insurance Agency for the endorsement of the
WorkSafe Partners Group Dividend Program for Workers Compensation
insurance. This new benefit will allow CDS members to obtain a 5%
up-front discount and make them eligible to receive a back-end dividend
if they elect to participate in the program.
Southpoint Insurance Agency, located in Mokena, IL, will serve as the
CDS “preferred agent” for those members who choose to contact them for
this coverage. Information about the program, which began June 1, may
be obtained by contacting Southpoint Insurance Agency directly at
708.478.3440 or visiting www.sthpoint.com.
Thomas Sullivan elected as ADA second vice president
The American Dental Association House of Delegates Oct. 19 elected
long-time Chicago Dental Society member Thomas Sullivan second vice
president of the ADA during the Annual Session in San Antonio. Dr.
Sullivan, who practices in Westchester, defeated Lisa Howard, of Maine.
Dr. Sullivan served as president of the Illinois State Dental Society
in 2003 and has been active in the ADA as a volunteer. Dr. Howard is a
past president of the Maine Dental Association.
Dr. Sullivan was installed as second vice president at the final session of the House Oct. 20.
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