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.

Gone paperless?

The CDS Review is looking for members who have recently made the switch to a paperless office system. We want to hear both success stories and nightmares, as well as advice for others considering the switch, for an upcoming article on this trend.

If you have a story to share, click here to email Senior Writer Joanna Brown or phone 312.836.7324.

CDS creates Dental Hygienist Job Board

Are you a dentist looking to hire a hygienist? Are you a hygienist in the market for a new job? Or are you a hygiene student looking for that first job? Then you're in the right place! The Chicago Dental Society offers a new free service, the Dental Hygienist Job Board, for hygienists and member dentists.

CDS membership offers tangible benefits  

Our members receive free admission to the Midwinter Meeting, innumerable continuing education opportunities and MORE>>

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.

 

 

 

144th CDS Midwinter Meeting: Feb. 26-March 1, 2009

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.

Bridge to Healthy Smiles aims to bring dental care to more Illinois residents

Learn how you can participate. Click here for more information.

Next CDS Regional Meeting: September 24

Mold and Maggots 101: An Introduction to Forensic Odontology
Presented by Edwin T. Parks, DMD, MS
9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., 5 CE  hours
Drury Lane, 100 Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace

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 who are not CDS  members, which may be applied to membership for the current year. Advance registration is not required.

Play golf, help raise money for the CDS Foundation

Join your colleagues for an afternoon of links-style golf at Harborside International. All proceeds raised benefit the CDS Foundation.
July 14, 1 p.m. shotgun start, scramble format.
A buffet-style dinner and awards program follow play. $200 per player
Includes: Greens fee and cart rental, use of driving range and in-cart box lunch and light dinner
Registration deadline: July 7
Application to play. Adobe PDF   
Participate as a sponsor! Adobe PDF     
Harborside rules. Adobe PDF

CDS Family Picnic tickets are now available

The CDS Family Picnic returns to Brookfield Zoo Sunday, July 20. Members may reserve four complementary ticket packages that include admission to the zoo and parking, as well as a picnic lunch. Additional picnic ticket packages will be available for purchase. Reserve your tickets today.

"Nobody puts Baby in a corner"

The Special Event season finale will be the 2 p.m. performance of Dirty Dancing at the Cadillac Palace Theatre Sunday, Sept. 28. The value of the ticket is $103. The member price will be $83, after a $20 CDS subsidy. Tickets will go on sale online only at 9 a.m. July 23. 

Ticket sales for all events will be online only. All tickets will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis. You must be a current CDS member to purchase Special Events tickets.

Download your 2008 MWM CE certificate

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 2005-2007 Midwinter Meetings. 

Order recorded lectures from the 2008 MWM

Was there a class you could not attend? Attendees may order recordings of the Midwinter Meeting at www.dcprovidersonline.com/cds.

Mark your calendar

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 begins Nov. 1 and runs through Jan. 31, 2009.