Since we are not paying for a venue, meals or hosting any social events this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we are pleased to offer a significantly reduced rate. The 2022-2023 yearly membership fee is $699 (before August 31, 2022) and is payable Online via our website. If you register after August 31st, 2022, your fee is $799. There is NO per seminar fee. Full annual payment is required to obtain access to any of the Online Webinars.

The CDDS courses are listed in every monthly newsletter that our members receive. They are also listed on this website.

No, you must become a member to attend a seminar. Full annual membership entitles you to attend all in-person and webinar presentations for the year; September, October, November & December 2022 and January & February 2023. There may be an additional March 2023 speaker depending on speaker availability & budget. We do not have a per seminar fee at this time.

No, we do not allow payment for one seminar only. You must register as a member to receive access to all the lectures, allowing you to choose which seminars you want to attend.

All dental office staff of member dentists are welcome to attend except for the “dentists only” lecture in September 2020. The fee for CDDS members and staff has also been reduced this year to $60 per seminar. Only Hygienists and Assistants that have paid the $75 fee will get proof of attendance for their CE, which they will need to submit to their regulatory body themselves.

Advanced registration can be done online 2 weeks prior to the lecture by having the CDDS members log in to the website and register their staff members.

Non-CDDS members staff can attend the seminar by becoming a full non-dentist member, which is $599 before August 31, 2022, or $699 after August 31, 2022, and can attend all seminars or only choose to attend some.

Yes. CDDS membership payments are via PayPal at www.cdds.ca, and therefore, virtually any credit card or debit card can be used to make a payment.

The CDDS Executive Administration will be cross-referencing each person who signs in to the webinar with our membership list and then sending that list to the ADA&C for CE credit.

Yes, only if you have registered with ADA&C as a member dentist. If you are a dentist from another province, you will need to check with your regulatory body about whether they will accept ADA & C CE credits.

Members can place ads in the Members Notice Section of the newsletter for no charge. Text can be emailed to the CDDS office Non-members can place ¼ page ads for $500, ½ page ads for $1000 and a full-page ad for $2000 in the Advertisement section.

Please email our administrative assistant for details on the newsletter at cddsadmin@gmail.com.

The CDDS membership year is from August 1 – July 31 of the following year. Renewal of the membership can be done Online beginning on August 1st. The applicant will enjoy a reduced rate if paid prior to August 31. After the 31st, the dues are the regular amount.

Members will be able to register for the LIVE WEBINAR on the Thursday prior to the webinar, and the webinar link will be sent to our members the day before the LIVE WEBINAR day.

The recorded webinar will be available for 2 weeks following the live webinar.

A bandwidth of at least 1 Mbps is recommended for acceptable viewing since there will be multiple slide changes, screen sharing and audio used during the Webinar Powerpoint Presentation. Less bandwidth will still work, but the session performance may suffer because of it. More bandwidth will provide a superior experience. For the less savvy IT people, you should basically be able to stream a movie on your device to have a positive webinar experience.

LIVE WEBINAR ATTENDEES: Just like regular meetings you can expect to receive 5-6 hours of CE depending on how long the speaker’s webinar is. The CDDS Executive Administrator will be cross-checking the names of attendees for the LIVE WEBINAR and the MEMBERSHIP LIST and sending this list to the ADA & C for credits.

RECORDED WEBINAR VIEWERS: To obtain CE points after viewing the recorded webinar you must answer a questionnaire (of 5 questions) which you will send to cddsadmin@gmail.com. Questionnaires should be submitted right after you have viewed the recorded webinar (as you will NOT be able to review the webinar past the two-week period if you need to review it again to answer the questions). If you get 80% correct (4 of 5 questions correct) you will be sent a certificate which you must upload on the ADA website for credits. If you are not from Alberta you must check with your regulatory body to see if they will accept ADA & C CE credits.