Northeast PA Dental Assisting Society

The Northeast Pennsylvania Dental Assisting Society was founded in 2002. We are a group of dedicated dental professionals who are committed to promoting dental assisting as a career.

President: Colette Jesikiewicz CDPMA

Secretary: Elizabeth Manzoni CDA, EFDA

Treasurer: Jeannie Farrell CDA

Legislative Chair: Bonnie Bell CDA, EFDA

We meet four times a year and occasionally offer FREE continuing education classes at our meetings.

OUR PROJECTS & UPCOMING EVENTS

The exam will begin on February 14, 2008 with all current EFDA permits expiring on May 13, 2008. If you do not pass the EFDA exam by that time you will no longer be able to practice as an EFDA in PA. More information on this exam can be found on our state dental assisting website www.padentalassistants.org

EXPANDED FUNCTION DENTAL ASSISTING DIDACTIC REFRESHER CD - The perfect companion for the up coming EFDA exam. The CD, produced and copyrighted by our own Bonnie Bell CDA, EFDA is available to ADAA members for $30 and includes shipping. To order you copy contact Bonnie at ringthebell@epix.net

OUR ONGOING PROJECTS:

Community service is always an ongoing project for the NEPADAS. We continue to make donations of dental supplies to the military, homeless shelters and domestic shelters. Our members also promote dental education by visiting schools and Head Start programs.

The Pa Dental Assistants Association (PDAA) is pursing efforts to have an EFDA seated on the PA State Board of Dentistry. We do have the pledged support of a PA State Representative John Yudichak who introduced House Bill 494 creating this seat. We also have some very influential people supporting the PDAA and will continue to work towards our goal for State Board of Dentistry representaion.

The next PDAA educational seminar and meeting will be October 31, 2008 at the Eden Inn, Lancaster. For registration information please visit the PDAA website at www.padentalassistants.org

There will be a joint meeting between the Pennsylvania Dental Assistants Association and the Pennsylvania Academy of General Dentistry in May 2009 in Valley Forge. What a GREAT way to get all your DANB and State Borad of Dentistry required continuing education in one weekend. More info will be posted as it becomes available.

NEPADAS 2008 MEETING SCHEDULE:

January 16th - 6:30pm @ Benco Dental in Wilkes-Barre. Information on the upcoming EFDA exam will be announced. Guest speaker will be Dr Bill Paveletz from VOCO. Dr Paveletz will be giving a DANB approved, hands-on seminar on dental materials. Registration is required. Please cantact Liz at zamboni007@yahoo.com to register.

March 5th - Dental Assistant Recognition Week -

at 6:30pm at Benco Dental behind the Wyoming Valley Mall. Bonnie Bell CDA, EFDA will be giving a condensed EFDA exam review seminar. Her review cd will be available for purchase at a special price in honor of Dental Assistant Recognition Week. A raffle will be conducted with proceeds to fund delegates to our state meeting in Seven Springs. Refreshments will be served.

July 21, 2008 - 6:30pm on the patio of the Red Robin Restaurant, Wilkes-Barre. This is near the Arena. Join us for a summer evening of socializing while being updated on the latest news from the PA State Board of Dentistry, the PDAA legislative activies and the changes coming to the American Dental Assistants Association.

October 22th - Annual dinner meeting and planning session. Chili's Restraurant in Wilkes-Barre @ 6:30pm. For more information please call 570-479-4893.

FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO JOIN OUR SOCIETY CONTACT US AT NEPADAS@AOL.COM

For our hard work and efforts we have been honored by the American Dental Assistants Association:

Patricia Brook, CDA, EFDA was named 3M Inovative Dental Assistant of the Year at the Professional Dental Assistants Association meeting in Virginia May 2008. This is national recognition for a long time NEPADAS member. Congratulations Pat.

NEPADAS member Amanda Lackey was awarded the ADAA New Member Achievement Award at the ADAA National Convention in San Francisco October 2007.

The NEPADAS was awarded second place nationally for ADAA Dental Assistants Recognition Week 2006.

It was announced at the 2005 ADAA National Convention in Washington, DC that the Northeast PA Dental Assisting Society was the winner of the Colgate Volunteer Service Award for the second time in two years. This is an honor given to the group who has done the most nationally to promote community service by dental assistants.

It was also announced at the 2005 ADAA National Convention that NEPADAS member Diane Kelchner was awarded the ADAA/Sullivan Schein Award of Excellance for her commitment to the dental assisting profession.

In 2003 the ADAA/Sullivan Schein Award was given to NEPADAS President Colette Jesikiewicz and the NEPA Dental Assisting Society was awarded second place in national competition for Dental Assistant Recognition Week.

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