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DE0912: California Area Annual Dental Conference [2025]



The purpose of the annual California Area Dental meeting is to provide continuing dental education on various clinical, prevention, wellness and cultural topics to the dental programs in the California area
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
1. Improve knowledge of clinical best practices in a number of dental disciplines, including oral surgery, pediatric dentistry, periodontics, endodontics, restorative, prosthodontics, pharmacology, radiology.
2. Improve clinical skills for dental auxiliaries in a number of areas, including; provisional restorations, denture adjustments, impression taking and radiology landmarks
3. Learn culturally appropriate approaches to patient care through lectures, panel discussions and group interactions
MICHAEL DONALESKI — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at Michael.Donaleski@ihs.gov.
Melodi Randolph — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at melodi.randolph@aol.com.
Cheryl Sixkiller — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at cheryl.sixkiller@ihs.gov.
Joel Knutson — Dental Informatics and Project Manager for the IHS Electronic Dental Record For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at joel.knutson@ihs.gov.
Carrie Loewen — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at Clloewen@gmail.com.
Damon Pope — Deputy Project Manager for the IHS Electronic Dental Record IHS DOH National Infection Control Consultant For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at damon.pope@ihs.gov.
Miranda Davis — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at mirandaedavis@gmail.com.
Mark Mintline — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at mmintline@westernu.edu.
Brandi Noonkester — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at myrevenuelane@gmail.com.
Amber Werdel — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at awerdel@dt-trak.com.
Sahar Mifarsi — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at Sahar.Mirfarsi@westernu.edu .
Andrew Young — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at ayoung@pacific.edu.
Cathy Draper — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at drapercatherine@fhda.edu.
Parisa Payman — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at parisa.payman@toiyabe.us.
Batsulwin Brown — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at Eaglebrown19@gmail.com.
Setarch Lavasani — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at slavasani@westernU.edu.
Shivani Patel — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at spatel@crihb.org.
Keith Boyer — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at kboyer@westernu.edu.
Sandy Berreth — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at s.berreth23@gmail.com.
The speaker has no conflicts of interest to report.
It is the policy of the Indian Health Service, Division of Oral Health, that faculty/planners disclose any financial or other relationships with commercial companies whose products may be discussed in the educational activity. The Indian Health Service, Division of Oral Health, also requires that faculty disclose any unlabeled or investigative use of pharmaceutical products and medical devices. Images that have been falsified or manipulated to misrepresent treatment outcomes are prohibited.
None of the faculty/planners for this activity has a conflict of interest, and there is no use of unlabeled or investigative pharmaceutical products or medical devices. No images have been falsified or manipulated to misrepresent treatment outcomes.The educational objectives, content, and selection of educational methods and instructors are conducted independent of any commercial entity.

The IHS Division of Oral Health is an accredited sponsor of continuing education under the American Dental Association Continuing Education Recognition Program (CERP). ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the IHS at IHS CDE Coordinator or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition at CCEPR.ada.org
This conference is open to staff in the California Area.
Please Make Checks Payable to: Indian Health Service.
Tuition must be paid in full 8 weeks prior to the start date of any course. Request for refunds must be received in writing at least two weeks before the course begins. For each refund request, there will be an administrative charge of $100. No refunds will be made to registrants who fail to attend a course. If IHS CDE program cancels a course, then 100% of the tuition will be refunded.