NDS 2025 Round Table Exchange Preliminary Catalogue

ROUNDTABLE EXCHANGE 2025 Catalogue

TABLE # SPEAKER AND CREDENTIALS

AREA OF EXPERTISE

KEY COMPETENCIES

• Stress in dentistry - why are we stressed and what to look for to avoid burnout • Mindfulness tools to help cope with stress and anxiety • Using emotional intelligence as a dentist and how this can make us better leaders • How to use boundaries to manage challenging patients and potentially challenging staff • Mentorship and networking - How your component society adds to your professional and personal growth • Grassroots advocacy and oral health promotion • Earning local continuing education credits • Connecting with classmates and meeting your local colleagues • Administration of the CDCP: participation, coverage, billing and co-ordination of benefits • CDCP information and resources relevant for associates • Addressing public misconceptions and discussing the CDCP with patients • Advocacy to improve the CDCP

Managing Stress / Incorporating Mindfullness

Sally Safa BA, DDS, MSc (Perio), FRCD(C)

27

Dimple Bhatia DDS, Chair, Component Society Committee

Local Networking and Mentorship

28

David Gentili Chief Advocacy and Policy Officer, ODA Joe Chiera Co-Ordinator, Committee Services, ODA

Canadian Dental Care Plan (CDCP)

29

• Effective communication techniques • How to handle mistakes • Rapport Building Opportunities • How to perform a consultation • Creating Loyalty with patients

Case Acceptance/ Effective Communication

Mark Eckler DDS, Dip.Ortho, M.S.D.

30

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