CE Sponsor: Solmetex

This 'live' CE Webinar reviews and updates the required DPA topics, regulations, and ethics, including scope of practice, drug prescribing, licensure and  qualifications, supervision of auxiliaries, professional conduct, mandated reporting, and  consent. Codes and Principles of Ethics are reviewed. Examples of law violations, unprofessional conduct, and difficult legal challenges will be discussed.

Learning Outcomes - Upon completion, the participant shall be able to:

· Be familiar with the scope of regulations addressed in the DPA

· Relate Dental Codes of Ethics to professional standards and rules.

· Discuss how those regulations define dental practice limits

· Understand how the California Dental Board enforces the DPA

· Learn how to locate information and resources related to the DPA

Program description: This course makes sense of the many safety recommendations for dentistry considering the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. Standard Precautions and Transmission-based Precautions will be explained in the context of CDC & ADA Guidelines and OSHA & Dental Board regulations. Options and strategies are presented with extensive question & answer time to address your concerns.

Outcomes: Upon completion, the participant shall be able to: - Recognize and manage bloodborne, contact, droplet, and airborne diseases - Identify best practices for providing dental care while considering COVID-19 - Make sense of evolving recommendations as applied to changing infection risk

Program contents: Science of SARS-CoV-2: risks, symptoms, pathogenesis, transmission Safety strategies -Standard vs. Transmission-based precautions  Hierarchy of  safety efforts: most to least effective practices Quarantine, isolation, separation Screening   patients Building & clinic aerosol control -Hand hygiene -Environmental asepsis -Respiratory hygiene & cough etiquette -PPE criteria, use, and limitations -Reflection on improving dental safety preparedness - Resources: CDC, WHO, CDA, ADA, OSAP, AGD, FDA, OSHA

Annual Installation & Holiday Social 

Saturday, December 13, 2025 Time: 5pm-9pm  

In-Person 

Location: The Centre at Sycamore Plaza, Maple Room 1st level

5000 Clark, Lakewood, CA 90712  Free parking

Food, Drinks, Festive Fun with DJ, Strolling Magician, Exhibits & Giveaways!

You're cordially invited to Harbor's Annual Meeting, Holiday Social, and Installation of the 2026 Harbor Dental Society President, Dr. David Telles, DDS, and the 2026 Officers.

Get ready for an evening of holiday cheer and excitement! CDA President Dr. Max Martinez, DDS will be inducting Dr. Telles for this momentous occasion with a special touch from Past HDS President Dr. Mike Marshall, DMD.

We'll have a live DJ spinning high-energy music, a strolling magician to enchant you with a little magic, and a delicious buffet dinner.

There will also be fun giveaways and the big Grand Rubber Duck drawing for a chance to win free continuing education for the entire year!  We'll be honoring our New Life Members, Past HDS Presidents, and the Harbor Board of Directors and Committee Chairs for their invaluable volunteerism.

This is also a special Staff Appreciation event, so please Bring your Dental Team! They'll receive a special "thank you" gift card and be recognized and celebrated.

Make an online donation to Toys for Tots - click here

Thank you Sponsors:

• Refund Policy: No refunds for no shows. Written cancellation must be received by Friday, Dec. 5, 2025 for a refund and should be sent to: Mak@Harbordentalsociety.org. Questions? Call Harbor's office, 562.595.6303

'live' CE Webinar: "Technology to Detect Mobility and Defects in Teeth and Implants"

6pm-7pm PST 1 CEU core CE speaker: Dr. Jean Wu, DDS 

Dentistry has never had a reliable instrument to detect mobility of implants or teeth. All our current clinical methodology is subjective, not consistent, or measurable. Quantitative Percussion Diagnostic (QPD) technology allows the technician to detect and measure defects in teeth and implants without having to disassemble the whole structure. This instrument provides the clinician with revolutionary diagnostic capabilities, which our current radiographic or cone beam computerized tomography (CBCT) tests are unable to show until there is a more severe separation of the crack, bone loss, or infected periodontal ligament.  

The 'live' CE Webinar will demonstrate how to use QPD technology prior to treatment and follow-up of teeth and implants after restoration.  

Learning Objectives: 

1. Understanding QPD technology and its utilization. 

2. Interpreting the QPD data.  

3. How to use QPD for patient monitoring.  

About our CE Speaker: Currently, Dr. Jean C. Wu is a Partner in the Sheets, Paquette and Wu Dental Practice and on faculty with the Newport Coast Oral Facial Institute, a non-profit international teaching and research center. She has published several scientific papers and co-authored chapters in dental textbooks on dental implants and materials. 

Dr. Wu graduated with a Bachelor of Dental Science degree in 1990 and earned a Masters in Prosthodontics in 1994 from the University of Melbourne, Australia. She completed advanced training in Maxillofacial Prosthetics studying at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  

Dr Wu maintained a full time Prosthodontic private practice in Australia and was a Prosthodontist at the Royal Children’s Hospital of Melbourne. She was also a distinguished lecturer and clinical instructor at the University of Melbourne and Past-President of the Australian Prosthodontic Society. 

After relocating to the United States in 1999, Dr. Wu earned a DDS at the University of Tennessee and was an instructor and lecturer in the Restorative Dentistry Department. She graduated from the University of Tennessee with highest honors and awarded membership of Omicron Kappa Upsilon and Richard Doggett Dean and Margarite Taylor Dean Honorary Odontological Society for her outstanding dental achievements. 

Dr. Wu is the President of the Pacific Coast Society for Prosthodontics and Past-President of the Academy of Microscope Enhanced Dentistry. She is also a member of the American College of Prosthodontists, American Society for Women Dentists, American Dental Association, the California Dental Association and the Orange County Dental Society.

Business of Dentistry Hot Topic: Tax Update for Dentists: Managing & Planning Essentials Incorporating The One Big Beautiful Bill Act 

7pm-8pm PST (no CEU) Speakers:  Art Wiederman, CPA/Moderator with Don Watkins, CPA & Partner, Dental Practices Division Eide Bailly, LLP

This 'live' webinar will discuss year-end income tax planning strategies for Dentists.  The presenters will incorporate the changes to the Federal tax law included in The Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) signed by President Trump on July 4, 2025.  There will be a discussion of where income tax rates are for 2025, how Dentists can take advantage of the 20% Section 199A deduction, how the new Bonus Depreciation rules will allow for significant tax write-offs for equipment purchases and office buildouts, how the tax credit rules for hybrid and electric vehicles, solar energy and energy efficient home improvements have been changed, and how Dentists should consider the use of retirement plans, equipment and auto purchases and employment of family members in their Dental practices.  This course will give tips to Dentists on how to reduce their Federal income tax liabilities for 2025 and beyond.

Learning Objectives:

-How the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA) has affected year-end income tax planning

-How making moves with income and expenses can move a Dentist into either a higher or lower tax bracket

-How the use of retirement plans, equipment purchases and employing family members can save a Dentist taxes as well as qualifying a Dentist for some of the new deductions allowed by the OBBBA

Highlights from Bank of America:

About our Business of Dentistry Speakers: 

Donald W. Watson, CPA: Don is a partner in the Healthcare Services department in the Tustin office of Eide Bailly, LLP and oversees the Dental Practices Division. He helps with tax preparation, financial reporting, and consultation for individuals, corporations and partnerships associated with the dental industry. Don has over thirty years of experience as a CPA and is on the board of the Academy of Dental CPA’s. 

Art Wiederman, CPA, Dental Division Director at Eide Bailly LLP: Art has specialized in serving dental practices for over forty years. He oversees a variety of services including financial planning, retirement planning transition planning and financial practice management consulting. Art’s expertise is not only in taxation issues for dentists, but also in his knowledge of dental practice metrics and benchmarks. Art can look at a dentist’s statements and identify profit holes in their practice.  He is a frequent speaker at local, state and national Dental meetings and is a founding member of the Academy of Dental CPA’s as well as a member of the Dental Speaking and Consulting Network.  He is also the host of the popular podcast “The Art of Dental Finance and Management with Art Wiederman, CPA”