Webinar CE Series
PCDS is excited to announce a brand-new Webinar CE Series in partnership with attorney Evan Sampson of Post & Schell, P.C. This free, three-part series will cover important and timely topics for dental professionals, including Ethics, Fraud, Waste & Abuse, and a live Q&A focused on common legal issues in dentistry. Participants may register for the full series or select individual courses based on their interests and needs. All CE credits are provided through PACE/AGD and count toward Fellowship, Mastership, and other professional program. *Please note that while these credits support professional advancement, they cannot be used to satisfy State Board CE requirements for license renewal. Please view all courses below and register today!
Thursday, June 10, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
Course Title: Ethics for the Practice of Dentistry
AGD Course Code: 555 (Ethics in Dentistry)
Course Description: This course will serve as an introduction into key ethical principles and standards of conduct that govern the practice of dentistry. The course will be structured around the American Dental Association Principles of Ethics and Code of Professional Conduct, and discuss in detail the topics of patient autonomy, nommaleficence, beneficence, fairness and truthfulness. The course will also discuss the interactions between the ADA Code of Ethics with laws that apply to the practice of dentistry. The course is designed to offer dentists and their staff common ethical quandaries that they may face, and tools to help resolve these problematic situations.
Course Objectives: Upon the completion of this course, the dental professional should be able to:
- Understand key concepts associated with informed consent and patient confidentiality.
- Recognize common ethical and legal issues concerning the supervision of hygienists and dental assistants.
- Recognize common ethical and legal issues concerning the termination of the doctor-patient relationship.
- Understand laws prohibiting discrimination and mandating reporting of misconduct or impairment on the part of other dentists.
Thursday, September 10, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
Course Title: Fraud, Waste, and Abuse - What They Don't Teach You in Dental School
AGD Course Code: 565 (Documentation and Risk Management)
Course Description: Federal and state laws significantly impact dental practices by ensuring accurate billing practices, ethical marketing efforts, and compliant business structures. Failure to abide by these laws can result in fines, disciplinary actions, civil lawsuits, and even criminal sanctions. This course will use real world case studies to offer dentists and their staff tools to protect their practice, patients, and professional licenses from legal and financial risks associated with applicable fraud, waste, and abuse laws.
Course Objections: Upon the completion of this course, the dental professional should be able to:
- Understand some of the key laws and legal concepts that exist at the federal and state levels that govern billing and marketing laws, as well as unlawful business relationships.
- Recognize scenarios that place the dental professional's risk of violating the law.
- Implement practices that mitigate the dental professional's risk from violating applicable laws.
Thursday, October 15, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
Course Title: Drilling Down on the Law - A Moderated Discussion on Common Legal Issues in the Practice of Dentistry
AGD Course Code: 550 (Practice Management and Human Relations)
Course Description: A moderated discussion with two Pennsylvania Barred Attorneys focusing on common legal and regulatory issues that face dental offices. The speakers will use their experience of representing dental and other healthcare practices to educate participants on the legal challenges that dental practices face on a regular basis. The course will address a broad variety of topics, such as patient privacy, federal and state employment laws, ethical challenges and payor reimbursement issues. The discussion will also focus on best practices that can be implemented at any dental practice to mitigate the common legal risks discussed during the course.
Course Objectives: Upon the completion of this course, the dental professional should be able to:
- Understand key concepts associated with informed consent and patient confidentiality.
- Appreciate legal issues that emerge in on-boarding associate dentists, such as the enforceability of restrictive covenants and the distinction between employees and independent contractors.
- Implement best practices for employee onboarding, discipline, and termination.
- Understand risk areas underlying billing and marketing efforts.
- Implement risk mitigation efforts, such as appropriate insurance policies and effective compliance programs.
