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Welcome to the Chicago Dental Society

We've been keeping Chicago smiling for more than 150 years.

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Keep your skills and knowledge fresh at CDS Regional Meetings. Top speakers in the profession will present on clinical and practice management topics both in-person and in webinar formats.

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Feb. 20 - 22, 2025

2025 Midwinter Meeting

Save the date for our premier continuing education and an Exhibit Hall featuring the latest dental innovations. Registration begins Nov. 1.

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Dental News

July 1, 2024

Early Career & New Dentist Networking Reception

We invite early career dentists in practice for 10 years or less to gather with your fellow members atop one of Chicago’s scenic downtown rooftops for our annual networking reception.
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June 17, 2024

Chicago’s paid leave ordinance effective July 1

Dental offices operating in Chicago will need to start following the city’s new paid leave rules on July 1 that require five days of sick leave and five days of personal leave for all workers who put in at least 80 hours in a 120-day period...
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May 7, 2024

IFDPR has opened license renewal portal

The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation has opened the license renewal portal for dentists and dental hygienists. The deadline for online license renewal is Sept. 30.
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March 6, 2024

CDS introduces new meeting venues

Two new venues will be used for Regional Meetings in 2024.
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