DDDS April 7, 2026 Treating Special Needs Patients Zoom or In-Person

Treating Patients with Special Needs & Disabilities - First Steps for bringing these patients into your dental facility by DDDS

Treating Patients with Special Needs or Disabilities Zoom Webinar or In-person Meeting by the Detroit District Dental Society

April 7, 2026
Sponsors Great Expressions and Delta Dental Foundation

Many of us do not know what it is like to be blind, hearing impaired, live with autism, navigate daily life in a wheelchair, and many other challenges faced by some on a daily basis. There are many patients who have special needs, challenges, disabilities. Many dentists and their staff have no personal experience with direct interaction with individuals who require extra help to deal with the physical and mental challenges for an effective dental appointment. If you're assisting or working with someone with additional needs, learning to effectively provide assistance is extremely beneficial to the individual, and offers huge benefits to workplace/interpersonal dynamics of you and your staff. This presentation is to be an introduction to your facility to explore treating more patients with special needs, bring you more resources, and/or expand your current services to this population. It is the full dental team who can learn from this presentation, and make suggestions, simple office accommodations, where to find facts sheets and more resources, and how to improve the patient experience.

Free CE to all dental professionals 2 CE

Joint program sponsored by the Detroit District Dental Society and Great Expressions.

Choice of in-person for this meeting or participation via Zoom

Two Meeting Methods
1. ZOOM - This meeting is a Zoom Webinar that is free to all dental professionals. Please register for the zoom meeting.
Educational Program 7:00pm - 9:00pm (Sign in between 6:50pm and 7:00pm)
2. Live In-person Meeting - The panel of speakers will be together live and in-person at the dental training center for Great Expressions, 29777 Telegraph Rd, Suite 3000 Southfield, MI 48034. You are welcome to join the audience there. Please register for the live meeting.

Live Meeting
Registration 6:00pm - light dinner
Educational Program 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Address Great Expressions Dental Training Center, 29777 Telegraph Rd, Suite 3000 Southfield, MI 48034

Zoom Meeting
6:50pm - 7:00pm Sign-in Zoom online
Educational Program 7:00pm - 9:00pm
CE will be sent based on post-program online evaluation

Sponsor Delta Dental Foundation