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This Florida-based company will drop ship supplies directly to your address.

Gown Laundry Service
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Many of you have asked, and we have an answer: Dentists indeed are eligible for both the Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) and Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans offered by the Small Business Administration (SBA).

Late last week the Small Business Administration issued an interim rule that lacked clarity regarding the ability of small business entities, including many dental practices, to apply for and utilize both the EIDL and PPP loans.

ADA staff immediately reached out to SBA and the Department of Treasury, as well as our friends on Capitol Hill, to express our concerns. Since we did not receive a satisfactory response from SBA and Treasury, we then sent out a call to action through our grassroots system requesting that our dentist members contact Treasury and SBA to voice our concerns. Those messages were also sent to our Congressional representatives, many of whom called ADA staff personally to express support for our efforts.

Thank you to those who heeded that call to action. I greatly appreciate you taking the time to do that.

As a result of these efforts, we are happy to report that our ADA Washington Office received a call this morning from the Small Business Administration indicating that eligible entities can apply for and receive both the EIDL loan and PPP loan regardless of when the entity received their EIDL loan dollars. We expect written confirmation to follow.

For those of you who responded so quickly by sending an email to your Congressional representatives, you may click here to send them a note of thanks for taking our weekend request into consideration.

Through our collective efforts, we were able to achieve the best outcome for our profession. Please know that the ADA will continue to advocate for our dentist members and their patients so that we can get through these tough times.

Stay well,

Chad P. Gehani, DDS
President

REGISTER NOW

March 8 – 10, 2019
2019 Annual Meeting
Belmond Charleston Place Hotel
Charleston, SC

COST

$295 Members of SCSOMS (covers 2 breakfasts, 2 breaks, 2 receptions, 1 lunch & Speaker expenses)

$75 Spouses/ Guests (covers 2 receptions)

HOTEL (Room block closed)

Group Rate is $360/night + taxes & fees

Reserve a room online

Rooms can also be booked directly with the Reservations Office by calling 8008313490 or via email at groupres.cph@belmond.com

(Mention SC Society of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons to receive group rate)

SCHEDULE

FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 2019

6:00 – 7:00pm

Welcome Reception  * Dinner on your own*

 

SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 2019

7:15 – 8:00am	Breakfast, Registration & Exhibits
8:00 – 9:00am	Digital Implant Planning and Execution: From Simple to Complex Mark Ludlow, DMD Assistant Professor Director, Division of Implant Dentistry Medical University of South Carolina
9:00 – 10:00am	State of the Art in Maxillofacial Reconstruction Baber Khatib, DDS, MD Assistant Professor Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Medical University of South Carolina
10:00 – 10:30am	Break/Visit Exhibits
10:30 -11:00am	Intraoperative Maxillofacial Navigation: Indications and Techniques Kinon Lecholop, DMD Assistant Professor and Residency Program Director Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
11:00am – 12:00pm	Secondary or Late Correction of Maxillofacial Traumatic Injuries Alex Crisp, DMD Chief Resident Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Medical University of South Carolina Caleb Schadel, DDS Chief Resident Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Medical University of South Carolina
12:00 – 2:00pm	Lunch & Business Session
6:00 – 7:00pm	Reception *Dinner on your own*
	Saturday’s program entitles you to 3.5 hours of Continuing Education Credit

 

SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 2019

7:15 – 8:00am	Breakfast, Registration & Exhibits
8:00 – 10:00am	OMSNIC Presentation – Patient Safety and Risk Management for the Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon Marty Steed, DDS
10:00 – 10:30am	Break/Visit Exhibits
10:30am – 12:30pm	OMSNIC Presentation Continues
12:30pm	Adjourn
	Sunday’s program entitles you to 4 hours of Continuing Education Credit. (OMSNIC will send certificates to those attending on Sunday)