If you’re a dental hygienist in your first 5 years of practice, this symposium was made for you. The ODHA New Professionals Symposium is a full-day, in-person experience designed by hygienists who know exactly what it’s like to be new, overwhelmed, and figuring things out chairside—often in real time.

This isn’t lecture-heavy, check-the-box CE. It’s 8.5 CEs across seven high-impact courses that tackle the stuff no one really teaches you in school: how to confidently handle perio referrals, stop calling everything a “cleaning,” manage your time without burning out, connect with patients who resist care, chart legally and defensibly, and quiet that imposter voice that tells you you’re “not ready yet.”

Held at Chemeketa College in Salem, Oregon, this one-day symposium includes breakfast, lunch, and built-in networking with hygienists who get it—no awkward small talk required. You’ll leave with practical tools you can use the very next day, renewed confidence in your clinical judgment, and connections that actually matter.

You’ll dive into:

• Navigating Perio Referrals

• Dental Hygiene Treatment Planning: There Is No “Cleaning” Code—Here’s Why It Matters

• Confident by Design: Tough Conversations & Periodontal Advocacy

• Chairside Manner: Shameless Dentistry & Motivating Patients

• Clocked In & In Control: Time Management That Actually Works

• Understanding Imposter Syndrome in Dental Hygiene

• Dental Charting: Legality, Accuracy & Protecting Your License

Whether you’re early in your career—or just ready for CE that finally feels relevant—this is the event you don’t want to hear about after it sells out.

To view course descriptions, learning outcomes, presenter bios, or to just register, click here!