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2025 Ninth District President

Dr. Renuka Bijoor

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Welcome to the Ninth District Dental Association

The Ninth District Dental Society was formed in 1909 and renamed to the Ninth District Dental Association in 2002. We have a membership of over 1500 dentists in 5 counties: Westchester, Rockland, Dutchess, Orange and Putnam.

In its quest to serve both the public and the profession, the Ninth District embodies the highest ideals.

The mission of the 9th District Dental Association is to serve and support its members and the public by improving the oral health of our community through Advocacy, Continuing Education and Camaraderie.



The Ninth District Dental Association, in Partnership with the New York State Dental Foundation (NYSDF), will be hosting an

Oral Health Screening Event 
with the Hudson Valley Renegades and
Sponsored by Henry Schein Cares Foundation

September 5, 2025
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

 

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Don't Miss the 9th District Dental Association's General Meeting
Wednesday, September 17, 2025

The Westchester Manor
140 Saw Mill River Road
      Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
 

Register

Mahnaz Fatahzadeh, D.M.D., M.S.D.
Completed her Oral Medicine fellowship and MSD degree at the Rutgers School of Dental Medicine where she holds a faculty appointment as a professor of Oral Medicine and as an attending at the University hospital. Dr. Fatahzadeh is a diplomat of American Board of Oral Medicine and director of pre and post-doctoral oral medicine training and Oral Mucosal Diseases Clinic at the Rutgers School of Dental Medicine.

"Orofacial Manifestations of Systemic Diseases"

Course Objectives

Oral cavity is readily accessible for inspection and a gateway for assessment of general health. In fact, many systemic conditions affecting organs far from the head and neck region could manifest in the orofacial region, sometimes prior to their diagnosis. Abnormalities detected in the orofacial region may also represent complications related to medical therapy or raise concerns about substance abuse. This program provides illustrative examples of orofacial findings associated with diagnosed or subjectively silent systemic disease, medical therapy and substance abuse. Relevant signs, symptoms, and diagnostics are reviewed and the potential role of oral health care providers in recognition, referral, follow-up and overall management is emphasized.

Meeting Exhibitors (so far):  (company names are links to their websites)

 After Hours Cleaning

Altfest Personal Wealth Management

BonaDent Dental Labs

DDSMatch

Epstein Practice Brokerage

Garfield Refining Company

General Refining

Komet

M&T Bank

MLMIC Insurance Company

Orion Dental Solutions

Singular Anesthesia Services


Latest News Around the Tripartite

HHS OIG Issues Three Reports on Hospitals

Jul 29, 2025

Per the notice below, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued three reports on hospitals and patient safety issues.

Hospitals Did Not Capture Half of Patient Harm Events, Limiting Information Needed to Make Care Safer (OEI-06-18-00401)

In 2022, OIG published a report determining that 25 percent of Medicare enrollees hospitalized in October 2018 experienced patient harm during their hospital stays.  In this new report, OIG traced the harm events that we identified in 2022 to examine whether hospitals captured those events in their own incident reporting or other surveillance systems and to understand what actions they took in response.  Hospitals did not capture half of patient harm events that occurred among hospitalized Medicare patients.  Of the patient harm events that hospitals captured, few were investigated, and even fewer led to hospitals making improvements for patient safety.

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Hospitals Reported Few Captured Patient Harm Events to CMS and States
(OEI-06-18-00402)

This is a companion report to Hospitals Did Not Capture Half of Patient Harm Events, Limiting Information to Make Care Safer.  This memorandum report provided to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) raises concerns that hospitals are not consistently following reporting requirements intended to monitor patient safety.  We determined that hospitals nationwide identified and captured in their incident reporting (or other surveillance systems) 94 harm events experienced by Medicare patients with stays ending in October 2018.  Per CMS and State requirements, hospitals were obligated to report 15 (16 percent) of the harm events to external entities.  Yet, in our sample, hospitals reported only five events.

Read the Full Memorandum Report

CMS Should Take Additional Actions To Help Hospitals Prepare for a Future Emerging Infectious Disease Outbreak
 (A-02-22-01019)

OIG released an audit building upon prior work to assess the operating effectiveness of CMS controls related to emerging infectious disease outbreaks.  OIG identified gaps in CMS controls that could negatively affect hospital preparedness during a future event with a scope and duration similar to that of the COVID-19 pandemic.  The audit found CMS’ oversight of hospital surveyors did not ensure that surveyors were trained to cover key planning areas for an emerging infectious disease outbreak.

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