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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 9^th 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

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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

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AHRQ Issues CDSiC Newsletter

Sep 12, 2025

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has issued its Clinical Decision Support Innovation Collaborative (CDSiC) newsletter.

Issue Number 33 | September 12, 2025

As the AHRQ CDSiC draws to a close in September 2025, we celebrate four years of innovation, partnership, and impact—work that has shaped the landscape of patient-centered clinical decision support (PC CDS) and will help to empower patients for years to come. Below, we share some of the project's final resources, featuring the AHRQ CDSiC's findings on critical PC CDS topics: measurement, standardization, and effective implementation.
Stay tuned for a follow-up newsletter that will share an overview of the cutting-edge work that's been completed by the AHRQ CDSiC since its launch and highlight ways to access our work moving forward.

Table of Contents:

New Report Shares Survey Questions for Measuring Patient Experience with PC CDS

Despite the strong link between patient experience and healthcare quality, few existing measures capture patients' experiences with PC CDS. There is also no nationally representative survey data related to the use of PC CDS, limiting the understanding of the current state of PC CDS in the U.S. To help address these challenges, the AHRQ CDSiC created a new report that identifies key domains which can be used to measure patient experience with PC CDS and provides a bank of 41 patient-informed survey questions that support measurement in this key area. The survey questions include:

Screening questions that help to understand the respondent's use of PC CDS

Questions that probe patient experience with PC CDS, corresponding to high-priority domains such as self-management support and shared decision making

Questions on patients' willingness to try PC CDS or artificial intelligence-supported healthcare tools in the future

Access the report here!

Resource Shares Approaches to Standardizing PC CDS Override Reasons

Override reasons are provided by clinicians, patients, or caregivers when declining PC CDS recommendations. While this data provides insights that can be used to improve PC CDS functionality, override reasons often vary in the terminology used across systems, limiting its analysis. The AHRQ CDSiC previously explored this important topic through the development of a Taxonomy of Override Reasons. It has now built upon this foundational work to further support the standardization of PC CDS override reasons. In a new report, the AHRQ CDSiC presents example override reasons to improve consistency across PC CDS and explores strategies to advance the implementation of the taxonomy in PC CDS systems. The report also highlights five directions for future efforts to improve the override taxonomy and facilitate its implementation. Access this resource here!

AHRQ CDSiC Report Provides Guidance for Implementing Text Message-Facilitated PC CDS

Text message-facilitated PC CDS holds promise as an efficient, cost-effective way to reach patients across a range of clinical interactions. To advance this cutting-edge method of engaging patients in decision making, the AHRQ CDSiC produced a report that shares practical guidance for its implementation. The report highlights promising practices that PC CDS implementers and healthcare organizations can adopt to further encourage patient engagement, from involving patients in co-design to supporting bidirectional communication with patients. By leveraging the strategies included in the report, stakeholders can encourage organizational and system-wide shifts to create supportive environments that can facilitate the scaling of text message-facilitated PC CDS. Read the full report here!

AHRQ CDSiC Report Offers Strategies for Reducing Respondent Burden in PC CDS Data Collection

PC CDS tools can be used to collect data from patients and provide timely information that informs healthcare decision making. Yet collecting patient-provided data can create burdens for respondents, which may lead to decreased response rates, reduced data accuracy, and a negative impact on the patient-clinician relationship. As these digital health technologies evolve, it is essential to design data collection methods that are practical, patient-centered, and sustainable. The AHRQ CDSiC has produced a report that explores this critical topic in depth. The report identifies 13 contributors to and 16 mitigation strategies for respondent burden related to patient-facing PC CDS. Multiple stakeholders, from PC CDS developers to clinicians, can use this report to reduce patient burden when collecting data via digital tools by applying mitigation strategies and designing sustainable, patient-centered approaches. Read the full report here!

The Clinical Decision Support Innovation Collaborative (CDSiC) is a community of broad, diverse stakeholders at the forefront of using technology to better support care teams, patients, and caregivers. The CDSiC is working toward healthcare decisions that are driven by both patient-centered and patient-specific information and that align with patient needs, preferences, and values. The CDSiC is funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) as part of a multi-component initiative to help advance patient-centered outcomes research into practice through CDS. For any inquiries regarding the CDSiC you may contact the project team at CDSiC@norc.org.

Learn more about CDSiC