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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 1200 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 9th Board approved creating a High School Career Day video to promote the dental field as a whole! Here's the link: 

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Kk10wFBk5MXT4CeitvzzCSXKPrVFzz73/view?usp=drive_link

 

Please share it with any Principal or Guidance Counselor you may have a relationship with!

 

 

Come join your colleagues! 
ANNUAL MEETING 
Wednesday, November 18, 2026

Westchester Country Club
99 Biltmore Avenue - Rye, NY 10590

Young K. Kim, D.M.D., DMSc
Clinical Assistant Professor, NYU Dentistry, Dept. of Prosthodontics
Chair-Elect - Academy of Distinguished Educators 
Course Director - Post-Graduate Fixed Prosthodontics
Chief-Editor - NYU Implant Restorative 
Dr. Kim has no financial relationships relevant to this presentation to disclose.

 Craftsmanship-Driven Oral Rehabilitation: From Surgical Reconstruction to Computational Intelligence

 Course Objectives

This full-day program explores contemporary oral rehabilitation through the integration of prosthetic craftsmanship, surgical reconstruction, regenerative science, and emerging artificial intelligence. Part I focuses on diagnosis, treatment planning, and prosthetically driven strategies for complex full-arch rehabilitation. Part II addresses clinical execution, tissue architecture, biomechanics, provisionalization, and definitive reconstruction. Part III examines mechanotransductive regeneration, highlighting how mechanical forces, biologic signaling, and the local biomechanical environment influence bone regeneration and implant-related reconstruction. Part IV, Artificial Intelligence and Computational Surgical Intelligence: The Forthcoming AI Era and Its Impact on Clinical Practice, explores the evolution from digital dentistry to AI-enabled care, including deterministic algorithms, machine learning, robotics, and computational surgical intelligence. Through clinical cases, translational research, and emerging technologies, attendees will gain a framework for connecting craftsmanship, biomechanics, regenerative science, and computation in contemporary reconstructive dentistry.

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ONC Issues Guidance on Final Health Data Rule

Oct 29, 2026

Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)

On October 26, 2026, HHS finalized the Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: ONC Deregulatory Actions to Unleash Prosperity (HTI-5) Final Rule.  The rule reduces burden on health IT developers by streamlining the ONC Health IT Certification Program (Certification Program), removing and revising requirements to directly reduce compliance-related costs and support innovation in alignment with Executive Order 14192.

HTI-5 At a glance

  • Of the 60 certification criteria in the Certification Program, HTI-5 removes 14 and revises seven.  ONC retained and made no changes to the remaining 39 criteria, including the new and revised criteria adopted in the HTI-4 final rule.
  • The final rule makes conforming edits to the Assurances, Application Programming Interfaces, and Attestations Conditions and Maintenance of Certification requirements.
  • The Real World Testing Condition and Maintenance of Certification requirements are descoped through deregulatory actions related to real world testing plans, real world testing results, and the use of the Standards Version Advancement Process (SVAP).
  • The Insights Condition and Maintenance of Certification reporting requirements are reduced to align with the enforcement discretion ONC issued on April 29, 2025.
  • HTI-5 resets the Certification Program’s regulatory scope and establishes a foundation on which ONC may build additional FHIR®-based API requirements in future rulemaking.  The rule describes this approach as supporting emerging interoperability solutions that combine FHIR with newer standards, consistent with the Cures Act’s reference to successor technology and standards in the API Condition of Certification.

Certification criteria removed or revised

HTI-5 reduces or removes certain long-standing, functionality-oriented and document-based certification criteria—capabilities that are already well established in health IT products on the market or that impede innovation.

Certification criterion Reference Action Timing
Clinical decision support § 170.315(a)(9) Remove Effective date of final rule
Family health history § 170.315(a)(12) Remove Effective January 1, 2027
Transitions of care § 170.315(b)(1) Revise Effective January 1, 2030
Clinical information reconciliation and incorporation § 170.315(b)(2) Revise Effective date of final rule
Security tags – summary of care – send § 170.315(b)(7) Remove Effective date of final rule
Security tags – summary of care – receive § 170.315(b)(8) Remove Effective date of final rule
Care plan § 170.315(b)(9) Remove Effective date of final rule
Decision support interventions § 170.315(b)(11) Revise Effective date of final rule
Clinical quality measures — report § 170.315(c)(3) Revise Effective date of final rule
Clinical quality measures — filter § 170.315(c)(4) Remove Effective January 1, 2027
View, download, and transmit to 3rd party § 170.315(e)(1) Revise Effective date of final rule
Patient health information capture § 170.315(e)(3) Remove Effective January 1, 2027
Transmission to public health agencies — antimicrobial use and resistance reporting § 170.315(f)(6) Revise Effective date of final rule
Automated numerator recording § 170.315(g)(1) Remove Effective January 1, 2027
Automated measure calculation § 170.315(g)(2) Remove Effective January 1, 2027
Safety-enhanced design § 170.315(g)(3) Revise Effective date of final rule
Consolidated CDA creation performance § 170.315(g)(6) Remove Effective date of final rule
Application access — patient selection § 170.315(g)(7) Remove Effective January 1, 2027
Application access — all data request § 170.315(g)(9) Remove Effective January 1, 2027
Direct Project § 170.315(h)(1) Remove Effective date of final rule
Direct Project, Edge Protocol, and XDR/XDM § 170.315(h)(2) Remove Effective date of final rule

HTI-5 Final Rule Resources

For Certification Program upcoming deadlines and events, please visit the ONC Program Resources page.  To submit questions or comments to ONC please use our Inquiry Portal.

Around the Ninth District

Westchester & Greenwich Interdisciplinary Study Group

The Ninth District Dental Association is an ADA CERP-recognized provider approved by the New York State Dental Association. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by Boards of Dentistry. The Ninth District Dental Association designates this activity for _2.5_ Mandatory Continuing Education Credits. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider or to the commission for continuing education provider recognition at CCEPR.ADA.org. Dr. Novak has no financial relationships relevant to this presentation to disclose.
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Web & In-Person “CPR w/Defibrillator 2610"

New York State requires all dentists to maintain CPR certification. This course offers a 2-Year Certification. The Ninth District Dental Association is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider approved by the New York State Dental Association. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. The Ninth District Dental Association designates this activity for 4.5 NYS Mandated Training Requirements continuing education credits. The AHA Instructors have no financial relationships relevant to this presentation to disclose.
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Addendum to Child Abuse/Neglect Reporter Training

The Ninth District Dental Association is an ADA CERP-recognized provider approved by the New York State Dental Association. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by Boards of Dentistry. The Ninth District Dental Association designates this activity for 1 NYS Mandated Course Requirements Continuing Education Credit. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider or to the commission for continuing education provider recognition at CCEPR.ADA.org. Ms. Hoover has no financial relationships relevant to this presentation to disclose.
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Westchester Multidisciplinary Study Club

The Ninth District Dental Association is an ADA CERP-recognized provider approved by the New York State Dental Association. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by Boards of Dentistry. The Ninth District Dental Association designates this activity for _3_ Mandatory Continuing Education Credits. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider or to the commission for continuing education provider recognition at CCEPR.ADA.org. Dr. Rajan has no financial relationships relevant to this presentation to disclose.
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November 18, 2026 - Annual Meeting

The Ninth District Dental Association is an ADA CERP-recognized provider approved by the New York State Dental Association. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by Boards of Dentistry. The Ninth District Dental Association designates this activity for 7 Mandatory Continuing Education Credits. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider or to the commission for continuing education provider recognition at CCEPR.ADA.org. Dr. Kim has no financial relationships relevant to this presentation to disclose.
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