PR re: Upcoming Dental Event in Salem, Oregon
Just sent this out yesterday to local Oregon press…Check it out:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 23, 2009
Contact: Jerry A Jones – jerry@wvdas.com
Willamette Valley Dental Assisting School
Locally-Owned Career School Sponsors
National Speakers and Trainers
at Continuing Education Event in Salem.
(Salem, OR) – Willamette Valley Dental Assisting School (WVDAS), a leader in private career school education for Dental Assistants in the mid-Willamette Valley, is sponsoring a Dental continuing education event in Salem on December 3rd and 4th.
Dentists and their employees and team members from around Oregon, dental industry experts and continuing education providers are gathering at Salem’s Red Lion Inn next week for the first-ever Mid-Valley Dental Meeting.
Oregon’s own Dr. Mark Montgomery, Dr. Howard Farran, (Phoenix, AZ), Dr. Lloyd Tilt, (Ogden, UT) and Cindy McKane-Wagester, RDH, MBA (Maryland) are all scheduled to present information and education to dentists from all over Oregon.
WVDAS is organizing the event with the help of several sponsors, many locally-owned businesses and employers, including Umpqua Bank, CareCredit, Salem’s First Pacific Corporation, Albany’s CariFree (OralBioTech), Henry Schein Dental, Millenium Dental Technologies, Salem’s EMC Dental Marketing and others.
Jerry A. Jones, the founder of WVDAS, said, “Willamette Valley Dental Assisting School is proud to be able to bring high-quality dental educators and trainers to Salem. It’s really great to have speakers travel here to our capitol city so area Dentists and their employees can take advantage of opportunities normally associated with larger seminars offered in areas like New York City, Portland, Seattle and Los Angeles.
“We’re excited to be part of it and we’re also excited we’ve had such great support from local businesses associated with the dental industry. Plus, our Dental Assisting students and graduates are getting first-rate continuing education opportunities they might not otherwise be exposed to, really giving them a unique advantage in finding and keeping positions in dental assisting they’ve trained so hard for.”
WVDAS operates a hands-on, accelerated 14-week training program certifying graduates in Dental Assisting. WVDAS has graduated over 70 students so far in its over 2 years of operation; many of whom are now working in dental offices around the state and in Washington. Students are encouraged to begin internships immediately following enrollment and admission, which many times, lead to employment upon conclusion of WVDAS’ intense 14-week course.
To learn more about the first-ever Mid-Valley Dental Meeting on December 3rd and 4th, contact Jerry Jones or Melody Pilan at 503-339-6000.