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The Texas Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (TAPD) is an organization of professionals with its primary focus on specialized oral healthcare for children through private practice, educational resources, research and community based programs.

09/29/2026

The Texas HHS Office of the Inspector General has flagged recurring billing issues tied to dental anesthesia, including prior authorization, medical necessity documentation, treatment for patients age six and under, and facility billing under G0330.

Staying compliant helps you avoid denials, recoupments, and prohibited billing to Medicaid patients. We recommend reviewing the full guidance with your front office and billing teams.

📎 Full OIG guidance here: https://oig.hhs.texas.gov/about-us/news/dental-anesthesia-billing-0

09/24/2026

⏰ Last call — registration closes TODAY.

If Dr. Thikkurissy's Fall Sedation CE has been sitting on your to-do list, this is the moment!

Eight hours with Dr. Bobby Thikkurissy, Professor and Robert Creedon Chief of Dentistry at Cincinnati Children's Hospital:

✔️ Where your liability actually sits when an anesthesia provider is in your operatory
✔️ Patient selection — who's a candidate, who isn't, and how to tell
✔️ Patients with special needs
✔️ The pediatric airway, and what birth history tells you before you sedate a child under 3
✔️ Decision-making and medications

📅 Friday, October 2 | 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
📍 Austin Central Library, 710 W. Cesar Chavez St.
🎟️ Members $450 | Non-Members $600 | Faculty/Staff $225 | Residents $25

REGISTER TODAY 👉 https://21582509.hs-sites.com/2026-fall-ce-course

09/18/2026

One week left!⏰

Dr. Bobby Thikkurissy is coming to Austin!

Professor and Robert Creedon Chief of Dentistry at Cincinnati Children's Hospital, teaching sedation at the national level since 2011, with a research career built around the exact questions you face in your practice: procedural sedation, children with special needs, and morbidity of pain in children.

Eight hours. Legislative issues and liability. Patient selection. Patients with special needs. The pediatric airway. Birth history and sedating children under 3. Decision-making and medications.

📅 Friday, October 2 | 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
📍 Austin Central Library, 710 W. Cesar Chavez St.
🎟️ Members $450 | Non-Members $600 | Faculty/Staff $225 | Residents $25

Registration closes Thursday, September 24 👉
https://21582509.hs-sites.com/2026-fall-ce-course

09/08/2026

Registration closes Thursday, September 24 — two weeks left to join us in Austin.

Dr. Bobby Thikkurissy returns to Texas for TAPD's 2026 Fall Sedation CE: Sealing the Swiss Cheese — Global Assessment and Mitigation of Risk in Procedural Sedation and In-Office General Anesthesia.

A full day on where risk actually lives in sedation and in-office GA: patient selection, liability when working with anesthesia providers, patients with special needs, airway development, and how birth history shapes sedation of the very young. It builds on May's virtual course, though attending that session isn't a prerequisite.

📅 Friday, October 2, 2026 | 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
📍 Austin Central Library, 710 W. Cesar Chavez St., Austin, TX 78701

Members $450 | Non-Members $600 | Faculty/Staff $225 | Residents $25

Program directors — this is a rare chance to get your residents in the room with one of the field's leading sedation educators.

Register: https://21582509.hs-sites.com/2026-fall-ce-course

09/07/2026

Happy Labor Day from TAPD! 🇺🇸

Today we celebrate the hard work and dedication of professionals everywhere — including the pediatric dentists and dental teams across Texas who show up every day for the children in their care.

Wishing our members and their families a safe and restful holiday weekend.

09/02/2026

We need your input to help shape what's next for TAPD! We just launched our 2026 Membership Survey, and we want to hear from you on CE topics, travel preferences, General Assembly format, and board involvement. Your feedback directly shapes our 2026-2027 plans.

Take the survey below! It only takes a few minutes!

➡ Take the Survey here: https://forms.gle/1BtaqriaokaVAxUq9

08/31/2026

Advocacy in action. 🤝

This weekend, Dr. Georgeanne McCandless, Dr. Rita Cammarata, and Dr. Adrien Theriot represented Texas pediatric dentistry at the ADA 15th Delegation Meeting. As the legislative and governing body of the ADA, the House of Delegates is the authority guiding the American Dental Association, speaking for the dental profession throughout the U.S. Having pediatric dentists at that table ensures the needs of our youngest patients are part of that conversation.

We are proud of these members for showing up at the national level on behalf of pediatric dentistry and Texas children!

07/24/2026

TAPD leaders representing Texas well at the ADA’s Council on Advocacy for Access and Prevention (CAAP) meeting this week! 🦷⭐️

Dr. Alex Otto, TAPD President, serves as the Texas 15th District representative on the Council, and Dr. Sara Ehsani, TAPD CE Chair, serves as the New Dentist Liaison.

We’re proud to see Texas—and pediatric dentistry—so well represented on a council dedicated to advancing access to oral healthcare and advocating for some of our country’s most vulnerable patient populations, including children, individuals with special healthcare needs, older adults, and underserved communities.

Way to represent Texas and pediatric dentistry, Dr. Otto and Dr. Ehsani! 👏

07/20/2026

The TAPD Summer Newsletter is in your inbox! 📬

Inside this issue:

📋 A message from President Dr. Alex Otto as she heads into her second year — reflecting on a busy first half of 2026 and sharing her goals for the year ahead!

🦷 Details on our Fall Sedation CE Course — "Sealing the Swiss Cheese" with Dr. Bobby Thikkurissy on October 2nd in Austin. 8 CE hours and satisfies Texas state sedation requirements!

📸 Member highlights from across the state — members at CE events, in the classroom, in their practices, and advocating for the children of Texas.

🎉 An introduction to our incoming 2026-2027 TAPD officers and board.

Not seeing it in your inbox? Reach out to us at [email protected] to make sure you're on our list!

07/10/2026

Hear directly from our Fall Sedation CE speaker, Dr. Bobby Thikkurissy👇

As in-office sedation and general anesthesia cases continue to rise nationally, Dr. Thikkurissy is bringing an essential 8-hour course to Austin that pediatric dentists and practice owners should not miss.

🗓 Friday, October 2, 2026
📍 Austin Central Library | Austin, Texas
⏰ 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
✅ Satisfies the Texas state CE requirement for sedation (8 hours)

"Sealing the Swiss Cheese: Global Assessment and Mitigation of Risk in Procedural Sedation and In-Office General Anesthesia" will blend sedation physiology and pharmacology with systems-based knowledge to help your team identify vulnerabilities, reduce adverse outcomes, and build a safety-focused mentality you can implement immediately.

Registration is open now!
https://21582509.hs-sites.com/2026-fall-ce-course

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Scottsdale, AZ
85250–85271

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http://www.tapd.org/

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