Dear Colleagues,

I am proud to be writing you this year's opening letter after a very successful past year. We are entering our 104th year as a dental society and continue to maintain our reputation for our quality programs and social gatherings.

Membership is at an all time high, and our society's sponsorship from dental product and service companies continues to increase yearly. I am happy to say that all of this growth translates into the ability to bring internationally renowned speakers to our region and hold social events at discounted rates for our members.

The casual social events that we hold throughout the year are perhaps one of the most important attractions of our society. These evening "Dine Arounds" are head at the most exclusive restaurants that the city of Philadelphia and it's suburbs has to offer. We hope you can attend these events.

Our exclusive board has been hard at work throughout the spring and summer planning this year's speakers and events. I thank them for their hard work and dedication, while at the same time running busy dental practices.

Last year's social event was such a huge success that we have tried to top it this year. We decided to step it up a notch, and hope you will attend with your spouse, staff, and friends.

By navigating to our "Events" page, you will find our society's schedule of events for the 2011-2012 academic calendar. A membership form is also available to download from our "Contact" page of this website. We also encourge you to let us know what speakers and topics you would like the Eastern Dental Society to present, so we can continue to bring you quality education.

All of us at the Eastern Dental Society are very excited for this upcoming academic year. We hope you'll join us to make it a great year for our society and the entire dental community in the great Philadelphia region.

Looking forward to a great year!
Regards,
Michael B. Salin, D.M.D.