Learn Online with the MDS
The MDS offers a variety of online courses. With these online offerings, you earn continuing education (CE) credits, either to fulfill licensure requirements or to satisfy personal interests. Enrichment webinars are also available for no CE credits.
When appropriate, the MDS partners with leading industry experts to help present topics.
Yankee Study Club
The Yankee Study Club is a powerful digital learning experience reimagining how dental professionals connect, grow, and thrive in today’s dental landscape! Clinical, evidence-based programs are developed by professionals within each discipline. Attendees will also have access to the speakers to ask questions and share cases (following HIPAA guidance) throughout the sessions.
CE Hours Per Course: 2
CE Type: Webinar Live
Wednesdays 6:30 – 8:30 PM
Please Note: Sessions 1–8 will be available on-demand until January 1, 2027. To receive CE credit, you must log in and watch the content individually for at least 50 minutes per CE hour. CE credit will not be awarded to those watching as a group.
See CoursesYankee University
Yankee University is an on-demand webinar series featuring courses from the New England Member Spotlight and Rising Star Speaker Series at the Yankee Dental Congress. New webinars are released monthly from April through October and are complimentary for MDS members. These webinars remain available on demand through April 7, 2027.
Session 1, Released April 16, 2026—“Oh No!” Managing and Preventing Prosthetic Complications, Speaker Bright Chang, DMD
RegisterSession 2, Released May 7, 2026—“Sole (Practitioner)” Confessions of a Small-Town Dentist, Speaker Yvette Glina, DDS
RegisterSession 3, Released June 11, 2026—Optimizing Workflow Pathways for Full-Arch Implants, Speaker Jie Sun, DMD
RegisterSession 4, Released August 13, 2026—When an Infection Walks In Your Office (and Ruins Your Day!), Speaker Christopher Blount, DDS
RegisterSession 5, Released August 13, 2026—Parts, Chemistry & Compatibility in Dental Hygiene, Speaker Lynn Pencek, RDH
RegisterSession 6, Released October 8, 2026—Art Meets Technology: Digital Esthetics in Modern Dentistry, Speaker Volodymyr Kachmar, DMD
RegisterPlease note: To receive CE credit, you must log in and watch the content individually for at least 50 minutes per CE hour. CE credit will not be awarded to those watching as a group.
Other CE & Non-CE Courses
The Massachusetts Dental Society offers courses for continuing education credit that help fulfill your licensure requirements. There are also professional enrichment webinars sometimes offered for no continuing education credit.
CE Webinars
Pharmacologic Management of Acute Dental Pain (Available April 1, 2026—March 31, 2028)
RegisterPlease note: To receive CE credit, you must log in and watch the content individually for at least 50 minutes per CE hour. CE credit will not be awarded to those watching as a group.
Upcoming Non-CE Webinars
At this time, no professional enrichment courses are being offered.
*All webinar topics and availability dates are subject to change.
The Massachusetts Dental Society is an ADA CERP-recognized provider. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association (ADA) 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. Concerns or complaints about a continuing education (CE) provider may be directed to the provider or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition at ADA.org/CERP.
