QA Course - February 10-11, 2026
Dental quality assurance consultants play a crucial role in upholding the excellence and integrity of dental practices. Through meticulous assessments, expert guidance, and continuous improvement initiatives, QA consultants strive to ensure that patients receive the highest quality dental care while supporting the success and growth of dental practices in California. The primary responsibility of a dental quality assurance consultant is to assess and evaluate the quality of care delivered by dental practices through comprehensive onsite reviews of dental records and procedures.
About
The CADP Quality Assurance (QA) course is designed to educate dentists and related personnel in the process of evaluating the quality of care of a dental practice by performing an onsite review of dental records and procedures. The course is typically offered as an initial and re-certification course two times a year. All courses are two days in length and provide at least 19.5 hours of Continuing Education recognized by the Dental Board of California. The course has been approved by the Dental Board of California as a provider for the mandatory course in Infection Control and The Dental Practice Act. These two courses are included in the total hours of continuing education but have separate course numbers. Certificates for either Certified or Procedural Consultants are awarded to those who successfully complete the course and satisfy credentialing requirements. The consultant certification is for a two-year period.
Materials:
The course syllabus is a PDF book which includes:
- History of quality assessment and assurance
- Definitions
- Explanation of Structure-Process-Outcome analysis
- Ethics
- Informed Consent
- Step-by-step explanation of the data gathering and evaluation process
- Related articles on quality assessment and quality assurance
- Standards as they exist on radiology, emergency preparedness and sterilization
There is an additional PDF publication distributed electronically and used as a part of this course:
- Summary of Infection Prevention Practices in Dental Settings*
- Infection Prevention Checklist for Dental Settings
- Guidelines for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities
- Case studies, designed to stimulate interactive discussion on the evaluation process. Components include:
- Facility evaluation
- Emergency preparedness
- Adequacy of medical history
- Adequacy of collected interpretive data
- Adequacy and appropriateness of diagnosis and treatment planning
- Adequacy of appropriateness of Treatment
- Evaluation of outcomes
- Evidence-Based dentistry
- Specific required and California-State-approved content regarding infection control and dental practice act including legal situational analysis
Tests on each of the case studies and the Facility case study are given, scored and evaluated as to a minimum standard. A final 50 question multiple question examination is given at the conclusion of the course and evaluated as to a minimum standard. Course content is updated annually.
*The Infection Control course satisfies the mandatory course for license renewal. Please note this course is not intended to or can be substituted to satisfy the 8-hour Infection Control course requirement for State of California new RDA License.
Registration Options
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Registration Options
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Early CADP Member Rate
Registration Ends 11/18/25 at 1:00 AM PST
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19.50 (Continuing Education) | $905.00 |
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Early - Non Member Rate
Registration Ends 11/18/25 at 1:00 AM PST
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19.50 (Continuing Education) | $1,115.00 |
Course Hotel
Feb. 10-11, 2026
Hilton Orange County Costa Mesa
3050 Bristol Street
$205.36 per night + price includes 3.20% mandatory charge per stay, but excludes tax
Deadline to book under room block rate is 1/12/26
Schedule:
Meals Included: The course includes a lunch and an afternoon break on Feb 10 and a light breakfast and lunch on Feb. 11.
Attire: Business casual. Bring a sweater or jacket as meeting rooms may be cold.
A LAPTOP OR TABLET TO VIEW PDF FILES DURING THE COURSE IS REQUIRED.
If a registrant needs to cancel, notifications must be received by CADP at education@cadp.org by 5:00 pm PT on November 17, 2025 to be eligible for a refund of the registration rate minus a $75 processing fee. Cancellations received between November 18
If we need to cancel the QA Course, CADP will notify registrants as soon as feasible.
There are two categories of consultants being certified by CADP.
The Procedural QA Consultant is a non-dentist. This classification requires:
- A minimum of three years in the dental field (auxiliary, dental assistant, registered dental assistant, licensed dental hygienist, dental office staff, or insurance industry.)
The Certified QA Consultant is a dentist. This classification requires:
- Current valid license to practice dentistry in the United States, without encumbrances.
- Minimum three years experience in the dental field after graduation from dental school, with a statement of clinical practice experience.
- Minimum one-year experience in the insurance industry (auditor, consultant, plan staff, etc.)
A certificate of course completion (only) is awarded to those attendees who do not meet the basic requirements for certification. The course completion certificate acknowledges the ability to perform a quality assurance assessment, however, the licensure, clinical, or insurance requirements for credentialing have not been satisfied. Persons holding this certificate are encouraged to pursue positions, which allow the deficiencies to be corrected.
CADP requests that all QA Assessments intended for use in the shared assessment project are performed by CADP Certified QA Consultants only. This request validates the principles of the shared assessment by assuring that all consultants have met minimum requirements.
Course Hotel
Feb. 10-11, 2026
Hilton Orange County Costa Mesa
3050 Bristol Street
$205.36 per night + price includes 3.20% mandatory charge per stay, but excludes tax
Deadline to book under room block rate is 1/12/26