Membership Benefits

Surgical Consent Forms are a Member Benefits and include: Osseous Surgery, Soft tissue grafting, GBR Surgery, I.V. Sedation, Dental Implants, Block Bone Grafting and Surgeries involving Bisphosphonate medications. Other benefits are outlined below.

Access these 15 CSP benefits today!!!

You get important information you won’t find elsewhere. CSP brings you guidance you can trust to help you make smart practice decisions about legislative, regulatory, practice development, and national issues that affect your periodontal practice here in California via the Periodontal Advocate.

1. The President’s Address discusses pressing issues affecting periodontal practices in California. It also provides information as to activities within CSP and the AAP.
2. Periodontal Advocate reports quarterly on current legislation and issues that affect you the most.
3. The Regulatory Watch provides detailed information regarding legislative and dental board actions that will influence your practice in the near future.
4. The CSP web site, www.calperio.org, gives you instant information and member benefit updates.
   
   You know that CSP is standing up for your rights. Whether it is with the Dental Board of California (DBC), the Legislature, the CDA, CalOSHA, or EPA, CSP represents member interests:
5. CSP actively monitors DBC meeting to assure your “voice” is heard and your rights are protected.
6. An active goal of CSP is to develop representation of periodontal interests on DBC.
7. Several CSP members serve on various CDA leadership groups. Furthermore, CSP encourages its members to participate in CDA leadership so more can represent periodontal interests.
8. We have represented California periodontal interests with both the CDA and other regulatory agencies (CalOHSA & EPA) to assure practice regulations are reasonable.
   
   You can enjoy the advantages of CSP conscious sedation advocacy program. We provide:
9. CSP represented periodontal interest in the 2003 Blue Ribbon panel report on sedation to Dental Board of California.
   CSP is working with DBC and CalAMOS to have CS site examination be performed by practicing periodontists.
10. CSP continues to provide quality and relevant sedation and medical emergency continue education courses for its members.
11. CSP worked with CDA and CalAMOS to provide its membership with the latest information about the allograft recall incident.
    
    CSP is your main advocate for California periodontists to be the “gate keepers” for periodontal care.
12. CSP has testified before accreditation commissions and DBC on issues such as dental licensing process, scope of practice issues, appropriate use for the dental laser in periodontal procedures, and efficacy of periodontal therapy.
13. CSP has provided a media spokesperson on periodontal issues that are of public interest.
    
    CSP is your association where you and your colleagues can meet and share ideas to help your practice continue to grow.
14. CSP's Annual Meeting remains an important event where we can network, learn new information and share ideas.
15. Fellowship remains the strength in our small profession. This is the medium by which we exchange ideas about practice and life beliefs.

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