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ACPEF News, Annual Session News   October 29, 2026

Join Us at the Fall Educator's Conference at Annual Session!

At this year's Annual Session of the ACP, join us for a morning of collaboration, conversation, and continued excellence in prosthodontic education at our 2026 ACP Joint Educators Fall Conference, taking place Wednesday, Nov. 11. The event will include the following sessions:

JOINT MEETING:

• 8:00 a.m. CT - Welcome Remarks, given by Dr. Cynthia Petrie, Predoctoral Education Committee Chair, and Dr. Igor Pesun, Postdoctoral Education Committee Chair
• 8:15 a.m. CT – ACP Updates, given by Dr. Kenneth Kurtz, ACP President
• 8:45 a.m. CT – ABP: How the new exam format is going, presented by Dr. Geoffrey Thompson, ABP President
• 9:45 a.m. CT – Break and split to Pre and Postdoctoral sessions

PREDOCTORAL AGENDA:

• 10:00 a.m. CT – Digital Applications Designed for Preclinical and Clinical Denture Education, presented by Dr. Vivia Sequeira from the University of North Carolina
• 11:00 a.m. CT – A Multimodal Digital Approach for Modernizing Predoctoral RPD Education: 3D visualization, PLA surveying model, and AI enhanced instructions, presented by Dr. Himanshi Aggarwal from the University of Pittsburgh

POSTDOCTORAL AGENDA:

• • 10:30 a.m. CT – Program Highlight: Advanced Education in Prosthodontics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, presented by Dr. Diego M. Ardenghi and Dr. Chin-Chuan Fu from the University of Alabama at Birmingham
• • 11:00 a.m. CT – Prosthodontics Care Outcomes Assessments (PCOA), presented by Dr. Tanya Somohano-Marquez from Stony Brook University
• • 11:30 a.m. CT – National Prosthodontic Resident Examination: Outcomes, Insights, and the Path Forward, presented by Dr. Soni Prasad from the University of North Carolina

This event is exclusive to in-person attendance at Annual Session and will not be available on-demand post-event. If you plan to attend the event, please include it as part of your registration so we can ensure accurate counts for space and refreshments.

To register, please add 'Predoctoral Educators Conference' or 'Postdoctoral Educators Conference' to your Annual Session registration. Additionally, consider including a donation to the ACPEF in your registration by adding it on as you check out. 

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