Wellness Retreat
Cultivating Wellness: The Keys to Personal Joy and Professional Success
Saturday, January 24, 2026
8:30 AM – 3:00 PM
Up to 4 CE Credits
OCDS Member Dentists & Dental Students Free
Non-OCDS Member Dentists & Staff $10
MESA BELLA
10252 SUNRISE LN
NORTH TUSTIN, CA 92705
Carpooling is Highly Encouraged
Eric Johnson, DDS, D. ED
Thriving Behind the Mask: Proven Strategies to Restore Balance, Boost Engagement, and Elevate Your Practice
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM; 1 CE Credit
Identify early indicators of burnout specific to dental professionals and differentiate these signs from routine fatigue.
- Apply the Job Demands–Resources (JD–R) model to assess individual and organizational stressors within a dental practice.
- Integrate evidence-based wellness practices to improve daily energy regulation, emotional balance, and physiological recovery.
- Enhance team engagement by strengthening communication, clarifying role expectations, and fostering supportive leadership behaviors.
- Develop and implement a 30-day personal and practice action plan designed to improve well-being, engagement, and overall practice performance.
Desiree Yazdan, DDS
Pillars of a Thriving Practice: Case Acceptance, Social Media Marketing, and Managing Stress as a Dentist
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM; 1 CE Credit
This course focuses on three foundational pillars essential to building a profitable, sustainable dental practice: case acceptance, social media marketing, and stress management. Participants will learn evidence-based and experience-driven strategies to improve treatment acceptance by understanding patient psychology, communicating value effectively, and presenting treatment with clarity, certainty, and confidence. Emphasis is placed on mindset, simplification of treatment plans and financial options, and building trust through patient-centered communication applicable to fee-for-service, out-of-network, and insurance-based practices.
In addition, the course provides a practical framework for leveraging social media as a cost-effective marketing tool to attract ideal patients, strengthen the know/like/trust factor, and reduce price resistance before the first appointment. The final component addresses stress, decision fatigue, and burnout in dentistry by introducing cognitive tools and systems-based thinking that improve emotional regulation, boundary-setting, and operational clarity. Together, these pillars equip dentists with actionable systems to increase profitability, reduce overwhelm, and create a practice that supports both professional success and personal well-being.
Agenda
8:30 AM Registration and Light Breakfast
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Thriving Behind the Mask: Proven Strategies to Restore Balance, Boost Engagement, and Elevate Your Practice; 1 CE Credit
Eric Johnson, DDS, D. ED
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Pillars of a Thriving Practice: Case Acceptance, Social Media Marketing, and Managing Stress as a Dentist; 1 CE Credit
Desiree Yazdan, DDS
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Roundtable Discussions
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Lunch & Yoga (please fill out this waiver)
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Afternoon Activities
Roundtable Topics
(please choose one option during registration)
Moods Behind the Mask: Recognizing Mental Health in Dental Profession
Christa Johnson, MFT & Sharon Steele, MFT
Rediscover the Joy of Dentistry: Thriving with Purpose and Passion
Eric Johnson, DDS, D. ED & Charles Fischer DDS, MS, EdD
Perimenopause and Menopause: Myths and Management
Dhurga Reddy, ND
The Behaviors that Lead to Financial Freedom…and Those that Don’t
Greg Maravilla, MBA, CPA, CFP
Building Your Brand: Social Media Do’s & Don’ts for Dental Professionals
Desiree Yazdan, DDS
Afternoon Activities 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Choose One Option
OPTION ONE
Hands-On Workshop: Advanced Extraoral Injection Techniques for Orofacial Pain Management
Dr. Richard Hirschinger; 2 CE Credits
Limited to 25 attendees. Must be a licensed dentist.
All attendees must give an injection in order to receive an injection.
This course reviews the causes of orofacial pain, including a hands-on session. He will show you how to administer many of the extraoral injections used by orofacial pain specialists. These include trigger-point injections of the head, neck, and shoulders, trigeminal nerve blocks (supratrochlear, supraorbital, infraorbital, and auriculotemporal), and occipital nerve blocks. He will also review the Botox injection sites for patients with jaw pain. *We’ll have a limited supply of Botox available for demonstration, which attendees may purchase. While some attendees may receive small-sample treatments, this is not a full-service appointment, and the amount of individual therapy is not guaranteed. Additionally, the goal of the Botox session is to identify the therapeutic sites that dentists may legally treat in California. The goal is not to train you to be competent in treating patients using the Botox protocols to be taught.*
OPTION TWO
Sound Bath and Energy Healing
OPTION THREE
Culinary Workshop: Learn How to Make Guacamole
Enhance Your Afternoon Experience (Available for an Additional Fee)
15 minute chair massage $30
30 minute massage $75
50 minute massage $125
Ear Seeding
*OCDS staff will send a follow-up email to schedule these enhancements. May also sign up for these activities the day of the event, depending on availability. These activities will be payable directly to the provider on the day of the event*
Round Tables
Perimenopause and Menopause: Myths and Management
Dhurga Reddy, ND
The Behaviors that Lead to Financial Freedom…and Those that Don’t.
Greg Maravilla, MBA, CPA, CFP®
Senior CFO Advisor
Greg Maravilla is a highly accomplished financial professional with a diverse and extensive background. He holds certifications as a CPA, CFP®, Series 65 license in California, and is a licensed real estate broker. Greg earned his MBA from UCLA and his Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Harvard. With over 20 years of experience in corporate accounting and finance, he has worked with both publicly traded and privately held companies. Most recently, he served as the Chief Financial Officer of a national lending company for five years, where he raised over $475 million in debt and equity capital, managed full-cycle accounting departments, led audits, and oversaw software conversions and upgrades.
Greg joined PracticeCFO in 2016 and serves as a CFO Advisor and Partner, leveraging his deep expertise to guide businesses in financial strategy and operations. Outside of work, he enjoys traveling and savoring good coffee—passions that fuel his curiosity and energy beyond the office.
Perimenopause and Menopause: Myths and Management
Perimenopause and Menopause: Myths and Management
Thank you to our sponsors
when
Saturday, January 24, 2026
8:30 AM – 3:00 PM
Price
OCDS Member Dentists & Dental Students FREE
Non-OCDS Member Dentists & Guests $10
Where
Mesa Bella
10252 Sunrise Ln
North Tustin, CA 92705
Contact information
OCDS Staff
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