The dental hygiene event of the year heads to Fort Worth this September

With up to 21 CE credits available over a single weekend, ADHA26 delivers more continuing education than nearly any other dental hygiene gathering of the year. But the experience goes well beyond the numbers.

Education built for today’s practice

The ADHA26 program is built around the clinical and professional challenges hygienists navigate every day. Sessions span human trafficking recognition, airway and myofunctional screening, the oral-systemic connection, laser techniques, ultrasonic instrumentation, infection control and the evolving landscape of dental hygiene scope of practice.

Fireside chats put leading voices in conversation with attendees on topics from precision prevention and personalized patient data to professional autonomy and legislative strategy. Hands-on labs and workshops complement traditional lecture formats, offering the kind of interactive, skills-forward programming that translates directly to better patient care.

Altogether, the lineup reflects where the profession is headed and equips hygienists to lead the way.

Advocacy at the center

Dental hygienists are navigating a rapidly changing professional landscape, from scope of practice battles in statehouses to growing demand for interprofessional care. ADHA26 meets that moment with a dedicated advocacy track that includes sessions on strategic legislative planning, supervision versus stewardship, and expanding the oral health workforce through dental therapy.

Attendees will leave Fort Worth not just clinically sharper but better prepared to advocate for themselves and their patients.

The whole professional experience

Fort Worth brings its own energy to the conference. Morning yoga, an evening sound bath, the “Boots and Brilliance” awards dinner and an expansive exhibit hall featuring the latest in oral care products round out a program designed to renew and inspire. When hygienists return from ADHA26, they’ll bring back not just CE hours but fresh perspectives and renewed commitment to the profession and to every patient in your chairs.

Registration is now open. Early bird rates start for the full conference at $499 for ADHA members.

Weekend and single day options available. Registration and more information at adha2026.org.

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