CORPS (Creating Office Rapport through Positive Support) is a way for dental hygienists, dental assistants, front office personnel, and insurance staff to belong to an association. As a CORPS member, dental staff are entitled to personal and professional benefits, such as:
• CORPS members can apply for a no annual fee, low interest MasterCard. Save money and earn rewards. Applyfor the Georgia Dental Association MasterCard® credit card and get an amazing low introductory APR offer, and World Points® rewards that let you earn cash and merchandise. For information about rates, fees, and other costs and benefits associated with the use of this card, refer to the disclosures accompanying the online credit card application at the link above.
• CORPS Members also have access to job placement opportunities and low cost CE courses. The GDA offers CORPS Members a CE Registry. You submit information about the courses you take for licensure renewal, and the Georgia Dental Association will keep a record of the courses and send you a printout of your courses and total number of hours you earned.
• Once you graduate, the GDA can assist you in offering official CE credit if you are interested in starting a study club with other dental professionals. Contact Nelda at the GDA office for more information at greene@gadental.org.
If you are an allied dental professional and haven’t already applied for CORPS membership, email Courtney at layfield@gadental.org for an application, or print an application by clicking here. (You will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to read this document.) Dues for individual staff members are $15 per person per year. For offices with up to five staff members, dues are $60 for one year for all dental staff. For offices with more than five dental staff members, add $12 per member to the $60 base dues.
