General Information and Policies

New members are welcome. Membership applications can be obtained from this website (www.rwcds.org). Please see Policies (I) regarding meetings below. The general meetings are held January through May and September through November. There are no General Membership meetings in June, July, and August. The meetings are held at the North Carolina State University Club at 4200 HILLSBOROUGH ST RALEIGH NC, 27606-1419 at 6:15 p.m. The meetings typically include cocktails, a meal, and continuing education sessions. The current membership fee is $360.00 plus any assessments per calendar year. Membership for new members can be prorated according to the plan established by the Executive Board.

Raleigh-Wake County Dental Society
c/o Kimberly Lee, Administrative Assistant, 4030 WAKE FOREST RD STE 300 RALEIGH NC 27609-6800

New requests for community projects should be made in writing to the current President at [email protected]
Please direct membership inquiries to the Administrative Assistant at 4030 WAKE FOREST RD STE 300 RALEIGH NC 27609-6800 or [email protected].
  1. Trained dentists who are eligible for RWCDS membership and are not recent dental school graduates or specialty program graduates may attend two meetings at no expense before incurring a billing for the meeting cost.
  2. Guests of members who have no possibility of future RWCDS membership are welcome to attend meetings.
    1. When accompanied by a member host, and the meeting expense is reimbursed to the RWCDS.  
    2. Invited by the Executive Board.
  3. Recent dental school graduates or specialty program graduates may attend meetings at no expense for the remainder of the calendar year in which they graduate.
  4. Dental students may attend meetings at no expense when accompanied by a host member. Attendance is limited to two visits per calendar year.
  5. RWCDS members may invite trained dentists and dental students to meetings as their guest without prior Executive Board approval. At its discretion, the Executive Board can deny access to a meeting by any non-RWCDS member. The Executive Board must approve potential guests who are not trained dentists or dental students for admission before the meeting date.
Regarding the use of RWCDS-owned equipment, the RWCDS will not loan or rent RWCDS-owned equipment to non-RWCDS entities.
The RWCDS Executive Board will not allow explicit solicitation for services, materials, insurance products or equipment by educational speakers.
Only RWCDS members who are specialists in ADA accepted specialties can be listed on RWCDS.ORG using ADA-approved specialties.
In general, the speaker should not be a dentist practicing or residing in Wake County. Unless presented with unusually extenuating circumstances, the Executive Board should not schedule speakers who practice or reside in Wake County.