Theresa Groody, DHSc, EFDA, CDA
A dynamic and engaging national speaker and educator, Theresa enjoys taking both dental and expanded functions assistants to their next level facilitating her interactive presentations. Working in clinical and academic dentistry for four decades and competent in curriculum design and assessment, she currently teaches Expanded Functions Dental Assisting Lecture and Laboratory courses at Harcum College, where employed as the Director of Professional Studies.
In 2018, Dr. Groody was reappointed for her second term serving in the newly created EFDA position on the Pennsylvania Board of Dentistry, and elected as the Board Secretary in 2022. As an appointed curriculum consultant for the American Dental Association’s Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA), Dr. Groody conducted site visits evaluating assisting programs across the country and completed her Doctoral dissertation in 2021, focused on excellence in preclinical education of dental assistants and EFDAs.
Dr. Groody is a DANB certified dental assistant (CDA), a founding member of the Pennsylvania EFDA Association, a member of the ADAA, ADEA, and an advisory board member for several programs.
Professional Memberships
- American Dental Assistants Association
- Pennsylvania Dental Assistants Association
- Pennsylvania EFDA Association, founding member and Past President
- Dental Assisting National Board
- American Dental Education Association (ADEA)
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
- Western Regional Dental Conference – Glendale, AZ – Lecture: Fundamentals of Anterior Restorations…; It’s All about the Details; Tackling the Matrix: A workshop for Dental Assistants, April 20-22, 2023
- Texas Dental Association – San Antonio, TX – Best Practices from Dental Assisting Education to put to use tomorrow (Lecture); Posterior Composite Workshop for Dental Assistants, May 4-6, 2023
- California Dental Association – San Jose, CA – The ABC’s of Restorative Procedures; Best Practices in EFDA Education; Perfecting the Provisional Crown Process; Coronal Polishing, Fluoride and Dental Sealants Revisited, September 8-10, 2023
Recent Speaking Engagements
- Mid-Continent Dental Congress, St. Louis, MO- Speaker: Tackling the Matrix: A Hands-On Workshop for Dental Assistants, October 2022
- Manor College, Jenkintown, PA- Speaker: Direct Composites and EFDAs: Sharing our Solutions and Struggles, October, 2022
- Pennsylvania EFDA Association- Willow Grove, PA- Speaker: Workshop Direct Composites and EFDAs: Sharing our Solutions and Struggles, October, 2022
- Dentsply Sirona World, Las Vegas, NV- Speaker: ABCs of Restorative Procedures: Adhesion, Bands, and Composite, September 2022
- Southwest Dental Conference, Dallas TX- Speaker: Direct Composites Procedures, August 2022
- Star of the South Dental Conference, Houston, TX – Speaker: Introductory Video for Best Practices, Provisional Crowns, and Coronal Polishing, March 2022
- Featured speaker “Achieving Long Term Success in Direct Composite Placement” at Pennsylvania Dental Assistants Association Fall General Assembly November 2013
- Speaker, ADA Meeting 5 Nov 2015
Publications
- Delegate to Motivate published in AGD Impact, July 2011
- Scope of Practice? published in AGD Impact, December 2011
- Dental Assisting National Board published Summer 2012
- Inside Dental Assisting cover story published July/August 2012
- Inside Dental Assisting feature story published May/June 2013