title: Does CDS have an open election? Chicago Dental Society.
abstract: The Chicago Dental Society's unique system of electing officers has survived since the 1940s. Does the coalition system still serve the needs of a changing professional organization or has the time come for the Chicago Dental Society to explore other, more traditional, methods of electing its officers?
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Socher
mesh_terms: D002641:Chicago; D006801:Humans; D011057:Politics; D012953:Societies, Dental / Q000458:organization & administration*