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Gordon J. Christensen - Practical Clinical Courses® Nationally Approved PACE Program Provider for FAGD/MAGD credit.  Approval does not imply acceptance by any regulatory authority or AGD endorsement.  6/1/24 to 5/31/27.  Provider ID# 208521

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Gordon J. Christensen - Practical Clinical Courses® is an ADA CERP recognized provider.  ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education.  ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry.


Valinda Johnston, CDA, CPT


Valinda Johnston

Valinda Johnston has worked with Dr. Gordon Christensen DDS, Practical Clinical Courses, and Clinicians Report for the past 35 years. She loves dentistry and dental assisting! She is currently the PCC Clinical Course Director, Lead Dental Assistant, Treatment Coordinator, and Certified Phlebotomy Technician. She serves on the Board of Directors at Clinicians Report.  She continues to teach dentists, dental assistants and their teams in various venues including coordinating of and assisting with live dental programs for national meetings, lecturing at local and state meetings and in dental assisting schools.  She is an on-site, in-office clinical consultant, teaching dental offices to become more efficient by utilizing their auxiliaries, becoming more productive and better serving their patients with quality care and treatment. She and her husband Dan have 5 children, a daughter-in-law and a son-in-law, and four beautiful granddaughters. She enjoys traveling, skiing, scuba diving, hiking and reading.