Together, the ADA accomplished much in 2023, from advancing legislation and scientific research to delivering new resources to help dentists thrive.
“Each day, as a united ADA Tripartite, we assemble the building blocks of creating healthier communities, while also supporting our profession in advancing the art and science of dentistry,” said ADA President Linda Edgar, D.D.S. “We rarely stop to see how far we’ve come and celebrate the tremendous impact, year over year, that organized dentistry has on all our lives.”
Here’s a look back at just four of the Association’s top moments of the past calendar year.
• With the help of ADA’s State Public Affairs program, more than 100 bills were filed by 34 state dental societies looking to improve dental insurance in their states to benefit patients and dentists.
Insurers have continuously chipped away at the dentist-patient relationship while growing their own profits. In response to insurers engaging in network leasing and requiring virtual credit cards largely unchecked, the ADA decided to make dental insurance reform a high priority through the State Public Affairs program in 2018. As a result, state dental societies and the ADA have been putting control over these issues back in the hands of the dentists.