FDA’s action is not an outright ban on fluoridated prescription products, and state and national oral health organizations continue to recommend them as safe and effective.
CDA is urging the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to consider exemptions to the new $100,000 fee for H-1B petitions from nonprofit and public health care employers, including dental schools and federally qualified health centers.
Each month, CDA highlights a student from one of California’s seven dental schools. Get to know Brendon Lowder of the Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry’s class of 2026.
CDA’s resource library, along with phone and email guidance from specialized analysts, provides valuable support for each step of adding an associate.
CDA’s employment practices analyst answers member dentists’ questions about the laws on holiday pay.
“His contribution in dentistry is unparalleled, [and] his extraordinary humanitarian services and volunteerism have set a high standard for others to follow.”
With 11 impactful bills signed into law in recent years and more initiatives underway, we have remarkable momentum.
Dental plan reform continues to lead CDA’s advocacy agenda with another successful CDA-sponsored bill that will benefit California dentists and their patients.
What do TMD and mental health, probiotics and oral thrush, and artificial intelligence and clinical decision-making have in common? These…
The new law bars the specific ways private equity groups and hedge funds are influencing dentists’ and physicians’ professional judgement.
Article edited on 10/17/25 to update biographical information. Kelsey Sloane, DDS, has received the CDA Foundation’s Webb Family Grant for…
Read why “Getting SB 386 signed into law is a huge victory for California dentists, who have contended too long with the predatory use of VCCs.”
