ASDA Central Regional Meeting Indianapolis, Indiana October 16-18, 2009

ASDA Central Regional Meeting

Indianapolis, Indiana

October 16-18, 2009

Charles L. Steffel, D.D.S., M.S.D.

American Dental Association

Seventh District Trustee

The Power of Organized Dentistry

What is Organized Dentistry?

Organized dentistry describes the combined efforts of all the organizations that work to positively contribute to the dental profession. It encompasses the efforts of ADA members, staff and supporters at the local, state and national level, known as the tripartite.

Overview

• What is the American Dental Association?

• Who is the ADA?

• How is the ADA structured?

• What does the ADA do?

• Why should I belong to the ADA?

What is the American Dental Association?

Wikipedia –

The American Dental Association (ADA) is a professional association established in 1859 and has more than 157,000 members. Based in Chicago, the ADA is the world's largest and oldest national dental association and promotes good oral health to the public while representing the dental profession.


ADA Vision Statement -

The American Dental Association: The oral health authority committed to the public and the profession.


ADA Mission Statement -

The ADA is the professional association of dentists committed to the public's oral health, ethics, science and professional advancement leading a unified profession through initiatives in advocacy, education, research and the development of standards.

Who is the ADA?

• Over 157,000 members strong

• Over 72% market share• AMA market share is only 26%

• 80% general dentists – 20% specialists• medicine is the reverse

80% specialists - 20% general practice/internal medicine

• 77.5% male – 22.5% female• current dental school enrollment 55.4% male – 44.6% female

Who is the ADA?

Who is the ADA?

How is the ADA structured?

Tripartite Membership -

• National – American Dental Association

• State – Indiana Dental Association

• Local – Indianapolis District Dental Society


Governance –

• House of Delegates

• Board of Trustees

• Officers

• Councils, Committees and Commissions


House of Delegates –

• Supreme authority of the ADA

• Policy making body

• 464 delegates (and 464 alternate delegates)

• Chosen by 53 constituent societies, five federal dental services, and the American Student Dental Association (ASDA)

• Meets each year at the ADA Annual Session


Board of Trustees –

• Managing body of the ADA

• Power to conduct all business of the ADA

• 17 Trustees, President-Elect and two

Vice-Presidents (voting members)

• President, Treasurer and Executive Director

(ex-officio, non-voting members)

• Speaker of House serves as parliamentarian


17 Trustee Districts


• 11 Councils– All but two (CDEL and CSA) have one member per

district

• 2 Committees– Committee on the New Dentist– Committee on International Programs and

Development

• 2 Commissions– Commission on Dental Accreditation– Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations


• CAPIR – Council on Access, Prevention and Interprofessional Relations• CAS – Council on ADA Sessions• CC – Council on Communications• CDBP – Council on Dental Benefit Programs• CDEL – Council on Dental Education and Licensure• CDP – Council on Dental Practice• CEBJA – Council on Ethics, Bylaws and Judicial Affairs• CGA – Council on Government Affairs• CM – Council on Membership• CMIRP – Council on Members Insurance and Retirement Programs• CSA – Council on Scientific Affairs

What does the ADA do?

• Council on Access, Prevention and Interprofessional Relations

– Purpose is to broaden the scope of oral health care within the total health care system.

– Goals include preventive health interventions, such as community water fluoridation,the American Indian/Alaska Native Dental Placement Program and expansion of Give Kids A Smile Day into a year-round effort to ensure access to care.


• Council on ADA Sessions

– To create and continuously improve every aspect of theAnnual Session, such as continuing education, exhibits and the House of Delegates.


• Council on Communications

– Dedicated to advising the ADA on the image and brand implications of Association plans, programs, services and activities to preserve and enhance the image of the ADA and the profession.


• Council on Dental Benefit Programs

– Promoting quality dental care through the development, promotion and monitoring of dental benefit programs for the public, as well as development and maintenance of coding taxonomies and quality assessment and improvement tools and methodologies.


• Council on Dental Education and Licensure

– Studies and makes recommendations on policy for dental and allied dental education; dental licensure; recognition of special areas of dental practice; dental anesthesiology, continuing dental education. The Council also oversees the ADA Continuing Education Recognition Program (CERP)


• Council on Dental Practice

– Enhance the personal and professional lives of the dental team. Address a wide range of small business topics including, starting, designing, staffing, managing, growing, selling and closing a dental practice. Promote dentist health and wellness, ergonomics and “Going Green” in the dental office.


• Council on Ethics, Bylaws and Judicial Affairs

– Enhance the ethical conscience of dentists by promoting the highest moral, ethical and professional standards. CEBJA publishes the ADA Principles of Ethics and Code of Professional Conduct


• Council on Government Affairs

– Advocates for the profession on legislative and regulatory issues. Advises state and local associations, and is the ADA’s liaison with agencies of the federal government, especially those agencies that employ dental personnel.


• Council on Membership

– Member recruitment and retention and other related issues. Monitors the development of membership benefits and services that respond to identified needs of members.


• Council on Members Insurance and Retirement Programs

– Oversees the ADA member group insurance plans, Member’s Retirement Program and is the Association’s principal contact with the dental professional liability insurance industry.


• Council on Scientific Affairs

– Serves the profession and the public as the primary resource on the science of dentistry. Oversees the ADA Professional Product Review,the Seal of Acceptance Program and provides scientific oversight for ADA activities in dental standards, both for the United States (ANSI / ADA Standards) and internationally (ISO Standards).

Why should I belong to the ADA?

• It’s a Wonderful Life

– The famous 1946 Christmas movie directed by Frank Capra, staring James Stewart, Donna Reed and Lionel Barrymore

– A compassionate but despairing businessman is about to commit suicide. He no longer sees value in living until an angel shows him what life would had been like if he never existed.


• What if there were no ADA?The profession of dentistry would be without the ADA’s leadership and resources in so many areas such as:

Advocacy Ethics

Public Policy Materials & Instruments

Science Practice Management

Standards Dental Benefits

Accreditation International Relations

Licensure Philanthropy


“There’s no doubt your experience with organized dentistry will be a result of the effort you put in. The results are the fruit of your labor”

Kevin Cook, D.D.S.2009 graduate, University of Michigan School of Dentistry

New Member, American Dental Association

Questions and Answers

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ASDA Central Regional Meeting Indianapolis, Indiana October 16-18, 2009