Issues & Policies
CDA responds to and anticipates the top issues facing the dental profession by taking positions on issues from abuse detection and reporting to health-care reform, licensing and third-party payment. Read about how these public-health issues are affecting your practice.
Absences from School for Dental Appointments
Abuse Detection and Reporting
Access to Care
Amalgam: Public Health and the Environment
Anesthesia and Conscious Sedation
Behavior Modification Strategies to Improve Oral and General Health
Bioterrorism
Consequences of Untreated Disease (Children's Oral Health Advocacy)
Dental Benefit Coverage
History of the California Dental Materials Fact Sheet
Denti-CAL/Government Programs
Early Childhood Caries Policy
Evidence-Based Dentistry Action Plan
Expansion of Dental Services in Safety Net Clinics
Fluoride & Fluoridation
Health-Care Reform and Dentistry
International Dental Graduates
Licensure
MICRA – Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act
Oral Health Assessments for California's Schoolchildren
Registered Dental Hygienists in Alternative Practice
Third-Party Payer Issues
Workers’ Compensation