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Andrew Soderstrom, DDS, CDA past president and a co-founder of CDA Cares, the CDA Foundation’s volunteer dental clinic, died Wednesday, April 29, following complications after a fall at his home in Modesto, California. He was 65.

“I see CDA now and into the future as being limitless in what we can produce and do for our members.” While reflecting on CDA’s momentous milestone of 150 years in organized dentistry, Richard Nagy, DDS, president of the California Dental Association, looks ahead — optimistic about what’s next for the organization and its 27,000 members.

Get to know CDA’s March Student Spotlight, Pouya Ansari from the Western University College of Dental Medicine class of 2022.

The March issue of the Journal of the California Dental Association commemorates CDA’s 150th year with articles on the history of the organization and the roles medicine, technology, dental education and societal needs play in shaping the future of dentistry and oral health. The issue also features articles on the future of organized dentistry.

Get to know CDA’s February Student Spotlight, Shannon Walker from the University of California, San Francisco School of Dentistry class of 2023.

Get to know CDA’s January Student Spotlight, Leah Life from the University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry class of 2020.

Get to know CDA’s December Student Spotlight, Benit Meyer from UCLA School of Dentistry class of 2023.

Get to know CDA’s November Student Spotlight, Austin De Los Santos from the University of Southern California class of 2022.

Get to know CDA’s October Student Spotlight, Alivia Stoddard from Western University College of Dental Medicine class of 2021.