ASDA advocates for dental students and the patients they serve. Visit the links below to learn more about ASDA’s advocacy efforts for the future of dentistry and public oral health.
ASDA considers the growing student debt crisis a top priority and advocates for financially sustainable, long-term solutions.
Student Debt
ASDA is working to ensure oral health care provisions are prioritized in federal and state health care policies.
Dentistry & Healthcare
ASDA recognizes the importance of water fluoridation in preventing dental caries.
Fluoride
ASDA advocates for licensure reform, including manikin-based exams and licensure portability.
Licensure
ASDA believes that midlevel providers should not be able to perform irreversible procedures without proper qualifications.
Midlevel Providers
Barriers to care include anything that limits or prevents people from receiving adequate health care, like financial hardship or geographic distance.
Barriers to Care
Learn what steps ASDA is taking to educate dental students and influence policy relating to the U.S. opioid epidemic.
Opioids
Dental students play a critical role in preventing communicable diseases through vaccines.
Vaccinations
ASDA stands behind the scientific studies that show dental amalgam as a safe, affordable and durable material that is used to restore teeth.
Amalgam