Member Benefits Focused on You:
- A world-class interactive web portal employing the latest in professional networking software
- Participation in the profession’s development of policies addressing the practice of dentistry in Florida
- Professional advocacy in Congress and the Florida Legislature
- Professional advocacy before national, state and local regulatory agencies
- Professional advocacy before the Florida Board of Dentistry
- Prestige of membership in a respected professional organization and
the peace of mind knowing that your profession is unified and protected
- Award Winning Publications
- Today’s FDA (the Journal of the Florida Dental Association)
- Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA)
- ADA News
- FDA e-publications that keep you informed about important federal and state regulatory & legislative news
- Capital ReportADA e-publications about national legislative, regulatory, practice management and scientific information
- ADA podcasts
- FREE Online Continuing Education
- The FDA offers a great benefit just for its valued members – free,
on-demand continuing education. Through the FDA website, we offer a
selection of previously recorded continuing education programs from
the Florida National Dental Convention, the FDA’s premier annual
convention. Also available are free CE opportunities
published through the FDA’s bi-monthly journal Today’s FDA. Members can
view the article and diagnostic slides and then complete a quiz
available on the CE portal to be awarded CE credit. These resources are
available 24 hours a day – CE when you need it at no cost to you, our
member dentist.
- JADA Online Continuing Education
- Florida National Dental Convention – members receive significant discounts on registration at the largest dental convention in the southeast
- ADA Annual Convention and component/district conventions
- HIPAA State & National Compliance Kit
- ADA Contract Analysis Service
The
ADA's Contract Analysis Service analyzes third-party contracts,
including contracts from managed care companies, to inform you in clear
language about the provisions of the contracts so you can make informed
decisions about the implications of participation. This service is
available as a complimentary member benefit for FDA members. Please send
an UNSIGNED copy of the contract to: Florida
Dental Association, C/O Contract Analysis Service, 1111 E. Tennessee
St., Tallahassee, FL, 32308. Once it is reviewed at the FDA, it will be
forwarded to the ADA for final analysis.
- FDA Peer Review/Patient Dispute Mediation Program
- Public education about oral health, plus frequent Twitter and Facebook updates
- “Find a Dentist” searchable FDA member database promoting you to the public (now attracting more than 2,000 unique visitors per month)
- Access to the ADA Library, the largest resource of its kind
- FDA Mentor Program for dental students and new dentists
- FDA Leadership Institute online courses
- FDA Leadership In-person Conference
- Florida Legal FAQs – answers to the most often asked legal questions
- Florida Dental Health Foundation
- Public promotion of FDA member dentists occurs through various programs, including:
- Children’s Dental Health Month
- Give Kids a Smile
- Mouth Wise
The programs above highlight the
importance of good oral health for children and promote FDA members as
active, concerned health care professionals to their communities.
- Project: Dentists Care, a network of volunteer FDA member dentists
throughout Florida, gives free and reduced-fee care to Florida’s
neediest patients and positions FDA members as critical healthcare
providers that are concerned for all Florida citizens.
- FDA Services, the FDA’s wholly-owned subsidiary, is your risk
expert. FDAS offers numerous personal and business portfolio insurance
options. You also can find information about the FDA Corporate Affiliate Program
- Professional Liability Insurance
- Individual and Group Health Care Insurance
- Office Package and Workers’ Comp
- Disability, Term Life, Annuities and Pension/retirement
- Electronic Claims Processing
- Professional & Uniform Apparel
- Website Design and Hosting for your Practice
- Credit Card Processing
- Discounts on Officesupplies
- Patient Financing
- Financial Solutions for your Practice
- Scrap Metal Refining
- Shipping Solutions for your Practice