WSDA member Dr. Joe Vaughn reflects on 2017 and his first full year as a new dentist.

The WSDA Relief Fund recently sent a donation of $20,000 to the ADA Foundation Emergency Grant program to help dentists who were victims of the recent hurricanes in Florida, Puerto Rico, and Texas.

Register now for "Evidence-based Dental Pain Care: A New Opioid Prescribing Guideline from Washington State," a half-day, 4 CE credit dental conference in Seattle on January 8 or Spokane on January 9.

Under Initiative 1433 (I-1433), passed by Washington voters in 2016, employers will be required to provide paid sick leave beginning on January 1, 2018.

National Brush Day® is November 1, the day after Halloween! Join the Kids’ Healthy Mouths Campaign to promote the importance for kids to brush two minutes, twice a day, every day.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid on Nov. 16 announced proposed changes to Medicare drug plans, including rescinding the requirement that dentists enroll in or validly opt-out of Medicare in order for a Part D drug prescriptions to be covered.

WSDA members, register today for Dental Action Day, held in Olympia on Thursday, January 25, 2018.

Developed by the Dr. Robert Bree Collaborative and Washington State Agency Medical Directors’ Group in collaboration with actively practicing dentists and public stakeholders, the final Dental Guideline on Prescribing Opioids for Acute Pain Management was released in September 2017.

See the current lineup of dental speakers for the Pacific Northwest Dental Conference, and make sure to mark your calendars for June 21-23, 2018!

WSDA members, text the word "WSDA" to the phone number 52886 to ​sign up for WSDA's new advocacy alert text system.

The Dental Quality Assurance Commission (DQAC) will hold conference calls on November 21 and 22.

Thank you to each and every ​dentist who was a member of the WSDA in 2017! 2018 membership renewal season is now underway.