American Dental Association

American Dental Association
FoundedAugust 3, 1859 (1859-08-03)[1]
FounderWilliam Henry Atkinson
Founded atNiagara Falls, New York, U.S.[1]
TypeProfessional association
Tax ID no.
36-0724690[2]
Legal status501(c)(6) nonprofit organization[2]
HeadquartersChicago, Illinois, U.S.
Location
  • United States
Membership159,000
President
Brett Kessler[3]
Interim Executive director
Elizabeth A. Shapiro[4]
Subsidiaries
  • ADA Foundation
  • ADPAC Education Fund
  • ADA Business Enterprises Inc
  • American Dental Association Political Action Committee[2]
Revenue$141,000,000[5]
Expenses$157,000,000[5]
Employees463[6] (2019)
Volunteers450[6] (2019)
Websitewww.ada.org

The American Dental Association (ADA) is an American professional dental association. Established in 1859 and with over 159,000 current members, ADA is the world's largest and oldest national dental association.[7] The organization lobbies on behalf of the American dental profession and provides dental accreditation.

The ADA publishes the Journal of the American Dental Association and JADA Foundational Science.[8][9]

As part of its lobbying efforts, the ADA has sought to restrict non-dentists (such as dental hygienists and dental therapists) from providing basic dental care.[10][11][12] The organization has played an important role in blocking the inclusion of dental coverage in Medicare.[13] The ADA has expressed opposition to the opening of new dental schools or to increasing the number of dentists in the United States, even as the United States trains almost half as many dental students (relative to population) in the 2000s as it did in the 1980s.[11]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference founded was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c "Form 990: Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax". American Dental Association. Guidestar. December 31, 2014.
  3. ^ "Dr. Brett Kessler Installed as 161st President of the ADA". ADA. October 22, 2024.
  4. ^ "New interim executive director has storied career in organized dentistry". ADA. February 14, 2025.
  5. ^ a b "American Dental Association". ProPublica. 9 May 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  6. ^ a b "ADA 990 form 2019" (PDF). IRS. August 31, 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2025 – via Candid.
  7. ^ "American Dental Association". FDI World Dental Association.
  8. ^ "The Journal of the American Dental Association". Science Direct.
  9. ^ "JADA Foundational Science". Science Direct.
  10. ^ Koppelman, Jane; Vitzthum, Kelly; Simon, Lisa (2016). "Expanding Where Dental Therapists Can Practice Could Increase Americans' Access To Cost-Efficient Care". Health Affairs. 35 (12): 2200–2206. doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0844. ISSN 0278-2715. PMID 27920307.
  11. ^ a b "Boom Times for Dentists, but Not for Teeth". New York Times. 2007.
  12. ^ Jordan, Mary (2023-04-08). "The unexpected political power of dentists". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286.
  13. ^ "Five Decades Later, Medicare Might Cover Dental Care". New York Times. 2021.
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