Dentists and Dental Students Advocate During Lobby Day

The American Dental Association hosted its annual Hill fly-in last week in Washington, D.C. with the American Student Dental Association. From March 5-7, more than 700 attendees discussed legislative issues of critical importance for dentists and their patients. Dentists, dental students, and oral health professionals hailing from every state and D.C. participated in more than 325 visits on Capitol Hill focused on educating Congress about the profession, Medicaid dental benefits, student debt, and insurance reforms. Oregon was well represented by five member dentists and four OHSU ASDA students.

To learn more about the bills attendees advocated for on Capitol Hill visit: ADA.org/lobbyday. For full coverage of Lobby Day visit ADA's social media platforms using the conference’s official hashtag #ToothParty. Thank you to all who joined the event to help make it a success!