If you were not there Saturday, September 30, 2023, we missed you!! We heard from two incredible speakers. We would also love to thank our wonderful sponsors in attendance for helping make this day happen ..read more

MDAA President Debra Williams and Membership Chairman Tori Alicea-Price celebrated with or hygiene friends at the Michigan Dental Hygienist Association’s 100th Birthday Gala at The H hotel in Midland, Michigan ..read more

Student day was a great success! Thank you to all those that were able to participate. It is our pleasure to host this day for our students to welcome them to the profession ..read more

The MDAA is happy to announce that there are 2 scholarships availalbe to qualifying students, the MDAA Student Scholarship and the MDA Foundation Dental Assistant Scholarship. Apply today ! Deadline is March 1. Scholarship-announcement-page-for-both-scholarships-1Download ..read more

At this year’s MDAA Fall Seminar a group of amazing women had the opportunity to come together. The MDAA Past Presidents reunited and had a wonderful evening with great food and lots of laughs. MDAA would like to thank these wonderful dental professionals for all the time and dedication they have shown to the profession of dental assisting ..read more

Michigan released information regarding the new requirements for education in Implicit Bias Training. Please read the information and make sure your training is by an accepted provider, instructor and contains topics necessary to meet the requirements. Click the link below to read the news release: Implicit Bias Training for Dental Licensees ..read more

On April 26, 2021 the State of Michigan released the new Adminstrative Rules for dentistry that they had been working on for several years.  Please take the time to educate your team on the new duties. Please find attached links for both the full Rules document as well as a quick Delegated Duties Chart you can print and take to your office.  Michigan Board of Dentistry Rules April 26, 2021 Delegated and Assigned Dental Procedures for Allied Dental Personnel April 26 2021 ..read more

The MDAA is pleased to announce that the Lakeland Valley Dental Assistants Society is the recipient of two membership awards. One for the greatest numerical increase in new members and the other for the greatest percentage increase. Congratulations to all members and on behalf of the MDAA we thank all members for maintaining their membership and promoting the society to new members. Keep up the great work. Click here to see their certificates ! MDAA Certificates ..read more

Together We Can Dentistry changed my life 32 years ago. I wanted a new career, one where I could help people, be professional and be challenged daily.  I asked some friends the life changing question “What is it about Dentistry that makes you so happy?” My friends were eager to share stories of building long lasting friendships, helping to ease patients fears of going to the dentist and learning something new every day. I started taking classes and earned my CDA certification. In the past 32 years I have met some of my best friends in dentistry from Dentists, Dental Assistant’s, Hygienist ..read more

The MDAA Board of Directors approved the MDAA Scholarship Comittees recommendation to award Mariah King from Washtenaw Community College the 2020 MDAA Scholarship in the amount of $1,000.  Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Mariah’s check was mailed to her, but she did provide the following statement.  “I’m so grateful to be the MDAA scholarship recipient. Thank you for taking the time to review my application and taking everything into consideration. This generous scholarship has reduced my financial burden by a great amount. I plan to continue my education in Dentistry and this award h ..read more