Welcome to the Wisconsin Dental Association

This section includes examples and proposals for improving oral health for all Wisconsin residents.

WDA response to Pew's letter to state Department of Health Services
The WDA responds to a letter to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services from the director of the Pew Children’s Dental Campaign. The letter urges the state – which received a "C" in the Pew Center’s recent annual report card on dental health policies for children – to do more to reduce barriers to oral health care faced by low-income children in the Badger State.

Dentistry Examining Board testimony
Dr. Steven Stoll, a general dentist in Neenah, Wis. and president-elect of the Wisconsin Dental Association, issued this statement regarding his testimony on Sept. 7, 2011 before the state Dentistry Examining Board. The DEB is considering changes to rules governing licensing for some dentists in Wisconsin. Click to view copies of Dr. Stoll’s complete testimony.

Resources for patients
View resources for dental patients who are on medical assistance, have no dental insurance or are otherwise unable to afford needed dental care.

Share your concerns with legislators
The WDA has spent many years working to improve the state’s dental MA program. However, dental patients enrolled in the state insurance programs (e.g., MA, BadgerCare, BadgerCare plus) have the greatest influence in helping legislators understand the difficulty in accessing dental care.

Education prevents disease
The most cost-effective way for the state to pay for treatment of dental disease is to prevent the disease from developing in the first place.

'Dentists Do Serve (DDS) and Make a Difference (DMD)'
Examples of WDA members’ charitable dental care efforts illustrate how "Dentists Do Serve" their communities and "Dentists Make a Difference" for underserved children and adults.

WDA proposals to address barriers to dental care
The WDA believes Medicaid patients will get the quality dental care they need and the state has promised them when legislators and other state officials choose to make "healthy choices" on behalf of their constituents.

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