Special Care Dentistry Association

2800 W Higgings Rd
Hoffman States IL 60169
312-527-6764
www.scdaonline.org

Special Care Dentistry Association (SCDA) is a unique international organization of oral health professionals and other individuals who are dedicated to promoting oral health and well being for people with special needs.

SCDA provides educational opportunities and information exchange for oral health care professionals who treat patients with special needs. Members of SCDA have complete access to useful resources, important industry news and exclusive networking and educational events.

Mission The Special Care Dentistry Association serves as a resource to all oral health care professionals who serve or are interested in serving patients with special needs through education and networking to increase access to oral healthcare for patients with special needs.

Vision To be the leading organization where oral health and other professionals meet, communicate, exchange ideas, and work together to improve oral health for people with special needs.

SCDA's Strategic Plan To view SCDA's full Strategic Plan, please click here.

SCDA Bylaws To view SCDA's Bylaws, please click here.

Every practice has patients with special needs, every practitioner needs Special Care Dentistry Association. If your practice is not already a special needs practice – you can be assured that it will be. Every practitioner will be faced with the child of one of your practice families that has autism, ADD or some other behavioral disorder that complicates dental care. Faithful long-standing patients are aging, taking more medications and faced with uncertain medical futures. People with disabilities are living longer lives and expect access to the same quality of care that their able bodied friends enjoy. Be prepared when the inevitable happens by joining Special Care Dentistry Association (SCDA). Your patients trust and depend on you.

SCDA is a national organization of practitioners like you who realize that all the above scenarios can and will happen. Most of our membership never marketed to special patients but came to the realization by happenstance that treating special patients is part of their daily practice and life. These are patients with systemic diseases, issues of aging, multiple medications, behavioral issues and many other special needs related circumstances. For some of our members these special patients make up a small portion of their practice for others the number is much higher. Referring these patients may not be practical.

SCDA provides a forum for an exchange of clinical ideas and patient management techniques among members. SCDA provides a network of colleagues across the US and Canada who have already faced issues you suddenly find in your practice. Our members are very eager to share their expertise with you! Attendees at our Annual Meeting agree that they acquire valuable insights and learn practical clinical applications from a mix of clinical practicing dentists and academics. SCDA brings experts from across the country to lecture at our Annual Meeting, but intimate enough that you are likely to have lunch with one of these presenters. This meeting combines learning, networking and fun in a compact 2 ½ days!

Organizational Facts of SCDA American Society of Geriatric Dentistry (ASGD)

1965: American Society of Geriatric Dentistry formed Academy of Dentistry for Persons with Disabilities (ADPD)

1952: Academy of Oral Rehabilitation of Handicapped Persons formed by a group of dentists at a meeting of the ADA 1957: Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped

1994: Academy of Dentistry for Persons with Disabilities American Association of Hospital Dentists(AAHD)

1927: American Association of Hospital Dental Chiefs formed

1968: American Association of Hospital Dentists Special Care Dentistry Association (SCDA)

1987: Federation of Special Care Organizations in Dentistry

2001: Special Care Dentistry

2006: Special Care Dentistry Association

2013: Formation of Councils (previously, ADPD, ASGD, AAHD) SCDA Council of Dentistry for Persons with Disabilities SCDA Council of Geriatric Dentistry SCDA Council of Hospital Dentistry.

Map of Special Care Dentistry Association 2800 W Higgings Rd, Hoffman States IL 60169

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