Policy & Advocacy

ADAC promotes policies and practices that advance health education, fluoridation, workforce development, and access to care in alaska.

Find some of our current efforts below.

HB111: Advanced practice permitting for Registered Dental Hygienists

What is an advanced practice RDH?

Community Water Fluoridation (CWF): Advocacy and Promotion

Promote choice for all Alaskans- toolkits for advocacy

CWF workgroup (link coming soon!)

Supporting public water systems and water operators maintaining our healthy levels of CWF

Advocacy and promotion: sugary beverage alternatives

How can policy help? American Academy of Pediatrics reports.

ADAC supports the continuation of Medicaid Coverage for Preventative Dental Services for Adults

Alaska reinstated Adult Preventative Dental Services for Medicaid Recipients in 2019

National Academy for State Health Policy reports on states with extended Dental Medicaid benefits for Adults and Pregnant people

The American Dental Association supports the Medicaid Dental Benefits Act of 2021, a bill to make comprehensive dental care a required component of Medicaid coverage for adults in every state

CLICK HERE to explore the American Institute of Dental Public Health's Oral Health Workforce Dashboard

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