Washington Denturist Association

04/30/2025

📣 1 Week Left to Book Your Hotel at the Discounted Rate! 🏨

The WDA Annual Conference is coming up May 30–31, 2025 at the Hilton Vancouver, WA — and there’s just one week left to reserve your hotel room at the special group rate!

🔗 Book your hotel now:
https://www.hilton.com/en/book/reservation/rooms/?ctyhocn=PDXVAHH&arrivalDate=2025-05-29&departureDate=2025-06-01&groupCode=WDA&room1NumAdults=1&cid=OM%2CWW%2CHILTONLINK%2CEN%2CDirectLink

If you have any issues with booking, reach out to us at 📧 office@wadenturist.com.

🎟️ Haven’t registered for the conference yet?
Secure your spot here: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/wwycvzj

We can’t wait to see you in Vancouver!

04/03/2025

The OSDA/WDA/WSDLA Joint Conference agenda is now LIVE, and registration is officially open! 🎉

Join us for an incredible event filled with top-notch education, networking, and industry insights. If you’re a WDA member, be sure to email office@wadenturist.com to get your member code for exclusive discounted pricing!

🔗 View the agenda & register now: https://wadenturist.com/2025-annual-conference/

Don’t miss out—secure your spot today!

We’re thrilled to be co-hosting this exciting joint conference with the Oregon State Denturist Association and the Washington State Dental Laboratory Association!

02/13/2025

On February 4th, the Washington Denturist Association had a successful and productive Legislative Day in Olympia! Our members gathered to advocate for the profession, discuss key legislative priorities, and engage directly with lawmakers.

One of the highlights of the day was our meeting with newly-elected Insurance Commissioner Kuderer, where we addressed the ongoing struggles that denturists face with insurance reimbursement. Despite existing laws that mandate coverage for denturist services, many patients still struggle to use their benefits, and we emphasized the need for strong enforcement and policy changes. Our conversations are continuing, and we are encouraged by the positive progress being made toward meaningful solutions.

We also met with several legislators and their staff, including Senator King, Representative Steele, Representative Corry, and Senator Goehner, to discuss the priorities set forth by the WDA:

Ensuring patients can access and use their denture benefits - advocating for SB 5351 to prohibit unfair insurance practices
Preserving the Adult Dental Medicaid Program - protecting coverage for over a million Washington adults
Growing the denturist workforce - securing funding for denturist education and expanding pathways into the profession.

It was an impactful day of advocacy, and we appreciate all who participated. We hope to have even more denturists join us for Lobby Day in 2025 to continue making our voices heard! We also encourage you to take the next step in advocacy by inviting your local legislators to visit your practice once the Legislative session is over. This is a great opportunity to show them firsthand the critical work denturists do and the challenges we face.

01/23/2025

Register for the WDA 2025 Lobby Day: https://ami.jotform.com/243306041674956

Date: February 4th
Time: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Location: McCleary Mansion, 111 21st Ave SW, Olympia, WA 98501

Why Attend?

Lobbying has driven real successes for our profession, including:
-Expanded scope of practice to include teeth whitening trays and snore guards
-Reinstatement of the Adult Dental Medicaid Program
-Stand-alone dental insurance plans now include denturists in their networks


But there’s still work to do! We need your voice to:-
-Advocate for reduced licensing fees
-Expand and improve Medicaid payments
-Secure increased state investment in denturist training

We hope to see you there!

10/08/2024

The Seattle Times editorial board recommends: Vote Yes on Initiative 2066 — Insist on a better gas transition plan

Approving the initiative tells lawmakers that they need to reboot plans — and rebuild trust — in the challenge of reducing emissions in buildings.

07/03/2024

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02/05/2024

Join us on February 20th for WDA Day on the Hill! We're looking forward to engaging with legislators to underscore the significance of the Denturism profession.

Date: Tuesday, February 20th
Time: 9:30am - 4:00pm (may be done as early as 2pm)
Location: The McCleary Mansion; Olympia, WA

Please be sure to register so we can make your appointments and order you lunch.

Please click the link to complete this form.

04/30/2023

We had a great second day with some great speakers, followed by our 80s night with a live band. The group looked totally rockin in their 80s gear.

04/29/2023

We had a great first day of the WSA/OSDA Joint Conference! Thanks to our speakers for some great sessions. We followed up the night with some axe throwing thanks to Fricke Dental!

10/14/2022

Congratulations to our WDA President, Joseph Kimmel, for being awarded the National Denturist Association's President's Service Award! Thanks for all you do for Denturists, Joseph.

09/16/2022

YOUR ACTION NEEDED TODAY: AN INVESTMENT IN THE WASHINGTON DENTURIST POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE IS AN INVESTMENT IN YOUR BUSINESS’ SURVIVAL!

WDA has several priorities in the 2023 Legislative Session. We need to make sure insurance companies cannot ignore denturists as a part of the state’s dental care system and we need to expand Medicaid to better take care of denture patients. This is going to require a Legislature made of people who know who denturists are and who support denturists as dental providers. This means the 2022 elections are a key. Our entire House of Representatives is up for re-election, and half of our state’s Senate. Add that to a number of legislative retirements and vacancies and we will need to do a lot of work to help get denturist supporters elected.

Why is this important? Denturists have been fighting – and winning – here in Washington to be recognized major players in the dental community. From the originating initiative in 1994 to expanding our scope of practice in 2013, we have accepted the political challenges of our profession and had success. It is this grassroots and patient support combined with our willingness to pool our funds to achieve our goals that has gotten the attention of our state’s legislators.

No one gets elected without financial assistance and the WDA Political Action Committee (WDPAC) helps get the attention of candidates before they are elected. Therefore, we are urging you to contribute TODAY to the Washington Denturist Political Action Committee (WDPAC). Checks can be made out to:

WDA PAC
C/O Northwest Dental
2710 Meridian St.
Bellingham, WA 98225

This is a request that should not be ignored. Instead it should be viewed as a key investment in the success and survival of your business – since politics and government oversee everything your business does. The WDPAC is the easiest way for you to get involved in what government is doing.

Most health care provider groups have PACs and many of them are very well-funded – particularly the Dentists. While WDA may not be able to get to the $400,000 plus of the Dentist PAC, we can get to an amount that will enable us to make sure Denturist supporters are elected to the Legislature in 2023. The more Denturist supporters are elected, the easier it will be to get the insurance changes and other protections needed to keep Denturists as a vital and valuable health care provider in Washington!

Writing a check is the easiest form of political action there is – and it can have the most impact when combined through a political action committee to help elect people who would vote as you would vote if you were in Olympia!

So please write that check for $100, $500, $1000 or even more. No contribution is too small and no contribution is too big.

Help support undefined by donating or sharing with your friends.

05/17/2022

Thank you to everyone who attended our 2022 WDA Conference! We hope everyone had a fun and informative experience! We hope to see you guys next year!

Big THANK YOU to all our Conference vendors:
-Benco Dental
-Bates Technical College
-Copeland Insurance Group
-Financial Freedom for Dentists
-GC America Inc.
-Kettenbach Dental
-Medentika (A Straumann Group Brand)
-Pascal
-Preat
-Results Driven Business Coaching
-Yamahachi Dental Products