26/01/2025
Hello, colleagues and dental students. I am honored to serve as your CDA president in 2025.
I was born and raised in Paramount, California, where my parents taught me that there’s nothing you can’t accomplish with hard work. I earned a biology degree from CSU, Long Beach, and graduated from Georgetown University’s dental school in 1984. Afterward, I returned home and opened my practice, where I’ve been blessed to work with an amazing staff, providing quality care for our patients.
In the months ahead I’m eager to work with leaders across the state on the issues that matter to you the most: the broken dental benefit landscape, difficult economic factors such as the costs of education and running a practice, workforce shortages and ways to support each other through crises like the recent wildfires.
Together we can – and will – accomplish so much more on behalf of our profession and patients. Thank you for your membership and for contributing to our collective strength. - Max Martinez, DDS
