President’s Question of the Month

MDS Board and Staff

handsMeet and contact
Officers, Trustees, and Staff of the Massachusetts Dental Society.

Learn More

Looking for a Meeting?

Check the MDS Calendar for council, committee, CE, and district meetings.

Go to MDS Calendar

Find a Dentist

To locate an MDS dentist, Enter your zip code or use the Advanced Search.





Advanced Search

 

May - Question of the Month

 At the beginning of each month, the MDS President will post a new question of the month. We would like to know our members' thoughts on these issues and will share them on this page. The MDS reserves the right to post only the comments that we deem appropriate.

 

What has been the most important issue facing the MDS over the past 12 months, and what do you think is the most important issue moving forward?

District:

Comments
   

 

Do you want to hear more? 
Follow the MDS on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/massdental

Previous Questions of the Month

 

 

 

Responses to May's Question of the Month

"The most important issue now and going forward is "non-covered services." Delta of MA is still aiming for January 1 to implement this cap on fees for services they don't cover. If they succeed, the floodgates will open."—MDS Member, South Shore District

 

"My feeling is that the new health care law and its implications for dentistry are most critical for the MDS to observe and regulate if possible, for now and ongoing."—Retired MDS Member, North Metropolitan District

 

"Adult dental coverage for MassHealth recipients is at extreme risk. If the Senate does not save it by restoring it to the state budget, we will lose a lot of ground in dental public health. This is a repeat of the experiment we lived through from 2002—2006. Everyone, please call your state senator and ask to keep adult dental coverage for MassHealth in the budget. If that does not work, be prepared to pressure our legislators to restore coverage this summer."—MDS Member, East Middlesex District