IDA is taking orders for our updated Dental Prescription Reference Guide. This useful guide replaces our previous version with the most up to date guidance on prescriptions and OTC recommendations for dental treatments and overall oral health.
The cost of the guide is $30 and includes both a print copy and digital access.
The booklet is currently in production and is expected to be mailed beginning in early February.
All Indiana dentists and hygienists must renew their licenses by Friday, March 1, 2024. The renewal process is now completely online and can be accessed on the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency website.
You must have a Professional Licensing Agency (PLA) verification code before beginning the renewal process. A unique code was emailed to every Indiana dentist and hygienist on November 30 and again on January 11.
Before renewing your license, you must have completed all your continuing education hours this licensure cycle. Dentists are required to have completed 20 hours since March 2, 2022. Hygienists must have completed 19 hours since March 2, 2022.
For both dentists and hygienists, half of those hours must be live CE.
To view a complete list of required CE for Indiana, click here.
Other helpful hints for renewal:
It’s also important that you verify that your hygienists have renewed their licenses. As a dentist, you are ultimately responsible for ensuring that everyone in your office is properly credentialed.
The PLA recommends using Google Chrome as your browser for the renewal website. If you need additional assistance with the renewal process, contact the PLA at pla8@pla.in.gov or 317-232-2960.
If you received your initial dental license on or after March 2, 2022, you do not need to complete additional CE for this renewal cycle only.
OSHA and HIPAA are required by the federal government, not the state, so you will not be asked if you have taken this CE during the Indiana license renewal process. However, you may apply CE hours in these topics toward your required Indiana hours.
The 2024 IDA continuing education catalog is now available. The catalog outlines all our 2024 CE options for live, on-demand, and self-study courses. We will be mailing a copy to every IDA member, but you can also access the catalog online through this link.
It’s time to renew your ADA/IDA/local component membership for 2024! More than 80 percent of Indiana’s dentists are members, and together we create a stronger profession for everyone. Join or renew today and enjoy all the benefits of membership for another year, including:
Advocacy at the state and national level for our profession
Free and low-cost CE
National, state and local meetings for networking and professional development
Member discounts on personal and professional products and services
Professional advice for clinical and practice management issues
The mission of our annual Dental Day is to share the legislative process with you and your fellow IDA members, help you build relationships with your legislators, and build the dental profession’s political impact at the Statehouse. Don’t miss the 2024 Dental Day on Monday, February 5.
Every session, members of the Indiana Legislature make decisions that affect your patients, your practice and your profession. Meeting these legislators face-to-face, introducing yourself to their staff members, and sharing information on what matters to dentistry is the most effective way for you to have an impact on the political process and advocate for Hoosier oral health.
You may not realize it, but your legislators actually want to hear from you. Your representatives can’t know all the details about every issue. They rely on your professional expertise to provide information regarding the impact that bills and legislation might have.
>>>Click here to register for Dental Day or to learn more.
Join the IDA at the Indy Fuel Party Deck for fun and hockey. The cost is $25 for IDA members and guests. IUSD students can register for $10 with coupon code.
Event Details:
Friday, January 19, 2024, 5:30 p.m.
Indiana Farmers Coliseum
1202 E. 38th Street, Indianapolis
The entry fee includes food, drink and game tickets. Parking is a separate $10 fee per car, payable on site with cash or credit card.
The IDA’s 2023 Ethics and Opioids self-study publications are now available online. A combined publication on both topics is being mailed to all IDA members. We are happy to mail print copies to hygienists and non-member dentists upon request, subject to availability.
Both publications and the related quizzes fulfill the Indiana state CE requirements for the 2024 license renewal. The opioid CE also applies toward the 8-hour MATE Act requirement for DEA registration renewals.
Both publications have an online quiz. The cost to take each quiz is:
On August 24, the Indy Star published an article about the growing crisis of dental Medicaid and low reimbursements. The article does an excellent job of highlighting the pitfalls of current Medicaid reimbursement levels and the resulting shortage of Indiana dentists who are willing to accept Medicaid. Several IDA member dentists shared their own experiences with Medicaid and Medicaid patients with the IndyStar:
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