HISTORICAL
TIMELINE
1868 -2018
Gov. Tom Corbett signs into
law legislation that requires
general anesthesia coverage
for children and patients with
developmental disabilities.
This result stemmed from
more than 10 years of PDA’s
advocacy efforts.
2012
36
2014
PDA House of
Delegates approves
major changes to
the association’s
governance structure
and votes to
dissolve itself.
In the first year of a
new annual meeting
format, post-House
of Delegates,
Pennsylvania’s Dental
Meeting & Expo is
held …the following
year shortened to
Pennsylvania’s Dental
Meeting (PDM).
2015
2016
2017
2016
2018
OC
PDA gets another
big legislative victory
with the passage
of non-covered
services legislation,
prohibiting insurance
companies from
capping dental
services that they do
not cover under their
plans.
2014
2012
2013
2015
First MOM-n-PA
two-day dental
mission is held at
Temple University’s
Liacouras Center
in Philadelphia,
serving more than
1,800 patients and
providing $850,000
in donated dental
care.
2012
2013
PDA leads a coalition of health care provider
groups to pass retroactive insurance claims review
legislation that limits the timeframe in which
insurers may retroactively review and deny claims
to 24 months. Gov. Tom Wolf signed the legislation
into law Nov. 4, 2016.
JUN 2
Gov. Tom Corbett
signs PDA’s volunteer
dentistry bill (HB
1056) into law, a
significant legislative
victory for PDA.
MA R CH/A P R I L 2018 | P EN N S YLVA N IA D EN TA L J O UR N A L
Dr. Charles Weber, PDA President 2004-2005
The reason I became part of the PDA is because I’m a ‘joiner.’ I was a
member of the student dental association when I was a student at the
University of Pennsylvania. I realized then that there were a lot of things
that dentistry could do, but we could only do it with an organization like
the PDA. I also did not like one part of dentistry, and that was the part
where you sat in the office by yourself and never had a chance to see
another dentist. Physicians always had the chance to meet at the hospital,
have lunch together and chat about their various problems. As a dentist,
we did not have that availability. Therefore when we had the opportunity
to join the PDA and network with our peers, it was a great opportunity to
network and develop lifelong friendships.