Current Issue: Volume 107, Number 12 (2025)

Each month, the Journal of the Michigan Dental Association delivers news, information, and features about Michigan dentistry to our state's oral health community and the MDA's 6,200+ members. It remains the main publication reaching Michigan dentists and is available worldwide through ADA Commons. The December 2025 (Volume 107, No. 11) issue of the Journal is published in a digital-only format to provide updates and insights for Michigan's oral health community and MDA members. Print editions will resume in the new year.

This issue includes feature articles on the Michigan Dental Foundation, A Case for Credentialing Dental Assistants, and a feature on what will be new at the MDA Meeting in Grand Rapids, MI. Regular monthly contributions include:

• Editorial
• News You Need
• MDA At Your Service on resources for caring for deaf patients
• Dentistry and the Law
• Staff Matters: How to Get Creative with Staff Benefit Offerings
• New Professional: Legacy of Women Dentists
• Endorsed Programs News
• MDA Insurance: Health insurance plans update