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Ninth District Headquarters Office - Hawthorne, NY

2025 Ninth District President

Dr. Renuka Bijoor

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We’re updating how you log in to your NYSDA and ADA account.

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Life comes with challenges, but your new Member Assistance Program (MAP) is here to help. This free, confidential benefit is available to you and your household, offering resources and services to support mental health, reduce stress, and make life easier.

Welcome to the Ninth District Dental Association

The Ninth District Dental Society was formed in 1909 and renamed to the Ninth District Dental Association in 2002. We have a membership of over 1500 dentists in 5 counties: Westchester, Rockland, Dutchess, Orange and Putnam.

In its quest to serve both the public and the profession, the Ninth District embodies the highest ideals.

The mission of the 9th District Dental Association is to serve and support its members and the public by improving the oral health of our community through Advocacy, Continuing Education and Camaraderie.





Latest News Around the Tripartite

AHRQ Updates Data on Use of Dental Services

Apr 8, 2024
Per the notice below, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has updated its data on the use of dental services.

AHRQ Stats: Trends in Number of Individuals Using Dental Care

Around 131 million people—40.8 percent of the total U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population—utilized dental care in 2020.  This represented a decline of 18 million people when compared with the 149 million people who utilized dental care in 2019.  (Source: AHRQ Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Statistical Brief #555, Dental Utilization and Expenditures, U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population Aged 2 and Older, 2019-2021.)

New Analysis Documents Pandemic’s Impact on Healthcare Use

Outpatient visits, emergency department visits, and inpatient admissions each fell about 35 percent in April 2020 in the United States, as the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic was experienced nationwide, a recent AHRQ study found.  The study, an analysis of AHRQ’s Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data published in the Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, reviewed healthcare utilization from 2018 to 2020.  The researchers found that dental visits fell more than 80 percent, ophthalmology visits declined 71 percent, and mammograms fell 82 percent, but psychiatric visits rose slightly.  By the end of 2020, specialist physician visits recovered; however, primary care and dental visits remained 12 percent lower than in 2019.  MEPS is the Nation’s most complete source of data on the cost and use of healthcare and health insurance coverage.  Access the abstract.


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