This template provides a strategy with which AIDA members can work within the existing system, from the local dental society upward, to assure greater representation of fee-for-service/freedom of choice in dentistry.
First, it is reasonable to insist that the generalist/specialist ratio in dental practice be mirrored in Organized Dentistry. This is not presently the case. Because many specialists feel forced by referral networks to participate in managed care plans, managed care is overrepresented in specialty dentistry and therefore Organized Dentistry.
Secondly, in many areas of the country there is a significant problem regarding the participation of generalists in Organized Dentistry. Organized Dentistry has not created value for the general dentists, while it has indigenous value to the specialist for promotional and referral building purposes. This again makes overrepresentation by specialists a naturally ocurring phenomenon that, while not always a non-altruistic situation, does not represent the body of the Organization.
Thirdly, fee-for-service/freedom of choice needs to be fervently represented at every level of dentistry. Regardless of who is doing the representation, the first mission of an AIDA-model dental society must be to populate policy-making bodies with dentists who will go to the wall to maintain choice in practice modalities.
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