The ADA Standards Program

• CB 1: Restorative and Orthodontic Materials
• CB 2: Prosthodontic Materials
• CB 3: Terminology & SNODENT
• CB 4: Dental Instruments
• CB 5: Infection Prevention and Control
• CB 6: Dental Equipment
• CB 7: Oral Hygiene Products
• CB 8: Dental Implants
• CB 9: CAD/CAM in Dentistry
• CB 10: Forensic Odontology
• CB 11: Dental Data Structure and Exchange
• CB 12: Artificial Intelligence & Knowledge Management

See List of Consensus Bodies and Working Groups below for full list of groups and read the FAQs for more details.

The ADA Standards Program is the driving force behind establishing a dental profession that works in sync with the dental industry. Over 400 volunteers from the profession, academia, government and industry participate by providing their expertise. Participation in this program puts you on the leading edge of:

• Establishing how dental products and technologies are defined;
• Setting expectations on how certain products and technologies should perform; and
• Understanding the big picture of how these products and technologies work together.

As an ADA Standards Program volunteer, you have a voice in benefiting the entire dental community by setting the standards for dental materials, products and technologies that improve the safety and health of both patients and professionals.

The impact of the voluntary dental standards produced by the ADA Standards Program is far reaching, and your participation is vital to ensure the needs of U.S. consumers and manufacturers are heard. In the U.S., the FDA relies on the standards from the ADA Standards Program to evaluate products to go to market and in many countries, ISO standards are adopted into regulation.

There are no fees to participate for Consumer or General Interest members (see FAQs for interest category definitions).

Producer members pay the following annually to participate in any group that reviews international standards (no fees for CBs 3, 10 or 11):

CB Membership

• Voting: $600
• Includes 1 primary voting and 2 alternate members on CB; 1 primary voting and unlimited observers in all WGs under that CB
• Observer: $300 (no alternates)
• Premium Voting (All CBs): $4500
• Includes 1 primary voting and 2 alternate members on all CBs; 1 primary voting and unlimited observers in all WGs

Individual WGs Only (if not on affiliated CB)

• Voting: $150 (no alternates)
• Observer: $75