ADA Standards Program volunteers work together on documents that establish requirements for safe and effective dental products and technologies through a consensus-based process. The ADA has played a key role in the development of dental standards since 1928 and is an American National Standards Institute Accredited Standards Developer. The Working Groups that develop ADA standards are a diverse group of expert volunteers representing dental practitioners, industry, government and academia. Professionals from all areas of interest are encouraged to participate. Involvement is open to anyone who would like to contribute their expertise.
The following draft standards are available for public review and comment until September 7, 2025. Please note that draft standards that are adoptions of ISO standards must be requested as indicated below due to copyright restrictions.
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Proposed ANSI/ADA Standard No. 47-2, Dentistry – Stationary Dental Units and Dental Patient Chairs – Part 2: Air, Water, Suction and Wastewater Systems
Developed by ADA Standards Working Group 6.35: Dental Chairs, Units, Stools
Modified adoption of ISO 7494-2:2022, Dentistry — Stationary dental units and dental patient chairs — Part 2: Air, water, suction and wastewater systems
This document specifies requirements and test methods for stationary dental units concerning:
a) the properties of stationary dental unit connections to the compressed air supply, water supply, suction supply, and wastewater drain plumbing,
b) the materials, design, and construction of the compressed air and water system within the stationary dental unit,
c) the quality for incoming water and air,
d) the performance of stationary dental unit suction system, and
e) the air, water, suction and wastewater properties of stationary dental unit connections to the interfaces to dental handpieces.
This document also specifies requirements for instructions for use and technical description. This document does not specify requirements or test methods for the effectiveness of stationary dental unit waterline biofilm control.
NOTE Test methods for the effectiveness of stationary dental unit waterline biofilm control are specified in ANSI/ADA Standard No. 167/ISO 16954.
This document is only applicable to stationary dental units that are not used for oral surgery treatment requiring sterile air and water supplies. Amalgam separators are not included in this document.
If you would like to review this document, please send your request to standards@ada.org.
Proposed ANSI/ADA Standard No. 174, Dentistry – Hose Connectors for Air Driven Dental Handpieces
Developed by ADA Standards Working Group 4.29: Handpieces
Modified adoption of ISO 9168:2009, Dentistry — Hose connectors for air driven dental handpieces
This document is applicable for achieving reliable interchangeability between hoses from dental units and dental handpieces.
This document specifies four types of hose connectors for use between air driven dental handpieces and the flexible hoses of the dental unit which supply the handpieces with water, air and light, and provide for exhaust.
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Proposed ANSI/ADA Standard No. 206, Dentistry – Implantable Materials for Bone Filling and Augmentation in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery – Contents of a Technical File
Developed by ADA Standards Working Group 8.47: Implantable Materials
Modified adoption of ISO 22794:2007, Dentistry – Implantable materials for bone filling and augmentation in oral and maxillofacial surgery – Contents of a technical file
This document applies to implantable materials used as dental devices for filling and augmenting bones in oral and maxillofacial surgery. Products that are essentially pure (>90 %) hydroxyapatite are not covered by this standard.
Evaluation includes the physico-chemical, mechanical, biological, and clinical aspects and behavior of these implantable dental materials.
Materials such as autografts, allografts, human sourced bone filling materials, barrier membranes, and products for which the intended use is to deliver a medicinal and/or biological product are not covered by this document.
If you would like to review this document, please send your request to standards@ada.org.
Proposed ANSI/ADA Standard No. 1100, Dentistry – 2D and 3D Orthodontic/Craniofacial/Forensic Photographic Views and Viewsets
Developed by ADA Standards Working Group 11.6: Integration of Orthodontic Standards
The scope of this document is to provide: a list of possible intraoral and extraoral visible light image (photographic) views as used by orthodontic/craniofacial/forensic providers; explanations and specific attributes of each view, making use of text and line art drawings where necessary; and terminology that includes necessary terms for encoding orthodontic views and viewsets. This standard is suitable for use in assigning tags, fields, and information to visible light image (photographic) views for implementation guides and profiles.
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Proposed ADA Technical Report No. 1103, Dentistry – Informatic Considerations in Assessment of Perceptions of Patients of Their Experience of Care
Developed by ADA Standards Working Group 12.5: Utilization of EDR to Support Quality Improvement
This document frames the benefits of capturing patient expectations and perceptions of their experience with the dental practice, highlights current and future uses by the dental profession, and provides guidance for electronic tools related to the patient experience and quality improvement.
It explores and provides guidance for how patient experience tools empower patients and providers, promote the dental provider(s) use and understanding of quality improvement, benchmarking and health outcomes.
This technical report does not apply to paper tools or patient satisfaction surveys.
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If you have comments on Proposed ANSI/ADA Standard No. 1100 or Proposed ADA Technical Report No. 1103, download the corresponding comments template above, add your comments and proposed changes, and send to standards@ada.org by September 7.