MEMBERSHIP GROWTH & OUTREACH
Member Benefits and Initiatives
MyPDA App
PDA has teamed up with the company Clowder
and will be launching an app (MyPDA) to provide
members a new way to access their benefits. The app
will offer many features including a newsfeed, push
notifications, an events tab and a one-time login.
MyPDA will also provide a welcoming space for users to
post questions, engage in forum discussions and have
friendly interactions. Members will also have quick and
easier ways to volunteer. For example, sharing advice
with students and responding to forum discussions.
The MyPDA app will soon be available and can be
downloaded on any smart or mobile device.
PDA Perks Supplies
This brand new members-only program launched in
August 2018. PDA Perks Supplies leverages the group
buying power of more than 5,000 PDA members and offers
savings of up to 19 percent or more on dental supplies.
As of mid-January 2019, more than 328 PDA members have
registered their Perks Supplies account, with 688 orders
placed. The average savings for members is 17.7 percent.
PDAPerksSupplies.com features more than 60,000
products from more than 350 dental brands – most
available through dealers, including 3M Dental Products*,
Dentsply and Kerr, and product lines of more than 60
direct manufacturers that don’t sell their products through
any dealer. Other benefits of Perks Supplies are:
• FREE ground shipping on every order, regardless of size.
• Vendors ship exactly what a dentist orders – no
alternative brands.
• Vendors must sell products pursuant to
manufacturer guidelines.
• Receive products from direct manufacturers or
authorized distributors. No gray market, expired or
counterfeit items.
Receive a comparative price estimate by sending
competitor invoices or a list of items using the SKU or
distributor item numbers via:
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (844) 515-9195
Fax: (844) 515-7100
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PDA’s Online Continuing Education
Platform
After receiving an overwhelming response from our
membership expressing interest in online continuing
education, PDA is pleased to announce the availability
of our own online continuing education (CE) platform.
PDA member dentists will receive complimentary
registration for several clinical courses including Act
31, Act 124 and radiology. Hygienists, assistants and
EFDAs will be able to access PDA’s online CE once
they have their own record in our database. The
online CE platform also offers additional clinical and
practice management courses for a nominal fee. Most
importantly, PDA’s online CE software will help track all
of your CE courses, allowing you to upload credits from
external courses.
PDA’s online continuing education software is now
available and it is certain to be a valuable benefit for all
members.
Association Labs
In 2018 PDA hired an outside consultant to evaluate
member needs. A key finding of the consultant’s
research identified younger dentists, who are a growing
under recruited market segment, are more likely to be
an employee dentist with different membership needs.
While PDA was aware of the trend of under recruited
new dentists, we weren’t aware of the difference
in needs between older members who are likely to
be practice owners/partners and younger dentists
who may be an employee dentist. These details are
important because a large percentage of PDA member
are over the age of 50.
Age and Experience showed consistent differences.
Younger dentists are more likely to be an employee while
more seasoned dentists are likely to be an owner/partner.
Experience and Age are frequently related to ownership
stake, and therefore, are important contributing factors to
the needs of Pennsylvania dentists.