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2007
PDA launches a
redesigned website
that for the first
time includes an
online PDA member
directory for patients. PDA presidents
Dr. Jon Johnston
and Dr. Tom Gamba
travel to New Orleans
to treat victims of
Hurricane Katrina
at the Operation
Blessing Clinic.
2001
2005
2010
PDA’s legislation to expand the scope of
practice of EFDAs is signed into law by
Governor Edward G. Rendell.
2007
DentalComp, Inc. is
formally dissolved
by the House of
Delegates.
2005
2010
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Governor Edward G. Rendell signs PDA’s denture
identification legislation into law as Act 101.
2005
2004
2003
2004
Philadelphia hosts
the American Dental
Association Annual
Session.
Dr. Craig A. Eisenhart
PDA President, 2005-06
Dr. Craig Eisenhart
PDA President 2005-2006
One of the things we did the year
I was President, and people told me
it couldn’t be done, was to write a
strategic plan. The most memorable
thing about my experience as
president was the writing of the
first strategic plan for PDA.
2009 House of Delegates
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