Opinion ID: 747684
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Heading: The CDA

Text: 2 The CDA is a trade association for licensed dentists in the State of California. It is part of the American Dental Association (ADA) and is itself composed of 32 local component societies. Individual dentists must be a member of a local component to belong to the CDA, and must belong to the CDA to join the ADA. CDA membership is not a condition to obtaining a dentist's license from the state, but roughly 75 percent of the practicing licensed dentists in California belong to it. The CDA is organized as a nonprofit corporation under California law and federal tax law. 3 The CDA provides its members a variety of services, such as lobbying, marketing and public relations, seminars on practice management, assistance in compliance with OSHA and disability requirements, continuing education, placement services, and administrative procedures for handling patient complaints. It also has several for-profit subsidiaries from which members can obtain liability and other types of insurance, financing for equipment purchases, long-distance calling discounts, auto leasing, and home mortgages. CDA membership also allows access to a broad range of similar benefits from ADA membership.