Focus Magazine
The Focus magazine is the official MDA publication.
- Click each cover image to go to that issue online. Next to each image is a list of the table of contents. For issues previous to those listed, go to the magazine archive.
Winter 2025 (December)
- From the Editor: Can You Hear Me Now
- Association Insights: MDA Discontinuing ADA CERP
- ADA House Actions, Budget & Commentary
- Revisiting Dental Loss Ratio, More For Your Smile Campaign
- CE Broker Overview
- Business Solutions: Close insurance gaps; protect yourself and your practice
- Considering Americans’ With Disabilities Act, Practice Implications
- Practice Website Accessibility: Is Yours Risking AwDA Litigation?
- Moral Action & Professionalism: AI In Dentistry
Fall 2025 (September)
- From the Editor: What Is “Enough” Transparency?
- From the President: I’m Afraid We Have a Trust Issue
- Moral Action and Professionalism
- Association Insights: OPA EFDA Pilot Project Update
- Legislative & Regulatory: Opening Doors Through Advocacy Tours
- The MCOH Model and its Impact on Medicaid Participation
- Sales/Use Tax Audits: The Biggest Win for Missouri Dentists this Year
- Bringing X-ray to the Chairside: The Portable Imaging Advantage in Dentistry
- Missouri Office of Dental Health: Committed to Supporting the State’s Oral Health Workforce
Summer 2025 (June)
- News Briefs & Recognition
- Welcome New MDA Board Members, Officers
- Dr. Ron Wilkerson Installed as 156th MDA President
- Coffee and Conversation: It All Comes Down to Trust
- Surcharging Credit Cards: Good or Bad Idea?
- Why You Need Workers’ Compensation Insurance
- When a Patient Wants to Record Conversations and Procedures
- Who Cares?
Spring 2025 (March)
- News Briefs
- Dental Day Recap
- The Best Time to Plan Is Now
- Recognition
- Follow the Mission, Not the Leader
- Missouri DLR: Educating Lawmakers, Patients
- Missouri ODH: First Quarter Report 2025
- Hidden Liabilities in Your Dental Practice
- Opportunities Abound in Dental Education
