The DALE Foundation

03/01/2026

Happy Dental Assistants Recognition Week!

Happy Dental Assistants Recognition Week! 🎊

✨THANK YOU✨ for the hard work, dedication, and passion you bring every day to help your patients and teammates. You are valuable and important in your practice — and you deserve to be recognized! ❤️

And thank you to the American Dental Assistants Association for leading this wonderful week of celebration! 👏

10/23/2025

📣 We are thrilled to share the Dental Assisting Professional Model with you!

Dental assisting requirements can be so different from state to state, and this model — which can be used by states or dental practices — is a proposed solution to help standardize and elevate the entire profession across the country.

There were many dental assistants in the workgroup that developed this model, and we thank them for their contributions!

Click the link in the comments to read the full model, learn more about its development, and view our toolkit for states and practices on how to implement it. 👇

09/03/2025

Dental unit waterlines are in the news and on inspection checklists, but how can you keep your patients and dental team members safe? 💧

Learn the what, why, and how of dental unit waterline compliance with our new course, Understanding Dental Unit Waterlines, created in partnership with the for Dental Safety (ADS).

The course is worth 2 CE credits and meets DANB recertification requirements. Click the link in the comments to learn more! 👇

08/06/2025

🎉 We're thrilled to announce the recipients of this year's Liz Koch Memorial Scholarship (listed in the order they're pictured):

🦷 Emily Brown
🦷 Natasha Carl-Hawkins
🦷 Omar Flores
🦷 Jinae Jang
🦷 Jorge Luna
🦷 Crystal Mercedes
🦷 Jamaya Morgan
🦷 Ashley Perez
🦷 Ana Puga-Flores
🦷 Erick I. Román Rodríguez

Recipients can use their funds for professional development activities such as continuing education courses, DANB exams and certifications, DANB certification renewal, college courses, and dental conferences.

Please join us in congratulating the winners! 👏

06/05/2025

This year, 50 dental professionals were awarded the 2025 ADS-DANB-DALE Foundation Andrew Whitehead Education and Certification Scholarship.

05/21/2025

Please join us in congratulating the recipients of this year's DANB/DALE Foundation Scholarship! 👏

Here are the winners pictured (from the top row, left to right):
🏅 Barbara Lindsay Haggard
🏅 Mannal Amjad
🏅 Alissa Bunton
🏅 Victoria Valencia
🏅 Julia Trejo
🏅 Aaliyah Street
🏅 Samantha Bonilla
🏅 Liana Karamyzova
🏅 Ebany Chan
🏅 Britney Miranda Pena
🏅 Luckma Tracy
🏅 Anastasiia Biermaier
🏅 Angela Patterson
🏅 Diana Contreras Monteserin
🏅 Aman Cheema
🏅 Bethany Noriega Salazar
🏅 Amelia Martinez de Fuentes
🏅 Breah Crissler

These recipients were selected out of nearly 600 applicants from across the country. This was a record year for the number of applications received, as well as the number of recipients chosen and funds awarded. The scholarship supports aspiring and early-career dental assistants, providing funds that enable them to enter into and grow within the dental assisting profession.

05/13/2025

Check out our new FREE webinar!

Communication is vital in the dental practice. 🤝

The latest *FREE* webinar from The DALE Foundation, Effective Communication to Foster Wellness, aims to help you unlock the power of communication to create a more positive and connected practice. Discover different listening styles and enhance your ability to truly hear and understand patients and colleagues — all while earning 1 CE credit!

Learn more and access the course here: https://www.dalefoundation.org/courses/catalog/course/effective-communication-to-foster-wellness

04/08/2025

Ready to advance your education and achieve your career goals? 🎯

Apply today for the Liz Koch Memorial Scholarship! Recipients will receive between $250 and $1,000 for professional development activities such as:

✔️ Continuing education courses
✔️ DANB exams and certifications
✔️ College courses
✔️ Dental conferences

Applications are due by May 5, 2025. Learn more: https://www.dalefoundation.org/resources/scholarship

03/05/2025

From everyone at DANB and The DALE Foundation, we want to wish you a happy Dental Assistants Recognition Week! 🥳👏🦷

Thank you for the hard work, dedication, and passion you put into your work every day to help your patients and teammates. You are valuable and important in every practice — and you deserve to be celebrated! ❤️

02/19/2025

Learn more about this scholarship and apply here: https://www.dalefoundation.org/resources/scholarship

🚨 New scholarship opportunity! 🚨

The ADS-DANB-DALE Foundation Andrew Whitehead Education and Certification Scholarship is now open! Submit your application by March 31, 2025, for the opportunity to earn the Dental Infection Prevention and Control certificate or for the opportunity to become Certified in Dental Infection Prevention and Control (CDIPC) or Dental Industry Specialist in Infection Prevention and Control (DISIPC) certified.

Learn more at the link in the comments!

01/09/2025

We are now accepting applications for the DANB-DALE Scholarship! Learn more below. 👇

Eager to jump-start your dental assisting career? 🚀

The 2025 DANB-DALE Foundation Scholarship is now accepting applications through Jan. 30!

The scholarship was launched in 2024 to support aspiring and early-career dental assistants in achieving their career goals. Learn more about the scholarship and how to apply here: https://www.danb.org/career-center/scholarships