Catch the Wave at ACD 2026!

Join us as we celebrate our mission and welcome our new Fellows!

October 23-24, 2026

Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort

Santa Barbara, California

Registration opening soon!

The mission of the ACD is to advance excellence, ethics, professionalism, and leadership in oral healthcare.

Fellowship in the College

Fellowship in the American College of Dentists is by invitation only.
There are over 7,000 Fellows – all selected based on their exceptional contributions to organized dentistry, oral healthcare, dental research, dental education, the profession, and society.

Welcome to the ACD!

Congratulations to all the New Fellows who were inducted into the College in Washington, DC in October! You are an extremely talented and impressive group of servant leaders who stand on the shoulders of those ACD Fellows who have gone before you to build an organization whose mission is to promote the very highest ideals of our great profession.

Affiliations

The American Society for Dental Ethics is an Affiliate of the College. ASDE and the College work together to fulfill their parallel missions. More information about ASDE can be found on their website.

The Student Professionalism and Ethics Association in Dentistry is a national, student-driven association that was established to promote and support students’ lifelong commitment to ethical behavior in order to benefit the patients they serve and to further the dental profession.

Contribute to Our Ongoing Mission

“Philanthropy—investments in project and process design is to improve the quality of life for generations yet to come. The impact is often difficult to understand and often impossible to judge. Philanthropy is speculation. The drive is fueled by a desire to move humanity forward.”

Steven D. Chan, Past President of the ACD and of the ACD Foundation

"Follow impulses and leaderships that represent ideals; that point the way to your professional destiny; that express integrity, fidelity, service, and lofty purposes—the finest that is in you individually and professionally!”

William J. Gies July 11, 1937

“The College must be a symbol of the ideals that have made our profession great; the College should be a catalyst . . . a stabilizer . . . a resource . . . to which the profession can turn for guidance in matters of ethics, of philosophy, of principle . . . The American College of Dentists has many functions but its basic mission-its reason for being-is leadership.”

Philip E. BlackerbyPresident, 1963

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News

American College of Dentists

Fall 2025 Vol. 54 | No. 4