The National Dental Board of Anesthesiology (NDBA) is an American professional association established in 2001 by the American Dental Society of Anesthesiology

American Dental Society of Anesthesiology

The American Dental Society of Anesthesiology is an American professional association established in 1953 and based in Chicago.-Mission:...

. Based in Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

, NDBA is the world's largest national dental board devoted to sedation and anesthesia.

Purpose

The purpose of the National Dental Board of Anesthesiology is to elevate the standards of dental anesthesia and to advance the art and science of anesthesiology in dentistry in an effort to provide optimum health care.

Members

NDBA Membership is open to all board-certified dentist anesthesiologists, oral and maxillofacial surgeons

Oral and maxillofacial surgery

Oral and maxillofacial surgery is surgery to correct a wide spectrum of diseases, injuries and defects in the head, neck, face, jaws and the hard and soft tissues of the oral and maxillofacial region. It is an internationally recognized surgical specialty...

and members of the ADBA. Since 2001, Diplomates of the National Dental Board of Anesthesiology and the American Dental Board of Anesthesiology have been allowed to obtain ADSA Fellowship without a second examination process.