Advocacy
Advocating for You, Your Patients, and Your Practice
There are numerous resources and opportunities available to members through the AAO that aim to protect you, your practice and, most importantly, your patients. The AAO Advocacy Team works to ensure that nothing – particularly government policies – stand in your way as you work to achieve your goals. You can learn more about the AAO’s work on national legislation, consumer awareness campaigns, legal resources and the AAOPAC by visiting the AAO website through the links below:
Here at the state level, members of the FAO seek to build long-term relationships with our state Senators, Legislators, and Attorney General, working with the Florida Dental Association to influence policy priorities through legislation and regulation. Your involvement helps us present a unified voice to advocate for our state-wide priorities. Members may be called upon to reach out to your local representatives through phone calls or letters to seek support for our efforts.
We are incredibly grateful for the FAO members who seek to build long-term relationships with our state Senators, Legislators, and Attorney General, working with the Florida Dental Association to influence policy priorities through legislation and regulation. In this video, Dr. Andy Brown explains how you can help their efforts.
Ways You Can Help
- Act on requests to contact state legislators and representatives about current issues:
- Stay up to date on advocacy activities by reading emails and attending meetings of the FAO, SAO and AAO
- Share your knowledge and increase awareness about our FAO legislative priorities in other professional associations and organizations in which you are involved
- Support the AAOPAC. Contributions support candidates whose views are consistent with our professional goals.
- Volunteer as an AAO National Advisory Network member
Eddy Sedeño serves as the Florida Component Advocacy Liaison of the AAO National Advocacy Network (NAN). In the video below, he shares the importance of learning about the issues and laws we are working to move through state and national government. Together as members, we can use our grassroots voices and influence to advocate for the issues we care most about.
