Dental Assisting National Board

The national body that writes, administers, and defends the exams that decide who is a certified dental assistant across the United States.

  • www.danb.org
  • Citadel
  • Chicago, IL
  • Professional and scientific society
  • Read from public sources, Aug 2026
106named by peers

Financial profile

Dental Assisting National Board · EIN 35-1595040 · 501(c)(6)

Fiscal yearTotal revenueContributionsProgram servicesTotal expensesNet assetsYear end
FY2023$9,381,952$0$9,094,466$9,922,762$8,745,566Dec 2023
FY2022$2,751,992$0$2,631,832$2,954,812$8,629,325Dec 2022
FY2022$9,729,380$0$9,299,585$9,389,651$8,935,759Aug 2022
FY2021$9,641,099$0$9,380,884$8,647,927$9,451,431Aug 2021
FY2020$7,665,210$0$7,496,890$8,122,797$7,879,567Aug 2020
FY2019$8,937,893$0$8,737,504$8,907,024$7,917,170Aug 2019

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Peer societies

Five societies Dental Assisting National Board is read alongside.

Who backs DANB

No public supporter list found as of September 2026.

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Who backs Dental Assisting National Board's peers, but not Dental Assisting National Board

Companies named publicly by at least one of Dental Assisting National Board's five peer societies, and not found in Dental Assisting National Board's reviewed public records.

CompanyADHAADEAADAPeers
CareCreditNamedNamed2 of 3
CuradenPremier LevelNamed2 of 3
Dentsply SironaPremier LevelNamed2 of 3
HaleonGoldNamed2 of 3
Heartland DentalPremier LevelNamed2 of 3
Henry Schein, Inc.Associate LevelNamed2 of 3
Paradise Dental TechnologiesSupporting SponsorsNamed2 of 3
PDS HealthGoldNamed2 of 3
Young InnovationsSupporting SponsorsNamed2 of 3
3Shape, Inc.Named1 of 3
A-decNamed1 of 3
AcadentalNamed1 of 3
ACTSupporting Sponsors1 of 3
AHI TravelNamed1 of 3
Air TechniquesNamed1 of 3
Align TechnologyNamed1 of 3
All Things ToothySupporting Sponsors1 of 3
AnsellSupporting Sponsors1 of 3
Aspen Dental & Puppy ParkBronze1 of 3
Aspen Dental ManagementNamed1 of 3
Avid TravelingNamed1 of 3
BaseKamp DesignNamed1 of 3
Best CardNamed1 of 3
Bien Air USANamed1 of 3
BioHorizons Implant SystemsNamed1 of 3
Brasseler USANamed1 of 3
Certiphi ScreeningNamed1 of 3
Cetacaine Anesthetics by CetyliteSupporting Sponsors1 of 3
Colgate Oral PharmaceuticalsNamed1 of 3
Colgate® PreviDent® Professional ExperienceGold1 of 3
Compliancy GroupNamed1 of 3
Crest + Oral-BAssociate Level1 of 3
DCI EdgeNamed1 of 3
DENTALEZNamed1 of 3
DentoSupporting Sponsors1 of 3
DMG-AmericaNamed1 of 3
Elevate Oral CareAssociate Level1 of 3
EnvistaNamed1 of 3
EquitableNamed1 of 3
Erskine Oral Care/PikstersBronze1 of 3
GC AmericaNamed1 of 3
GE Appliance StoreNamed1 of 3
GoTuPremier Level1 of 3
HealthFirstNamed1 of 3
Henry Schein DentalBronze1 of 3
Henry Schein One | ExanNamed1 of 3
HertzNamed1 of 3
HP Inc.Named1 of 3
Hu-FriedyBronze1 of 3
HuFriedy GroupAssociate Level1 of 3
HuFriedyGroupNamed1 of 3
IntelePeer Cloud CommunicationsNamed1 of 3
IvoclarSupporting Sponsors1 of 3
JAZZ ImagingNamed1 of 3
JunoNamed1 of 3
Kahler SlaterNamed1 of 3
KaVo Dental TechnologiesNamed1 of 3
KenvueNamed1 of 3
KeyBankNamed1 of 3
Kilgore InternationalNamed1 of 3
Lands' EndNamed1 of 3
LenovoNamed1 of 3
Liaison InternationalNamed1 of 3
ListerinePlatinum1 of 3
LM-Dental, a Planmeca CompanyNamed1 of 3
MedAssent DDSNamed1 of 3
Meisinger USANamed1 of 3
Mercedes-BenzNamed1 of 3
Mortenson Dental PartnersSupporting Sponsors1 of 3
MouthWatchNamed1 of 3
National Dentex Labs (NDX)Named1 of 3
NSK AmericaNamed1 of 3
onDiemNamed1 of 3
Optimal Billing SolutionsNamed1 of 3
OraPharma, a subsidiary of Bausch Health US, LLCNamed1 of 3
OrascopticNamed1 of 3
OverjetNamed1 of 3
P&G | Crest+Oral-BNamed1 of 3
Pac-Dent / Gingi-PakSupporting Sponsors1 of 3
Pacific Dental Services (PDS)Associate Level1 of 3
Panacea FinancialNamed1 of 3
Patterson DentalNamed1 of 3
PhilipsAssociate Level1 of 3
Philips Oral HealthcareNamed1 of 3
Planmeca USANamed1 of 3
PropioNamed1 of 3
Richmond Dental & MedicalNamed1 of 3
SaratogaNamed1 of 3
SGA Dental PartnersNamed1 of 3
SimplyTestNamed1 of 3
Solventum (formerly 3M Health Care)Associate Level1 of 3
Sunstar AmericasNamed1 of 3
SuperMouthSupporting Sponsors1 of 3
ThreadfellowsNamed1 of 3
Titanium SolutionsNamed1 of 3
Ultradent ProductsNamed1 of 3
Unimed Government ServicesNamed1 of 3
UPSNamed1 of 3
VitalSource TechnologiesNamed1 of 3
VOCO America, Inc.Bronze1 of 3
VolvoNamed1 of 3
vVardisNamed1 of 3
WeaveNamed1 of 3
Whip Mix CorporationNamed1 of 3
XComP AnalyticsNamed1 of 3
ZimVieNamed1 of 3

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The outside view

The national body that writes, administers, and defends the exams that decide who is a certified dental assistant across the United States.

  • Authority
  • Preserve
  • Outward
  • Operational

Their shape

The Citadel

Led from the center, built to endure.

The Citadel runs on clarity and decisiveness, its direction held by a strong center the whole organization moves behind. Its gift is speed and coherence, its challenge is leaning too heavily on the few at the middle.

Also reads toward The Guild and The Legacy.

Strengths

→Decisions are clear and rarely second-guessed.
→Members trust that the institution will still be standing tomorrow.
→Strong operations keep the core running without drama.

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