Dental Assistant Recognition Week - Days Of The Year

Quick facts

When is it?	Mar 3rd, 2019 - Mar 9th, 2019 Mar 1st, 2020 - Mar 7th, 2020 Mar 7th, 2021 - Mar 13th, 2021 Mar 6th, 2022 - Mar 12th, 2022 Mar 5th, 2023 - Mar 11th, 2023 Mar 3rd, 2024 - Mar 9th, 2024 Mar 2nd, 2025 - Mar 8th, 2025 Mar 1st, 2026 - Mar 7th, 2026 Mar 7th, 2027 - Mar 13th, 2027
What's the date pattern?	First full week of March (Sun-Sat)
What's the official website?	adaausa.org/education-events/dental-assistants-recognition-week
It's also known as:	Dental Assistants Recognition Week, DARW, Dental Assistant Week, Dental Assistants Appreciation Week
Tagged as:	Healthcare Jobs & Professions Life & Living
What are the hashtags?	#DentalAssistantRecognitionWeek #DentalAssistantsRecognitionWeek #DARW #DentalAssistantWeek #DentalAssistantsAppreciationWeek
When was it founded?	1977
Who founded it?	American Dental Assistants Association
We first published this page on:	Jan 28th, 2019
We last updated this page:	Feb 19th, 2025

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We spend billions on marginal and often unnecessary procedures on people who are in the final dying process, yet we leave millions of Americans out of the health insurance system, and America’s kids have the worst dental health in the developed world.

Richard Lamm

Dental practices are made up of people who work hard; from a long line of education to a busy office, dentists make their way into a successful career that benefits people in need of healthy teeth.

Dental assistants, while they may seem like the sidekick of the business, but that’s not true. In fact, they’re much more important than people realize.

That’s why there’s Dental Assistant Recognition Week, a holiday that gives people an opportunity to say thank you to those who work hard to help take care of people’s teeth!

How to Celebrate Dental Assistant Recognition Week

While your primary dentist is usually the one handling all of the vital paperwork and is the careholder of your teeth, dental assistants are the people hands-on when it comes to your teeth, giving you your yearly checkup and always telling you to floss your teeth, no matter how much you don’t like it.

Celebrate this event with some of these ideas to get started:

Give a Thoughtful Gift

One of the best ways to celebrate Dental Assistant Recognition Week if you have one in your family or friend group is by giving them gifts. Give them their favorite flowers, a thank you card, or if you’re cheeky enough, their favorite dessert.

Celebrate at Work

If you work in a dental office, decorate your facility with all kinds of beautiful decorations to say thank you to your friendly assistants. You can also go to the American Dental Assistants Association and find brochures and posters to advertise around your neighborhood!

History of Dental Assistant Recognition Week

Dental assistants are the helpers, the ones who clean your teeth, comfort your children, and give you the in’s and out’s of your health. For many people, however, that role in the office may seem underappreciated and usually goes unrecognized.

Founded by the American Dental Assistants Association in 1977, Dental Assistant Recognition Week is known as a great time to acknowledge and recognize the talent of those in each dental team.

This event is about showing appreciation for those in the dental industry and see how their hard work has improved the lives of many patients and improve the dental sector overall. Throughout the week, people in the United States and Canada celebrate by giving gifts to their favorite dental assistants, whether it be balloons and flowers or a simple thank you card.

Dental assistants help keep the business going, help assist in every way possible, and go far beyond to help their patients; that’s why on Dental Assistant Recognition Week, it’s always important to take the time to say thank you.