ADA News

Washington—The Association, citing "a disturbing dental divide in America," announced a nationwide campaign May 15 to reduce the numbers of adults and children with untreated dental disease.

Washington—The Pew Children's Dental Campaign 'revised and corrected' an issue brief challenged by the Association as using "erroneous calculations to buttress its arguments that New Zealand's use of dental therapists is responsible for better oral health among New Zealand children than those in the U.S."

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is working to draw attention to hypertension's many challenges during May, which is High Blood Pressure Education Month.

Washington—Medicare electronic health record incentive payments to dentists and other eligible professionals will be reduced by 2 percent under sequestration's mandatory budget cuts, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said. Medicaid EHR incentive payments are exempt from the mandatory reductions.

Washington—Tell your story, ADA President Robert Faiella urged the nation's dental leaders in opening the May 13-15 Washington Leadership Conference.

The ADA is accepting nominations until June 14 for the 2013 Norton M. Ross Award for Excellence in Clinical Research.

The ADA is urging dentists to encourage their patients to participate in bone marrow matching programs.