ADA News Archive

Las Vegas—Are you a dentist who would like to test drive some of the benefits of ADA membership that 157,000 of your colleagues already enjoy?

ADA CE Online (www.adaceonline.org) offers quality continuing education courses at an affordable rate, as well as several free courses. 

Kansas City, Mo.—The University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Dentistry received $1.5 million to endow a chair in practice management to help manage a new curriculum to prepare students to manage their own practice.

Las Vegas—Dental professionals who want to learn the latest techniques for dental products taught by the manufacturers that developed them should plan to attend a Corporate Forum at the ADA Annual Session this fall.

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act was always designed to be taken seriously, but the federal government is taking new and more aggressive steps to enforce the health privacy act and investigate possible violations.

Electronic publishing may get all the attention these days, but most ADA members still prefer print media, and most also count the ADA News as their print publication of choice for news and information about dentistry and the ADA.

Washington—Co-chairs Dr. Rhett Murray and Dr. Dennis Zent of the American Dental Political Action Committee presented grassroots awards “representing the best in member advocacy” May 11 at the Washington Leadership Conference.

Health Literacy Out Loud features a new free podcast, “From the Tooth’s Point of View: Communicating Health Messages with Wit and Whimsy,” featuring ADA member dentist Dr. Jeanette Courtad.

Istanbul—The 18th International Turkish Dental Association Congress will convene in İstanbul’s Haliç Congress Centre on May 26-28.

Washington—The fourth American Dental Association Foundation Give Kids A Smile Awards Gala was a night of celebration May 10 with a rooftop view of landmarks in the nation’s capital beneath a blue expanse of evening sky in honor of many smile benefactors.

Washington—Congressional offices welcomed dentists bearing messages during the May 9-11 Washington Leadership Conference.

Dr. David VanSlambrouck faced a $200,000 bill upon exiting dental school at the University of Michigan.

Washington—ADA President Raymond F. Gist, welcoming the nation’s dental leaders to the May 9-11 Washington Leadership Conference, gave himself a 90-second test to deliver a key message, an “elevator speech” on the role of workforce in oral health for all Americans.

Washington—It’s a tale of two freshmen, both incidentally from Florida and merely seated next to each other when they met at the Washington Leadership Conference, each at a different stage in their chosen profession, both testing leadership waters in different ways but here to learn.

Washington—When he returned May 9 to the Washington Leadership Conference, where he launched his campaign for Congress two years ago, freshman Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) thanked the nation’s dental leaders for his election.

Burlington, Vt.—The Vermont legislature rejected a proposed 3 percent tax on dental services, a victory for the Vermont State Dental Society and the thousands of dentists and residents who protested.

Baltimore—Private practice dentists are shaping the oral health research agenda with their questions, the top official of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research told a town hall meeting April 25.

Bethesda, Md.—National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D., announced the appointment of Dr. Martha Somerman, dean of the University of Washington School of Dentistry, as new director of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, effective Aug. 29.

Washington—The Association urged Congress May 3 to support the public-private partnerships forming in Indian Country to advance the oral health of Native Americans.

For three years the ADA has hosted the EBD Champions Conference and for three years participants have overwhelmingly agreed: it’s one of the “best conferences” they’ve ever attended.

Washington—A free half-day training webcast of the Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team Provider Compliance Training is set for May 18.