ADA News

San Francisco—They do a lot with a little. They are the dental students of the University of California, San Francisco School of Dentistry—and their small, lean clinic, which treats homeless clients, has been awarded the 2012 ADA Foundation Bud Tarrson Award.

Get ready for the ADA Annual Session Oct. 31-Nov. 3 by pre-ordering the 2013 ADA Annual Session Preliminary Program.

The ADA Success Dental Student Programs are seeking new speakers to help prepare the next generation of dentists make the transition from dental school to practice.

The ADA is accepting applications from dentists for the 2013-14 ADA Institute for Diversity in Leadership.

Washington—The Association described "advances that we believe will lead to improvement in the oral health of American Indians and Alaska Natives" in March 19 testimony responding to congressional inquiry.

Washington—The 113th Congress and President Obama, with one accord and little fanfare, produced public law offering disaster response opportunity for dentists and dental facilities long advocated by the profession and the Association.

Washington—Dr. Douglas B. Torbush expects to hire a hygienist in June and is "very interested" in the new Form I-9 announced by the Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. "I have not had to hire anyone in such a long time that I was somewhat at a loss when I found that the I-9 form is now required for all new hires," he said.

Boston­—Massachusetts dentists can administer Botox and derma fillers to patients as part of their overall dental treatment plan, per a new state regulatory policy.