ADA News

The ADA has issued several email alerts in recent weeks about new potentially fraudulent mailings purporting to be from the ADA:

It's time to recognize and thank the people in your dental practice who help make it run so smoothly and effortlessly.

In just five minutes, viewers can get a video update on how the ADA's Community Dental Health Coordinator program is enhancing the oral health of underserved patients in urban, rural and American Indian communities.

San Diego—A federal district court in California Jan. 25 granted a motion to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to stop the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California from adding fluoride to its water.

Louisville, Ky.—Just days after icy streets and frigid temperatures in the greater Louisville, Ky., area postponed the Smile Kentucky!/Give Kids A Smile clinic at the University of Louisville School of Dentistry Feb. 1, volunteers stepped up to reschedule dental education, screenings and treatment for 300 children from 23 area schools. 

After his 2011 experience at the Evidence-Based Dentistry Champions Conference, Dr. Partha Mukherji of Fort Worth, Texas, enthusiastically exclaimed to the ADA News: "It's kind of like being a Paul Revere. You've just got to go out there and say, 'EBD is coming!'  

 The ADA is partnering with a national communications firm as part of a renewed commitment to educating the country on access and optimal oral health care.

The 2013 President-Elect's Conference gave the ADA an opportunity to introduce a bold new advocacy plan and show leaders of constituent societies how they can be part of it. 

They were there when it all started, and it's clear that they are all the way with Give Kids A Smile—to this day.