ADA News

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. 

Bullhead City, Ariz.—The 80 children who received exams and sealants at the Mohave Community College Give Kids A Smile event Feb. 2 had a warm and fuzzy experience thanks to Dandy, a registered therapy dog with Pet Partners of Kingman (formerly Delta Society). 

Washington—The Association is reviewing transparency regulations to require reporting of certain payments or transfers of value to covered physicians and teaching hospitals. Dentists are not exempt from the Sunshine Act final rule published in the Feb. 8 Federal Register. 

Washington—The U.S. Census Bureau encourages dentists to inform the 2012 economic census by completing survey forms mailed to many private practice dental offices. Not all practices will receive the forms. The economic census is the government's official five-year measure of American business and the economy.