Resources: How Your ADA Can Help Get You Started
If you're a dental student or new dentist looking for advice on how to get started in dentistry, just call the ADA and wait awhile. A truck will back up to your door.
Through its Council on Dental Practice, the ADA Catalog and various agencies, the Association offers booklets, brochures, seminars, videotapes, computer disks and other materials on every aspect of dental practice — from associateships and dental placement services to financial management and practice promotion.
Also, the Office of Student Affairs operates the popular SUCCESS program, a practice-management seminar with collateral materials targeted to senior dental students. The program is presented on site at dental schools across the country (For more information, call Ext. 2808 or visit www.ada.org/prof/ed/students/success.asp.)
Students and new dentists can also get help finding what they need through the ADA Office of Student Affairs (Ext. 7470) or the Committee on the New Dentist (Ext. 2779). In addition, ADA.org provides valuable resources for students and new dentists at www.ada.org/prof/index.asp.
Finally, the ADA News offers "Starting Out," a column centered on helping students and new dentists get started in practice and get involved in organized dentistry.
What follows is a sampling of materials and programs available through the ADA — and which department to call.
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From the Center for Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning
Seminars
(Seminar Services, Ext. 2908)
- Not Just One of the Girls: How Gender Affects Success With Colleagues, Patients and Staff
- Treating the Female Patient: Medical and Dental Considerations
- Everything You Wanted to Know About Street Drugs But Were Afraid to Ask!
- The Team Approach to Periodontal Therapy
- Pharmacology Made Easy
- Vital Principles for Excellent Veneer and Crown Restoration
- Diagnosis and Treatment of Medical Emergencies in the Dental Setting
- Periodontal-Systemic Link
- Advances in Sports Dentistry
- Interceptive and Minor Orthodontics
- A Practical Approach to Increased Revenues with Electrosurgery/Radiosurgery
- Blood, Sweat and Tears: Frontline Management of Dental Trauma
- Untangling the Net
- Making Sense of Your Sensors: Digital Imaging for Fun and Profit
- Reinventing Your Dental Practice
- Update on Recordkeeping and Insurance
- From Conflict to Collaboration: Resolving Team Conflicts
- The Total Endodontic Experience
- Create the Practice of Your Dreams Today
- Prevention Strategies for a Lifetime of Healthy Smiles
- Top 10 Skills for Success in Dental Communication
- Non-Surgical Perio
- Everyday Implant Dentistry: Making It Work for You
- Dental Materials and Techniques for the Clinical Dental Assistant
- Preparing for Ownership
- Energized for Success: Power Points for Peak Performance
- Becoming a "High Tech" Communicator with PowerPoint
- Medically Complex Dental Patients
A current listing of Seminar Series and Continuing Education courses by state is available online.
From the Council on Dental Practice
Practice Management Written Materials
(Council on Dental Practice, Ext. 2895)
- Directory of Dental Practice Appraisers and Brokers — free online to members (www.ada.org/prof/prac/tools/directories.asp)
- Directory of Dental Practice Management Consultants — free online to members (www.ada.org/prof/prac/tools/directories.asp)
- Dental Mass Disaster Identification Teams in the United States
- Closing a Dental Practice: A Guide for the Retiring Dentist or Surviving Spouse — free online to members (www.ada.org/prof/resources/topics/disableddent.asp)
- Emergency Planning and Disaster Recovery in the Dental Office
- Marketing Resources (all four listed below)
- Marketing Resources Guide
- Marketing Tactics to Help Build Your Practice
- Surveys for the Dental Practice
- Diversity in the Dental Practice
- Practice Management Guidelines (all 10 listed below)
- Establishing a Dental Placement Service
- Flexible Benefit Plans in Dental Office
- General Guidelines for Developing Business Plans
- General Guidelines for Referring Dental Patients
- General Guidelines for Written Employment Agreements Between Dentists and Employees
- Guidelines for the Development of Mutual Aid Agreements in Dentistry
- Informed Consent and the Law Article
- Resources for On-the-Job Training of Dental Assistants
- The Dentist's Role in Forensic Identification: The Release of Dental Records and Radiography, and Denture Labeling
- Practice Words of Wisdom Booklet
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From the Council on
Access, Prevention and Interprofessional Relations
(Ext. 2860)
Resource Packets
- Alternative Dental Careers
- Community Water Fluoridation
- Sealants
- Sports Dentistry
- Tobacco Cessation
Other Resources
- Early Childhood Caries Information (Baby Bottle Tooth Decay)
- Guidelines for the Delineation of Clinical Privileges in Dentistry
- Guide to Joint Commission Hospital Accreditation Resources for Dentists
- Guidelines for Hospital Dental Services
- Fluoridation Facts (Catalog Sales)
- Electronic Fluoridation Presentation Kit
- Community Water Fluoridation Video (Catalog Sales)
- Community Organization for Water Fluoridation Manual
- Manual on Dental Care Access Programs
- Obtaining Funding for Dental Access Programs
- Dental Access Program Marketing
- Nutrition and Oral Health (for example, exclusive school soft drink contracts)
- Non-Traditional Practice Settings: Developing New Ways to Practice Dentistry (Catalog Sales)
- Oral Health Care Series — Oral Health Care for Patients With Complex Medical Conditions (Catalog Sales)
- Providing Dental Care in Long-Term Care Facilities: A Resource Manual (Catalog Sales)
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From the Council on Dental Benefit Programs
(Ext. 2759)
- Peer Review in Focus (a manual) (Ext. 2759)
- Dentistry's Dispute Resolution Program: A Peer Review Process (a brochure) (Ext. 2759)
- Direct Reimbursement — A Guide for the Dental Office (a brochure) (Ext. 2746)
- Direct Reimbursement — A Brush Up for the Dental Office (laminated card) (Ext. 2746)
- Direct Reimbursement: An Introduction (Ext. 2746)
- DR Brochure for Smart Companies (patient brochure) (Ext. 2746)
- Buyer's Guide to Dental Benefits (Ext. 2746)
- Dental Office Bill Stuffers (Ext. 2746)
- Consultation on Dental Codes Questions (Ext. 2753)
- Consultation on Third Party Payer Issues (Ext. 2746)
- Consultation on Quality Assessment and Improvement Questions (Ext. 2772)
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From the ADA Catalog
(Catalog Sales, 1-800-947-4746 www.adacatalog.org)
Practice Management Publications
- Frequently Asked Legal Questions
- Protecting Your Dental Office from Fraud & Embezzlement
- Practice Options for the New Dentist: A Financial Guide
- Smart Hiring: A Guide for the Dental Office
- Employee Office Manual
- HIPAA Privacy and HIPAA Security products
- Current Dental Terminology, 2005
- Full selection of OSHA and Regulatory Compliance products
- Dental Letters With Impact!
- Basic Concepts in Dental Radiography
- Dental Office Design: A Guide to Building, Remodeling and Relocating
- Basic Training I: for New Dental Office Staff
- Basic Training II: for New Clinical Personnel
- Basic Training III: for Dental Administrative Personnel
- Starting Your Dental Practice: A Complete Guide
- Associateships: A Guide for Owners and Prospective Associates
- Valuing a Practice: A Guide for Dentists
- The Ultimate PR Kit
- Develop a Dynamic Web Site for Your Practice
- Power of Internal Marketing
- Periodontal Screening and Recording
Patient Education Resources
- Brochures on a wide variety of oral health topics
- Educational plaques, posters and flip guides
- Complete array of materials to educate children and parents
- Videos for adults and children
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From the Health Policy Resources Center Division
(Ext. 2568)
Future of Dentistry
Dental Health Policy Analysis Series
- 1999 Workforce Needs Assessment Survey
- Financing the Purchase and Sale of Dental Practices
- Issues in Children's Access to Dental Care Under Medicaid
- Medicaid and Dental Care for Children: A Review of the Literature
- Studies of Dental Workforce
- Unmet Need and Access Among Our Nation's Children: Issues and Options (White Paper)
- American Dental Association Dental Workforce Model
- Economic Impact of Dentists
Survey Center Reports
- Distribution of Dentists by Region and State
- Survey of Dental Practice Series
- Survey of Dental Services Rendered
- State and County Demographic Reports
- Survey of Current Issues in Dentistry
- Survey of Dentists
- Public Opinion Survey
- Key Dental Facts
- The Consumer Price Index and Dental Services
- Facts About States: For the Dentist Seeking a Location
- Survey of Dental Graduates
- Survey of Dental Fees
- Legal Provisions for Delegating Intraoral Functions to Dental Assistants and Dental Hygienists
- Survey of Dental Education Series
- Survey of Advanced Dental Education
- Survey of Allied Dental Education
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From the ADA's Web site, ADA.org
ADA Library Online Catalog — Search the online catalog for book and journal titles acquired since 1980.
Directory of Practice Management Software — Compare and contrast practice management software with this user-friendly database.
Continuing Education — Search the ADA CE Course Listing database to locate seminars by date, location, course information and more. Review ADA CERP-recognized programs. Search the Seminar Series.
ADA Positions and Statements — A listing of current issues and opinions from the American Dental Association.
Government, Advocacy and Grassroots — Find out what the ADA is doing for you in Washington and how you can add your voice.
ADA Seal of Acceptance — For more than 125 years, the ADA has sought to promote the safety and effectiveness of dental products. Use this resource to locate products with the ADA Seal.
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