The ADA does not provide specific answers to individual questions about dental problems, conditions, diagnoses, treatments or proposed treatments, fees, or requests for research.

Visit the Manage Your Oral Health section for information about dental referrals, complaints, and a variety of dental procedures.

Due to the large number of inquiries received each day, we encourage you to search the site first for the topic you need. For example, if you are looking for information about dental careers or tooth whitening, enter "careers" or "whitening," in the search box at the upper right on each page of the site (except on popup windows.)

If you can't find the information you need on the ADA Web site, you may want to try other resources, such as the National Library of Medicine's database, MEDLINE. Visit the Frequently Asked Questions about MEDLINE page to learn more.

You can e-mail the ADA's Department of Public Information and Education at publicinfo@ada.org.