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Resources for Recruiting Dental Team Members

Staffing Shortages for Hygiene Positions

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Check Your Team Members’ Licenses and Registrations

Healthy Smiles Golf Classic-May 6th, 2022

Important Reference Committee Update

Virtual Courses to Help You Meet CE Requirements

New Resource on tda.org

New CE Course: Appliance Therapy in Everyday Dentistry

Join us for an Important Discussion: Diversity in Dentistry

Drug Enforcement Agency Email: Expired State Dental Licenses

It's here! Introducing the TDA Dental Concierge app.

Updated CDC Isolation & Quarantine Guidelines for Dentists

ADA Technical Issues Update

Your career. Your community. Your chance to renew.

CDC Changes to Isolation and Quarantine Period

Dentists’ Advocacy Defeats Damaging Medicare Dental Proposal

One More Chance to Meet CE Requirements

Discover ADA Member Advantage-endorsed products, services at SmileCon

Perks await member dentists and their teams at the booths of ADA Member Advantage-endorsed products and services in Dental Central.

Feel empowered during Opening Session

The Opening Session will leave attendees feeling wowed, moved and empowered when it kicks off SmileCon on Oct. 17.

NIDCR seeks policy analyst, fellowship applicants

NIDCR is seeking to fill a policy analyst branch chief position, as well as applicants for its Dental Public Health Research Fellowship.

Dental school rebuilds after Hurricane Helene

The Dental College of Georgia at Augusta University was one of many communities that experienced utter devastation from Hurricane Helene.

Serving those who served us

The ADA Foundation’s Give Veterans A Smile program will launch nationally at SmileCon.

Top places to visit in Dental Central

Here are the top places to visit in Dental Central at this year’s SmileCon in New Orleans.

States remove stigmatizing mental health questions from dental licensure applications

These reforms help prevent discrimination in licensing against dentists who have received treatment for mental health issues.

Harvard dental school to host upcoming Medicare webinar

The Harvard School of Dental Medicine will host a webinar about the intersection of Medicare, Medicare Advantage and oral health policy. 

ADA commission adopts revised CE standards

CCERP reduced the number of standards a continuing education provider needs to meet to receive approval.

October JADA finds amalgam restorations declining

Amalgam restoration placements decreased significantly between 2017 and 2023, according to a study published in the October issue of JADA.

Two leaders in dentistry receive ADA honorary membership

The ADA Board of Trustees awarded honorary memberships to Aldolfo A. Rodríguez Núñez, D.D.S., and Rita Tiernan.

New section in ADA journals offers window into latest scientific discoveries

The section’s first article, published in October, covers disruptive events in dentistry.

National Academies to host Advancing Oral Health Across the Lifespan workshop

NASEM is set to hold a workshop Nov. 18-19 to explore practices for advancing oral health in the U.S. across the lifespan.

Research review contends fluoride in water is less effective than in 1970s

Expert committee of the ADA points out limitations and exclusions in new fluoridation review.

ADA comments on proposed rule to further advance interoperability

The ADA is asking the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to improve interoperability standards.

5 things to know about the National Commission

This is the first in a 13-part series profiling the National Commission and each of the 12 recognized specialty sponsoring organizations

Antibiotic could eliminate gum disease-causing pathogen without harming healthy bacteria

ADA Forsyth scientists have discovered that narrow-spectrum antibiotic FP-100, or hygromycin A, can eradicate Fusobacterium nucleatum.

Hurricane Helene ravages dentists' homes, practices in southeast

Hurricane Helene laid waste to more than 500 miles of the southeastern region of the U.S.

ADA technical report calls for external validation of AI algorithms in dentistry

Two new standard documents on artificial intelligence and dental stools are available for review and comment from the ADA.

What to know about the Dental Quality Alliance

In 2008, CMS proposed that the ADA take the lead in establishing an organization to develop performance measures for oral health care.