The ADA is accepting applications until May 15 for the 2019 Robert H. Ahlstrom New Investigator Award, which highlights the crucial role dental informatics standards play in dentistry. ADA dental student members and ADA members who have earned their dental degree no earlier than 2014 and members pursuing an additional degree or specialty are eligible to apply. Permissible… Read More »
Washington — The past year was full of big wins for the Association, including advocating for the Action for Dental Health Act and supporting landmark opioid legislation — both of which were signed into law, according to ADA News. Here follows some of the key advocacy issues, including those affecting new dentists, the ADA addressed in 2018. For… Read More »
Dentists take risks each and every day, and identifying the risks that exist in a dental practice is the first step to effectively managing them. That is the reason why the ADA Council on Dental Practice has unveiled the new Guidelines for Practice Success module on Managing Professional Risks, housed at ADA.org/GPSrisk within the ADA Center for Professional… Read More »
What does it take to build a healthy smile? Now’s the time to get your free National Children’s Dental Health Month posters, activity sheets and other resources featuring the Smile Builders! This year’s poster and activity sheets, designed by art students at Columbia College Chicago, remind children to “brush and clean in between to build a healthy smile.”… Read More »
The American Dental Association Institute for Diversity in Leadership is accepting applications through April 12 for its 2019-20 class. The Institute is designed to provide education and leadership skills to dentists who are members of racial, ethnic and/or gender groups that have been traditionally underrepresented in leadership roles within the profession and their communities. Selected applicants will attend… Read More »
The Association announced Jan. 7 that ADA Member Advantage named BMO Harris Bank as its new exclusively endorsed lender for practice financing for ADA members, according to ADA News. Through this agreement, ADA members will have access to preferred rates on practice financing, regardless of where their practice is in its lifecycle — from dentists looking to acquire… Read More »