Dr. Michael Shakroo is no stranger to overcoming obstacles in his life. Dr. Shakroo was a successful dentist in his native Iraq, when religious persecution forced him to flee to Syria with his family in 2007. While in Syria, he and his family spent three years as refugees waiting for a response to their application seeking asylum through… Read More »
You can be involved in dental standards development, which ensures that those who design and manufacture dental products — everything from dental chairs to secure email services — and the dentists who use them are on the same page. The ADA is an American National Standards Institute accredited standards developing organization. It depends on dentist volunteers with an… Read More »
Almost a year ago, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a final rule requiring most dental offices to install amalgam separators. The rule includes some exemptions, a phase-in period for existing dental offices and considerations for dental practices that have already installed the devices. The ADA worked with the EPA on the final rule and commended the agency for… Read More »
More than 200 over-the-counter dental products sold to consumers carry something highly coveted: the ADA Seal of Acceptance. Participating companies commit significant resources to test and market products in the Seal program, and these products can be used with assurance that they are safe and have demonstrated efficacy according to requirements developed by the ADA Council on Scientific… Read More »
Dr. Dawn McClellan has always known that patients with oral health needs exist in all corners of the globe. Long before she graduated from The Ohio State University College of Dentistry, one of her first volunteer experiences abroad was helping patients in a leper colony in Nigeria at the age of nineteen. “As an Ohio teen, I spent… Read More »
When he first went to college, Kristopher Rappold was interested in one thing: playing football. “Over time I realized that football was not going to be a career and I decided to look around a bit,” Dr. Rappold said. His uncle, a dentist, set him up with job shadowing opportunities with several practicing dentists, and he was inspired… Read More »