New dentists and dental students can submit their stories of inspiration and a photo for a chance to win a round-trip flight, five-night hotel stay and registration to ADA 2017 – America’s Dental Meeting in Atlanta. The ADA wants to know what inspired or inspires dentists to be dentists. It can be about anything from what or who… Read More »
When Dr. Nayrika Salamati entered a makeshift dental clinic inside a church in Hanover Parish in northwestern Jamaica, it felt humid and dark. “We brought our own lights and our own fans,” she said. “It wasn’t ideal but it worked well enough.” By 8:30 a.m., busloads of schoolchildren would arrive ready to receive free dental services from a… Read More »
Step inside the colorful world of Newton Dentistry for Kids in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and you will find there is a lot more happening than just dental treatments. Dr. Christine Landes, a pediatric dentist who has been in practice for 20 years, includes complimentary salivary diagnostic testing and nutrition counselling for all of her patients. Here, nutrition is… Read More »
Washington — Assign roles. Develop your talking points. Share personal stories. In an effort to educate members of Congress on the importance of three dental and health care-related proposals, hundreds gathered for a March 27 morning session to kick off the ADA Dentist and Student Lobby Day. This is the first year the ADA is holding its annual advocacy… Read More »
Washington — From working with federal agencies to educating members of Congress on dentalrelated issues, advocacy has become an integral part of the dental profession’s activities. But when you’re a full-time practitioner with a full-time life outside of dentistry, who has time to monitor every single issue? Here are some of the key advocacy issues for new dentists… Read More »
The nebulous term “quality improvement” shouldn’t scare off dentists from attending the upcoming Dental Quality Alliance Conference, as all are welcome, said Dr. Marie Schweinebraten, former ADA trustee and current DQA chair. “On a day-to-day basis, we measure improvement every day, but [dentists] don’t call it that,” she said. “Quality measures provide a means to use tested ways… Read More »