ADA Files Amicus Brief at SCOTUS

Cybersecurity Threat to Dental Practices

Dental Board Adopts Hygienist Local Anesthetic Rule

2025 TDA Budget

UT Faculty Fair

CLARIFICATION: Office of Inspector General: Common Errors in Sedation and Anesthesia Administration: February 2024 TDA Today

Dr. Alex Mellion Dental Dilemmas Episode

Dr. Alex Mellion Dental Dilemmas Episode

Information for Dentists: Change Healthcare’s Cyberattack

Dentists: Follow Texas X-Ray Regulations Despite ADA Updates

Women's History Month

June TSBDE Licensing Expo

Anesthesia Advisory Committee Meeting

Dentists: Follow Texas X-Ray Regulations Despite ADA Updates

Importance of Mental Health and Well-being

TDA Helps Members Understand TSBDE Continuing Education (CE) Requirements

Governor Appoints New Dental Board

TDA Meeting Registration & Housing Now Open

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House passes budget reconciliation bill

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the budget reconciliation package May 22.

3 things you missed in government this week

ADA News is providing a roundup of happenings in government you may have missed.

CDC urges health care providers to stay alert for measles cases

Measles continues to spread in the U.S., as the total number of cases in 2025 is already more than three times the total for all of 2024.

Dental School Snapshots: May

This ADA News series shares fun facts about U.S. dental schools.

ADA urges DOJ to enforce health insurance antitrust reform

The ADA is commenting on competition in the dental insurance market.

Tobacco control ‘cuts cannot be reconciled’

The ADA signed onto a coalition letter that shares concerns about the impact of federal workforce reductions on tobacco control efforts.

Forsyth Friday: Scientists draw insight into human hypomineralization treatment by examining pig teeth

The quick mineralization of pig teeth could aid the development of treatment for children experiencing “chalky teeth.”

ADA to end SmileCon in 2026

The ADA’s annual SmileCon conference will hold its final event this October.

ADA urges DOJ to enforce health insurance antitrust reform in dental market

The ADA is commenting on competition in the dental insurance market.

ADA leaders: Continue covering preventive services, fluoride

A national conversation on fluoride prompted ADA leaders to re-emphasize the need for insurance groups to cover preventive services.

ADA Children’s Airway Event to strengthen dentists’ communication, clinical skills

Dentists will learn how to communicate the importance of children’s airway health during the event taking place July 24-26 in Chicago.

Law removes registration requirement for Iowa dental assistants

Dental assistants in Iowa will no longer need to register with the state dental board, thanks to a new law.

ADA leaders urge insurance groups to cover preventive services

ADA officials urged urged third-party payers, Medicaid agencies and employer groups to include fluoride treatment in coverage.

3 things you missed in government this week

ADA News is providing a roundup of happenings in government you may have missed.

ADA: Urge Congress to protect dentists from unfair tax hike

The ADA issued a Grassroots Alert urging members to tell Congress to oppose a tax bill provision that would negatively impact dentists. 

ADA seeks member input to strengthen policy on recoupment practices

The ADA is aware of dental benefit carriers reducing payments owed to dentists to recoup overpayments made to other dentists.

Florida second state to ban community water fluoridation

Florida became the second state to ban community water fluoridation after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Senate Bill 700 into law.

ADA Living Guideline Program announced

The ADA and University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine have collaborated to establish the ADA Living Guideline Program.  

FDA to pull prescription fluoride supplements from market

The FDA announced that it plans to remove prescription fluoride supplements from the market once a safety review is completed.

Bitonte College of Dentistry names new dean

Sorin T. Teich, D.M.D., has been appointed dean of Northeast Ohio Medical University’s Bitonte College of Dentistry.