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UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry receives grant to help veterans with blood cancers receive dental care

TDA Meeting Registration & Housing Now Open

TDA Statement on Direct-to-Consumer Dentistry

TDA Statement on Direct-to-Consumer Dentistry

REMINDER: Check Your Team Members’ Licenses and Registrations

Rule Development: Dental Hygienists Administering Local Infiltration Anesthesia

Texas Bans COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates: 7 Vital Points for Dentist Employers

Texas Bans COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates: 7 Vital Points for Dentist Employers

2024 TDA Meeting: Education Options for the Entire Dental Team

Save the Date: 2024 TDA Meeting

Save the Date: 2024 TDA Meeting

Upcoming Live CE Courses: Last Chance to Meet Opioid Requirements in 2023

Dues Statements Coming Soon

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Plan to meet your Opioid Requirements for 2024!

Rule Development: Dental Hygienists Administering Local Infiltration Anesthesia

$50K to help support Texas Tech dental school students!

UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry receives grant to help veterans with blood cancers receive dental care

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.

ADA provides recommendations on Medicaid provisions in reconciliation legislation

The ADA provided comments on Medicaid provisions in the budget reconciliation legislation.

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.

Updates on ADA financial stewardship, tech upgrades

The ADA president and president-elect emailed all members with an update on the state of the ADA's finances and technology upgrades.