ADA News

The ADA’s Chicago office will be closed on Monday, May 21, as a precautionary measure over protests expected to take place during the May 19-21 NATO summit in Chicago.

Washington—Sarah Milligan brings Capitol Hill experience to her springtime appointment as director, political affairs/ADPAC (American Dental Political Action Committee).

Tampa, Fla.—Scientists and researchers from the ADA and the ADA Foundation Paffenbarger Research Center showcased their work at the 41st annual meeting of the American Association for Dental Research March 21-24.

Washington—Connecticut dentists delivered an access to care message to Congress during the May 7-9 Washington Leadership Conference, and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) commended their efforts.

Milwaukee—Celebrating 67 years of community water fluoridation, the ADA, the Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention honored nearly 130 states and communities with 2011 Fluoridation Awards at the National Oral Health Conference May 1 at the Frontier Airlines Center in Milwaukee.

Hong Kong—There’s still time to save up to 60 percent on registration for the 100th anniversary FDI World Dental Congress Aug. 29-Sept. 1. Early bird registration discounts are available through May 31 at www.fdicongress.org/registration.

Washington—Bipartisan lawmakers championed dental legislation and thanked dental leaders at the May 7-9 Washington Leadership Conference for their advocacy.

Washington—ADA’s Washington Leadership Conference took an inter-professional turn, dentist political activist meeting physician lawmaker “at the intersection of increasingly heavily traveled” public policy streets.

The Council on Dental Education and Licensure voted May 4 to support the American Society of Dentist Anesthesiologists’ request for specialty recognition.

Washington—Economic trends suggest reduced dental Medicaid funding, reimbursement cuts, benefit restrictions and a decline in public and private third-party financing for dental care “in the short term,” the Association said in the third of a series of statements on access to oral health.

Milwaukee—Almost three-fourths of U.S. residents who receive water from community water systems—about 204 million residents—now receive fluoridated water, according to the latest statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The ADA is accepting nominations for the Norton M. Ross Award for Excellence in Clinical Research.

Speakers from the ADA Seminar Series program are available for 2012 events.

The e-book revolution is gaining momentum, and the ADA Catalog is at the ready with a growing selection of essential professional resources in this format for dentists.

When he hired me, Hal Christensen said he needed a writer to describe the American Dental Association’s activities in the nation’s capital, of which he was the greater part as I was to learn, and that I must leave deadline-a-minute journalism and report to the ADA Washington Office May 1, 1978.

Washington—A proposed health reform rule to require the return of Medicare overpayments within 60 days of their identification “will create unnecessary burdens on providers,” the Association told the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

The investigative union of practicing dentists and academic scientists known as practice-based research networks has a new official name and structure and a $66.8 million grant from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research.

New classification criteria on the common autoimmune condition Sjogren’s syndrome is now available, the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research announced.

Atlanta—Oropharyngeal cancer is the second most diagnosed of cancers associated with the human papilloma virus, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

GKAS on track: NASCAR’s Greg Biffle (second from right) greets 3- and 4-year-olds from St. Peters Day Care with help from (back row, from left) ADA President-elect Robert A. Faiella, the Tooth Fairy (Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry student Margaret Snellings), Bobbie Anderson and Robbie Schureman, both of Henry Schein Inc.