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8 unusual facts about American Dental Association


American Dental Association

The ADA was founded August 1859, at Niagara Falls, New York, by twenty-six dentists who represented various dental societies in the United States.

Consumers for Dental Choice

The CDC is working to end the American Dental Association's (ADA) alleged silencing of mercury-free dentists, and to put a stop to the ADA’s promotion of mercury amalgam under the deceptive term "silver".

Dental hygienist

Dental hygienists in the United States must be graduates from a dental hygiene program, with either an associate degree (most common), a certificate, a bachelor's degree or a master's degree from a dental hygienist school that is accredited by the American Dental Association (ADA).

East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine

East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine was recently granted accreditation by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association.

Journal of the American Dental Association

The Journal of the American Dental Association is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal on dentistry published by the American Dental Association.

Knut Gard

He was also a corresponding member of the Danish Dental Association from 1945, and later an honorary member of the American Dental Association, the Swedish Dental Society as well as their French, German, Austrian, Finnish and Irish counterparts.

Paul Bussman

Bussman is also active in the state and local chapters of both American Dental Association, the Academy of General Dentistry.

Triclosan

The American Dental Association published a response to the concerns stemming from the Virginia Tech study stating that the study is not relevant to toothpaste.


A-dec

The company has affiliations with the American Association of Women Dentists, American Dental Association, American Student Dental Association, Dental Trade Alliance, National Dental Association, British Dental Health Foundation, and Australian Dental Industry Association among others.

Indiana University School of Dentistry

For example, alumna Carol I. Turner (DDS’75) was appointed chief of the U.S. Navy Dental Corps in 2003, becoming the first woman to hold the Navy’s top position in dentistry; Ronald Zentz (DDS’85) is senior director of the American Dental Association’s Council on Scientific Affairs; and Stephen Ralls (M’81 Periodontics) is executive director of the American College of Dentists.


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Other awards include those from Dentaltown Magazine, Volunteers of America, the American Dental Education Association, Association of Fundraising Professionals, American Dental Association, and Oregon Business magazine.

Curettage

has any therapeutic benefit in the treatment of chronic periodontitis, the American Dental Association has deleted that code from the fourth edition of Current Dental Terminology (CDT-4).