May 22, 2025
Dental School Snapshots: May
This ADA News series shares fun facts about U.S. dental schools.
May 22, 2025
ADA urges DOJ to enforce health insurance antitrust reform
The ADA is commenting on competition in the dental insurance market.
May 22, 2025
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.
May 22, 2025
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.”
May 22, 2025
ADA to end SmileCon in 2026
The ADA’s annual SmileCon conference will hold its final event this October.
May 22, 2025
ADA urges DOJ to enforce health insurance antitrust reform in dental market
The ADA is commenting on competition in the dental insurance market.
May 21, 2025
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.
May 20, 2025
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.
May 20, 2025
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.
May 19, 2025
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.
May 16, 2025
3 things you missed in government this week
ADA News is providing a roundup of happenings in government you may have missed.
May 16, 2025
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.
May 15, 2025
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.
May 15, 2025
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.
May 14, 2025
ADA Living Guideline Program announced
The ADA and University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine have collaborated to establish the ADA Living Guideline Program.
May 14, 2025
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.
May 13, 2025
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.
May 13, 2025
ADA provides recommendations on Medicaid provisions in reconciliation legislation
The ADA provided comments on Medicaid provisions in the budget reconciliation legislation.
May 12, 2025
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.
May 12, 2025
ADA opposes proposed health care cuts in reconciliation bill
The ADA has joined the Partnership for Medicaid in expressing concern with potential Medicaid cuts in the upcoming reconciliation bill.
Sedation Statutes and Regulations Update
Jan 24, 2024
The Nebraska Board of Dentistry passed LB 80, which updated statutes related to sedation in Nebraska. The Board has submitted draft Regulations that will go through a hearing process, most likely in the summer of 2016.
LB 80 and the Draft Regulations are posted on the Practice FAQ page.
LB 80 and the Draft Regulations are posted on the Practice FAQ page.
