The Health Subcommittee of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee approved a bill May 17 that included several provisions supported by the American Dental
A highly translucent cement affected the final color of interim restorations less than opaque cements did in a study published in the June issue of
Dr. Israelson Hilton Israelson, D.D.S., a Texas-based periodontist and former ADA trustee, passed away on May 19. Dr. Israelson, who had been providing periodontal services
With the end of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency in the U.S. on May 11, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is no longer
Meeting of the minds: Representatives from the ADA and Rhode Island Dental Association meet with Rhode Island lawmakers to discuss the medical loss ratio bill.
The ADA wrote U.S. Rep. Andy Kim, D-NJ, to thank him for the introduction of the Dental Care for Our Troops Act, which would improve
The ADA supports the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ re-inclusion of dental services as a specific supplemental benefit under Medicare Advantage Organizations reporting requirements,
The ADA Council on Ethics, Bylaws and Judicial Affairs has opened the application period for its 2023 Student Ethics Video Contest, an annual competition in
In a May 9 letter to Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) and Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), the chair and ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education,
The American Dental Association Standards Committee on Dental Informatics has approved a technical report on teledentistry for circulation and comment. Proposed ADA Technical Report No.
A federal science panel recommended May 4 that a National Toxicology Program draft report and meta-analysis examining potential associations between fluoride and IQ be revised
U.S. Senators Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., reintroduced legislation May 3 that would give patients and doctors more control over their health care