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Apr 15, 2025

30 years later, Oklahoma City ceremony honors dentists who aided in bombing response

A Day of Remembrance recognized the dentists who helped identify victims after the bombing on April 19, 1995.

Apr 15, 2025

ADA joins coalition supporting community water fluoridation

The ADA is affirming the safety and effectiveness of community water fluoridation amid federal efforts to cease the practice. 

Apr 10, 2025

3 things you missed in government this week

Apr 10, 2025

Coalition calls for preservation of federal loan forgiveness program

The ADA is signing onto a coalition letter highlighting the success and importance of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

Apr 09, 2025

ADA launches redesigned Find-a-Dentist tool

All ADA members have a basic profile they can update by logging in to their My ADA account portal.

Apr 09, 2025

RFK Jr. to tell CDC to change fluoride guidelines

The ADA is reaffirming its support of water fluoridation amid reports that RFK Jr. will direct the CDC to stop recommending the practice. 

Apr 08, 2025

5 things to know about the American Association of Orthodontists

Here are five facts you may not know about the American Association of Orthodontists from its president, John Callahan, D.D.S.

Apr 08, 2025

CDC’s Division of Oral Health eliminated amid federal restructuring

The CDC's entire Division of Oral Health was gutted amid the Trump administration’s efforts to majorly restructure federal health agencies. 

Apr 08, 2025

ADA leaders pen editorial on what Make America Healthy Again could mean for oral health

The editorial written by ADA President Brett Kessler, D.D.S., and President-elect Richard Rosato, D.M.D., appears in JADA.