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American Dental Assistants Association Announces
Free Membership to E-Members

Effective immediately, ADAA will begin offering online membership at no cost to dental assistant participants. New enrollees - or E-Members - will receive free, on-line, dental related CE, select Dental Assistant Journal on-line access, and other optional benefits previously restricted to traditional members.  For over 85 years, the ADAA has represented the interests of America's more than 200,000 dental assistants. This move will solidify that position and provide no-cost professional services to all dental assistants.

Speaking out on behalf of the new E-Membership, ADAA President Angela Swatts, CDA, EFDA, Indianapolis, said:  "In making its E-Membership available to all at no cost we are seeking to improve the careers and contributions of dental assistants to the practice of dentistry. The bottom line is optimum dental care delivery to the patients. It's what a professional association should do."

Fourth ADEA International
Women's Leadership Conference

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
MASTER'S PROGRAM IN GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH

New York University's Master's Program in Global Public Health is a collaborative effort of five of NYU's premier professional schools, including NYU's College of Dentistry, the most comprehensive oral health care center in the world. This innovative program, leading to the M.P.H. degree or to the D.D.S./M.P.H. dual degree, is multidisciplinary in every way with a curriculum that offers a unique preparation for a career in global health. Please browse our Web site for details on curriculum, faculty, and the NYU community.

www.nyu.edu/info/gmph/ms1406

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY

Web Based Study on Assessment and Clinical Decision Making for Pain Management 

Dear Colleagues,

We are conducting a WEB-BASED study on assessment and clinical decision making for pain management.  We are currently recruiting HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS to participate in our study, which would involve approximately 1.5 hour of your time.

During that time you would be asked to complete some questionnaires, view pictures and read case reports of patients who are experiencing pain, and make pain assessments and ratings.

If you are interested, then please email paindecision1@phhp.ufl.edu or call The Center for Pain Research and Behavioral Health at 352.273.5221.

Thank You!

Michael E. Robinson, Ph.D., Center for Pain Research and Behavioral Health

MISSOURI COLLEGE DENTAL HYGIENE PROGRAM REACHES OUT TO HISPANIC POPULATION

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF DENTISTRY LAUNCHES SPANISH VERSION OF ITS EDUCATIONAL MOUTHPOWER® WEB SITE  

California Dental Association Foundation
makes translation possible

The California Dental Association Foundation—the philanthropic affiliate of the California Dental Association—awarded a grant to the National Museum of Dentistry to create a Spanish version of www.MouthPower.org. Visitors to the web site will now have the option of exploring Mouthie’s laboratory in English or Spanish.

“The National Museum of Dentistry’s mission is to educate the public about oral health in a healthy life, and translating MouthPower® into Spanish significantly increases the reach of this vital and engaging program,” said Rosemary Fetter, Executive Director of the National Museum of Dentistry. “We are grateful to the California Dental Association Foundation for their generous gift to translate www.MouthPower.org into Spanish.”

"We are pleased to partner with the National Museum of Dentistry on this important program to extend the cultural and linguistic opportunities to educate children and families on the importance of oral health," said Jon Roth, Executive Director of the California Dental Association Foundation. The CDA aims to improve the oral health of Californians by supporting the dental health profession and its efforts to increase access to care for the state's most vulnerable people.

"Expanding our reach with preventive oral health messages is important to the CDA Foundation,” added Bruce Toy, DDS, Chair of the CDA Foundation Board of Directors. “We're glad to have the opportunity to partner with an established program like MouthPower® to extend our reach.”

“We are excited that the important oral health messages found in MouthPower® will now be able to reach into the Hispanic community,” said Hispanic Dental Association Board President Ernest L. Garcia Jr., DDS. “This is an excellent program that will have a tremendous impact on the oral health of Hispanics with its translation into Spanish.”

MouthPower®—the signature oral health education program of the National Museum of Dentistry—motivates young people to discover the power of a healthy smile. Offered online as an interactive web program, on site as a hands-on exhibition, and across the country in a new traveling exhibition, MouthPower® engages elementary-school age children to learn about brushing and flossing, the parts of a tooth, healthy food choices, the dangers of tobacco use, and the evolution of oral health care.

MouthPower® online is an entertaining and education web experience developed by the National Museum of Dentistry in partnership with the American Dental Association.

The Spanish version of MouthPower® online is made possible by the California Dental Association Foundation. Additional support for MouthPower® online is provided by United HealthCare Dental.

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