San Antonio—Registration and housing for the ADA's 149th annual session are now open on ADA.org.

Washington—The National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center is offering two new free tip sheets and a new electronic guide.

Are you looking for a new way to hone your leadership skills? ADA CE Online has launched a leadership development series that provides new dentists and established dentists who are new to association volunteerism with basic information on how associations function.

For dentists who are interested in owning a practice or those who are ready to expand, Matsco provides customized financing programs and support from dental industry experts. As the only lender endorsed by ADA Member Advantage, the company's lending philosophy is unique.

ADA President Mark J. Feldman in a letter to the American Medical Association called for more collaboration between dentists and physicians "to improve the oral health of the most vulnerable Americans."

The ADA wants members to know it's questioning the insurance industry's use of the terms "evidence," "evidence-based" and "EBD" and that individual dentists should too.

Representatives of community and hospital dentists have given a mixed reception to the news that they are to be awarded a 2.2 per cent pay increase for 2008/09. The news comes following the Government's confirmation that they have accepted the proposals of the Doctors' and Dentists' Review Body in full this year. Dental academics are expected to be given an equivalent award.

Representatives of community and hospital dentists have given a mixed reception to the news that they are to be awarded a 2.2 per cent pay increase for 2008/09. The news comes following the Government's confirmation that they have accepted the proposals of the Doctors' and Dentists' Review Body in full this year. Dental academics are expected to be given an equivalent award.

When it comes to educating, persuading or simply connecting with an audience in a meaningful way, there's no better way than storytelling.

From chairside computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing systems to in-office whitening systems to shade guides, the spring issue of the ADA Professional Product Review is packed with information to help you decide what's best for your practice.

Advances in dental technology offer a greater range of treatments in dental offices, and the ADA Foundation is taking a proactive step to help ensure patient safety through a $100,000 grant to the American Dental Society of Anesthesiology Research Foundation Inc.

A combination of positron emission tomography (PET) and computed tomography (CT) for radiation treatment planning in patients with head and neck carcinoma provides for excellent local and regional disease control when compared with CT alone, according to a study in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics.

Educational providers and dental practitioners who wish to practise implant dentistry should refer to the Training Standards in Implant Dentistry for General Dental Practitioners, published by the Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK), says the GDC. The GDC supports these training standards, as the authoritative source for implant dentistry for dental practitioners in the UK, in a policy statement on implantology.

Ortek Therapeutics, Inc., and Stony Brook University announced that new data published in the most recent issue of the Journal of Clinical Dentistry demonstrate the effects of a new chewable mint in preventing cavities in children. This investigational product, called BasicMints™, contains CaviStat®, an innovative, fluoride-free, cavity-fighting complex.

Has your society developed an innovative program or activity that deserves national recognition?

Port-au-Prince, Haiti—St. Damien Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, is seeking a long-term volunteer dentist to work in its brand new dental clinic. A one-year commitment is desirable but negotiable.

In light of new data connecting oral cancer to the human papillomavirus (HPV) and to commemorate National Oral Cancer Awareness Week April 7-13, Delta Dental of Michigan, Ohio and Indiana is calling for patients to request an oral cancer exam during their regular dental check-up.

Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine (BUGSDM) Periodontology and Oral Biology Assistant Professor Dr. Eva Helmerhorst has been awarded a $447,000 R21 grant by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR). The award for Oral Fluid Proteolytic Effects on Salivary Protein Structure and Function will be distributed over a two-year period.

To help dental care professionals (DCPs) prepare for the introduction of compulsory continuing professional development (CPD), the GDC has produced guidance on the requirements. From 1 August 2008 all DCPs will need to start documenting their CPD. They will be required to complete and record a minimum of 150 hours of CPD every five-year cycle, a third of which should be verifiable CPD (50 hours).

The ADA Council on Ethics, Bylaws and Judicial Affairs is sponsoring a Student Ethics Video Contest inviting dental students to create video presentations on common ethical situations.