American Dental Association Research Paper

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The American Dental Association Martin Stephens University Of Phoenix Abstract Iam writing this paper to inform people of the American Dental Association. Iam going to describe briefly and explain how the American Dental Association can contribute toward increasing my professional knowledge and abilities. I will also discuss how this knowledge and these abilities can affect my career success. The American Dental Association This paper will speak of the historic and the present works of the American Dental Association. The ADA (2005) stated that The American Dental Association “was founded in Niagara Falls, New York in August of the year 1859 by 26 dentists standing for multiple dental organizations in the U.S.” Since that time The ADA has gained more than 156,000 dentist employees, and has the major dental organization in 53 states and…show more content…
One person from each of the 17 trustee districts of the association make up most of these councils. The American Dental Association has three articles. The main one is known as the Journal of the American Dental Association. The other two are known as the ADA Guide to Dental Therapeutics and the ADA News. This year the ADA turns 150 years old, and for as many years it has been around it still is in good condition. In 1929, the ADA held its annual session on the lawn of the White House with president Herbert Hoover in attendance. The meeting took up the whole lawn. According to ada/committees (2005) the two commissions of the ADA are the Commissions on Dental Accreditation and the Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations. The American Dental Association has nine unique areas of dental care and they are oral maxillofacial radiology, children dentistry, orthodontics, oral and maxillofacial pathology, endodontics, oral maxillofacial surgery, periodontics, dental public health, and

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