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Every story, interview, and mention, from Colorado Dental Association leadership through the ADA presidency.
Profiles and interviews
Leadership, recovery, and the road to the ADA presidency.
ADA NewsShowing Up as His Best Self: Brett Kessler, DDS, to Become 161st President of ADAADA NewsBrett Kessler, DDS, Installed as ADA PresidentCDACDA Past President Dr. Brett Kessler Elected as the New American Dental Association President-ElectADA NewsADA President Details 'Year of Constant Challenges,' Growth, ChangeADA NewsMy View: A Strategic AllianceAAECharting a Collaborative Future: ADA President Dr. Brett Kessler on Unity, Wellness, and the Role of EndodonticsTufts NowThe Next Leader of America's Dentists Sees Opportunity in This MomentCU AnschutzCU Dental Commencement Speaker Brett Kessler, DDS, Recognized with Honorary Alumni AwardThe Thriving DentistAn Inspiring Interview with ADA President-Elect Brett Kessler, DDSMDDSCareer Path Interview: Brett Kessler, DDSLoosidWorking the Steps and Maintaining Your SpiritChief Healthcare ExecutiveDoctors, Nurses, and Dentists Have Something in Common: BurnoutChief Healthcare ExecutiveCleveland Clinic CEO Says AI Is Needed to Solve Health Care's ProblemsADA NewsADA President Highlights Oral Health as Essential During Dentech KeynoteADA NewsSmileCon Opening Session Unites Dentists Around Leadership, Shared PurposeADA NewsInspiration, Celebration Take Center Stage at SmileConADA NewsADA Honors Award Winners at Changemakers CelebrationADA NewsADA Presidential Citation Honors Dentist Killed in Oklahoma City BombingWesternUAmerican Dental Association President Visits WesternU College of Dental MedicineHigh Point EnterpriseADA President Visits HPU Dental SchoolHigh Point EnterpriseDental Association President Tours New Dental SchoolUniversity of OklahomaMore than 200 Medical, Dental Students Receive White CoatsDental Lifeline NetworkDental Lifeline Network Welcomes Brett Kessler, DDS, to the National Board of DirectorsCDADr. Brett Kessler, New CDA PresidentCDAColorado Dental Association: 2010 Member Spotlight
ADA leadership and advocacy
Policy, workforce, finances, and the business of organized dentistry.
ADA NewsADA Advocates for Removing Stigmatizing Questions from Licensure ApplicationsADA NewsNew ADA Policies Empower States to Alleviate Dental Workforce ShortageADA NewsADA: Health Equity and DentistryADA NewsTake Action on Rural Oral Health, ADA UrgesADA NewsADA Pushes Back Against Payer Downcoding on Multisurface RestorationsADA NewsADA Urges FDA to Include Added Sugar in Definition of Ultra-Processed FoodsADA NewsADA Backs FDA's Proposed Front-of-Package Labeling RuleADA NewsADA Urges Operational Improvements with Payments for Limited Dental Services in MedicareADA NewsADA Submits Comments in DOJ Review of State Laws Affecting CompetitionADA NewsADA Highlights Tax, Student Loan, Medicaid Priorities in Senate LetterADA News3 Things You Missed in Government This WeekTDMRADA Urges Support for Small Businesses, Adult Medicaid Benefits in Letter to LawmakersU.S. HouseCarter, Clarke Introduce Bill to Help Lower Dental, Vision Care Costs and Empower PatientsHealthcare BrewDentists Hope Technology, Private Industry Can Fill Care GapsCU TodayADA Bites Into Banking: New Credit Union Targets Dentists' Financial HealthADA NewsAssociation for Dental Safety Announces Nonprofit to Lead Dental Infection Control EffortsDentistry TodayADS Launches Institute to Guide Dental SafetyADAAmerican Dental Association to End Annual SmileCon Event in 2026Orthodontic ProductsADA to Sunset SmileCon After 2025 Event in Washington, DCDentistry TodayADA Announces that SmileCon Will Conclude After 2025ADA NewsADA Board Provides Information on Finances, Association Management System
Fluoride and public health
National and local coverage of community water fluoridation and federal health policy, 2025.
PoliticoDentists Are Struggling to Counter RFK Jr. on FluoridePolitico PulseThe Fight Over FluoridationPoliticoKennedy Says He Plans to Tell CDC to Stop Recommending Fluoride in Drinking WaterCNNHHS, EPA to Study Fluoride in Drinking Water as RFK Jr. Says He'll Tell CDC to Stop Recommending ItCNNRemoving Fluoride from Public Drinking Water May Lead to Millions More Cavities in US ChildrenThe Washington PostRFK Jr. Tells CDC to Change Its Guidance on Fluoride in Drinking WaterAssociated PressUtah Bans Fluoride in Public Drinking Water, a First in the USCBS NewsRFK Jr. Calls for End of Fluoride in Water, After Utah BanForbesKennedy Will Tell CDC to Stop Recommending Fluoride in Drinking WaterUSA TodayRFK Jr. Says There May Be 'More Cavities' Under Fluoride Bans: 'It's a Balance'NewsweekRFK Jr. Says 'More Cavities' Due to No Fluoride in Water Is 'a Balance'The GuardianFlorida Becomes Second State to Ban Adding Fluoride to Drinking WaterArs TechnicaRFK Jr.'s Plan to Ban Fluoride Supplements Will "Hurt Rural America," Dentists SayMedPage TodayEnding Water Fluoridation May Cost Billions of $$ and Rot Millions of TeethHealioExperts Weigh RFK Jr.'s Plan to Tell CDC to Stop Recommending FluorideAxiosEPA "Prepared to Act" on RFK's Request to Remove Fluoride from Drinking WaterAxiosArkansas Dentists Oppose Fluoride BillsThe Detroit NewsFDA and RFK Jr. Aim to Remove Fluoride Supplements Used to Protect Kids' TeethThe Center SquareFDA Moves to Take Kids' Prescription Fluoride Tablets Off the MarketThe Center SquareStudy Projects Removing Fluoride from Public Water Would Cost BillionsKETVRemoving Fluoride from US Water Could Cost Billions in Dental Care, Study EstimatesDental NewsFDA Decision to Ban Ingestible Fluoride for Kids Triggers Clash with ADAOrthodontic ProductsFDA Reviewing Removal of Ingestible Fluoride Supplements; ADA Weighing InADA NewsADA President Tells FDA Fluoride Supplements Are Safe, EffectiveADA NewsBill Would Require Independent Review of EPA Water Fluoridation GuidanceOrthodontic ProductsCongress Introduces TEETH Act to Safeguard Evidence-Based Fluoridation PolicyOral Health GroupADA Backs U.S. Bill Calling for Evidence-Based Oral Health Research Amid Fluoride ControversyKansas City MagazineA Bill Introduced by Local Congressman Emanuel Cleaver Urges Public Water Systems to Keep Fluoride in Their WaterADAAmerican Dental Association Strongly Objects to Louisiana Surgeon General's Comments on Community Water FluoridationKTBSLouisiana Senate Bill Removing Fluoride from Drinking Water Now Moves to House CommitteeNTDEffort to End Water Fluoridation in Louisiana BlockedFlorida InsiderFlorida Is on the Verge of Being the Second State to Outlaw Fluoride in Public Water SystemsNation of ChangeFlorida to Become Second State to Ban Fluoride in Public Water SystemsWCJBFlorida to Ban Fluoride in Public Water, Prohibit Geoengineering PracticesEconoTimesFlorida Joins Utah in Banning Fluoride from Water SupplyTallahassee DemocratFlorida's Fluoride Legislation Sidesteps Local Control, Scientific ResearchBradenton HeraldShould Manatee County Take Fluoride Out of Drinking Water? Official Calls for Removal.Erie Times-NewsUtah, Florida Are Banning Fluoride in Water. This Lawmaker Wants Pennsylvania to Be Next.State of ConnecticutGovernor Lamont Signs Legislation Requiring Connecticut to Preserve Existing Water Fluoridation StandardsHartford CourantFluoride Will Stay in CT Water Regardless of RFK Jr.'s PlanPatchCT State Dental Association Praises Legislature for Action, Governor for Signing New State...WTNHNew Connecticut Law Preserves Standard for Fluoride in Public Water SuppliesTri-City HeraldEastern WA Medical Professionals Take a Clear Stand on Pasco Water FluoridationTDMRDental Leaders Warn of Public Health Risks from Removing FluorideThe FulcrumPublic Health: Ban First, Study Later? The Growing Assault on Fluoridated WaterNewsBreakStates Ban Fluoride as Health Debate IntensifiesDaily KosKitchen Table Kibitzing: The True Costs of Banning Fluoride in Drinking Water
Media inquiries
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