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Others on the ACCD board during the formative years included Frederick Schreiber, executive director of the US National Association of the Deaf; Roger Petersen, of the American Council of the Blind; and Gini Laurie, editor of the Rehabilitation Gazette; as well as Starkloff, Heumann and Fay. Only Laurie was not a person with a disability.
The American Dental Association (ADA) is an American professional association established in 1859 which has more than 161,000 members. Based in the American Dental Association Building in the Near North Side of Chicago , [ 8 ] the ADA is the world's largest and oldest national dental association.
American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association; American College of Dentists; American College of Forensic Examiners; American College of Prosthodontics; American Dental Assistants Association; American Dental Association; American Dental Education Association; American Dental Hygienists' Association; American Dental Society of Anesthesiology
The ADA grew out of a predecessor group, the Union for Democratic Action (UDA). The UDA was formed by former members of the Socialist Party of America and the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies as well as labor union leaders, liberal politicians, theologians, and others who were opposed to the pacifism adopted by most left-wing political organizations in the late 1930s and early ...
The American Dental Education Association (ADEA) is a non-profit organization that works to further the education of dental professionals and the advancement of academic dental programs in Canada and the United States. Founded in 1923 as the American Association of Dental Schools, [1] ADEA is based in Washington, D.C. The ADEA membership includes:
Since black dentists were still denied membership in such organizations as the American Dental Association, [1] and since dentists felt sidelined in the African-American National Medical Association (NMA), [2] Ferguson tried again in 1913, forming with a total of 29 black dentists the Tri-State Dental Association. The rapid expansion of this ...
The American Board of Prosthodontics certifies individuals who have demonstrated special knowledge and skills in prosthodontics. The Prosthodontic Forum represents 19 member organizations, attempting to provide a unified voice and a means of exchanging ideas, incentives and information between prosthodontically oriented organizations.
The American Student Dental Association (ASDA) is a national student-run organization that is concerned with the rights, interests, and welfare of dental students.It has the aim of introducing students to lifelong involvement in organized dentistry and provides services, information, education, representation, and advocacy.