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Oct 25, 2023

What if Dentistry Was Disorganized?

This editorial from 1931, written at the front end of the Great Depression, gives us much to contemplate.1 After all, as members of the dental profession, we continue to have a public to serve emerging from the Covid-19 Pandemic. We are entrusted by society with the right to self-regulate.

Oct 25, 2023

Pain, Pills and New Perceptions

The beauty of dentistry and medicine, in general, is the ever-present evolution and growth of evidence-based practices guided by novel understanding. The advancement of knowledge allows our “practice” of the healing arts, to be refined continuously to better serve our patients and customize treatment modalities for maximized efficacy in rendering patient care.

Important Reference Committee Update

Apr 12, 2022
Sent on behalf of the Speaker of the 2022 TDA House of Delegates…

Based on the amount of business to be considered at the 2022 House of Delegates, all reference committee topics have been combined into one meeting to hear testimony at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 5, 2022 (Lost Pines Ballroom, Hyatt Lost Pines in Bastrop TX).

Divisional Caucus Meetings have also since been moved up thirty minutes to 5:00 p.m.

Please see the updated “Official Call” for your reference on the TDA web page: https://www.tda.org/meetings-events/house-of-delegates-annual-session.

John W. Baucum, III
Speaker of the TDA House of Delegates