Dental News

Did you know that ASDAnet.org has a page with tips for writing your CV? There’s also information on choosing a career and a district map. Read on for the top seven resources you didn’t know existed on ASDAnet.org…

As a dental student today, I feel as though I am confronted with more changes to the way I am taught and the way I would practice dentistry than past students ever had to deal with. Do I use amalgam? Composite? Crown? Disilicate whatsits and CAD-CAM doohickies? Do I register to Twitter, Facebook, Linked-In, and make an iPhone app for my practice? Should I just practice all my dentistry online? And now there are even more changes to the National Dental Board Exam. Read on…

The past week has been horrifying and difficult to say the least. Watching the news has been a poignant experience as the media switches from the terror in Boston to the tragic accident in West, Texas. Whenever something like this occurs, it makes us pause and think back to the previous acts of terror that have colored our recent past: the Oklahoma City bombing, 9/11 and so many horrible shootings. While these events leave us with a hopeless feeling, one quote has been circulated again and again by the media and now via social media. This quote comes from a man most of us remember watching as children, Mr. Rogers…

This May, Dr. Gayle Glenn of Dallas, TX, will become the 113th president of the American Association of Orthodontists. Even more historic, she will be the first ever woman to hold this title. The topic of women in leadership has been covered widely recently, from the New York Times to the Wall Street Journal. Many thanks to Dr. Glenn for sharing her provocative memories and sage advice with MO…

As American dental students, we are oftentimes blinded by what’s hip in the American culture, especially in terms of dentistry. Many of us are used …