Talking Dentistry with President Obama

Dental News

by Kim SchneidercloseAuthor: Kim Schneider Name: Kim Schneider
Email: kim@asdanet.org
Site:
About: Kim Schneider is the Assistant Editor of the American Student Dental Association. If you have questions about this blog or any other ASDA publications, you can contact her at Kim@asdanet.org.See Authors Posts (123)  |  on February 24th, 2010  |  5 comments

If you could ask President Obama one question, what would it be? Dr. Ben Burris, a dentist from Arkansas, had that opportunity. Here’s what he asked:

Well, sir, I’m reasonably familiar with the current and proposed legislature as it applies to dentistry and oral health.  And my question is, what’s your vision for how dentistry will fit into your larger framework for health care reform?

ADA News called Dr. Burris to ask him about the experience. Read what he said here. Meanwhile, ASDA fan Keith Jones posted a link to the video on our Facebook fan page. Nice job, Keith! Since Keith did such a good job sniffing out the news and he made this week’s post, I’m sending him an ASDA goodie bag. If you have a news bite or something post-worthy feel free to e-mail me at Kim@asdanet.org. If you make it into a post, I’ll send you a goodie bag!

It’s  cool how one little question can turn into a pretty big deal in the dental community. Check out what Dr. Burris and Obama talked about and tell us what you think by commenting on this post. The video below is quite lengthy. Obama doesn’t get to Dr. Burris’ question until about 38 minutes into it.

Related posts:

1. President Obama’s “as popular as a root canal” Comment Unpopular
2. ASDA President Makes ADA Homepage!
3. ASDA’s Vice President Quoted on CNN
4. ASDA’s President on ADA Annual Session
5. Current Events in Dentistry