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, ADEA is based in

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The ADEA membership includes: * all 76 U.S. and Canadian

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s, * over 800 allied and advanced dental education programs * sixty-six corporations working in

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education. * over 20,000 faculty, staff, deans, program directors and students

Description

History

Nancy Goorey became the first female president of ADEA in 1977. In 2006, ADEA instituted open membership, which increased the number of ADEA member institutions .

ADEA sections

ADEA has 38 sections: academic affairs, anatomical sciences,

behavioral science Behavioral sciences explore the cognitive processes within organisms and the behavioral interactions between organisms in the natural world. It involves the systematic analysis and investigation of human and animal behavior through naturalistic o ...

, biochemistry, nutrition, and microbiology, business and financial administration,

cariology Tooth decay, also known as cavities or caries, is the breakdown of teeth due to acids produced by bacteria. The cavities may be a number of different colors from yellow to black. Symptoms may include pain and difficulty with eating. Complicatio ...

, clinic administration, community and preventative dentistry, comprehensive care and general dentistry,

continuing education Continuing education (similar to further education in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, Ireland) is an all-encompassing term within a broad list of post-secondary learning activities and programs. The term is used mainly in the United ...

, dental anatomy and occlusion, dental assisting education, dental hygiene education,

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, dental school admissions officers, development, alumni affairs, and public relations, educational research/development and curriculum,

endodontics Endodontics (from the Greek roots ''endo-'' "inside" and ''odont-'' "tooth") is the dental specialty concerned with the study and treatment of the dental pulp. Overview Endodontics encompasses the study (practice) of the basic and clinical ...

, gay-straight alliance, gerontology and geriatrics education, graduate and postgraduate education, minority affairs, operative dentistry and biomaterials, oral biology, oral diagnosis/oral medicine,

oral and maxillofacial radiology Oral and maxillofacial radiology, also known as dental and maxillofacial radiology, is the specialty of dentistry concerned with performance and interpretation of diagnostic imaging used for examining the craniofacial, dental and adjacent structu ...

, orthodontics,

pediatric dentistry Pediatric dentistry (formerly pedodontics in American English or paedodontics in Commonwealth English) is the branch of dentistry dealing with children from birth through adolescence. The specialty of pediatric dentistry is recognized by the Ameri ...

periodontics Periodontology or periodontics (from Ancient Greek , – 'around'; and , – 'tooth', genitive , ) is the specialty of dentistry that studies supporting structures of teeth, as well as diseases and conditions that affect them. The supporting ...

, physiology, pharmacology, and therapeutics, postdoctoral general dentistry,

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prosthodontics Prosthodontics, also known as dental prosthetics or prosthetic dentistry, is the area of dentistry that focuses on dental prostheses. It is one of 12 dental specialties recognized by the American Dental Association (ADA), Royal College of Surge ...

, student affairs and financial aid, and substance abuse, addiction and tobacco dependence education ADEA has ten special interest groups: career development for the new educator, dental hygiene clinic coordinators, foreign-educated dental professionals, graduate dental hygiene education programs, implant dentistry, lasers in dentistry, professional, ethical, and legal issues in dentistry,

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, and teaching and learning with emerging technologies.

Programs

Dental students

The ADEA Division of Educational Pathways supports four application services for dental students: * ADEA AADSAS (predoctoral programs) * ADEA PASS (postdoctoral programs) * ADEA CAAPID (postdoctoral programs for international dentists) * ADEA DHCAS (

dental hygiene Oral hygiene is the practice of keeping one's mouth clean and free of disease and other problems (e.g. bad breath) by regular brushing of the teeth (dental hygiene) and cleaning between the teeth. It is important that oral hygiene be carried out ...

programs) ADEA helps students from diverse backgrounds to learn about careers in

dentistry Dentistry, also known as dental medicine and oral medicine, is the branch of medicine focused on the teeth, gums, and mouth. It consists of the study, diagnosis, prevention, management, and treatment of diseases, disorders, and conditions o ...

as early as elementary school with the following programs: * ExploreHealthCareers.org, * Summer Medical and Dental Education Program *

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/ADEA Minority Dental Faculty Development Program

Dental educators

For dental educators, the ADEA Leadership Institute and the ADEA Allied Dental Faculty Leadership Development Program cultivate leadership skills.

Webinars Web conferencing is used as an umbrella term for various types of online conferencing and collaborative services including webinars (web seminars), webcasts, and web meetings. Sometimes it may be used also in the more narrow sense of the peer-le ...

, fellowship programs and numerous meetings (including the ADEA Annual Session & Exhibition) offer educational programming and networking. ADEA determines

best practice A best practice is a method or technique that has been generally accepted as superior to other known alternatives because it often produces results that are superior to those achieved by other means or because it has become a standard way of doing ...

s for dental education and encourages advancements in dental education programs and institutions. The ADEA Commission on Change and Innovation in Dental Education (ADEA CCI) has engaged representatives from each U.S. dental school specifically to examine dental school

curricula In education, a curriculum (; : curricula or curriculums) is broadly defined as the totality of student experiences that occur in the educational process. The term often refers specifically to a planned sequence of instruction, or to a view ...

. ADEA provides financial support for dental education, research, and leadership through the Gies Foundation, named after Dr. William J. Gies. The Gies Awards for vision, innovation and achievement in oral health and dental education are distributed annually at the ADEA Annual Session & Exhibition.

Publications

ADEA publishes the peer-reviewed ''Journal of Dental Education'', the ''Bulletin of Dental Education'', the ''ADEA Official Guide to Dental Schools'', surveys and reports on the state of dental education and policy briefs.

References

External links

adea.org

''Journal of Dental Education''

ADEA Gies Foundation
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