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Cozy Up to Big Savings!

There is so much to love about Fall with the 2024 ADA Member Advantage! So cozy up to big savings this season for the dental practice and you! ADA Member Advantage offers researched, proven and endorsed products exclusively for ADA members, and the Fall program offers 9 ways to save! Check out the savings at adamemberadvantage.com or call 800-ADA-2308 today!

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Obituary: Dr. James Shelton Ellis, ADA Member for 64 Years

Dr. James S. Ellis, 92, of Fort Smith, Arkansas, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on September 29, 2024, in Knoxville, Tennessee. He practiced oral surgery in Fort Smith for 40 years.  He earned his Eagle Scout Award at age 13 and graduated from Camden High School in 1949. He then attended Henderson University, obtaining a Bachelor of

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Medicaid Begins Provider Outreach Training

Now that the decision has been made to move back to fee-for-service (FFS) for Arkansas Dental Medicaid, the state Department of Human Services has initiated provider training to help dental offices prepare for the coming change following 7 years of managed care. DHS sponsored its first outreach on July 19 with a webinar in which multiple presenters offered advice and

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Lyon College Releases Plans for New Dental School

Press Release from Lyon College, July 25, 2024: Lyon College marked a historic milestone today with the groundbreaking ceremony for the Lyon College School of Dental Medicine, the first dental school in the state of Arkansas. The event at the school’s Riverdale campus was celebrated with a symbolic sledgehammer strike, marking the official start of renovations for the new dental

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State Dental Board Warns Dentists of Scam

Meredith Rogers, Executive Director of the Arkansas State Board of Dental Examiners (ASBDE), notified state dentists today of a scam: “The office of the Arkansas State Board of Dental Examiners has recently learned of scam artists posing as Board office staff calling Arkansas licensed dentists as part of an attempted fraud scheme. The callers identify themselves as Board staff members

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CrowdStrike Outage May Impact Dental Offices

Mr. Sean Kubin of Standard Computers contacted ASDA this morning to state that dental offices may have been impacted by the CrowdStrike Outage, which has had an extensive affect on computer systems around the globe. To that end, Standard Computer provided the following fix, and further offers their services for dental offices that have experienced a failure: “Crowdstrike is a

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