ASDA
This is what the ASDA acronym stands for.
What is American Student Dental Association?
This is the term for the public support for or recommendation of a particular cause or policy.
What is Advocacy
The month in ASDA with an advocacy focus
What is November (ASDA Advocacy Month)?
This population-level intervention reduces tooth decay by 25%, and is strongly supported by the ADA and ASDA.
What is community water fluoridation?
According to the CDC, this is the most common chronic disease among children.
What is dental caries?
The name of our District 11 Trustee
Who is Summer Furrer?
This is the term for "activities aimed at influencing public officials to support or oppose a specific piece of legislation"
What is Lobbying?
This is the name of the current ADA President.
Who is Dr. Richard Rosato
This US State became the first to ban the addition of fluoride to public drinking water, with the law taking effect in May 2025
What is Utah?
These geographic regions have shortages of dental professionals and are targeted for federal loan repayment programs.
What are Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas? (HPSAs)
The five chapters in District 11
What are ASDOH, Midwestern-Arizona, Roseman, University of Utah, University of Colorado?
This is the ADA’s annual event where dentists and students meet with lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
What is ADA Dentist and Student Lobby Day?
This is the mascot for ASDA Advocacy?
Who is Molar Bear?
This legislation promotes halting interest accrual during residency training.
What is the REDI Act? (HR 2028)
This federal program covers adults over 65 but currently does not include a comprehensive dental benefit.
What is Medicare?
The name of ASDA's Flagship Magazine
What is Contour Magazine?
This ADA agency monitors and supports improvements in dental education programs.
What is the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA)?
What is the name of the text alert system that informs members of issues?
ASDA Action
This is the level of fluoride that CDC recommends (in mg/L or ppm) in drinking water to prevent caries.
What is 0.7 ppm?
This concept describes how marginalized communities often have higher disease burdens due to systemic social conditions.
What are social determinants of health?
2/5 dimensions of wellness
What are occupational, emotional, physical, environmental, and intellectual?
This strategy, used by ASDA involved mobilizing students and dentist to send coordinated messages that target a single policy priority, increasing pressure on lawmakers
What is grassroots advocacy?
This year marked the first ADA / ASDA Student Lobby Day
What is 1999?
These are the proposed goals of the REDI Act
What are making it more feasible for dental specialists to work in rural/underserved areas and pursue careers in academia?
These are the four barriers to oral health care outlined by ASDA that pose obstacles that threaten public oral and overall health.
What are financial hardship, geographic location, dental insurance and poor oral health literacy.