CONTACT: Carol S. Weber, APR, Director of Public Relations
PHONE: 414-755-4108
E-MAIL: cweber@wda.org
Reporting on one of these dental health topics or looking for a story idea? Contact the WDA for dental health information and/or to arrange an interview with a dentist on a specific topic.
- Access to dental care (Two Cents for Tooth Sense™)
- Adult oral health awareness
- Amalgam (dental filling, waste disposal)
- Anesthesia/sedation
- Antibiotics (dental pre-medications, preventive, joint replacement, heart surgery)
- Anxiety (dental)
- Bad breath (halitosis)
- Biofilms (dental unit waterlines)
- Bisphenol A (sealants, composites)
- Bisphosphonates & osteonecrosis of the jaw (bone density drugs)
- Braces & orthodontics
- Cancer treatment & oral health
- Careers in dentistry
- Cavities (caries/decay)
- Charitable dental care
- Child abuse-neglect/domestic abuse (dentists’ role in reporting)
- Children & oral health care
- Choosing a dentist
- Code of conduct/ethics
- Continuing education
- Complaints/Resolving Disputes
- Cosmetic dentistry
- Cost-shifting (why dentists don’t)
- Decay (cavities/caries)
- Dental anxiety
- Dental benefits/insurance
- Dental care for medically-compromised patients
- Dental education
- Dental emergencies/trauma (bitten lip, tongue; chipped, cracked or broken tooth; knocked out tooth)
- Dental home
- Dental products for home use/personal oral hygiene/ADA Seal
- Dental records & health histories
- Dental specialties
- Dental unit waterlines
- Dental waste disposal (amalgam separators, Best Management Practices)
- Dental work force in Wisconsin
- Dentures
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- Diabetes & oral health
- Diet & oral health
- Donated Dental Services
- Dry mouth
- Early childhood caries/cavities
- Eating disorders (anorexia, bulimia nervosa)
- Economy & dental care
- Endodontic treatment (root canals)
- Emergency preparedness (dentistry’s role in public health crisis, bioterrorism)
- Extractions (tooth)
- Facial/jaw pain (TMD/TMJ; Temporomandibular disorders)
- Fillings/restoration options
- Fluoride (varnish, dental products)
- Fluoride/community water fluoridation
- Forensic dentistry
- Give Kids A Smile (national children’s dental access program usually first Friday in February)
- Grillz
- Gum disease (periodontal disease)
- Heart conditions/disease & oral health
- Implants
- Infection control
- Jewel of the Great Lakes Wisconsin Dental Meeting
- Lasers
- Medicaid/BadgerCare (state programs for low-income residents)
- Medication use & interaction (prescriptions, over-the-counter)
- Mission of Mercy
- Mouthguards
- Mouth sores (common canker & cold sores)
- National Children's Dental Health Month (February)
- Older adults & oral health care (ADA OralLongevity™)
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- Oral cancer
- Oral health & overall well-being
- Oral hygiene (brushing, flossing, plaque)
- Oral piercing
- Orthodontics
- Osteonecrosis of the jaw
- Patient health histories
- Patient records
- Periodontal/gum disease (gingivitis, general disease links)
- Periodontal plastic surgery
- Pregnancy & oral health
- Professional ethics/code of conduct
- Root canals
- Sealants
- Sleep apena
- Small-business dental practices
- Soft drinks & sugary, acidic beverages (“Sip All Day, Get Decay”)
- Special-needs patients
- Teeth grinding
- Teething
- Teeth whitening
- Thumbsucking
- Tobacco products & oral health (cigarettes, smokeless/spit)
- Two Cents for Tooth Sense™
- Tooth Extractions
- Toothache
- Tooth Whitening
- Veneers (cosmetic dentistry)
- Water (bottled, filtered, fluoridated)
- WDA Foundation (oral health program grants & dental/hygiene scholarships)
- Wisconsin Dental Association
- Wisdom teeth
- Women & oral health care
- X-rays
- Young children (first dental visit)
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The WDA was established in 1870. It is headquartered in West Allis and has a legislative office in Madison. With more than 2,900 members statewide, the WDA represents 83 percent of all licensed dentists in Wisconsin. Its members are committed to promoting professional excellence and quality oral health care. The WDA is one of 53 state-territorial dental societies of the American Dental Association - the largest and oldest national dental association in the world.
Last updated Oct. 1, 2009 7:25 a.m.
