ADA VENDOR SHOWCASE TO LAUNCH IN JANUARY

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ADA VENDOR SHOWCASE TO LAUNCH IN JANUARY

n January 2008, the American Dental Association will launch the ADA Vendor Showcase, a service for members and subscribers to receive special dental product offerings, discounts, rewards and survey requests, all provided via e-mail. Those who opt into the ADA Vendor Showcase will receive three messages each month—36 in all in 2008, never more than one per week—with various offers in products and services, many of them exclusive to ADA Vendor Showcase participants. The ADA assures participants that e-mail addresses will be kept in strictest confidence and never will be shared with a third party, in keeping with the Association’s privacy policy. “The ADA works with many

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SCHOOLS IMPROVE PROGRAMS THAT PROMOTE STUDENTS’ HEALTH AND SAFETY

he nation’s schools have made considerable improvements in their policies and programs to promote the health and safety of students, according to a study published in the October issue of the Journal of School Health. The School Health Policies and Programs Study (SHPPS) 2006, conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and

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companies offering products and services to help our members run their practices,” said Dr. James B. Bramson, ADA executive director. “Given the popularity of the Annual Session exhibits,” he said, “we wanted to offer our members an opportunity to re-

ceive more information about products and services from our exhibitors as well as from companies that support ADA publications and other projects.” Each e-mail in the ADA Vendor Showcase will include special product offers, announcements, other special offers and surveys that link to a manufacturer. A typical survey would ask dentists 10 to 20 questions about product use and purchas-

Prevention (CDC), is the largest and most comprehensive study of health policies and programs in the nation’s schools. Previous SHPPS were conducted in 1994 and 2000. “Since the release of the previous SHPPS in 2000, America’s schools have made significant progress in removing junk food, offering more physical activity opportunities, and establishing policies that prohibit tobacco use,” said CDC director Julie L. Gerberding, MD, MPH. Some of the study’s major

ing habits. Dentists who complete the survey might be eligible to win free products or gift cards. To sign up for the ADA Vendor Showcase, even if you have already provided the ADA with your e-mail address, contact the Association at “www. ada.org/goto/ vendorshowcase”. Also, each month, members who have supplied the ADA with their e-mail addresses will receive an update on ADA activities, including forthcoming features in The Journal of the American Dental Association. This information, provided through the ADA’s Monthly Update, will include a link to information on the ADA Vendor Showcase and, in turn, links to the Web pages of participating manufacturers and suppliers.

findings include the following: dStates prohibiting schools from offering junk foods in vending machines increased from 8 percent in 2000 to 32 percent in 2006, and the percentage of school districts doing so increased from 4 to 30 percent. dSchools selling water in vending machines or school stores increased from 30 percent in 2000 to 46 percent in 2006. dSchools with policies that prohibited all tobacco use in all school locations, including off-

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