Here are six clinical leadership updates for dentists to know from the last 60 days:
1. The American Dental Association's New Dentist Committee is partnering with Chicago-based nonprofit Hope for the Day to make dentists aware of mental health services available to them.
2. The American Dental Association launched The Champions Network, a program to provide its members at the national, state and local levels with resources to advance diversity and inclusion.
3. The Partnership for Medicaid,composed of 23 medical and dental organizations, called on Congress to give state Medicaid agencies 120 days to prepare for the conclusion of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.
4. At the fourth Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury in March, more than 130 nations unanimously agreed to an amendment requiring countries to protect vulnerable populations from dental amalgam use.
5. The National Commission on Recognition of Dental Specialties and Certifying Boards recognized the American Board of Orofacial Pain as the national certifying board for orofacial pain specialists.
6. The National Council on Disability sent a report to President Joe Biden that details the costs and benefits of establishing basic Medicaid dental coverage for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.