Along with other nonprofit, corporate and governmental agencies, the ADA Foundation is a resource that dentists affected by the massive May 19 tornado in Moore, Okla., can tap.

Des Moines, Iowa?It took three years, but the Iowa Dental Association was successful in having its interpretation of one of the country's more unique noncovered services laws upheld by the state Supreme Court.

Washington?The Association, citing "a disturbing dental divide in America," announced a nationwide campaign May 15 to reduce the numbers of adults and children with untreated dental disease.

Washington?The Pew Children's Dental Campaign 'revised and corrected' an issue brief challenged by the Association as using "erroneous calculations to buttress its arguments that New Zealand's use of dental therapists is responsible for better oral health among New Zealand children than those in the U.S."

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is working to draw attention to hypertension's many challenges during May, which is High Blood Pressure Education Month.