Washington—The Association urged the Drug Enforcement Administration to recalculate a proposed fee increase as imposing “an unfair burden” on dentists prescribing controlled substances. Fees for three-year registrants would increase by $180 to $732 under the proposal.
Bethesda, Md.—The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will accept applications from medical, osteopathic, and dental students Oct. 1, 2011, through mid-January 2012 for a new Medical Research Scholars Program offering basic, clinical, and translational research experiences with intramural investigators at the NIH Clinical Center, in Bethesda, MD. The NIH expects to admit at least 40 students during the program’s first year, which begins in September 2012.
Dr. Robert M. Anderton of Argyle, Texas, was ADA president when the terrible events of Sept. 11, 2001, shook the world, rallied the nation and spurred unprecedented response from the dental community.
