Competition Hub goes high-tech

Honolulu鈥擠oes your practice provide industry-leading preventive care to your adult patients? Have you made a professional discovery that can improve patient care and benefit the practice of dentistry?
If so, share your experience and information with your peers at two new competitions at the 2009 annual session, Sept. 30-Oct. 4.

The ADA’s high-tech multimedia Competition Hub will be a hot spot at the Hawaii Convention Center for annual session participants who want to compete, learn and earn continuing education credit.

The ADA’s 150th annual session will celebrate the debut of two new clinical competitions鈥攖he Adult Preventive Care Practice of the Year Competition and the Education Exchange Competition (professional table clinics, redesigned).

Participants for both competitions must be registered for the 2009 annual session and enter their presentations online by July 6 at “www.ADA365.org”. Entries will be reviewed and judged by members of the Council on ADA Sessions. Participants will be able to showcase their entries in the Competition Hub and will be honored at a professional research competition awards reception Oct. 3 on the exhibit floor.

The Adult Preventive Care Practice of the Year Competition, sponsored by 3M ESPE Preventive Care, recognizes and rewards offices that have:

• designed and implemented practical prevention techniques;
• provided preventive oral health care, outreach and patient education; or
• implemented a successful prevention program through a dental team communication and work plan.

The Education Exchange Competition gives participants a chance to share clinical experience, educate fellow dental professionals and raise awareness about a procedure, theory, service or emerging trend in dental practice.

Also appearing at the Competition Hub will be the 2009 Dental Office Design Competition sponsored by Matsco. Annual session attendees who visit the Competition Hub can earn continuing education credit by viewing entries for these contests.

For more information, contact Rich Schuch, Ed.D., senior manager, Program Development for the Council on ADA Sessions, by calling toll-free, Ext. 2663, or e-mailing schuchr@ada.org. Or log on to www.ada.org/goto/session.