ADAA roundtables thrive at regional shows.Starting in late 2002, the ADAA ADAA Anxiety Disorders Association of America ADAA American Dental Assistants Association ADAA Art Dealers Association of America (since 1962; New York City, NY, USA) ADAA Aberdeen and District Angling Association began providing a new educational service at state and regional dental meetings as well as other venues. Opportunities to interact with ADAA members and other dental assistants were offered to ADTA ADTA American Dance Therapy Association. ADTA, n.pr See American Dance Therapy Association. members (American Dental Trade Assn.) and other long-time ADAA supporters. The concept was developed by Milly Goldstein, President of Harry Bosworth Company and Past President of ADTA. During each session, there are four tables presented, each with a different product featured from a company providing hands-on education about it. Participants spend 45 minutes at a table and then are invited to rotate to the next table until they have visited all four. Many free samples are provided, door prizes generally presented and continuing education continuing education: see adult education. continuing education or adult education Any form of learning provided for adults. In the U.S. the University of Wisconsin was the first academic institution to offer such programs (1904). credits are earned. There is usually no charge to participants. The concept, new for ADAA, was first tried out at the Greater New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of meeting in November 2002 and then at Chicago Midwinter mid·win·ter n. 1. The middle of the winter. 2. The period of the winter solstice, about December 22. midwinter Noun 1. the middle or depth of winter 2. in March 2003. Most recently, the successful presentation was made again--with different products, of course--at Greater New York. Future presentations planned for 2004 include Yankee Dental Congress, Boston, January; Chicago Midwinter, February; the Thomas P. Hinman Meeting, Atlanta, March; the California Dental Association Meeting, April. Roundtables are generally offered free of charge, but in some cases show management requires a charge. These roundtables provide a splendid opportunity for the ADAA to offer members a way to gain hands-on product knowledge of the latest equipment and methods as we reach out to nonmembers and acquaint them with ADAA. We also welcome the opportunity to acquaint members and other dental assisting professionals with ADAA's supporters from corporate America. The following companies will be participating: * A-dec * Align Technology * Biotrol International * DentalEZ * Dentalworkers.com * Dentech Corporation * Dentsply Professional * DUX Dental * Eastman Kodak Company * E.C. Moore Co., Inc. * G.C. America * Harry J. Bosworth * Heraeus Kulzer * Hu-Friedy Manufacturing * John O. Butler Company * Oral-B Laboratories * Patterson Dental Patterson Dental Company (NASDAQ: PDCO), founded in 1878 and based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, is the historical name of the S&P 500 member now known as Patterson Companies, Inc. since that name change in 2004. The company has been publicly-traded since 1992. Supply, Inc. * Pentron Clinical Technologies * Philips Oral Healthcare * Procter & Gamble * SS White Burs * Sullivan-Schein Dental * 3M ESPE ESPE Electro Sensitive Protection Equipment ESPE End State Peacetime Establishment * Total Care, A Div. of Kerr Corp. * Ultradent Products |
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