ADA Passes Key Resolutions to Encourage Dentist-Technician Collaboration

During its Annual Session in October, the ADA's House of Delegates passed key resolutions to improve dentist-technician working relationships and ensure the quality of prosthetic services.

The resolutions come five years after The Lab Summit--a grassroots group of concerned technicians, dentists, educators, association representatives and manufacturers--began meeting annually to discuss challenges facing the dental laboratory and dental professions. Originally organized by Drs. Gordon Christensen and William Yancey and now led by Executive Director Dr. Burney Croll, the Lab Summit participants engaged leaders of national dental organizations in the effort, culminating in the ADA's Future of Dental Technology Conference in 2009.

Following the conference, the ADA's Council on Dental Practice weighed a variety of concerns--reduced laboratory coursework in dental schools, dwindling technology education programs,...