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The ADA’s Undiagnosed Speech Impediment
DON’T BE FOOLED.
Indeed, not only are the ADA’s proposals reckless and harmful to patients and the profession, but the very fact that some at the ADA are engaging in outright deception to try to quell angry dentists is proof positive of just how far off course the ADA has been driven by members of its Committee on Anesthesiology (Committee H) and its guardian, the Council on Dental Education and Licensure (CDEL).
Dr. Guy S. Shampaine, chairman of Committee H, his fellow Committee members (who permit him to disseminate junk logic and science), and CDEL take ADA members for fools. They are counting on members to accept spoon-fed distortions in order to push through a private agenda that only serves a small “club” of elite dentists. Do not, under any circumstances, accept what the ADA (or TEAM 1500 for that matter) says without doing the homework yourself.
Summary of Rebuttal to ADA News Article
Point-by-Point Rebuttal to ADA News Article
Orginial ADA News Article
Cost of Dental Care Will Rise Dramatically If ADA’s Proposals Take Effect -- DOCS
DOCS wrote that there is “not a scintilla of evidence” to support the need for the extensive increase in required training that Committee H is seeking to impose on the profession, noting that “there has been such an exemplary record of safety with millions of cases using the type of sedation taught under the existing guidelines.”<< MORE >>
15-Pound Gorilla v. the 800-Pound Gorilla
The letters come from more than 1,000 dentists, hygienists, other healthcare professionals and patients all of whom are asking the
Collectively, the letters speak for tens of thousands of dental patients who have benefited from safe, effective oral conscious sedation as administered under existing
AGD Will Officially Express Its Concern To The ADA This Week
The Academy of General Dentistry, AGD, which represents 35,000 general dentists, will officially convey its concern over the ADA's newly proposed anesthesia guidelines this week.
The AGD Council on Dental Care met on February 10, 2007 to review the ADA's proposals, which TEAM 1500 believes would fall most heavily on the shoulders of general dentists.
"Among AGD's concerns were the lack of necessity for the guidelines, the likely resulting negative impact on access to oral health care, and the lack of availability of education to comply with the proposed guidelines," wrote Srini Varadarajan, the AGD's director of dental benefit programs and dental practice, in an email to TEAM 1500.
Varadarajan said that the AGD will meet the February 23rd deadline that the ADA has set for comments to be submitted pertaining to the anesthesia guidelines.
Founded in 1952, the AGD is dedicated to advancing the value and excellence of general dentistry.
Keep Sending Protest Letters
Although the deadline has passed for including letters from dentists and their patients in our first delivery to the ADA, we still encourage everyone who hasn't yet written to do so now.
There are other crucial dates ahead on the ADA calendar where letters of protest can have an influence on the outcome. So if you and your patients want to retain the right to benefit from safe, effective oral conscious sedation, write the ADA and let it know.
Letters should be mailed to:
ADA PROTEST
c/o TEAM 1500
P.O. Box 3714
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Letter Writing Guidelines
'The Wealthy Dentist' Endorses TEAM 1500's Mission
Jim Du Molin and his "The Wealthy Dentist" blog have posted a strong endorsement of TEAM 1500 and our goals. If you haven't read his editorial, you can link to it from here.
ADA Proposal Effectively Cuts Care to Tens of Millions of Current and Future Dental Patients! [Dated 2/14/07]
ADA Speaks Out of Both Sides Of Its Mouth
Is that what happened? Has there been an outbreak of hypoxic brain injuries among the hundreds of thousands of adult patients who were subsequently treated with oral conscious sedation under existing ADA guidelines and in keeping with the ADA’s stated policy?
Has the “remarkable record of safety” which the ADA delegates touted in October 2005 and which it credited with helping save the oral health of millions of patients been tarnished by Dr. Joel Weaver’s hypoxic brain injuries? << MORE >>
It is NOT too late to submit protest letters. ACT NOW!!
Yes, our first deadline for the submission of protest letters to the ADA has passed. But it is NOT too late. We will still be able to get your letters and those of your patients to the ADA, if we receive them no later than close of business on February 16, 2007. So fax them to us today.
Fax: 310-861-0763
Silverman Warns: "ADA Proposal Restricts Use of Valium Too"
Did you know, for example, that without meeting onerous new certification requirements the ADA now proposes banning dentists from providing Valium® as a premedication for anxious patients in conjunction with the administration of N2O during treatment?
Shocking, but true!
Although dentists have used Valium® alone with N2O safely and effectively to treat millions of patients since 1963, the ADA says dentists need more training still. << MORE >>
Protest Letter Writing Guidelines
For dentists seeking help in crafting their protest letters to the ADA, this guide will be helpful. You can read it online or download from this site. Remember, all letters should be mailed to TEAM 1500, not directly to the ADA or individual ADA members.
>>Letter Writing Guidelines << MORE >>