2021 – ACOLADE Newsletter

I attended the ACD National Meeting in Houston, Texas in October. Our Regent, Ned Nix, chaired our break-out session. Our Section was honored with the Model Section Award.

Mattel came out with Dentist Barbie in 1997, and according to the Barbie (and ADA) Facebook pages, “When Dentist Barbie put on her lab coat in 1997, 14% of dentists were women. Today, that number is up to 27%.”

I received a notice from my local health system with the heading “be kind.” Scripps Health in San Diego County is concerned that patients “be kind, be patient, be understanding.”