The following presentations can be shown at lunch & learns, recruitment drives, chapter events and visits to predental clubs. Many of them include notes to assist in the delivery of the presentation.

The Value of ASDA Membership: Highlights ASDA’s mission, organizational structure, interaction with state dental societies and the ADA, key issues and accomplishments, list of benefits and meetings, and contacts for ASDA. Notes are included with this file for the presenter to use.

Member Benefits: Highlights the tangible benefits of ASDA, such as free life and disability insurance, health insurance, debt management services and more.

ASDA Predental Membership: Features the benefits of joining ASDA as a predental member and includes notes for use by any student who is meeting with predental students. Don't forget that ASDA offers an incentive to  chapters for recruitment efforts!

Chapter Communications and Resources: Share this presentation with members to learn the various communications that ASDA produces, opportunities to write for ASDA publications and the resources available to chapters.

Transition to ADA Membership: This presentation can be given to fourth-year students to educate them on how they transition to ADA membership upon graduation. 

History of ASDA Video (Quicktime Video): Download this video to give members an overview of ASDA from its beginning in 1971 until present day.

Amalgam Video (Windows Media File; Length:4:04): This video, Mercury in Dental Amalgams: An Examination of the Science, shows excerpts from a Hearing of the Government Reform Committee on Nov. 15 2002, and demonstrates the importance of educating our legislators on the issues affecting dentistry.

Other ASDA Videos: ASDA has recordings of sessions held at our Annual Sessions on topics such as mid-level providers and a mandatory 5th year of dental school. If you missed out on these meetings, you can download the presentations given on these topics.