The American Student Dental Association is a national student run organization which protects and advances the rights, interest, and welfare of students pursuing a dental career. It represents students with a unified voice and provides information, education, advocacy, and services. The association introduces lifelong involvement in organized dentistry and promotes change for the betterment of the profession.
ASDA Run Events
Programs:
Lunch and Learns
(Practice Management, Emerging Technology, Career Planning)
Specialty Seminars
(Ortho, Endo, Perio, Prosth, Pedo, Oral Medicine, GPR, AEGD)
Mentorship Program
with HSDM Alumni
JADA Journal Club
Community Service:
Dental Education
Outreach Program
Thanksgiving Food
Drive
Toys for Tots
Child Health Identification
Program
Habitat for Humanity
Legislative Efforts:
Letterwriting Campaigns
Licensure Reform
Student Loan Interest
Deduction
Elimination of live
patients on licensing exams
Student Lobby Day
on Capitol Hill
Social Activities:
Happy Hours with
BU and Tufts Dental Schools
Ski Trips
Harvard-Yale Tailgate
Party
Basketball Tournament
Barbecues/Picnics
Paintball
Rockclimbing
Fundraising:
Scrub Sale
Loupes Raffle
Benco Vendor Fair