Four ADA members elected to Congress Voters elected four ADA members to the 115th Congress November 8, all with wide margins of victory

Dr. Drew Ferguson, newly elected to represent Georgia’s 3rd congres- sional district, will join incumbent Reps. Mike Simpson, Idaho 2nd, Paul Gosar, Arizona 4th, and Brian Babin, Texas 36th, in the Repub- lican majority in the House of Representatives when Congress convenes in January.

Dr. Simpson was elected to his 10th term in Congress with 63 percent of his dis- trict’s votes. For his fourth term, Dr. Gosar captured 71 percent and Dr. Babin ran unopposed in both the primary and general elections in winning a second term. For his first term, Dr. Ferguson received 68 percent of the votes. In their congres- sional service to date, Reps. Babin, Gosar and Simpson have been advocates for oral health and have sponsored numerous oral health bills.

The American Dental Political Action Committee supported the campaigns of the four candidates, all general dentists. During the 2016 election cycle, ADPAC spent more than $1.9 million in supporting more than 350 candidates running for federal office. Find out more about ADPAC’s activities and election results at ADA.org/ADPACElection2016.

Cincinnati Dentist Chosen President-

Elect of the ADA Joseph P. Crowley, DDS to assume ADA presidency in 2017

Dr. Joseph P. Crowley, a general dentist practic- ing in Cincinnati, Ohio, is the new president-elect of the ADA. Dr. Crowley was recently elected during a meeting of the ADA House of Delegates (House) in Denver. He will assume the role of president of the ADA in October 2017.

New 2016 ADA Sedation and Anesthesia Guidelines

The Sedation and Anesthesia Guidelines recently were amended and approved by the ADA House of Delegates via Resolution 37H-2016. The two ADA documents, “Guidelines for the Use of Sedation and General Anesthesia by Dentists” and “Guidelines for Teaching Pain Control and Sedation to Dentists and Dental Students” may be downloaded from the ADA website at ada.org/en/about-the-ada/ada-positions-policies- and-statements/#Anesthesia. This updated ADA policy replaces both the 2007 and 2012 versions of the Sedation and Anesthesia Guidelines.

Please note that dentists must comply with their state laws, rules and/or regula- tions when providing sedation and anesthesia. The Sedation and Anesthesia Guidelines are ADA policy developed to assist dentists in the delivery of safe and effective sedation and anesthesia and do not supersede state law.

Currently, the Missouri Dental Practice Act differentiates between oral and IV routes for permits. These new guidelines will be shared by the ADA with Dental Boards across the country, and each state will determine any changes to their existing rules.

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Since 2012, Dr. Crowley has served as the Seventh District trustee to the ADA House. He has served the profession in a number of ways during his four decades as an ADA member, including as chair of the Council on Government Affairs in 2008-2009. He is also active in the Ohio Dental Association (ODA), and served as its president in 2005-2006. Dr. Crowley was the president of the Cincinnati Dental Society in 1996.

He is a member of several professional dental organi- zations, including the American College of Dentists, International College of Dentists, The Ohio State University College of Dentistry Alumni Advisory Board, the L.D. Pankey Institute Alumni Association, the Pierre Fauchard Academy and the Academy of General Dentistry. In 2013, Dr. Crowley earned the ODA Distinguished Dentist Award. He also received the ODA Achievement Award in 2001, the Cincinnati Dental Society Meritorious Service Award in 2007 and the Ohio Pierre Fauchard Distinguished Dentist Award.

After finishing dental school at The Ohio State University College of Dentistry in 1976, Dr. Crowley returned to his hometown of Cincinnati, where he has practiced general dentistry for the past 40 years. He’s been involved in the community, and has been particularly active at LaSalle High School, his alma mater. He was named to the school’s athletic hall of fame in 2009. Dr. Crowley and his wife Pauletta have been married 42 years and have three children and seven grandchildren.