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The article presents news related to dentistry. The International Association for Dental Research held its thirty-ninth general meeting in Boston, Massachusetts. Construction of the National Institute of Dental Research building is almost complete, thanks to funding appropriated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The American Association of Dental Editors and the Council of Journalism of the American Dental Association held a conference on dental journalism.

The author discusses the American Association for Dental Research (AADR) and its interest in the "Advancing Dental Education: Gies in the 21st Century" project, which addresses the challenges facing dental education in the U.S. Topics include the need for dental schools to engage students in research, the need for greater diversity in dental research to better represent the population it serves, and the need for a stronger accreditation research standard by the Commission on Dental Accreditation.