American College of Dentists

About the American College of Dentists

The American College of Dentists (ACD) is a non-profit honorary professional organization for dentists that was founded in 1920. Membership in the American College of Dentists is by nomination, which is initiated by a current Fellow of the College.

Projects of the ACD:

• Continuing education in dental ethics and leadership.
• Scholarships for advanced academic training in ethics and leadership.
• Web-based resources for dental ethics.

The Mission of the American College of Dentists

The mission of the ACD is to advance excellence, ethics, professionalism and leadership in dentistry.

The stated intent of the founding members of the ACD was to create an organization to promote and encourage the growth and expansion of the dental profession. The founders were members of the National Dental Association, now known as the American Dental Association. The mission was designed to promote the growth and development of the dental profession through education . The Flexner Report sponsored by the Carnegie Foundation had an impact on medical education, and the founding and early mission of the ACD was linked to the impact the Survey of Dental Education, also known as the Gies report, would potentially have on dental education. While the ACD had no official part in the Gies study, it became a forum for discussion relating to dental education as well as ethical and professional concerns related to dentistry.

Publications of the ACD

The ACD publishes two publications including a peer-reviewed journal, the Journal of the American College of Dentists. The ACDNews is the newsletter for Fellows of the ACD and is published three times a year.

Organizational Structure

The governing body of the College is the Board of Regents. The Board is led by an Executive Committee of five nationally elected officers. Two ex-officio officers, the Executive Director, who leads the operations of the College and the Editor, who leads the communications of the College, are also members of the Executive Committee. The Board of Regents consists of eight geographically representative Regents who are elected by the Fellows in their regency. Locally, the Fellows of the College belong to Sections, which correspond to states or similar smaller geographical areas. Each Regency consists of multiple Sections with local leaders. Additionally, four At Large Regents are seated on the Board as subject matter experts--one from academia, one from the military, one from dental industry, and one representative of organized dentistry.

All members of the governing structure with the exception of the Executive Director and the Editor are volunteers. The American College of Dentists maintains an executive office and a small staff in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

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