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I thought Dr. Meskin’s November editorial, "Strength in Numbers," was excellent. As a 39-year member of the ADA, I am aware of the good that the Association does for all dentists. Also being of this age group I, like him, first joined just because it was the expected thing to do.

However, if we expect to get the younger members to join, regardless of "minority" status, the ADA has to do just one more thing: Come out loud and clear, put money and effort into it and push for universal licensure!

That there now are regional boards (there were none when I graduated) and that many states now will license by credentials has happened in spite of the ADA, not because of it.

I hasten to add that I have practiced only in my home state of Massachusetts for 37 years, and I have no interest in moving.

Also, my experience as a part-time clinical instructor convinces me that the first, and one hopes, only board exam taken should still be done upon a live patient. It is all too easy to forget that there is a patient attached to the tooth being treated.

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