Dr. Edward P. Allen, Dallas, was named the president of the American Academy of Restorative Dentistry. Other officers are Dr. Amp W. Miller, Dallas, president-elect; and Dr. John C. Kois, Seattle, secretary-treasurer.
Dr. I. Leon Aronson, Savannah, Ga., was installed as the president of the International College of Dentists, United States section.
Dr. Rafael Bowden, Gaithersburg, Md., was named the 2006 William Thomas Green Morton National Laureate for the Advancement of General Dentistry by the Maryland Academy of General Dentistry.
Dr. Mark A. Crane, Flagstaff, Ariz., was elected president of the Northern Arizona Dental Society for 2006.
Dr. Michael Glick, Newark, N.J., is the 2006 recipient of The Omicron Kappa UpsilonStephen H. Leeper Award for Teaching Excellence.
Dr. Douglass Jackson, Seattle, has been named assistant dean for educational partnerships at the School of Dentistry, University of Washington, and has been appointed the first Delta Dental/Washington Dental Service Endowed Professor.
Dr. W. Patrick Naylor, Oxford, Md., has been named the associate dean of advanced education at Loma Linda University, School of Dentistry.
Dr. Rob Roda, Scottsdale, Ariz., was elected president of the Central Arizona Dental Society.
Dr. Steven E. Smith, Tucson, Ariz., was elected president of the Southern Arizona Dental Society.
Dr. Wayne T. Tadsen, Lawrenceville, Ga., was named president of the Thomas P. Hinman Dental Society; and Dr. Bruce Ashendorf, Atlanta, was named general chairman of the Hinman Dental Meeting.