American Dental Association
Overview
 
The American Dental Association (ADA) is an American professional association established in 1859 which has more than 155,000 members. Based in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

, the ADA is the world's largest and oldest national dental association and promotes good oral health to the public while representing the dental profession.

The ADA publishes a monthly journal of dental related articles named the Journal of the American Dental Association
Journal of the American Dental Association
The Journal of the American Dental Association is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal on dentistry published by the American Dental Association. It is freely available to the public after a one-year embargo....

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The ADA was founded August 1859, at Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls
The Niagara Falls, located on the Niagara River draining Lake Erie into Lake Ontario, is the collective name for the Horseshoe Falls and the adjacent American Falls along with the comparatively small Bridal Veil Falls, which combined form the highest flow rate of any waterfalls in the world and has...

, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

, by twenty-six dentists who represented various dental societies in the United States.
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