AAPD Recognizes Annual Award Recipients at AAPD 2024 in , /PRNewswire/ -- (AAPD), the leading authority on children's oral health, will celebrate the 2024 winners of its prestigious awards during the organization's Annual Meeting, AAPD 2024, in from . The 2024 AAPD and AAPD Foundation Award Recipients are: The Distinguished Service Award is the most prestigious award given by the AAPD. Presented only when the AAPD Board of Trustees identifies a truly worthy recipient, the award recognizes individuals who have made a major contribution, on a national or international level, over their entire career to advocacy for children, improvement of children's health or to a health profession related to children.

The Miller Foundation supports this award. Established in 1998, this annual award honors a pediatric dentist who has made significant contributions to the dental profession and the specialty of pediatric dentistry through clinical practice, academics or policy development over the past year. Recipients will also have devoted extensive volunteer leadership service to the dental profession and the specialty.

This award is sponsored by NuSmile. This award is presented annually to an up-and-coming clinician, researcher or academician in pediatric dentistry for their outstanding efforts directed to children's oral health and welfare. The Miller Award was established in by AAPD Foundation, to honor former AAPD and Foundation President Dr.

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