I am writing in strong support of Dr. Dickinson's petition requesting the Board of Dentistry amend their regulations for unprofessional conduct to adopt, by reference, the ADA Principles of Ethics and Code of Professional Conduct. The Gold Standard for our profession, the ADA Code of Ethics is long standing and has been well vetted legally and professionally. It is widely recognized and well understood by dental students, by Virginia dentists, and by practitioners moving to our state from various parts of the country.  There is no need to use the considerable time and resources necessary to develop a code of ethics and conduct specifically for our state when such a well respected code already exists and can easily be adopted by reference.