Announcing a Week of Action To Get You Dental Care Coverage

Next week, we will announce several opportunities in our Autumn is for Advocacy campaign for you to make your voice heard about the need for a bill for health benefits for dental care of ectodermal dysplasias.  Families, we need you to take action, to advocate.

Autumn is for Advocacy

Our families made a significant impact on Ectodermal Dysplasias Advocacy Day! We need everyone in our community to meet with their legislators. We give step by step directions. Ask them to support future legislation which will provide insurance benefits for dental care for all ectodermal dysplasias.  

5 Reasons Why We Need You on Capitol Hill

Ectodermal Dysplasias Advocacy Day approaches quickly and we need you, our National Foundation for Ectodermal Dysplasias (NFED) family, to be there. We try time and again to be advocates to all members of the NFED. But only you and your family are the ones who can make a difference in the lives of people affected…

A Summer of Ectodermal Dysplasias Research

It’s definitely a busy summer for the National Foundation for Ectodermal Dysplasias (NFED)! If you follow our communications, you know we are going to be in Washington D.C. in July for the Family Conference and a historic first, Ectodermal Dysplasias Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill. Those are both incredibly important and major events for us….

Webinar: Advocating for Ectodermal Dysplasias

Presenters – Becky Abbott and Beth Pond, Chairs, NFED Advocacy Committee This webinar took place on Tuesday, May 16, 2017 and was recorded. Our advocacy goal is to get a federal law passed that would guarantee that insurance companies would be mandated to pay health insurance benefits for necessary medical care and treatment due to…

Family Conference Sponsors Needed

Each year, we hold our Family Conference that provides life-changing experiences for our families at the National Foundation for Ectodermal Dysplasias (NFED).  Annually, 300 to 400 people from all over the world and the U.S. get to experience that they are no longer alone. They get to connect with other families and talk to doctors…

Missing Teeth, Missing Benefits

It’s common for someone to be missing a tooth or even two teeth. Some studies report about 20% of all adults are congenitally missing at least one tooth. More than 5% of us lack one or more second premolars or upper second (lateral) incisors. Though, numerous missing teeth, is less common. Leads to Diagnosis When…