Cumberland Dental, founded in 1983, is a multi-specialty dental
group with three practices located in Birmingham, Tuscaloosa and
Gadsden .

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The words "believe,"
"expect ," "anticipate," "project,'' and similar expressions, among
others, identify forward-looking statements .

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AABB has been setting standards and accrediting facilities involved in the
collection , processing and distribution of blood and blood components for more
than 50 years."

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Established in 1947, AABB (formerly known as the American Association of
Blood Banks) is an international, not-for-profit association dedicated to the
advancement of science and the practice of transfusion medicine and related
biological therapies.

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The AAAHC is a peer-based, not-for-profit organization that is
nationally recognized for conducting extensive evaluations of
ambulatory health care organizations to ensure the highest quality
standards.

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Dr. However, we do not support the Committee's
recommendation concerning the establishment of a single cord blood accrediting
body .

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Certain factors that might
cause such a difference include, among others, the Company's risks
associated with overall or regional economic conditions, contracts its
affiliated dental group practices have with third party payors and the
impact of any terminations or potential terminations of such
contracts , the cost of and access to capital, the fluctuations in
labor markets, the Company's acquisition and affiliation strategy,
management of rapid growth, dependence upon affiliated dental group
practices , dependence upon service agreements and government
regulation of the dental industry., AABB commends the Institute of
Medicine's (IOM) Cord Blood Study Committee on its recently released report
detailing the challenging issues facing the cord blood community. Members
are located in all 50 states and 80 countries.

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Ruff, Senior Vice President
and Chief Professional Officer of American Dental Partners , works with
the Company's affiliates in the pursuit of accreditation. While AABB
supports several of the recommendations put forth in the IOM's "Cord Blood:
Establishing a National Hematopoietic Stem Cell Bank Program," the association
believes the IOM report does not go far enough to optimize the quality of cord
blood banks by integrating the expertise of the diverse organizations
currently involved in the collection, processing and transplantation of cord
blood units.

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"While AAAHC accreditation is a
rigorous and demanding process, we believe it will help our affiliated
dental groups continue to recruit high quality professionals and
enhance relationships with patients and local dental communities ," Dr.

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More than 1,800 ambulatory health care organizations across
the United States are accredited by the AAAHC.
American Dental Partners is one of the nation's leading business
partners to dental groups. "AABB believes that limiting the
expertise to a single organization does not serve the best interests of
patients or the institutions involved in the provision of cord blood
therapies.

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"Cumberland Dental's accreditation is well-deserved and is
recognition of their commitment to high quality standards and clinical
excellence.
American Dental Partners encourages its affiliated dental groups
to pursue AAAHC accreditation as a means to set and maintain
measurable quality benchmarks and achieve the highest possible
standard of patient care. Such
forward-looking statements are subject to uncertainties and other
factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from
those projected, anticipated or implied.

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AABB believes that every standard-setting and accreditation
organization currently involved in the cord blood field brings a unique and
important perspective .

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Jesley C. For over a decade, AABB has drawn from this vast experience in
blood banking and transfusion medicine to establish quality and technical
standards in emerging cellular therapy arenas, including cord blood.

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AABB Addresses Release of IOM Cord Blood Report

The association is committed to improving health by
developing and delivering standards, accreditation and educational programs
and services that optimize patient and donor care and safety.

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American Dental Partners Announces the Accreditation of Cumberland Dental

Forward-looking
statements speak only as of the date the statement was made.
"AABB would have preferred that the IOM Committee 's report recommend that
the multiple associations or societies involved in the cell therapy arena
coordinate assessment and accreditation in their respective areas of
expertise," said Zbigniew M.

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"AABB believes strongly in the development of a national cord blood
framework that serves patient needs while recognizing the importance of
clinical decision-making in the collection , preparation, storage,
distribution, and transplantation of cord blood units," said Karen Shoos
Lipton , chief executive officer of AABB.

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Note: Some of the information in this press release contains
"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Szczepiorkowski MD, PhD, director of the Cellular
Therapy Center at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and chair of AABB's
Cellular Therapies Standards Program Unit.

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Ruff added. Additional risks, uncertainties and
other factors are set forth in the "Risk Factors" section of the
Company 's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2004.

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"We hope
that by having our affiliated dental groups be part of a select group
of dental practices accredited by the AAAHC, American Dental Partners
will be at the forefront of promoting clinical excellence in the
dental profession ," said Dr. AABB is
the only cord blood stem cell accrediting organization that has experience in
the accreditation of facilities operating in a rigorous regulatory
environment.

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----American Dental
Partners, Inc. With the accreditation
of Cumberland Dental, nine of American Dental Partners' affiliated
dental groups are accredited by the AAAHC.

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BETHESDA, Md.

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WAKEFIELD, Mass. The Company is affiliated with 20 dental
groups which have 182 dental facilities with approximately 1,636
operatories located in 18 states.

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AABB membership
consists of approximately 1,800 institutions and 8,000 individuals, including
physicians, scientists , administrators, medical technologists, nurses,
researchers, blood donor recruiters and public relations personnel.

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(NASDAQ: ADPI) announced today that Cumberland Dental
has achieved accreditation status with the Accreditation Association
for Ambulatory Health Care ("AAAHC"). "Our association supports the IOM
Committee in regards to building consistency in standards-setting, with the
goal of creating a uniform standard of care for all patients requiring cord
blood transplantation.