Author: Amy Szmania

Hundreds of volunteer dentists throughout Ohio will once again provide free dental services to underserved children, during the nearly 80 Give Kids a Smile (GKAS) Ohio programs scheduled to date. Over 18,000 Ohio children are expected to participate with an expected 1,900 dental volunteers throughout 2014. Feb. 7 is the official date for the 12th ... [continue reading]

The 2014 Ohio Dental Association Leadership Institute will give members the chance to transform their practice, profession and association. This year’s Leadership Institute will be March 28-29 at the Hilton Columbus Polaris Hotel. Leadership Institute – “Transforming your practice, your profession and your association” – will provide ... [continue reading]

Since Dental OPTIONS (Ohio Partnership To Improve Oral health through access to Needed Services) saw its first patient in 1997, more than 11,300 Ohioans have been treated by volunteer dentists. A private/public partnership between the Ohio Dental Association and the Ohio Department of Health, Dental OPTIONS is a program designed to help Ohioans ... [continue reading]

I read with great interest what the other “ODA Today” columnists predicted regarding what the dental profession will look like in 2050 (click here to see the responses). While I am not exactly sure what dentistry will look like in 37 years, I know the Ohio Dental Association will still be thriving by representing the interests of dentists and ... [continue reading]

For this special Nostradamus Issue of the “ODA Today,” we have asked all of our regular columnists to answer a series of questions concerning their vision of the state of dentistry in 2050 (click here to see the responses). Had I posed these questions as recently as 2007, I suspect that the answers, or at least the tone of the piece, would be ... [continue reading]

As the Affordable Care Act (ACA) continues to be implemented, the Ohio Dental Association and Ohio Dental Association Services Corp. (ODSAC) is closely monitoring how this will affect dentists. The ACA may have an impact on dentists as employers and consumers of health insurance. The “ODA Today” has featured several articles explaining what ... [continue reading]

The Ohio Dental Association is again receiving calls from member dentists on issues that have arisen within the past five years and continue to generate concern and confusion. They include the payment method of a small number of third party administrators (TPAs) and the use of electronic health records. TPA credit card payments This ... [continue reading]

A call for nominations is now extended for the position of the Ohio Dental Association vice speaker of the House of Delegates. According to the ODA’s bylaws, candidates for this appointed position must be an Active, Retired or Life member in good standing of the ODA. The term of office for the vice speaker is one year. Candidates for the ... [continue reading]

The Ohio Dental Association is making an ODA member logo available for members to download. The ODA member logo can be used by dentists on their website, electronic communications and e-newsletters to highlight their membership in the ODA. To download the member logo, you will need to log in with your username and password. If you have not ... [continue reading]

After I graduated from dental school and was beginning my career, I knew I needed to purchase life and disability insurance. Around that time, I also received a call from an insurance agent who was around my age and who was an alumnus of the same undergrad university as me. He seemed trustworthy, and my husband and I knew insurance was something ... [continue reading]