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The annual ODA Foundation raffle is one of the primary sources of funding for oral health-related grants and scholarships. Raffle tickets are $100 each, two for $175 or six for $500, and only 700 will be sold. This year’s raffle prizes are: Winner’s choice of a lease on a 2019 Mercedes GLC300 SUV or $20,000 cash (lease terms ... [continue reading]

When the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was passed by Congress in 2010, it mandated the eventual termination of all association health care plans.  At that time, the ODA’s Dentists Choice Healthcare Plan covered nearly 3,500 lives of our members, their families and staff.  Knowing the need and value of this member benefit, the ODA, ... [continue reading]

One of the busiest times of the year has come and gone in the Ohio legislature. The biennial operating budget (House Bill 166) has passed the House and Senate and has been signed by the governor. The budget has to be passed by July 1 in order for the state to continue to operate. However, this year lawmakers were still working out the details of ... [continue reading]

Peg Cissell, former ODA director of finance and COO of ODASC, is the recipient of this year’s Achievement Award. After 34 years of serving the profession of dentistry in Ohio, Peg Cissell, ODA director of finance and COO of ODASC, retired from the Ohio Dental Association at the end of July. In recognition of her contributions, she will receive ... [continue reading]

Dr. Stephen Fabry is this year's recipient of the Marvin Fisk Humanitarian Award. Dr. Stephen Fabry is dedicated to providing dental care for people in need in his community and internationally. In recognition of his efforts, he will receive the Ohio Dental Association Marvin Fisk Humanitarian Award on Friday, Oct. 4 at the Callahan Celebration of ... [continue reading]

The Toledo Dental Society recently created a new initiative to help patients properly dispose of their unused medications. The initiative provides patients with a Drug Disposal Solution card that has information about where they can dispose of unused medications. It was created by Dr. Bill Zouhary, a general dentist in Rossford. The Toledo Dental ... [continue reading]

Dr. Frank Williams, a past president of the Ohio Dental Association. Dr. Frank Williams, a past president of the Ohio Dental Association, passed away on July 12. “In my professional life, there are only a few colleagues that have accomplished what may be called by the Harvard Business Review as, ‘Breakthrough Leadership.’ Dr. ... [continue reading]

Dr. Jeffrey Krause, an oral surgeon in Westerville and a sergeant with the Westerville Division of Police, recently medaled in all 13 shooting events that he participated in at the Ohio Police and Fire Games. Dr. Jeffrey Krause, an oral surgeon in Westerville and a sergeant with the Westerville Division of Police, recently medaled in all 13 ... [continue reading]

It appears the Ohio Dental Association has played an instrumental role in overturning a decision to terminate the participating provider status of a number of ODA member dentists with one of Ohio's Medicaid HMOs. Earlier this year numerous ODA member dentists received correspondence from DentaQuest stating that their offices would no longer be ... [continue reading]

As I write this, we mark the 50th anniversary of the NASA Apollo landing on the moon. It is one of the singular accomplishments in our history. The thought of a person leaving Earth, journeying across the vast nothing of space, landing on another world, and returning safely home was the stuff of dreams. And these were the dreams that people have ... [continue reading]