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The Ohio Dental Association is seeking nominations for its 2019 Awards of Excellence program. The ODA’s Awards of Excellence program recognizes those who offer distinguished service to dentistry and improve oral health care by offering treatment, outreach or education. Members and local dental societies are encouraged to nominate those they ... [continue reading]

Due to the growing volume of information that is being transferred and stored away each day, businesses are beginning to realize the importance of adopting a records retention policy. The purpose of adopting such a policy is to establish an official procedure for managing records. A well-crafted records retention policy specifies a detailed method ... [continue reading]

The Ohio Dental Association receives a number of calls from member dentists concerning ways to either attract new patients to their practice or keep existing patients within the fold. A common theme among these callers involves the dentist’s willingness to discount his or her fees in some manner to “compete” with major preferred ... [continue reading]

As I sit here writing this, it’s the middle of the holiday season. “A Christmas Story” has been on its endless loop. Ralphie is waiting to see if Santa will bring him the Red Rider BB gun he wants. “Charlie Brown Christmas” has Sally writing Santa for “tens and twenties” and Lucy has asked for “real ... [continue reading]

If I could go “Back To The Future” there’d be one overriding question I’d ask both of my currently deceased parents. “Mom, Dad ... I never doubted your sincerity when you told me NOT to start smoking as I transitioned into my high school years. But Dad, what’s up with leaving your pack of cigarettes on the ... [continue reading]

The U.S. Postal Service offers a free service to help residents and businesses track their incoming mail, which can help to avoid theft of important mail. When you sign up for the service, you will receive an email containing grayscale images of the exterior, address side of incoming letter-sized mailpieces that are arriving soon. According to ... [continue reading]

Dr. Ruchika Khetarpal participated in the Institute for Diversity in Leadership, and through the program she created DATPath Accelerator to help increase diversity in the field of dentistry. I will not forget my first day walking into the meeting room at the American Dental Association (ADA) building in Chicago. The room was a buzz! (Most ... [continue reading]

As my teaching career at OSU has evolved, my role as an educator has taken on more of a medical model. Most of my week, I actively treat patients in the dental clinic in the medical center and have fourth-year dental students with me in more of an attending/student relationship than the traditional dental clinical instructor experience. This works ... [continue reading]

In recent months, the Ohio Dental Association has received an increased number of calls from ODA member dentists regarding the proper way to report the names of the treating dentist and billing entity to third-party payers. Most of the calls were prompted by a dental practice bringing on an associate for the first time and some involved dentists ... [continue reading]

One of the most common questions I receive at the ODA is how to terminate the dentist-patient relationship in a proper way. I think this is the case because it is not something that a dentist does on a normal basis and they want to ensure they are doing it correctly. Terminating the dentist-patient relationship requires the dentist to exercise ... [continue reading]