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Dr. Rolf Behrents, the 2018 recipient of the Callahan Memorial Award, with Dr. Joseph Mellion, chairman of the Callahan Commission. Dr. Rolf Behrents has been a leader in orthodontics education and research throughout his career. In recognition of his efforts, he received the Callahan Memorial Award from the Ohio Dental Association on Friday, ... [continue reading]

Since the introduction of federal privacy regulations under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), dental offices have focused their attention on the security and safeguarding of the health information they gather on patients in the course of treatment. Concerns about patient privacy have forced offices to exercise ... [continue reading]

A recently adopted law in Connecticut has prompted a number of questions from Ohio Dental Association member dentists concerning similar situations in Ohio. The Connecticut statute, which went into effect on Oct. 1, allows dentists in that state to refuse insurers’ virtual credit card claims payment methodology (i.e., “single-use ... [continue reading]

Mark your calendar for the 2019 ODA Annual Session, which will be Oct. 3-6, 2019 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. The ODA typically holds Annual Session in September, however, the American Dental Association annual meeting will be held Sept. 5-9, 2019 in San Francisco. Because of the ADA’s meeting date, the ODA Annual Session will ... [continue reading]

The ODA installed new Executive Committee officers for the 2018-19 term on Sept. 14 during the House of Delegates meeting. The Executive Committee is the managing body of the ODA. The committee administers the policies established by the ODA House of Delegates and the Ad Interim Committee. The 2018-19 Executive Committee Officers are: President: ... [continue reading]

Effective Sept. 8, 2018, House Bill 523 legalizes medical marijuana in Ohio for certain medical conditions. However, employers should note that this has a limited impact on BWC programs. According to the BWC, nothing in the law requires an employer to accommodate an employee’s use of medical marijuana. The law does NOT prohibit an employer ... [continue reading]

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), herd immunity (also known as community immunity) is a situation in which a sufficient proportion of a population is immune to an infectious disease (through vaccination and/or prior illness) to make its spread from person to person unlikely. Even individuals not vaccinated (such as newborns and ... [continue reading]

We all can agree there are certainties that accompany our daily lives. With our birth there will eventually be our demise. The sun rises and sets, thus there’s light and darkness during what we refer to as a 24 hour day (arctic areas excluded). My next statement is a bit more sketchy. Our conscious actions produce either positive or negative ... [continue reading]

I read with interest the “ODA Today” article about the recent meeting of orthopedic surgeons and dentists to discuss antibiotic prophylaxis for patients with prosthetic joints who are undergoing dental procedures. I applaud Dr. Goff for organizing this long needed collaboration to build consensus among practitioners in this area. While ... [continue reading]

Obtain CE credit verification and download handouts for courses attended at the 2018 ODA Annual Session by clicking here. To access CE certificates, click the “proceed to CE dashboard” button shown at the top of the screen. If you would like to access course handouts, links are posted on the account summary page, which is the first ... [continue reading]