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Dr. Joe Crowley thanks the ADA House of Delegates for voting to name him president-elect on Oct. 24. Photo by EZ Event Photography, courtesy ADA News. Copyright 2016 American Dental Association. On Monday, Oct. 24, 2016, the American Dental Association’s House of Delegates elected Dr. Joe Crowley, a general dentist from Cincinnati, to be ... [continue reading]

ODA members receive discounts on CE and Annual Session registration. As membership renewal season approaches, tripartite members should watch their mailbox and inbox for dues renewal statements. “We are just returning from the American Dental Association House of Delegates that was held in Denver, and it has been striking to witness the ... [continue reading]

On Oct. 25, 2016, Dr. Billie Sue Kyger was sworn in as the 7th District trustee to the ADA.  Kyger is a general dentist in Gallipolis and served as ODA president in 2002-03. Kyger will be one of 17 ADA district trustees.  As the 7th District trustee, she will represent Ohio and Indiana on the ADA Board of Trustees. Kyger was elected ... [continue reading]

Dr. Ron Lemmo, ADA treasurer With Dr. Joe Crowley being elected president-elect of the American Dental Association, Ohio will have its first ADA president since Dr. Frank Casto of Cleveland who served as ADA president in 1935. However, Crowley is not the only ODA member serving in a leadership role at the ADA. Dr. Ron Lemmo, a general dentist from ... [continue reading]

The following article is part of a series of reviews encompassing various medical issues relevant to dentistry today. The ODA Dental Education and Licensure Committee (DELC) recruited a handful of experts to write these concise reviews to inform our member dentists about the most current opinions, positions and evidence on the topics. We hope ... [continue reading]

Oral health in America has improved over the last century due to many factors. However, for low socio-economic groups dental health has not seen the increase in improvement of that of the general population. And there are even greater discrepancies in oral health among certain subpopulations. As members of low socio-economic groups, inmates have ... [continue reading]

The Ohio Dental Association has expressed its concerns to MetLife Dental regarding its decision to require dentists to enroll in electronic funds transfer (EFT) and utilize EFT as the only payment method for provider reimbursement. Many dentists have contacted the ODA regarding MetLife’s decision. All indicated that they did not want to be ... [continue reading]

One of my ENT physician colleagues asked me to see a patient for him, since she was having headaches that were refractory to his migraine treatments.  During our interview, she reported that she had “had a root canal done” this past June.  I asked who the dentist was, so that we could get the records to help determine why the ... [continue reading]

This is a different spin from my usual type of Op-Ed. Whether I make your day sweeter smelling depends on you ... the reader. I hope you enjoy this blend of topics. Floss vs. oral irrigation For some reason during the second half of this year, the media decided to question the efficacy of using floss as part of a daily regimen of oral health ... [continue reading]

Famed New York Yankee Hall of Famer, the late and beloved Yogi Berra, once infamously said: “When you come to the fork in the road, TAKE IT!” A brief and personal take on the evolution of “risk” in dentistry Once upon a time there was only the dentist and the patient.  No one came between the doctor and patient, and ... [continue reading]