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Dec 13 2022
The Ohio Dental Association seeks members to fill potential upcoming at-large positions on ODA councils. The ODA is seeking nominations for at-large positions on the association’s Council on Access to Care and Public Service, Council on Dental Care Programs and Dental Practice, and Council on Membership Services. Nominations for these ... [continue reading]
Dec 13 2022
The Ohio Dental Association is seeking nominations for its 2023 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]
Dec 13 2022
I recently attended an Oral Health Symposium in Springfield put together by Oral Health Ohio. Dr. Renee Joskow, senior advisor to the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, spoke to the current health inequities in our country and to the Surgeon General’s Report on Oral Health recently published. Some takeaways included the ... [continue reading]
Dec 13 2022
Last month’s election led to a closely divided U.S. House of Representatives, where the Republicans gained a slight majority, and a closely divided U.S. Senate, where the Democrats retained a slight advantage. While the results of these Congressional elections generate most of the headlines, the election results related to the Ohio Statehouse ... [continue reading]
Dec 13 2022
As 2022 comes to a close, so does the 134th Ohio General Assembly. When January comes around, the 135th will begin a new legislative session. January will bring more than 30 new legislators to Columbus out of the 132 in the Statehouse. This means that a little over a quarter of the next general assembly has very little or no knowledge about ... [continue reading]
Dec 13 2022
Question: Can a dentist who is not under contract to an insurance company be forced to accept the insurer’s allowed fee solely because the dentist accepted assignment of benefits from the patient? Answer: Providing nothing else is going on, no. Just as a patient/subscriber and a dentist cannot obligate an insurance company or other ... [continue reading]
Dec 13 2022
As we near the end of another year, this is a time of reflection for me. Around the dental school, we are putting the final touches on another admissions cycle and it is time for us to plan next year with 120 new members of our profession. I have a busy spring ahead, as I am the course director for two courses: Practice Management for the third ... [continue reading]
Dec 13 2022
Being a dentist, I always thought we were natural born leaders. We lead our teams at work. We often take on volunteer roles in our ... [continue reading]
Nov 11 2022
Dedicated to Dentistry. Benefiting Dentists. Membership in the Ohio Dental Association has many benefits ... [continue reading]
Nov 11 2022
The 2022 ODA House of Delegates passed a resolution to develop and implement a dental staff recruitment campaign to help member dentists meet their staffing needs.
The resolution was submitted by the ODA Workforce Working Group, which was established by the Dental Education and Licensure Committee in 2021 to address the shortage numbers of ... [continue reading]
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