Author: Jackie Crowe

Dr. Homa Amini has been devoted to improving access to care for children and vulnerable populations throughout her career. In recognition of her efforts, she will receive the ... [continue reading]

The Ohio Dental Association is seeking judges for Poster Session (formerly known as Table Clinic) presentations at the 2026 ODA Annual Session. Poster Sessions, which are informal, interactive presentations that last up to 15 minutes, are presented by dentists, dental students, dental staff and dental residents each year during Annual ... [continue reading]

The ODA Foundation is excited to announce that our raffle is going digital! You can pay online, by check or cash, and you will receive your digital raffle tickets via email. 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, three for $250 or six ... [continue reading]

Every council seat, every committee chair, every officer position in the Ohio Dental Association is filled by someone. I know that sounds obvious. But stop and think about it for a second — behind every one of those seats is a story about how somebody found their way there. And I’ve been wondering lately whether we’re doing enough to make ... [continue reading]

As I discussed last month, we are celebrating two significant anniversaries in 2026 – the 250th anniversary of the U.S. and the 160th anniversary of the Ohio Dental Association. Last month’s column was the first of a two-part series on these two milestones, where I discussed many of the reasons we should proudly celebrate our country and its ... [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]

On July 8, 2026, Gov. Mike DeWine signed ODA supported legislation (Senate Bill 162) into law establishing more restrictions on insurers’ ability to seek overpayment recovery, takebacks or claw backs from Ohio health care providers, including dentists. The new law (Ohio Revised Code 3901.388), which takes effect on Oct. 6, 2026, changes from ... [continue reading]

Every autumn semester, I do something to my third-year students that they don’t see coming. Early in the Practice Management course, after the syllabus review and the grading rubrics and the obligatory jokes about how many of them will actually read the material, I hand them an assignment that has nothing to do with crown preps or oral ... [continue reading]

Did you have to read “The Odyssey” in high school or college? Lucky me, I studied it once in high school and then again in college, coupled with lengthy essays on hero arc and the balance between protagonist and antagonist. But I must have learned something because I’m writing here today, for you, dear reader. As a young woman in a small ... [continue reading]

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