Category: ODA Today

The 2017 Ohio Safety Congress & Expo will be March 8-10 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. The event is sponsored by the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation to help businesses keep their workforce safe, healthy and productive. The free event will feature more than 200 educational sessions, guest presenters from various states and ... [continue reading]

The ODA Foundation's 2017 access to care grant application period is now open.  Nonprofit organizations that meet the needs of Ohioans through access to needed dental care or oral health education are encouraged to apply for program funding.  Applying for a grant is a two-step process.  A letter of inquiry must be submitted by May ... [continue reading]

Delta Dental of Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana has tied participation in Delta Premier and/or Delta PPO to participation in its new Medicare Advantage Plan. Delta has amended its contracts with Premier and PPO participating dentists to implement this decision, and the amended contracts took effect Jan. 1, 2017. Because Delta has tied these plans ... [continue reading]

The 2017 Leadership Institute will be March 17-18 at the Hilton Columbus Polaris Hotel. Attendees will enhance their Leadership, Understanding, Collaboration and Knowledge in their practices and communities and within organized dentistry. The event will feature keynote presentations, roundtable discussions, breakout sessions and opportunities for ... [continue reading]

A child receives an exam at last year's Give Kids A Smile kick-off event. This year, Ohio will feature two GKAS kick-off events - one at the Dental Center of Northwest Ohio Van Wert Smiles location and a second event at The Ohio State University Give Kids A Smile is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year. As the national event ... [continue reading]

About 10 years ago, Stephanie Isaac went to the dentist to have some work done on her teeth. After the procedure, she was given a prescription for a 30 day supply of Percocet. “I started taking them and immediately began abusing them,” Isaac said. “I would go back to him and get more prescriptions until he eventually cut me off, ... [continue reading]

Past and present ODA Foundation trustees gathered at the 2016 ODA Annual Session to celebrate the Foundation reaching a milestone of having awarded more than $1 million in grants and scholarships. In 2016, the ODA Foundation reached a milestone of having awarded a total of more than $1 million of funding to dental students through scholarships and ... [continue reading]

Dr. Don Bowers (center) at the 2012 ODA Annual Session, with OSU Dean Patrick Lloyd and ODA Executive Director David Owsiany Dr. Donald Bowers, a past editor at the Ohio Dental Association, passed away at age 81 on Dec. 14, 2016, according to an obituary on www.legacy.com. Bowers graduated from the OSU College of Dentistry as a ... [continue reading]

Wilmington, Ohio, voters decided on Election Day to fluoridate their water. Almost 57 percent of voters said “yes” Nov. 8 to a ballot question that asked whether the city of about 12,500 should join eight other communities in Ohio that originally opted out of a state fluoridation mandate in 1970, but have since reconsidered and voted ... [continue reading]

The month of January marks a definitive break, and reset in so many ways. Janus, the Roman god, was the god of beginnings and doorways. His two faces reminded the Romans of the need to reflect on where they were coming from as well as to look forward to where they were going. It is important to remember our history, and to learn from ... [continue reading]