Category: ODA Today

I just came back from a dental conference in Orlando with mixed feelings. On the one hand I felt very excited about the future of dentistry, but on the other hand my husband and I felt a little “over the hill.” When I first finished my endodontic residency in 2002, my husband and I looked up to the folks that were in their mid-40s who ... [continue reading]

Time passes and memories fade. Since this is the 150th year of the Ohio Dental Association, I decided to visit the central office and look up the proceedings of the House of Delegates for 1966. While the HOD is not the entire meeting, it serves to document what activities took place. Dr. Harold Barlow of Akron was the president and presided over ... [continue reading]

I think the old saw is something like this: “Absence of evidence does not equal evidence of absence.” The absence of data supporting the health benefits of flossing from longitudinal, multi-center, multi-populational, randomized controlled studies doesn’t mean flossing has no benefits.  It just means those complex, very ... [continue reading]

A call for nominations is now extended for a dentist board member position on the Ohio State Dental Board. The Ohio Dental Association has the opportunity to recommend nominees to the governor of Ohio for one possible dentist board member opening on the Ohio State Dental Board (OSDB), which may be vacant in April 2017. The board member position is ... [continue reading]

The ODA Foundation held its annual raffle drawing at the ODA Annual Session on Sept. 17. The Foundation sold all 700 raffle tickets that were available this year. Dr. Jim Cottle was the first prize winner with a choice of the Crown Mercedes Dublin GLC300 car lease or $20,000 cash; Dr. Kevin Laing won the second prize jewelry worth $3,000 and Dr. ... [continue reading]

The Ohio State Dental Board is no longer accepting paper applications for any license type. All applicants will now be required to apply and manage their license through a new online licensing portal at ... [continue reading]

The 2016 ODA Annual Session will feature a variety of hands-on CE courses and courses for the entire dental team. Annual Session will be Sept. 15-18, and there's still time to register! The 2016 ODA Annual Session – Celebrating our past, building our future – is just around the corner, and there’s still time to register. This ... [continue reading]

The Ohio Dental Association House of Delegates, which is the legislative body and the supreme authoritative body of the association, will meet on Sept. 15 and 16 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Columbus in conjunction with the 2016 ODA Annual Session. Nearly 140 delegates from across the state representing all 25 local component dental societies, ... [continue reading]

Mercy Medical Center in Canton worked with migrant children to provide dental check-ups for its Give Kids A Smile event in July. Give Kids A Smile is a national access to care initiative where dentists donate dental care to underserved children that are in need of care. Give Kids A Smile events and initiatives take place throughout the year, and ... [continue reading]

Dr. Denise Antalis at her office’s Give Kids A Smile event in Cambridge. My practice has been hosting Give Kids A Smile events for the past three years in our office in Cambridge, Ohio.  On that day, my team, other volunteers and I donate our time and services to children under the age of 18 who are accompanied by an adult.  Each child ... [continue reading]