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The Ohio Dental Association House of Delegates met Sept. 25 and 26 in conjunction with the 2025 ODA Annual Session in Columbus. During the meeting, the House of Delegates adopted several resolutions, including: Amended Amended Resolution 01-25 amended the Ohio Dental Association’s process related to the election of the ADA Seventh ... [continue reading]

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The Ohio Dental Association features many resources to help members navigate Medicaid and Medicare. Institutional credibility of the ODA with Medicaid, coupled with individual personal relationships between the ODA volunteer dentists and ODA staff with individual policymakers and decisionmakers within the Ohio Department of Medicaid (ODM), ... [continue reading]

A call for nominations is now extended for general dentist board member positions on the Ohio State Dental Board. The Ohio Dental Association has the opportunity to recommend nominees to the governor of Ohio for possible dentist board member openings on the Ohio State Dental Board (OSDB), which may be vacant in April 2026. The board member ... [continue reading]

The American Dental Association is reminding member dentists to stay vigilant about cybersecurity as they renew their membership this fall. At least one member has received a fraudulent email warning them their membership would be suspended unless they clicked on a link to open a “payment advice document” and completed their “most recent ... [continue reading]

Registration for the ODA Annual Session includes access to up to 14 hours of online CE, free with the cost of registration. Online CE will be available until Dec. 31, 2025. Didn’t register for the in-person event? No problem, you can still register to access our online CE. Click here to register and access our online CE ... [continue reading]

Dr. Edward “Ed” Marvin White, 95, of Mentor, Ohio, who lived most of his life in Northeast Ohio and the past 25 years in Southwest Florida, died August 15, 2025 in Mentor. Ed was a true gentleman with a warm, welcoming smile and a knack for brightening the day of everyone around him. He loved his family, his friends, serving others through ... [continue reading]

Dr. Kyle Bogan began his term as Ohio Dental Association president at the ODA House of Delegates in September. In this Q&A with “ODA Today,” Bogan looks forward to his ... [continue reading]

The Ohio Department of Health recently released the results of its “Oral Health Screening Survey of Third Grade Schoolchildren in Ohio, 2023-2024.” The results of the screening survey were similar to the most recent previous survey from 2017-18. For example, the 2023-24 survey showed that 51% of the screened children have a history of tooth ... [continue reading]

Over the past few years, I have been asked numerous questions regarding in-office dental plans. As many of you may know or actually use in office membership plans in your office, the answers to those questions have always been that they are legal, but it is important to follow the law in the agreements you have with patients. The important thing ... [continue reading]