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This month’s article highlights one of the greatest pleasures and blessings that I have gotten to experience in this leadership role. That is, interacting with those on the front end of this great profession. What appears below is the text of my remarks to the incoming dental and dental hygiene students during the OSU College of Dentistry White ... [continue reading]

Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court decided a case that received a great deal of attention because it tangentially involved so-called “birthright citizenship.” In reality, the main issue in the case involved the use of universal injunctions by federal district courts. One legal commenter defines a “universal injunction” as a court order ... [continue reading]

As usual with this section of the “ODA Today” I try to keep information up to date and answer questions that I have been seeing throughout the state from members. This month is no different and a topic that I have not written on before but has been a question I have been asked several times over the last month. That question is “what should ... [continue reading]

Despite the best efforts of all involved, insurance companies and other third-party payers mistakenly issue payments to dentists that they later determine should not have been made in the first place. This practice happens enough that the American Dental Association has listed overpayment recovery/refund requests in its list of top 10 concerns ... [continue reading]

Every morning, we put on our scrubs, adjust our loupes, and step into our operatories. What we’re really doing is donning our superhero costume and entering our Fortress of Solitude – or perhaps our Batcave. After nearly four decades of practice and countless conversations with colleagues across Ohio, I’ve come to realize that we dentists ... [continue reading]

I’ve lived in Ohio my whole life. I attended public school in rural Ohio, the University of Toledo for college and The Ohio State University for all my dental training.  Like many, I have also been around the world – to Hawaii and Hong Kong, Alaska and Zurich. But I have never been to Iowa. My professional life and education have been ... [continue reading]

Fluoridation of public water systems became widespread in Ohio in the early 1970s following passage of a state law, backed by the ODA, that directed communities to engage in the practice of adding fluoride to public water systems up to an optimum level unless the communities opted out by a certain date. Most communities did not opt out and today ... [continue reading]

New this year, the ODA Annual Session will feature a special two-day workshop presented by the Pankey Institute. “Occlusion in Everyday Dentistry: A Two-Day Pankey Workshop” ... [continue reading]

OhioDDS is the Ohio Dental Association’s free Group Purchasing Organization built to save members money. Created and operated by the ODA Services Corp., this free member-only program allows ODA dentists exclusive access to discounted pricing on dental supplies, equipment and services. We partner with three strong vendors to provide OhioDDS ... [continue reading]

Dr. Khurram Khan has dedicated time and resources to providing care to people in need who were born with facial differences both in his community and abroad. In ... [continue reading]