Author: Todd Odenweller

The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Students to Service (S2S) Loan Repayment Program is now accepting applications. The deadline to apply is Oct. 13. Previously this program was only open to medical students, but has now been expanded to include dental students. The program provides up to $120,000 to dental or medical students in their final ... [continue reading]

When I was young, my mother took me and my brother and sisters shopping at the Montgomery Ward’s and Woolworth’s stores. She drove us there in my father’s Oldsmobile and filled up the tank on the way at the Amoco station. As I got older, my first airplane flight was on Trans World Airlines. Today, you can’t find a ... [continue reading]

Dental offices that accept patients with Medicaid or CHIP are now required to post taglines in multiple languages and nondiscrimination notices in their offices, on their websites and in significant publications and communications. This requirement is part of a new rule within the Affordable Care Act that prohibits health care entities that ... [continue reading]

The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Students to Service (S2S) Loan Repayment Program will begin accepting applications in August. Previously this program was only open to medical students, but has now been expanded to include dental students. The program provides up to $120,000 to dental or medical students in their final year of school in ... [continue reading]

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, two for $175 or six for $500, and only 700 will be sold. This year’s raffle prizes are: Winner’s choice of a 2 year/10,000 mile lease (terms established by Crown Mercedes) on a 2016 ... [continue reading]

All employers are required to post numerous posters in their offices. The ODA can send all required posters, including posters that have been recently updated, to ODA members for $6 plus tax, which covers the cost of printing and shipping. To order the posters, call the ODA at (800) ... [continue reading]

The Governor's Cabinet Opiate Action Team recently e-mailed dentists a short video to view on acute pain opioid prescribing guidelines. These guidelines were developed in conjunction with clinical professional associations, healthcare providers, licensing boards and state agencies. The Ohio State Dental Board will approve 2 credit hours of C.E. ... [continue reading]

Ohio is currently working to implement a recently-passed law regarding terminal distributor of dangerous drugs (TDDD) licensing. The law requires prescribers that either personally compound drugs or possess compounded drugs to obtain a TDDD license from the Ohio Board of Pharmacy. This law impacts all prescriber practices that were previously ... [continue reading]

The Ohio Dental Association Foundation has recently teamed up with Kroger Community Rewards to create a new way for dentists to support the foundation, without having to spend any extra money. Dentists, students, residents and spouses can now support the Foundation simply by shopping at Kroger. The ODA Foundation receives donations from Kroger ... [continue reading]

According to our recent membership surveys, ODA members greatly value the advocacy efforts of organized dentistry that help to protect the interests of dentists and their patients and to promote strong oral health. The history of organized dentistry in Ohio effectively advocating for dentistry goes back to the ODA’s founding 150 years ... [continue reading]