Author: Todd Odenweller

A call for nominations is now extended for 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 three possible dentist board member openings on the Ohio State Dental Board (OSDB), which may be vacant in April 2015. Two of these board member ... [continue reading]

The American Dental Association has released the CDT 2015, which takes effect Jan. 1, 2015. The new “CDT: 2015 Dental Procedure Codes” is the HIPAA-recognized code set for dentistry. The changes include 15 new procedure codes, 52 revised procedure codes and five deleted procedure codes. The ADA offers several CDT coding products, ... [continue reading]

Prescribers and terminal distributors of dangerous drugs will be required to take a new inventory of all stocks of controlled substances on hand every year. The new Pharmacy Board rule takes effect Jan. 1, 2015. Currently, prescribers and terminal distributors of dangerous drugs are required to take inventory every two ... [continue reading]

The Ohio Dental Association is issuing a call for nominations for the position of Seventh District trustee of the American Dental Association’s Board of Trustees. The ADA Board of Trustees, the managing body of the ADA, consists of one trustee from each of the 17 trustee districts within the ADA. The states of Ohio and Indiana comprise the ... [continue reading]

My apologies to Robert Fulghum, whose book title, "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten," I paraphrased for this, my last message as ODA president. Dental politics being as it is, the experience of volunteer leadership can take many forms, from programmed perceived professional participation, to just wanting to make a difference. In ... [continue reading]

The Ohio Dental Association's mission is to improve oral health and strengthen dentistry in Ohio. I view this as presenting two equally important and related objectives: (1) working to improve the oral health of Ohioans and (2) protecting and promoting the interests of Ohio’s dentists. We do both at a high level, and, as we work to achieve ... [continue reading]

Registration for the 2015 Give Kids a Smile program opens Oct. 1 on ada.org. Those interested in participating are encouraged to register by early November to be eligible for product donations. The 13th annual kickoff event for GKAS is Friday, Feb. 6, 2015 at Mercy Medical Center in Canton. Give Kids a Smile is one of the ODA’s biggest ... [continue reading]

The American Dental Association's consumer website, mouthhealthy.org, features a "Find a Dentist" section. Nearly 20,000 patients use this function to search for a dentist every month. The Ohio Dental Association also refers patients to the ADA’s “Find a Dentist” search feature to find a dentist in their area. Over the past ... [continue reading]

The American Student Dental Association (ASDA) Board of Trustees awarded Lydia Lancaster the 2014 Ryan Turner Memorial Scholarship. Lancaster is a class of 2016 dental student at The Ohio State University College of Dentistry. She will receive a $2,500 scholarship and funding to attend ASDA’s National Leadership Conference, Oct. 31-Nov. 2 in ... [continue reading]

The Ohio Dental Association Rising Star Award recognizes a young leader in dentistry with outstanding leadership and initiative and a strong commitment to volunteerism within the community and the profession. Past award winners often continue on to become leaders of organized dentistry on the local, state and national level. Dr. Thomas Kelly, a ... [continue reading]