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Dr. Joe Crowley, ADA president-elect, speaks with a legislative aide at last year's Day at the Statehouse. ODA member Dr. David Vorherr and OSU dental student Spencer Tepe observe. This year's event will be April 26 in Columbus. Day at the Statehouse, the Ohio Dental Association's most important grassroots advocacy event, will be April 26 in ... [continue reading]

The Ohio Dental Association is continuing to promote oral health and patient visits with ODA member dentists through an educational radio campaign that has been renewed for 2017. The ODA has partnered with the Ohio Society Association of Executives (OSAE) and the Ohio News Network (ONN) radio division on a public awareness campaign since 2012. ... [continue reading]

The 2017 Leadership Institute will be March 17-18 at the Hilton Columbus Polaris Hotel. Attendees will enhance their Leadership, Understanding, Collaboration and Knowledge in their practices and communities and within organized dentistry. The event will feature keynote presentations, roundtable discussions, breakout sessions and opportunities for ... [continue reading]

A child receives an exam at last year's Give Kids A Smile kick-off event. This year, Ohio will feature two GKAS kick-off events - one at the Dental Center of Northwest Ohio Van Wert Smiles location and a second event at The Ohio State University Give Kids A Smile is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year. As the national event ... [continue reading]

About 10 years ago, Stephanie Isaac went to the dentist to have some work done on her teeth. After the procedure, she was given a prescription for a 30 day supply of Percocet. “I started taking them and immediately began abusing them,” Isaac said. “I would go back to him and get more prescriptions until he eventually cut me off, ... [continue reading]

Past and present ODA Foundation trustees gathered at the 2016 ODA Annual Session to celebrate the Foundation reaching a milestone of having awarded more than $1 million in grants and scholarships. In 2016, the ODA Foundation reached a milestone of having awarded a total of more than $1 million of funding to dental students through scholarships and ... [continue reading]

Dr. Don Bowers (center) at the 2012 ODA Annual Session, with OSU Dean Patrick Lloyd and ODA Executive Director David Owsiany Dr. Donald Bowers, a past editor at the Ohio Dental Association, passed away at age 81 on Dec. 14, 2016, according to an obituary on www.legacy.com. Bowers graduated from the OSU College of Dentistry as a ... [continue reading]

Wilmington, Ohio, voters decided on Election Day to fluoridate their water. Almost 57 percent of voters said “yes” Nov. 8 to a ballot question that asked whether the city of about 12,500 should join eight other communities in Ohio that originally opted out of a state fluoridation mandate in 1970, but have since reconsidered and voted ... [continue reading]

Ohio Dental Association members consistently rate the ODA's advocacy efforts as one of their top membership benefits on surveys, and members often say that advocacy is one of the reasons why they choose to renew their tripartite membership. “Advocacy is the most important benefit of membership in my opinion,” said Dr. Alex Mellion, an ... [continue reading]

This year's ODA Leadership Institute will feature several opportunities for ODA members to learn about opioid and heroin addiction and ways that dentists can help curb opioid abuse. Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine will be the keynote speaker on March 17, and he will speak about the heroin and opioid abuse epidemic in Ohio. Leadership Institute ... [continue reading]