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Dr. Jack Spratt is this year’s Ohio Dental Association Distinguished Dentist Award winner. Dr. Jack Spratt has been very involved with organized dentistry throughout his career. For his efforts, he will receive the Ohio Dental Association Distinguished Dentist Award on Friday, Sept. 12, at the Callahan Celebration of ... [continue reading]

The Summa Health System Center for Dental Health will receive the Ohio Dental Association Access to Dental Care Program Award at the Callahan Celebration of Excellence on Friday, Sept. 12, in conjunction with the ODA Annual Session in Columbus. The Center for Dental Health and its General Practice Dental Residency Program opened in 2007 in Akron ... [continue reading]

Dr. Christopher Heck is the 2014 recipient of the N. Wayne Hiatt Rising Star Award from the Ohio Dental Association. Dr. Christopher Heck has been active with organized dentistry since dental school and has a strong desire and ability to be a leader. For his efforts, Heck will receive the N. Wayne Hiatt Rising Star Award ... [continue reading]

Winners of the Ohio Dental Association N. Wayne Hiatt Rising Star Award often continue on to become leaders of organized dentistry on the local, state and national level. Dr. Billie Sue Kyger Dr. Billie Sue Kyger, a general dentist in Gallipolis, was the first recipient of the Rising Star Award in 1991. At that time, she was a past president of ... [continue reading]

The Ohio Dental Association is hosting a free new dentist event at The Wilds. Dentists in practice for 10 years or less are invited to come with their families to The Wilds on Oct. 25. Lunch will be provided, and family activities will take place throughout the day. The Wilds is a safari park and conservation center located in Southeast ... [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. Ronald Lemmo, a ... [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. Billie Sue Kyger, ... [continue reading]

The 2014 Ohio Dental Association Annual Session has much to offer new dentists — a CE discount, a course designed specifically for new dentists, an evening reception and the Exhibit Hall. The 2014 Annual Session — ODA Live — will be Sept. 11-14 in Columbus. This year’s Annual Session also features a course aimed specifically at new ... [continue reading]

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Margaret "Peg" Hinkle, MS, RD, LD passed away June 25. Hinkle was married to Dr. Robert Hinkle, a past president of the Ohio Dental Association. She was very involved in the Alliance to the Ohio Dental Association and organized dentistry. Hinkle earned her MS degree in dietetics from the Ohio State University in 1952 and worked as a consulting ... [continue reading]