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Jan 9 2012
Joe Potestivo ODA Membership Services Manager The Ohio Dental Association (ODA) has retained 97.14% of its 2010 membership, an improvement over its 96.86% rate last year. Moreover, 23 of its 25 local component dental societies have retained 95.00% or more of their 2010 membership. Following is a list of those societies: Maumee Valley Dental ... [continue reading]
Jan 9 2012
Patrick M. Lloyd, D.D.S., M.S., began his term as dean of The Ohio State University College of Dentistry in August. In this Q&A with ODA Today, Dean Patrick Lloyd looks forward on his first full year of leadership. What brings you to The Ohio State University College of Dentistry? During my 30-plus years in dental education, I made several ... [continue reading]
Jan 9 2012
ODA Staff Last month, ODA leaders met with Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel and U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown in the same week. Ohio Dental Political Action Committee Treasurer, Dr. Bruce Grbach, a general dentist from Mentor, attended both meetings and said "having the opportunity to discuss dental issues with these two leaders in the same week was a ... [continue reading]
Jan 9 2012
Christopher A. Moore, MA ODA Director of Dental Services The Ohio Dental Association is again receiving phone calls from member dentists concerning how a large, out-of-state insurance carrier explains its subscribers' financial liability for care provided by non-contracting Ohio dentists. The insurance company lists on the explanation of ... [continue reading]
Jan 9 2012
A new mouthwash developed by a microbiologist at the UCLA School of Dentistry is highly successful in targeting the harmful Streptococcus mutans bacteria that is the principal cause tooth decay and cavities. In a recent clinical study, 12 subjects who rinsed just one time with the experimental mouthwash experienced a nearly complete elimination ... [continue reading]
Jan 9 2012
ODA Staff Do you have special needs patients that are unable to afford dental care or personally know of families in this situation? The Grottoes of North America offers a unique dental care program, Dental Care for Children with Special Needs, that may be able to help. This program is managed and funded directly through its Humanitarian ... [continue reading]
Jan 9 2012
Joe Potestivo ODA Membership Services Manager "Suddenly&all the world's a-twitter." - Newsweek1 In August 2010, the Ohio Dental Association began using Twitter – the online information platform whose lexicon of "@s,"2 "#s,"3 acronyms and contracted vernacular have been increasingly permeating our collective consciousness since its ... [continue reading]
Jan 9 2012
Susan Griffin, Media Relations, Case Western Reserve University Five hundred future dentists, physicians, nurses and social workers from Case Western Reserve University came together this fall to discuss a collaborative approach to a widespread and potentially life-threatening health issue–diabetes and obesity. "Health care is moving toward ... [continue reading]
Jan 9 2012
Submitted by ODASC If you've already started saving for your retirement, congratulations. You're on your way to fulfilling lifelong dreams and goals. But what would happen to your retirement plans if you became one of the millions of Americans to suffer a disabling illness or injury? Would you be able to continue saving for retirement without your ... [continue reading]
Nov 22 2011
The American Dental Association will convene in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 10-13 for the ADA 2011 Annual Session. The ADA Annual Session will also host the 2011 ADA House of Delegates. 16 ODA members will serve as delegates during the ADA House of Delegates meeting. Among the issues that the ADA House of Delegates will consider at Annual ... [continue reading]
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