Category: Opinion & Editorial

As we start the New Year, it is a good time to look back on the great events the Ohio Dental Association held in 2012 and take a peek at what is on the horizon for 2013.  So, get your calendars out, save the dates and plan to attend!   2012 ODA Events On Feb. 3, 2012, we held our Give Kids a Smile kick-off event at the Case Western ... [continue reading]

As the New Year begins, hope springs eternal for a new day.  Like opening day in baseball, everyone begins with a fresh start and being in first place.  This year I hear nothing but uncertainty and anxiety.   As we have discussed, the imminent implementation of the Affordable Care Act is a cause for uncertainty, given the fact ... [continue reading]

“Please give me some good advice in your next letter. I promise not to follow it.” Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 - 1950), Letters It’s early December as I write this and I’m tired – don’t have a clue what to fill your minds with as we start a brand new year. Therefore, I think I’ll just let you folks do ... [continue reading]

Where do each of you get yours? It used to be via telegraph and paper. Radio and theater followed and from there it progressed to television. Today paper is more synonymous with rock and scissors, network television is compromised and cable TV is likewise suspect. With the creation of computers and the Internet, and more specifically tablets, a ... [continue reading]

     I just watched the latest installment of the James Bond movie franchise and, while it was an excellent movie, I have to admit to being somewhat troubled.  From the beginning, 007 was suave and self-assured, always in command and ready with a pithy phrase, laughing in the face of danger.  Daniel Craig, the newest ... [continue reading]

“For a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press three.” Alice Kahn    Today, I unloaded the last three boxes of old record albums so I could transform them into MP3s to play on my iPod while I walk. I listened to them while I recorded, and just as I had remembered, the sound was great – rich ... [continue reading]

     I would like to applaud the Ohio Dental Association and the Ohio Dental Political Action Committee for their legislative success over the last decade. It is easy with the level of success the dentists of Ohio have enjoyed during this time period for us to become  complacent and assume that the formula for success at ... [continue reading]

     Blake first came to my office when he broke his wisdom tooth while eating some “hard candy.” That was the start of our dentist-patient relationship, or more importantly, our friendship. The date was Aug. 8, 2000. Over the years we have learned a lot about each other. I know that Blake does not like to floss and ... [continue reading]

     One of the things I enjoy most about being the ODA’s executive director is interacting with dental students at Ohio’s two outstanding dental schools. During my frequent visits, I am always impressed with the dental students at both The Ohio State University College of Dentistry and the Case Western Reserve ... [continue reading]

Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) famously said of the Affordable Care Act, “We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it.”  That remark may well define her career, and she has been widely, and correctly, ridiculed for the comment.  Coming during the heated debate ... [continue reading]