Category: ODA Today

Earlier this year, the ADA announced a three-year collaboration with CVS Pharmacy® to help put millions on the path to better oral health – from dental chair to daily care. A core component of the initiative is to give premium placement and promotion of dental care products that have the ADA Seal of Acceptance. Permanent signage is now ... [continue reading]

Substitute House Bill 184 is legislation supported by the Ohio Dental Association that would improve access to dental care in Ohio through various strategies, including the use of tele-dentistry, expanding prevention services, and creating incentives for dentists to provide care in under-served settings, including loan repayment and dental school ... [continue reading]

WOW, OUTSTANDING, GREAT, EXCEPTIONAL, these are just a few of the adjectives that I could use to describe the 2018 ODA Annual Session. This year’s line-up of speakers, programs and events are superlative. There is something for the ENTIRE dental team. The complete line-up of speakers can be found in the Annual Session Program or online at ... [continue reading]

Dentists who sign participating provider agreements with preferred provider organizations (PPOs) and other contracting organizations acknowledge they must know and comply with terms of those agreements. A case recently submitted to the Ohio Dental Association's Dental Insurance Working (DIWG) illustrates the need for dentists to be aware of the ... [continue reading]

For more than 20 years, I have been doing interviews about the ADA Seal of Acceptance. I’ve been telling reporters and, through them, the public that the Seal is the mark that affirms that a product says what it does and does what it says. It is the emblem placed by the profession that allows people to be confident in their purchase, stating ... [continue reading]

I’m not sure why the second time is so much different from the first, but it is! I’m talking about children, and more specifically my grandchildren. All of you that are blessed to have grandchildren know what I mean. Perhaps the primary difference is due to the fact that these grandchildren are not totally my or my wife’s ... [continue reading]

The pre-registration deadline for the 2018 ODA Annual Session is Aug. 3, and after that time registration prices go up. Attendees are encouraged to register by Aug. 3 to receive a discount on registration fees, and can continue to register for additional courses after that date because course fees do not change. And in addition to the ... [continue reading]

ODA Vice President Dr. Sharon Parsons with her son Sean Herman who died from an overdose in 2016. More than 170 people die each day from drug addiction in the United States. One of those is Sean Herman, the son of Ohio Dental Association Vice President Dr. Sharon Parsons. He died from an overdose in 2016. Since then, Parsons has ... [continue reading]

Ohio Gov. John Kasich recently announced new proposed regulations for prescription opiates for the treatment of long-term pain (lasting 12 weeks or more) and sub-acute pain (lasting between six and 12 weeks). According to the proposed regulations, only dentists with specific training and those treating long-term conditions such as chronic ... [continue reading]

When Dr. David Kimberly, an oral surgeon in Akron, heard about the overdose of ODA Vice President Dr. Sharon Parsons’ son, it affected him personally. “It was a slap in my face when I saw that a young person who is a family member of someone I care about was injured as a direct result of the types of medications that I am responsible ... [continue reading]