Category: ODA Today

The following article is part of a series of reviews encompassing various medical issues relevant to dentistry today. The ODA Dental Education and Licensure Committee (DELC) recruited a handful of experts to write these concise reviews to inform our member dentists about the most current opinions, positions and evidence on the topics. We hope ... [continue reading]

Dr. Kevin Laing began his term as Ohio Dental Association president at the ODA House of Delegates (HOD) in September. In this Q&A with “ODA Today,” Laing looks forward to his term. What are some of the issues you expect the Ohio Dental Association to face during your presidency? How do you think the ODA should address these ... [continue reading]

ODA Executive Director David Owsiany and ADA President Dr. Carol Summerhays look at the ODA's historical artifacts on display in the membership booth at ODA Annual Session. As readers of the "ODA Today" know, we have been celebrating our sesquicentennial throughout 2016. On Friday, Sept. 16, I delivered the following remarks to the ODA’s ... [continue reading]

Today's dental marketplace is increasingly competitive, driving dentists to seek out new ways to market their practices and attract new patients. However, there are several legal and regulatory restrictions on dental marketing that dentists must consider before engaging in a new advertising campaign. State regulations and the profession’s ... [continue reading]

In late August, Dr. Manny Chopra, chairman of Ohio Dental Association Council on Dental Care Programs and Dental Practice, canceled a day's worth of patient appointments to travel with me to Okemos, Michigan to meet with the upper management of Delta Dental of Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana regarding Delta's response to the Center for Medicare and ... [continue reading]

Dr. Matthew Messina and his staff celebrate with John Ponstingl. John Ponstingl was a wiry old guy, slight of build with wispy white hair.  Always impeccably dressed, slacks and sweater vest, even if it was a warm summer day.  Sparkling eyes with a hint of laughter.  He was an engineer by trade, working for years at NASA; his career ... [continue reading]

I just came back from a dental conference in Orlando with mixed feelings. On the one hand I felt very excited about the future of dentistry, but on the other hand my husband and I felt a little “over the hill.” When I first finished my endodontic residency in 2002, my husband and I looked up to the folks that were in their mid-40s who ... [continue reading]

Time passes and memories fade. Since this is the 150th year of the Ohio Dental Association, I decided to visit the central office and look up the proceedings of the House of Delegates for 1966. While the HOD is not the entire meeting, it serves to document what activities took place. Dr. Harold Barlow of Akron was the president and presided over ... [continue reading]

I think the old saw is something like this: “Absence of evidence does not equal evidence of absence.” The absence of data supporting the health benefits of flossing from longitudinal, multi-center, multi-populational, randomized controlled studies doesn’t mean flossing has no benefits.  It just means those complex, very ... [continue reading]

A call for nominations is now extended for a dentist board member position on the Ohio State Dental Board. The Ohio Dental Association has the opportunity to recommend nominees to the governor of Ohio for one possible dentist board member opening on the Ohio State Dental Board (OSDB), which may be vacant in April 2017. The board member position is ... [continue reading]