Category: ODA Today

As I sit in my office surrounded by textbooks that will soon seem quaint and technology that’s evolving faster than our curriculum committees can keep pace, I’m struck by a fundamental question facing our profession: Are we writing the script for dentistry’s future, or are we simply casting the familiar actors in a play we’ve been ... [continue reading]

Close to 50 years ago, I had my first run in with the dental CE police as a young licensee in Iowa. The Iowa Dental Board had instituted a CE requirement, very rudimentary and reasonable in quantity, but new to dentistry in those days. They gave new graduates a two-year reprieve based on the freshness of their education. I tried to make the logic ... [continue reading]

At the 2025 ODA Day at the Statehouse, about 80 dentists and 30 dental students met with their state senators and representatives on May ... [continue reading]

Increasing the number of dental assistants and hygienists in the workforce is a top priority for the Ohio Dental Association, and the dentists who volunteer on the ODA’s Executive Committee and Dental Education and Licensure Committee have taken a number of steps over the past several years to address the issue. The ODA has improved and ... [continue reading]

The 135th General Assembly enacted legislation, Senate Bill 40, in 2024 that adds common sense fairness back to the dental insurance system. This new law prohibits dental insurance companies from dictating fees for services that the insurers do not even cover. Any new contracts entered into from Jan. 1, 2025 on, must be compliant with the new ... [continue reading]

The ODA provides members with exclusive access to a variety of products and services through the ODA Services Corp. As an additional benefit, many of our endorsed products entitle ODA members to premium discounts. The ODA Services Corp. Board thoroughly researches and tests products that might be of interest to dentists and then determines ... [continue reading]

Ohio Dental Association staff members are available via phone and email to provide you with personalized answers to your specific questions as a benefit of your membership. Our staff members are experts in answering questions about insurance issues, regulatory compliance, legal issues and more. Some examples of frequently asked questions ... [continue reading]

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCen) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued an interim final rule on March 21, which significantly narrowed the existing beneficial ownership information reporting requirements. With the new interim final rule “domestic reporting companies” are exempt from filing beneficial ownership ... [continue reading]

The annual ODA Foundation raffle is one of the primary sources of funding for oral health-related grants and scholarships. Raffle tickets are $100 each, three for $250 or six for $500. A maximum of 700 tickets will be sold. This year’s first place prize is $10,000 cash. The second place prize is 2026 tripartite membership dues paid or the ... [continue reading]

In my private office (that’s the room within my dental office building containing my desk, a couch, and multiple photos of my wife and granddaughters) there is a closet. It’s actually a rather large, walk-in type of space with shelves for books, keepsakes, and “whatnot.” So recently, I happened to stumble upon some “whatnot” – ... [continue reading]