Category: ODA Today

The 2025 ODA Leadership Institute is scheduled for March 21-22, 2025 at the Hilton Columbus Polaris Hotel. Leadership Institute is the ODA’s award-winning program developed to help all ODA members become more successful and effective leaders in their dental practice and their profession. Attendees consistently rank the event as one of the top ... [continue reading]

The Ohio State Dental Board has been considering significant changes to their rules related to dental specialty designation and advertising. The OSDB is planning to hold interested party meetings on Dec. 2, 2024, and Jan. 13, 2025, on these issues. For more details on attending these meetings, please contact Eric Richmond, ODA Director of Legal ... [continue reading]

A call for nominations is now extended for dental specialist board member positions on the Ohio State Dental Board. The Ohio Dental Association has the opportunity to recommend nominees to the governor of Ohio for dental specialist board member openings on the Ohio State Dental Board (OSDB). The ODA Executive Committee is seeking potential ... [continue reading]

The Ohio Dental Association seeks members to fill potential upcoming at-large positions on ODA councils. The ODA is seeking nominations for at-large positions on the association’s Council on Access to Care and Public Service, Council on Dental Care Programs and Dental Practice, and Council on Membership Services. Nominations for these at-large ... [continue reading]

According to social media we are currently in the midst of the “-ber” months (September, October … you get the point). On a personal note, my wife Teresa refers to this time of year as the “BRRR!!!” months but, I digress … This current season has several connotations for me. For instance, the ODA and ADA annual sessions are now in ... [continue reading]

In September, the Ohio State Dental Board floated a new proposed set of rules that would effectively end state protection of the public related to false claims of dental specialty status in advertising. The proposed rules would remove any criteria for specialty status or specialty-granting organizations and would merely require that anyone ... [continue reading]

While the title of this article is about as broad as could possibly be, please know that I am not attempting to fit numerous courses of legal study into one article in the “ODA Today.” However, in the past few months I have been asked many questions regarding contracts. The intent of this article is to discuss some best practices regarding ... [continue reading]

It has been estimated that synthetic identity fraud, the creation of new identities with stolen or fabricated data, is the fastest-growing financial crime in the United States. In fact, the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics has reported “in 2021, about 23.9 million U.S. residents age 16 or older (9% of the population) had ... [continue reading]

Not All Who Wander Are Lost, But Some Need a Guide In J.R.R. Tolkien’s beloved epic “The Lord of the Rings,” we encounter the enigmatic character of Aragorn. Of him, Tolkien famously wrote, “Not all those who wander are lost.” This poetic line speaks to the noble quest and inner compass that guides some individuals through life’s ... [continue reading]

With 100% authenticity, I am writing this piece as I sit in the waiting room of a busy pediatric dental office. My son has a hypoplastic molar, and between you and me and the ODA, let’s just say it got away from us. Routine operative dentistry hits differently when it’s your own kid, and I am feeling a mixture of guilt, anxiety and annoyance. ... [continue reading]