Category: ODA Today

The 2015 Ohio Dental Association Leadership Institute – Learn, Lead, Succeed – will give members the resources they need to rejuvenate their work and become leaders in their own practices, communities and lives. This year's Leadership Institute will be March 27-28 at the Hilton Columbus Polaris Hotel. This year’s event will feature ... [continue reading]

Pat Riley, facility manager at the Look Up Center, and Susan Steinman, CODA and clinical operations provider at the Look Up Dental Clinic. Riley often helps out in the Look Up Dental Clinic by sterilizing equipment when the clinic is busy and repairing equipment as necessary. Steinman coordinates volunteers and oversees the ... [continue reading]

Sixteen students from the Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine attended the Street of Dreams on Nov. 19. Sixteen students from the Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine attended the Street of Dreams on Nov. 19. The Street of Dreams program is a collaboration between CWRU, the Ohio ... [continue reading]

The Ohio Dental Association Foundation raised more than $200,000 in 2014, thanks to nearly 1,300 donors. ODAF primarily raises funds through donations made on dues statements and through the annual raffle fundraiser at Annual Session. Many members participate in both fundraisers. “Saying ‘thank you’ is the most important and most enjoyable ... [continue reading]

Back in April 2014, Ohio Dental Association immediate past president Dr. Paul Casamassimo (then president) and I presented testimony on behalf of the ODA in favor of House Bill 463 before the Ohio House Health and Aging Committee. We testified again on Dec. 3, 2014, before the Senate Medicaid, Health and Human Service Committee. I know many of you ... [continue reading]

House Bill 463, The Ohio Dental Care Modernization Act promoted by the ODA, was signed into law by Gov. John Kasich last month after unanimous approval from the legislature. Among its many provisions to promote increased access to comprehensive dental services, the new law offers additional incentives for new graduates to practice in the ... [continue reading]

How can an insurance company or even its dental consultant make treatment decisions about the care a dentist provides without ever seeing the patient? How can they make treatment decisions based on X-rays alone? The Ohio Dental Association receives many calls throughout the year from member dentists expressing these or similar concerns. Many times ... [continue reading]

At this time last year, 2014 was set to be a year of great change.  Two children were scheduled to graduate from college, Caitlin with a Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Duquesne University and Mike with a BS in Pharmaceutical Sciences from The Ohio State University.  The year passed in a flash and everything went according to ... [continue reading]

Those of you that just graduated from dental school need to grasp what I’m writing ... NOW! The next 40 years is your time!!!! Many older members of our profession often refer to the last quarter of the 20th century as the “Golden Years” of dentistry. I personally think the next quarter century will also be “Golden.” ... [continue reading]

A couple of months ago, my home’s aging drain pipes experienced some constipatory problems on a Sunday morning, prompting me to call for help before my basement assumed a decided aromatic earth tone. I didn’t turn to our family’s trusted plumber of 25 years, but to a roto-franchise. It wasn’t that I felt that Bob, our ... [continue reading]