Category: ODA Today

With two of my children graduating from college this year, I’m getting to be a connoisseur of commencement addresses. There is a fine art to this special form of speech. It is delivered to a crowd that expects little from the words and is interested only in how quickly it ends. Once completed, the audience can get on to the reason that they ... [continue reading]

Perhaps some of you have experienced an epiphany in your dental career. Even more important, ask yourself, did you recognize the occurrence and did it alter the way you conducted yourself professionally? If my special moment had occurred prior to dental school graduation or during my two years of active duty service in the Navy, I can guarantee ... [continue reading]

The other day in our pediatric dental office, I looked at our hygiene supply drawer and realized we have seven different flavors of prophy paste available to our patients. The menu reads as such: raspberry, cherry, cinnamon, cookie dough, orange, unflavored and the venerable mint. For a moment, I shook my head at the seemingly overindulgent ... [continue reading]

Have patients been asking about "oil pulling?" Oil pulling is an ancient folk remedy that has recently been touted by various blogs, websites and news outlets as having many oral and general health benefits. Some dentists in Ohio have reported that patients are beginning to ask about this health trend. The practice involves swishing a tablespoon ... [continue reading]

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is expected to release an interim final rule with a new ICD-10 compliance date of Oct. 1, 2015. The rule will require HIPAA covered entities to use the ICD-9 through Sept. 30, 2015. Ohio Medicaid will process ICD-9 claims until Oct. 1, 2015. Ohio Medicaid will continue to follow its plan for ICD-10 ... [continue reading]

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is now accepting applications for the 2015 silver level of the Encouraging Environmental Excellence (E3) Program. The E3 program recognizes organizations committed to environmental excellence and provides bronze, silver and gold levels of recognition. The silver level recognizes organizations that have a ... [continue reading]

Several ODA member dentists and dental students meet with Speaker of the House William Batchelder and Ohio Rep. Terry Johnson during the ODA’s Day at the Statehouse. This year's ODA Day at the Statehouse was a busy event, full of meetings with legislators, a hearing on legislation supported by the ODA and a press ... [continue reading]

Dentists attend a breakout session at the 2014 Leadership Institute on third-party payer issues presented by ODA Director of Dental Services Chris Moore. The 2014 ODA Leadership Institute gave dentists a chance to learn about current trends and issues in dentistry, reconnect with colleagues and re-energize. “As I am becoming ... [continue reading]

Editor’s Note: This article is the second in a series about marketing. To see the first article, click here. Too many businesses think that "if you advertise, they will come." But "they" will not necessarily respond if you haven’t established a reason for "them" to take action. And that action begins with branding. Actually, your ... [continue reading]

The ODA Foundation achieved a significant milestone in 2013 – the highest amount given for grants and scholarship in a single year, $101,230 – bringing the amount awarded for dentistry in Ohio since 1995 to more than $743,000. Hundreds of Ohio dental school students have received scholarship assistance through the years – and ... [continue reading]