Category: ODA Today

Dr. Marcia Boyd is this year’s Callahan Memorial Award winner. Dr. Marcia Boyd is a leader in dental education and active in teaching, educational research and administration. For her contributions, Boyd will receive the Callahan Memorial Award from the Ohio Dental Association on Friday, Sept. 12, at this year's Callahan ... [continue reading]

Dr. Jack Spratt is this year’s Ohio Dental Association Distinguished Dentist Award winner. Dr. Jack Spratt has been very involved with organized dentistry throughout his career. For his efforts, he will receive the Ohio Dental Association Distinguished Dentist Award on Friday, Sept. 12, at the Callahan Celebration of ... [continue reading]

The Summa Health System Center for Dental Health will receive the Ohio Dental Association Access to Dental Care Program Award at the Callahan Celebration of Excellence on Friday, Sept. 12, in conjunction with the ODA Annual Session in Columbus. The Center for Dental Health and its General Practice Dental Residency Program opened in 2007 in Akron ... [continue reading]

Dr. Christopher Heck is the 2014 recipient of the N. Wayne Hiatt Rising Star Award from the Ohio Dental Association. Dr. Christopher Heck has been active with organized dentistry since dental school and has a strong desire and ability to be a leader. For his efforts, Heck will receive the N. Wayne Hiatt Rising Star Award ... [continue reading]

Winners of the Ohio Dental Association N. Wayne Hiatt Rising Star Award often continue on to become leaders of organized dentistry on the local, state and national level. Dr. Billie Sue Kyger Dr. Billie Sue Kyger, a general dentist in Gallipolis, was the first recipient of the Rising Star Award in 1991. At that time, she was a past president of ... [continue reading]

My apologies to Robert Fulghum, whose book title, "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten," I paraphrased for this, my last message as ODA president. Dental politics being as it is, the experience of volunteer leadership can take many forms, from programmed perceived professional participation, to just wanting to make a difference. In ... [continue reading]

The Ohio Dental Association's mission is to improve oral health and strengthen dentistry in Ohio. I view this as presenting two equally important and related objectives: (1) working to improve the oral health of Ohioans and (2) protecting and promoting the interests of Ohio’s dentists. We do both at a high level, and, as we work to achieve ... [continue reading]

The American Dental Association, in its "Employee Office Manual" guide for dentists, estimates that 40 percent of dental offices will experience employee fraud at some point during the life of the business. On average, these events cause the practice around $100,000. News reports this summer do nothing to dispel these statistics. Last month, a ... [continue reading]

“The ODA’s Dental Insurance Working Group often hears complaints from dentists concerning hassles in dealing with dental insurance companies,” said Dr. Manny Chopra, chairman of the Ohio Dental Association’s Council on Dental Care Programs and Dental Practice. “Pre-treatment estimates, inferences that a fee is too ... [continue reading]

Columnist Frank J. Fleming made a point that I found very interesting. Recently, he wrote: “Here’s how articles written about science should read in the future: ‘Some guys say there’s oil on Titan.’ ‘Some guy has some new ideas on the effects of cholesterol on the human body.’ ’97 percent of some ... [continue reading]