Category: ODA Today

Tramadol and products containing tramadol will be classified as Schedule IV controlled substances starting Aug. 18. The Ohio State Board of Pharmacy recommends that prescribers take an inventory of their current stock of tramadol and products containing tramadol before Aug. 18. After this time, all tramadol products must be part of the controlled ... [continue reading]

Lydia Lancaster, a dental student at The Ohio State University, and Kristina Wolf, a dental student at Case Western Reserve University, each won an Award of Excellence from the American Student Dental Association (ASDA). The award recognizes one student from each dental school for achieving superior levels of participation or leadership in service ... [continue reading]

A recent study found that three of the Kellogg Company’s cereals are ranked in the top five most sugary children’s cereals. At the same time, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, which is an independent private foundation founded by breakfast cereal pioneer Will Keith Kellogg in 1930, continues to invest millions of dollars to push for the ... [continue reading]

Getting deals on dental supplies and seeing the latest dental equipment are two of the top reasons dentists like to attend the ODA Annual Session. The Exhibit Hall is the largest in the five-state area. Famous authors and personalities have produced their “Top 10” lists. I have enlisted the help of Ohio dentists to put ... [continue reading]

Delete Blood Cancer DKMS is partnering with dental offices across the U.S. to register bone marrow donors at dental practices. The process is simple and free, and DKMS will provide dental offices with all of the tools and materials they need to participate. Andrew, a Delete Blood Cancer bone marrow donor, demonstrates the cheek swab ... [continue reading]

More than a dozen Ohio Dental Association members attended the American Dental Association's Washington Leadership Conference in May. Attendees met with their U.S. senators and representatives to talk about issues important to dentistry. Ohio attendees met with Sen. Sherrod Brown, Sen. Rob Portman, Rep. Steve Stivers, Rep. Steve Chabot, Rep. Brad ... [continue reading]

Dr. Kenneth B. Chance, Sr. The Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine recently appointed Dr. Kenneth B. Chance, Sr., as its dean. Chance is a 1979 alumnus of the CWRU School of Dental Medicine and had been a member of the CWRU Board of Trustees since 2005, according to a news release from CWRU. “I am ... [continue reading]

Editor’s Note: This article is the fourth in a series about marketing. To see the first article click here, to see the second article click here and to see the third article click here. You can have a great campaign and then undermine all of your efforts by choosing the wrong medium for execution. To understand how and where to place your ... [continue reading]

RAC stands for Recovery Audit Contractor and is a little-known provision in the Affordable Care Act that requires states to perform audits of its Medicaid providers. The intent is to weed out fraud and inappropriate billing for services, even with no malicious or fraudulent intent, and return that money to the state and federal government. ... [continue reading]

This column is the third in a series of columns related to the North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners v. Federal Trade Commission case. Last August, I wrote a column regarding the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit’s decision upholding the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) order finding that the North Carolina State ... [continue reading]