Category: ODA Today

A call for nominations is now extended for dentist 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 possible dentist board member openings on the Ohio State Dental Board (OSDB), which may be vacant in April 2024. The board member positions ... [continue reading]

This month I wanted to share my experience at this year’s ADA House of Delegates meeting in Orlando. Our delegation is the Seventh Trustee District, which includes delegate and alternate delegate members from Ohio and Indiana. This can be an inspiring experience for our delegation. People always ask, what is the difference between a delegate ... [continue reading]

As many of you know, the ODA’s Leadership Institute is an annual two-day CE event that focuses on providing programming that enhances dentists’ leadership skills for use in their practices and their communities, and within organized dentistry. The next ODA Leadership Institute is scheduled for the afternoon of Friday, March 22, and the morning ... [continue reading]

In years past the membership survey has shown that one of the most important membership benefits of the ODA is our advocacy. Your input is vital to letting us know what we are doing well or could do better. I have a feeling that this year’s survey will again show that advocacy is among the most important member benefits. To me, advocacy is the ... [continue reading]

The number of people covered by Medicare Advantage Plans in the U.S. has increased significantly in recent years. In fact, enrollment in publicly funded dental benefit plans, namely Medicaid and Medicare Advantage Plans, represent the segments of the dental benefits marketplace that have seen the most significant growth in recent years as ... [continue reading]

As we approach the end of the year, I always become reflective and spend time being thankful for the joys of being a dentist and a member of the ODA. One thing that I feel we don’t appreciate as much as we should is peer support. We need to treasure the support of our peers and offer it wherever we can! As an author, one of the great ... [continue reading]

As I write this today, I look up at the airplane flight monitor and I am somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean almost at the tip of Greenland. I am on my way back home just in time for Thanksgiving after going on an amazing 15 day trip to Pakistan. Initially we built our trip around my husband’s invitation to speak and conduct a surgical workshop ... [continue reading]

We advocate on your behalf Each year, ODA leaders, lobbyists and legal counsel track dozens of bills and numerous regulations that impact the practice of dentistry. We work to: Protect against unnecessary government intrusion. Fight unfair insurance practices and frivolous lawsuits. Improve access to quality, comprehensive dental ... [continue reading]

Increasing the number of dental assistants and hygienists in the workforce has been a top priority for the Ohio Dental Association over the past several years. “The staffing shortages faced by dentists across the state have reached a critical level,” said ODA President Dr. Manny Chopra in a speech to the ODA House of Delegates in September. ... [continue reading]

Registration for the ODA Annual Session includes access to up to 26 hours of online CE, free with the cost of registration. Online CE will be available until Dec. 31, 2023. Online CE courses are available to help dentists and their staff meet requirements, including radiography review, OSHA exposure control training, opioid CE and an OHASP ... [continue reading]