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Dec 12 2023
The Ohio Dental Association has retained 93.71% of its 2022 membership, which is up slightly from last year. Moreover, 14 of its 24 local component dental societies have retained 95% or more of their 2022 membership. Following is a list of those societies: Southern Ohio Dental Society 100%
Lorain County Dental Society 99.1%
Medina ... [continue reading]
Dec 12 2023
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.
Free online courses include: Radiography review.
OSHA exposure control training.
Opioid CE.
OHASP course (note: the same course was also offered at last ... [continue reading]
Dec 12 2023
Membership dues statements and electronic renewal notices were recently sent out to ODA members. Members who indicated previously that they prefer to receive membership communications electronically will not receive a paper statement in the mail and will only receive e-notifications.
Dues are due Jan. 1, 2024, for the 2024 membership year.
Renew ... [continue reading]
Dec 12 2023
The Ohio Dental Association is seeking nominations for its 2024 Awards of Excellence program.
The ODA’s Awards of Excellence program recognizes those who offer distinguished service to dentistry and improve oral health care by offering treatment, outreach or education.
Members and local dental societies are encouraged to nominate those they ... [continue reading]
Dec 12 2023
The Ohio Dental Association seeks members to fill potential upcoming at-large positions on ODA councils.
The ODA is seeking nominations for at-large positions on the association’s Council on Dental Care Programs and Dental Practice, and Council on Membership Services. Nominations for these at-large council positions are open to all ODA members. ... [continue reading]
Dec 12 2023
Dental insurance plans are dictating fees for dental services that the insurance company does not cover for enrollees. This practice is fundamentally unfair and unnecessarily interferes with the patient-dentist relationship. Senate Bill 115, which would prohibit insurance companies from setting fees for services they do not cover, recently passed ... [continue reading]
Dec 12 2023
The 2024 ODA Leadership Institute is scheduled for March 22-23, 2024 at the Hilton Columbus Polaris Hotel.
Leadership Institute is the ODA’s award-winning program developed to help all ODA members become more successful and effective leaders in their dental practice and their profession. Attendees consistently rank the event as one of the top ... [continue reading]
Dec 12 2023
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]
Dec 12 2023
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]
Dec 12 2023
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]
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