Category: ODA Today

Thanks to the pandemic, we have had time recently to consider more of the softer side of dental care. Understanding what makes our relationships with patients valuable and patient care successful is of paramount importance. In private practice for years and now in discussions with students, I stress the responsibility of dentists to be leaders for ... [continue reading]

A favorite of health care future-gazers these days is value-based care (VBC) or you may have heard it called pay-for-performance (P4P). Like much of health care reform, it comes down from Washington, from those who wish to transform our health care system from its present state to something few if any have ever seen. In a nutshell, VBC intends to ... [continue reading]

Dental offices that either require the use of respirators such as N95 masks or make their use optional must create an OSHA Respiratory Protection Program. The Ohio Dental Association has developed a sample OSHA Respiratory Protection Program for dental offices as part of our regulatory compliance guide. For more information about the OSHA ... [continue reading]

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, we understand that many Give Kids A Smile events that were scheduled for the spring or summer may have been postponed or canceled. If your event has been canceled due to the pandemic, please remember to report that to the Ohio Dental Association and American Dental Association. Please log into the GKAS sign-up ... [continue reading]

The Ohio Free Clinic Dentist Loan Repayment Program aims to increase access to dental care in Ohio's Free Clinics by providing loan repayment assistance to dentists who volunteer or work part-time in an Ohio Free Clinic. Applications for the program are being accepted through July 24. For more details and to apply, visit ... [continue reading]

The Battelle CCDS Critical Care Decontamination System™ addresses the current shortage of critical Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) across the United States. Battelle CCDS™ is designed to work on N95 respirators for the decontamination of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). Battelle’s Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) allows ... [continue reading]

The U.S. Department of Labor has released a new poster that employers are required to post as of April 1, 2020. The new poster provides information about the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. The ODA provides this and all other required posters for free to ODA members as a benefit of membership. To download the poster, visit ... [continue reading]

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced that the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation (BWC) is deferring the due date for employers to pay their June, July, and August premium installments until Sept. 1. Governor DeWine said the deferral is designed to help employers focus resources on re-opening their businesses under his Responsible RestartOhio Plan, ... [continue reading]

Although we've had to keep a social distance during the COVID-19 pandemic, the profession of dentistry is stronger together through organized dentistry. Photo taken at the 2019 ODA Leadership Institute. Although we've had to keep a social distance during the COVID-19 pandemic, the profession of dentistry is stronger together through ... [continue reading]

Promoting diversity and inclusion is a top priority of the Ohio Dental Association and ODA President Dr. Sharon Parsons. To help achieve this goal, the 2019 ODA House of Delegates approved a resolution to create a Task Force on Diversity and Inclusion comprised of members with varying demographics that would be appointed by Parsons. “The ... [continue reading]