Category: ODA Today

The 2020 ODA Leadership Institute will be held March 27 and 28, 2020 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. Attendees consistently rank the event as one of the top leadership development workshops. This event ... [continue reading]

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 the Council on Membership Services. Nominations for these at-large council positions are open to all ODA ... [continue reading]

Dentists and dental hygienists need to renew their licenses by Dec. 31 using the State of Ohio’s eLicense system at www.elicense.ohio.gov. If you have questions or concerns about the licensure process, please contact the Ohio State Dental Board by emailing ... [continue reading]

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 2020. The board member positions are ... [continue reading]

ODA President Dr. Sharon Parsons drew the winning tickets for the ODA Foundation raffle on Oct. 5 during Annual Session Thank you to all those who purchased tickets for the ODA Foundation's raffle to support access to care grants and dental student scholarships.  Your contributions and ticket purchases have allowed the Foundation to ... [continue reading]

Obtain CE credit verification and download handouts for courses attended at the 2019 ODA Annual Session by clicking here. To access CE certificates, click the “proceed to CE dashboard” button shown at the top of the screen. If you would like to access course handouts, links are posted on the account summary page, which is the first page shown ... [continue reading]

The Exhibit Hall at ODA Annual Session provides a hands-on experience for dentists and their teams to test out new products. ODA Annual Session is Oct. 3-6 in Columbus. Register now at www.oda.org. The Exhibit Hall at the 2019 ODA Annual Session will feature more than 200 vendors, where dentists and their teams can explore new products, ... [continue reading]

In June 2019, closing arguments were heard in the Federal Trade Commission's case against the nation’s three largest dental supply companies. The action began with the filing of a complaint by the FTC on Feb. 12, 2018, against Benco, Schein and Patterson. According to the FTC’s complaint, the market for dental products in the United ... [continue reading]

Open enrollment for the Ohio Dental Association Services Corporation (ODASC)'s health benefits plan, the ODA Wellness trust, starts in October. The ODA Wellness Trust is available exclusively to ODA members, their families and their staffs, and most participants are able to save money on health benefit costs by joining the plan. For the upcoming ... [continue reading]

Dentists, their staff members and others planning to hold Give Kids A Smile events any time in 2020 should plan to register those activities during October 2019. Events registered between Oct. 1 and Nov. 13, 2019 will qualify to receive free products to support their events such as toothbrush and toothpaste giveaways and dental supplies to perform ... [continue reading]