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Throughout our lives, many of us try to give a helping hand to someone in need.  It is with this kind of thinking that the Subcouncil on Dentists Concerned for Dentists (DCD) was formed to help Ohio dentists with alcohol or substance abuse problems. I have spoken with many dentists who were unaware of DCD or were unfamiliar with its ... [continue reading]

As most of you know, aside from college football “season,” summer is my favorite season. Golf, camping, golf, concerts, golf, picnics, golf and golf. Summer arrives in June and June marks the middle of the calendar year. It’s hard to believe that my presidency is more than half over. We are constantly working to achieve our goals ... [continue reading]

Last month, my column discussed the Ohio State Dental Board's recent efforts to reform its rules related to specialty recognition and advertising. This process started more than two years ago and is starting to take its final form. As part of the rule-making process in Ohio, certain rules must be submitted to the Ohio Common Sense Initiative (CSI) ... [continue reading]

Over the next two months we will be taking a closer look at each one of the dental team members to understand exactly what the Dental Practice Act allows each of them to do. As all of you know in Ohio we are fortunate to have a strong dental team made up of dentists, dental hygienists, expanded function dental auxiliaries, and dental assistants. ... [continue reading]

Ohio Dental Association membership surveys have consistently reported that ODA members rank the "monitoring [of] the dental insurance industry and advocating dental insurance benefits" as a high priority objective for the association. The dentists who volunteer their time at the American Dental Association, ODA and local dental societies and the ... [continue reading]

From the dawn of time, life has always been changing. There is a constant succession of power, sometimes orderly, often chaotic and destructive. One of the emotional moments found in so many old movies is when the battered, blood-stained knights stand anxiously around the castle yard, filled with dread, waiting for news. The elderly advisor to the ... [continue reading]

As I am coming to the end of my two years on the Ohio Dental Association Executive Board, I can’t help but reflect on how much growth I have experienced, not only professionally but personally. Indeed, it is truly a surreal thing. Let me take you back about 12 years. I was that dentist, overwhelmed with the “work-life balance” ... [continue reading]

Planned, but Unplanned I would like to say that I am one of those women who has always had her life planned to the last detail and has done everything for the right reasons, but that just isn't so. What I DID plan was to become a dentist, and what a wonderful plan that was! Back in the 1970’s there weren’t many women dentists. ... [continue reading]

The American Dental Association recently filed a citizen's petition with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) about SmileDirectClub, LLC and its orthodontic plastic bracket device and dental impression material products. The petition states that “SmileDirectClub, LLC, (SDC) is placing the public at risk by knowingly evading the ‘by ... [continue reading]

If you are around the Statehouse at all this time of year, most of the conversation will revolve around the budget. The operating budget for the State of Ohio is given to the legislature every two years. The governor gives a proposed operating budget and the legislature goes through multiple months of hearings in order to ensure that the budget is ... [continue reading]