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Mark your calendar for the 2019 ODA Annual Session, which will be Oct. 3-6, 2019 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. The ODA typically holds Annual Session in September, however, the American Dental Association annual meeting will be held Sept. 5-9, 2019 in San Francisco. Because of the ADA’s meeting date, the ODA Annual Session will ... [continue reading]

The Ohio Dental Association's health benefits plan, the ODA Wellness Trust, is available exclusively to ODA members and their staffs, and most participants are able to save money on health benefit costs by joining the plan. The Wellness Trust is a unique health benefits plan that can’t be found anywhere else. It features a more extensive ... [continue reading]

Give Kids A Smile registration is now available on the ADA Foundation website.  Events registered by Nov. 9 will qualify for free products to give to kids at events and dental supplies to provide screenings, cleanings, fluoride varnish and sealants.  GKAS activities include free dental care and/or free oral health education for ... [continue reading]

The ODA installed new Executive Committee officers for the 2018-19 term on Sept. 14 during the House of Delegates meeting. The Executive Committee is the managing body of the ODA. The committee administers the policies established by the ODA House of Delegates and the Ad Interim Committee. The 2018-19 Executive Committee Officers are: President: ... [continue reading]

Effective Sept. 8, 2018, House Bill 523 legalizes medical marijuana in Ohio for certain medical conditions. However, employers should note that this has a limited impact on BWC programs. According to the BWC, nothing in the law requires an employer to accommodate an employee’s use of medical marijuana. The law does NOT prohibit an employer ... [continue reading]

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), herd immunity (also known as community immunity) is a situation in which a sufficient proportion of a population is immune to an infectious disease (through vaccination and/or prior illness) to make its spread from person to person unlikely. Even individuals not vaccinated (such as newborns and ... [continue reading]

We all can agree there are certainties that accompany our daily lives. With our birth there will eventually be our demise. The sun rises and sets, thus there’s light and darkness during what we refer to as a 24 hour day (arctic areas excluded). My next statement is a bit more sketchy. Our conscious actions produce either positive or negative ... [continue reading]

I read with interest the “ODA Today” article about the recent meeting of orthopedic surgeons and dentists to discuss antibiotic prophylaxis for patients with prosthetic joints who are undergoing dental procedures. I applaud Dr. Goff for organizing this long needed collaboration to build consensus among practitioners in this area. While ... [continue reading]

The ODA is currently conducting a membership survey. An email was recently sent to ODA members from Dr. Michael Halasz (ODA president)  with the subject line "ODA Member Survey" that includes a link to the survey. The ODA values your feedback, so please take the time to complete this important survey. Because we cover a significant amount of ... [continue reading]

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 distribute over $125,000 to many worthy students and organizations in 2018! Congratulations to our 2018 ODA Foundation raffle ... [continue reading]