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The ODA has launched a new podcast series called ODcAst: The Ohio Dental Podcast! This podcast is a convenient new communications vehicle featuring ODA staff members and other experts discussing the latest information related to the ODA and dentistry in Ohio. Recent topics include: new opioid prescribing rules for acute pain in Ohio new mandate ... [continue reading]

You can't really explain D2 year without having gone through it yourself. There were certainly some interesting conversations held in the basement of Postle Hall in the wee hours of the morning and even more interesting questions in the recesses of our minds.  Apparently, times haven’t changed. As a second generation dentist, I hear a ... [continue reading]

Day at the Statehouse: March 7, 2018 Day at the Statehouse, the Ohio Dental Association's most important grassroots advocacy event, will be March 7, 2018, in Columbus. Day at the Statehouse gives dentists, dental residents and dental students an opportunity to speak with their legislators about issues important to dentistry and advocate for issues ... [continue reading]

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a patient review is worth its word count in gold - or platinum - or whatever is today's trending precious metal. Still not sure? Let’s put it this way, 70% of dental patients said that online ratings and reviews influenced their choice of dentist, according to the article “Convenience, Honesty, and ... [continue reading]

The ODA is busy year round supporting dentists, their practices and patients in Ohio. Below is a list of 10 of the ODA’s top accomplishments in 2017. Advocated at the Statehouse to protect dentists, their practices and their patients. The ODA’s advocacy team helped defeat a proposal to impose a state sales tax on cosmetic health care ... [continue reading]

Students from The Ohio State University College of Dentistry and Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine participated in a Military Resource Fair in October, where they provided oral health care to veterans in need. Students from the Case Western Reserve School of Dental Medicine and The Ohio State University College of Dentistry ... [continue reading]

The Ohio Board of Pharmacy recently adopted new rules requiring prescribers to include a diagnosis or procedure code and indicate the days' supply on certain prescriptions. Beginning on Dec. 29, dentists must include a procedure code (CDT Code) on all opioid prescriptions, as well as indicate the days’ supply on all controlled substance ... [continue reading]

License renewal for dentists and hygienists and registration renewal for EFDAs (depending on original date of registration) is currently under way, and licenses will expire on Dec. 31. License renewal must be completed online at eLicense.ohio.gov. The ODA has received several questions about the renewal process this year and reached out to the ... [continue reading]

The Ohio Dental Association has retained 96.2 percent of its 2016 membership, which is up slightly from last year. Moreover, 19 of its 25 local component dental societies have retained 95 percent or more of their 2016 membership. Following is a list of those societies: Western Ohio Dental Society (100 percent) Tuscarawas County Dental Society ... [continue reading]

Jennifer Barrord, a fourth-year dental student at CWRU, participates in an outreach event with Care Alliance Health Center at a senior apartment building. The ODA Foundation awarded Care Alliance Health Center with the Callahan/Henry Schein Cares Award for Improving Access to Care, providing $5,000 to support its senior oral health outreach ... [continue reading]