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The American Dental Association's Member-Get-A-Member campaign can benefit current tripartite members while helping to grow participation in organized dentistry. Dentists who recruit any new, active member before Sept. 30 will be rewarded with a $100 gift card for each new eligible member they recruit (up to five new members and ... [continue reading]

The American Dental Association’s consumer website, mouthhealthy.org, features a "Find a Dentist" section. Nearly 20,000 patients use this function to search for a dentist every month. The Ohio Dental Association also refers patients to the ADA’s “Find a Dentist” search feature to find a dentist in their area. Over the past ... [continue reading]

The 2016 ODA Annual Session will feature a wide variety of courses for the entire dental team, including hands-on courses and a variety of courses on Sunday based on feedback from attendees. Annual Session will be Sept. 15-18 in Columbus. The 2016 ODA Annual Session will be the main event celebrating the ODA's 150th anniversary. This ... [continue reading]

The Ohio Dental Association and the American Dental Association are lobbying for two pieces of legislation that would prohibit insurance companies from setting fees for non-covered services. Dental insurance plans are dictating fees for dental services that the insurance company does not cover for enrollees. This practice is fundamentally unfair ... [continue reading]

The Dental OPTIONS program is seeking volunteers to help provide care to Ohioans in need. Dental OPTIONS is a program provided through a joint partnership between the ODA and the Ohio Department of Health that helps eligible, low-income uninsured adults in Ohio obtain access to dental care by linking them with volunteer dentists. “OPTIONS is ... [continue reading]

April is Oral Cancer Awareness Month, and dentists are the first line of defense in early detection of the disease. Oral cancers are newly diagnosed in about 132 individuals each day in the U.S., but when found at early stages of development, oral cancer patients have an 80 to 90 percent survival rate. “Creating awareness, discovery, ... [continue reading]

In today's world, you have to keep up with so much just to stay competitive. A business without a digital presence is at a disadvantage so, tough as it is, you must adapt to it. Otherwise, your practice is lost among the hundreds – if not thousands – out there that exist just in your area alone. It used to be that if you wanted to ... [continue reading]

In 2010, the Ohio General Assembly created the Oral Health Access Supervision Program (OHASP) designed to help increase access to a dental home for underserved populations. The OHASP allows dentists to send hygienists into certain designated locations like nursing homes, clinics and certain public schools under a new level of hygiene supervision. ... [continue reading]

March Madness is a community event co-sponsored by the OSU College of Nursing to engage the Near East Side neighborhood to address health disparities in their community.  The event was held on March 5 at the Eldon and Elsie Ward Family YMCA.  The event was a health expo that provided screenings for hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, ... [continue reading]

Opioid prescribing in Ohio continued to decline in 2015, according to a report from the State Board of Pharmacy’s Ohio Automated Rx Reporting System (OARRS).    In 2015, the total doses of opioids dispensed to Ohio patients decreased to 701 million from a high of 793 million in 2012, a drop of 11.6 percent.  The number of ... [continue reading]