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Rep. Hearcel Craig (D-Columbus) meets with Dr. Canise Bean, Dr. Kara Morris, Dr. Homa Amini and OSU dental student Alan George at this year's ODA Day at the Statehouse. About 145 dentists, dental residents, students and spouses met with their state senators and representatives at the 2016 ODA Day at the Statehouse. “I was very glad to see ... [continue reading]

Darryl Dever, the ODA’s lobbyist for more than 30 years, speaks at a past ODA Day at the Statehouse event. The ODA Foundation will award the Darryl Dever Advocacy Scholarship to one dental student in Dever’s memory each year. Dever died unexpectedly last Beginning in 2016, the ODA Foundation will award the annual Darryl Dever Advocacy ... [continue reading]

The Alliance to the American Dental Association held its AADA Conference 2016 in Cleveland in April. The national conference was last held in Cleveland in 1993. “As AADA president, I had an opportunity to suggest where I would like to hold Conference 2016, and I naturally wanted to bring it HOME,” said Sue Gardner, president of the ... [continue reading]

This year, 138 graduating dental students signed up for organized dentistry through National Signing Day events at the Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine and The Ohio State University College of Dentistry. The ADA’s National Signing Day program aims to increase visibility and awareness of membership in organized ... [continue reading]

In the dental profession, there are very few subjects more polarizing than amalgam separators and amalgam waste. Which begs the question … why? Since the passing of the Clean Water Act in the 1970s, it has been the policy of the United States that “Pollution should be prevented or reduced at the source whenever feasible; pollution ... [continue reading]

The Ohio Good DEED (Dedicated to Environmental Excellence in Dentistry) Program continues to expand as it celebrates its sixth anniversary. The voluntary program is a collaboration between the Ohio Dental Association and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency to recognize dental offices for implementing simple, innovative solutions to reduce ... [continue reading]

Warren, Ohio - Ralph E "Jim" Snelson, 80, died Friday, April 29, 2016 at Lake Vista of Cortland after a long illness. He was born on May 13, 1935 in Warren, the son of the late Dr. Ralph “Snick” and Anne Lewis Snelson. Jim was a local dentist with Snelson & Snelson. He had partnered first with his father, Dr. Ralph A. ... [continue reading]

As you know by now, the ODA is celebrating its 150th anniversary. Interestingly enough, so is the ADA’s code of ethics. And these two events – the founding of the ODA and the creation of the ADA code of ethics – both of which occurred in 1866, are closely tied together. At the founding meeting of the ODA in June of 1866, 41 ... [continue reading]

Embezzlement is a crime of opportunity, and it happens because it can. It is impossible to know the exact prevalence of embezzlement in dental offices as much goes undetected and unreported, but studies indicate that at least one in three dentists will be embezzled throughout the life of the practice. Dentists are particularly susceptible to fraud ... [continue reading]

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has again delayed enforcement of its new prescription drug rule to Feb. 1, 2017. The previous deadline was June 1, 2016. This change and outreach efforts to dentists by numerous organizations, including CMS, drug companies and dental suppliers, have sparked many calls to the ODA from member ... [continue reading]