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The Ohio Dental Association is seeking nominations for its 2017 Awards of Excellence program. The ODA’s Awards of Excellence program recognizes men and women who offer distinguished service to dentistry and improve oral health care by offering treatment, outreach or education. Members and local dental societies are encouraged to nominate ... [continue reading]

The American Dental Association House of Delegates elected Dr. Joseph Crowley, a Cincinnati dentist, as ADA president-elect on Oct 24. Crowley has been a member of the American Dental Association for 40 years and is an immediate past trustee of the ADA.  He has served on and chaired many ADA councils and committees. Crowley also served as the ... [continue reading]

Dr. Joe Crowley thanks the ADA House of Delegates for voting to name him president-elect on Oct. 24. Photo by EZ Event Photography, courtesy ADA News. Copyright 2016 American Dental Association. On Monday, Oct. 24, 2016, the American Dental Association’s House of Delegates elected Dr. Joe Crowley, a general dentist from Cincinnati, to be ... [continue reading]

ODA members receive discounts on CE and Annual Session registration. As membership renewal season approaches, tripartite members should watch their mailbox and inbox for dues renewal statements. “We are just returning from the American Dental Association House of Delegates that was held in Denver, and it has been striking to witness the ... [continue reading]

On Oct. 25, 2016, Dr. Billie Sue Kyger was sworn in as the 7th District trustee to the ADA.  Kyger is a general dentist in Gallipolis and served as ODA president in 2002-03. Kyger will be one of 17 ADA district trustees.  As the 7th District trustee, she will represent Ohio and Indiana on the ADA Board of Trustees. Kyger was elected ... [continue reading]

Dr. Ron Lemmo, ADA treasurer With Dr. Joe Crowley being elected president-elect of the American Dental Association, Ohio will have its first ADA president since Dr. Frank Casto of Cleveland who served as ADA president in 1935. However, Crowley is not the only ODA member serving in a leadership role at the ADA. Dr. Ron Lemmo, a general dentist from ... [continue reading]

Beau Calcei from the OHIO Project, a program where fourth-year dental students at The Ohio State University spend 50 days providing care in community clinics, with Tina Lee, a dental assistant for the Traveling Smiles program. Traveling Smiles, Miami County Portable Dentistry, received the ODA Foundation's first Callahan/Henry Schein ... [continue reading]

The following article is part of a series of reviews encompassing various medical issues relevant to dentistry today. The ODA Dental Education and Licensure Committee (DELC) recruited a handful of experts to write these concise reviews to inform our member dentists about the most current opinions, positions and evidence on the topics. We hope ... [continue reading]

The dental profession began using disposable gloves nearly three decades ago but until recently, the long-term ergonomic effects of prolonged use of gloves were largely unknown. While highly effective in preventing cross-contamination and ensuring clinician and patient safety, the daily use of traditional disposable gloves can contribute to ... [continue reading]

Oral health in America has improved over the last century due to many factors. However, for low socio-economic groups dental health has not seen the increase in improvement of that of the general population. And there are even greater discrepancies in oral health among certain subpopulations. As members of low socio-economic groups, inmates have ... [continue reading]