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State Sen. Peggy Lehner (R-Kettering) recently introduced Senate Bill 330, which would create a new dental provider in Ohio. Under the proposal, this new “dental therapist” would, after just three years of training post-high school, be able to perform a broad scope of practice and duties, including diagnosis of dental disease, ... [continue reading]

Membership in organized dentistry provides numerous benefits, from savings on products and services used in dental offices to CE offerings and networking opportunities. However, your membership also offers you access to valuable information on a variety of issues, including legal and regulatory compliance. The Ohio Dental Association legal ... [continue reading]

The Ohio Dental Association has received a number of calls recently from dental practices asking if they could submit claims to third-party payers for an exam when the dentist is not physically present in the office at the time of the patient's visit. The callers reported they had either been told it was acceptable to bill for an exam in this type ... [continue reading]

For the average solo or small group practitioner, what is your first reaction to the word “DSO?” Corporate dentistry. Aggressive treatment planning. Forceful sales tactics. High pressure financing. Non-dentists dictating clinical care. Perhaps one or all of these comes to mind. But to a new dentist who is graduating with enormous debt ... [continue reading]

A fist bump is a gesture similar in meaning to a handshake or high-five. A fist bump is also considered to be a symbol of giving respect. Widespread use of the gesture and the term has been exploding in recent years. It caught the attention of the editors of the Merriam-Webster dictionary. Noticing a surge in the use of the phrase “fist ... [continue reading]

Too many years ago, I served on the volunteer board of a state epilepsy association and had my eyes opened to the psychosocial issues faced by persons with seizures. The loss of dignity when an adult with seizures is arrested because he or she experienced a seizure on the street and was assumed to be intoxicated was a scenario I had never ... [continue reading]

As most of you know, Mother’s Day has just passed. While we all may not be mothers, we all have one. I’ve been a dentist longer than I’ve been a mother, and in some ways, I think dentistry has prepared me well to be a parent. Working through a busy schedule is about as multi-tasky as it gets, (who hasn’t done payroll while ... [continue reading]

Ohio Gov. John Kasich recently appointed Dr. Bill Anderson and Dr. Burton Job to the Ohio State Dental Board. Anderson is a general dentist from Findlay. He received his Doctor of Dental Surgery from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry in 1998. He has served as a delegate to the Ohio Dental Association since 2010 and is a board ... [continue reading]

The White House announced on May 18 its final rule updating overtime regulations. The new rule states that in order to be exempt from overtime pay, compensation must be at least $913 per week, or $47,476 per year. The current threshold is $455 per week under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The new rates will go into effect on Dec. 1, 2016, and ... [continue reading]

The deadline for the ODA Foundation scholarship and grant applications for 2016 is July 1. Dental students who will enter their second, third and fourth year of dental school in September 2016, are Ohio residents, are members of ASDA and have financial need are eligible to apply for an ODA Foundation Dental Student Scholarship. OSU students ... [continue reading]