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The Ohio Dental Association Rising Star Award recognizes a young leader in dentistry with outstanding leadership and initiative and a strong commitment to volunteerism within the community and the profession. Past award winners often continue on to become leaders of organized dentistry on the local, state and national level. Dr. Ronald Lemmo, a ... [continue reading]

The Ohio Dental Association Rising Star Award recognizes a young leader in dentistry with outstanding leadership and initiative and a strong commitment to volunteerism within the community and the profession. Past award winners often continue on to become leaders of organized dentistry on the local, state and national level. Dr. Billie Sue Kyger, ... [continue reading]

The 2014 Ohio Dental Association Annual Session has much to offer new dentists — a CE discount, a course designed specifically for new dentists, an evening reception and the Exhibit Hall. The 2014 Annual Session — ODA Live — will be Sept. 11-14 in Columbus. This year’s Annual Session also features a course aimed specifically at new ... [continue reading]

In today's marketplace a dentist establishing a practice or trying to improve upon an existing practice faces several challenges to attract new patients. Among those challenges are regulatory and legal restrictions on how a dentist can attract new patients. The Ohio State Dental Board has developed a regulatory scheme governing how a dentist may ... [continue reading]

Since it's passage in 2009, dentists across the country have asked, "What impact does the ACA have on me and my practice?" I have been wondering the same thing, so decided to do a little research. There are still many unknowns, but I have been able to pull out a few items that I think will be useful to my colleagues. First, to address dentists as ... [continue reading]

Maura Gillison, MD, PhD – the first researcher to make the association of human papillomavirus (HPV) and oral cancer – will be speaking at the ODA Annual Session. Maura Gillison, MD, PhD – the first researcher to make the association of human papillomavirus (HPV) and oral cancer – will be speaking at the ODA Annual ... [continue reading]

The ODA Annual Session Exhibit Hall will have more than 200 vendors. Attendees consistently rank the Exhibit Hall as one of the top reasons they attend Annual Session. The Exhibit Hall is consistently ranked in surveys as one of the top reasons dentists and dental team members attend the Ohio Dental Association Annual ... [continue reading]

The Ohio Dental Association Services Corp. (ODASC) has been researching health insurance options in light of the Affordable Care Act to ensure ODA members have a quality, affordable plan available to them and their staffs. The ODASC health insurance plan, Dentist’s Choice Health Care Plan (DCHCP), has been renewed in 2014 for another year ... [continue reading]

Editor’s Note: This article is the fifth and final in a series about marketing. To see the first article click here, to see the second article click here, to see the third article click here and to see the fourth article click here. If you are still unsure about why to invest in marketing, ask yourself a simple question: "If I never ... [continue reading]

Margaret "Peg" Hinkle, MS, RD, LD passed away June 25. Hinkle was married to Dr. Robert Hinkle, a past president of the Ohio Dental Association. She was very involved in the Alliance to the Ohio Dental Association and organized dentistry. Hinkle earned her MS degree in dietetics from the Ohio State University in 1952 and worked as a consulting ... [continue reading]