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The annual ODA Foundation raffle is one of the primary sources of funding for oral health-related grants and scholarships. Raffle tickets are $100 each, three for $250 or six for $500. This year’s first place prize is winner’s choice of a Vacation of a Lifetime through LuxGive or $10,000 cash prize. The second place prize is 2023 tripartite ... [continue reading]

ODA members can download and print employment posters from the ODA’s website for free. All employers are required to post numerous employment posters in their offices. To download the posters, visit oda.org/member-resources/employment-posters/. These posters are only available to ODA ... [continue reading]

Wow. May was a busy month. From Day at the State House, to The Ohio State University College of Dentistry Convocation (I was so honored to attend), to Executive Committee meetings, to testifying at the Statehouse on SB 115 (legislation that would prohibit insurers from setting fees for non-covered services), to guest presentations at local ... [continue reading]

As many of you have heard me say, dentistry is truly a wonderful profession. It offers you and all dentists the opportunity to help people with their smiles and their oral health. Dentists have many career paths available to them, including as a practice owner, employer, employee, faculty member, consultant, etc. Moreover, dentists are well ... [continue reading]

With the introduction of a new continuing education requirement, which I will briefly touch on in this article (for more on the requirement, see the article "FAQ about the new DEA opioid training requirement" and watch our video by clicking here), a dentists’ DEA registration has been a large topic of conversation lately. I wanted to give a ... [continue reading]

Volunteer dentists are continuing to assist Ohio Dental Association member dentists and their offices in addressing dental insurance and other third-party payer matters. They predominately serve on the ODA’s Executive Committee, Council on Dental Care Programs and Dental Practice (CDCPDP), Dental Insurance Working Group (DIWG) and Medicaid ... [continue reading]

It is graduation weekend and my heart is full. Our last child is graduating from high school, closing one book in his life and hopefully embarking on his next phase when he starts his direct entry DMD program at Case in the fall. The profession of dentistry has brought me so close to other mom-dentists like me, who have used this beautiful life to ... [continue reading]

How we communicate as dental colleagues has changed quite a bit in the last 10 years. Younger dentists share stories in text threads with dental school classmates and you may connect with a referral through a text rather than sending a letter or picking up the phone. These changes can be felt throughout organized dentistry as the “baby boomer” ... [continue reading]

The Ohio Dental Association (ODA) commended the Ohio Senate for passage of Senate Bill 40, which joins the state of Ohio to the newly created Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact. ODA President Dr. Lori Fitzgerald, a general dentist from Canfield, Ohio, said, “we appreciate the Ohio Senate’s passage of Senate Bill 40, which would make Ohio ... [continue reading]

The 2023 ODA Annual Session is Sept. 21-23 in Columbus at the Greater Columbus Convention Center and the Hilton Columbus Downtown Hotel. “We look forward to offering high quality programming for you and your ... [continue reading]