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The Alliance of the Ohio Dental Association went “On the Road Again” this year to provide oral health education to seniors and children in Ohio. Alliance members traveled to various schools and senior locations to present programs and hand out oral health care kits in Appalachia. “With the road trips, it gives us a chance to get ... [continue reading]

The 147th Ohio Dental Association Annual Session, to be held in Columbus from Sept. 19 to 22, will feature a wide selection of continuing education courses designed for every member of the dental team. Course offerings include lectures, roundtables discussions, and nearly 20 hard to find, hands-on workshops. One innovative workshop the ODA is ... [continue reading]

On June 4, the Ohio House Insurance Committee held a hearing on House Bill 159, an ODA-backed bill that would prohibit dental insurance companies from dictating the fees dentists charge for services that the insurers do not cover. Below is an abridged version of the testimony I provided to the committee. Chairman Hackett and members of the Ohio ... [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 issues, including legal and regulatory compliance. Each day the ODA legal department fields ... [continue reading]

Numerous entities within the Ohio Dental Association, ranging from the Executive Committee and advocacy team to the Council on Dental Care Programs and Dental Practice (CDCPDP) and its Dental Insurance Working Group, work to identify and address dental insurance issues. As part of this process, the ODA conducts environmental scans of many issues, ... [continue reading]

By Nathan PrueterOSU College of Dentistry Student Over the past few years, The Ohio State University’s American Student Dental Association (ASDA) chapter has achieved tremendous membership growth and received several prestigious awards, while becoming one of the premier chapters in the U.S.  Ohio State’s ASDA’s recent growth ... [continue reading]

CBSNews.com posted a story on June 11, titled “Genetic Test May Tell How Often You Need to Go to Dentist.” Author Ryan Jaslow reports that, “researchers tracked dental patients for 16 years, looking for gum disease and tooth loss, and found that people with healthy mouths who have mutations in their IL-1 (interleukin-1) gene are ... [continue reading]

“Stupid is as stupid does.” – Forrest Gump As far as I could tell, he removed neither his eyes nor his fast-moving thumbs from the hand-held whatever that was propped up on top of the steering wheel as he cut across two lanes of out-of-Columbus-bound I-71 traffic and almost exterminated an orange barrel and two motorcycles on the ... [continue reading]

Whether it’s about poverty, orphans, or disease, when there’s a need to pull on someone’s heart strings, always invoke a reference to children. “Save them,” “Feed them,” “Adopt Them,” “Vaccinate Them,” do something, anything, but for heaven’s sake don’t ignore their ... [continue reading]

Some health care practitioners who treat Medicare beneficiaries – even if they do not bill Medicare for the services they provide – may need to register with Medicare for the sole purpose of ordering or referring items or services for Medicare beneficiaries. Health care practitioners, including general dentists, who order or refer services ... [continue reading]