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The 2012 report of U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin, MD, MBA, “Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults” states “rates of smokeless tobacco use are no longer declining, and they appear to be increasing among some groups.” Based on recent Ohio tobacco use surveys, Ohio is one of the “groups” seeing an increased use of ... [continue reading]

The Ohio Dental Association’s 2012 Leadership Institute will feature a dean’s roundtable, where the deans from three dental schools will discuss issues facing the dental profession. Dr. Jerold Goldberg, of Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine; Dr. Patrick Lloyd, of The Ohio State University College of Dentistry; and Dr. ... [continue reading]

     A recent study found an increase in the number of patients seeking dental care in emergency rooms.      Preventable dental problems were the primary diagnosis in an estimated 830,590 ER visits nationwide in 2009, which is a 16 percent increase from 2006, according to research by the Pew Center on the ... [continue reading]

     Back by popular demand: your Ohio Dental Association and Bank of America Practice Solutions will help you through the process on Friday, April 27, 2012. You will discover the keys to:      • Starting your first office.      • Expanding or relocating your current ... [continue reading]

     Problem employees can disrupt any business, but they have potential to do significant damage to small businesses.  This is particularly true in dental offices, where employees work closely with the public and in close proximity to other staff members.  One of the most difficult issues a dentist must handle as a ... [continue reading]

     As you know, it is an important time to be a member of organized dentistry. As I travel the state in my capacity as ODA president, talking to various local dental societies and other dental groups, I like to ask my colleagues a series of questions that revolve around what our profession would look like if the ODA did not ... [continue reading]

     Last month, the ODA Today featured a forum on the main issue in the case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, known to some as “Obamacare.” We featured competing columns discussing whether the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution authorized ... [continue reading]

     As many of you know, I read extensively outside of dentistry.  I try to see what is going on in the world of business and attempt to find parallels to the practice of dentistry.  Respected marketing guru Seth Godin was blogging recently about what he called “Information Density.”  From a ... [continue reading]

     “Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.” Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841 - 1935) Actually, they’re not the only ones.      Ok, this month, for better or worse, I’m taking off the non-latex rubber gloves and putting on the legal, boxing ones. (And, as my ... [continue reading]

     During my professional career I’ve dealt with four, two by direct contact  while the other two were via seminars or they made contributions to this publication. Three had a ‘Patient First’ bias and one was fiscally focused. Three of the four I’ve mentioned in op-eds.      My ... [continue reading]