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Darryl Dever, the ODA’s lobbyist for more than 30 years, speaks at a past ODA Day at the Statehouse event. The ODA Foundation will award the Darryl Dever Advocacy Scholarship to one dental student in Dever’s memory each year. Dever died unexpectedly last Beginning in 2016, the ODA Foundation will award the annual Darryl Dever Advocacy ... [continue reading]

The Alliance to the American Dental Association held its AADA Conference 2016 in Cleveland in April. The national conference was last held in Cleveland in 1993. “As AADA president, I had an opportunity to suggest where I would like to hold Conference 2016, and I naturally wanted to bring it HOME,” said Sue Gardner, president of the ... [continue reading]

The Ohio Good DEED (Dedicated to Environmental Excellence in Dentistry) Program continues to expand as it celebrates its sixth anniversary. The voluntary program is a collaboration between the Ohio Dental Association and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency to recognize dental offices for implementing simple, innovative solutions to reduce ... [continue reading]

Warren, Ohio - Ralph E "Jim" Snelson, 80, died Friday, April 29, 2016 at Lake Vista of Cortland after a long illness. He was born on May 13, 1935 in Warren, the son of the late Dr. Ralph “Snick” and Anne Lewis Snelson. Jim was a local dentist with Snelson & Snelson. He had partnered first with his father, Dr. Ralph A. ... [continue reading]

The Ohio Dental Association and the American Dental Association are lobbying for two pieces of legislation that would prohibit insurance companies from setting fees for non-covered services. Dental insurance plans are dictating fees for dental services that the insurance company does not cover for enrollees. This practice is fundamentally unfair ... [continue reading]

The Dental OPTIONS program is seeking volunteers to help provide care to Ohioans in need. Dental OPTIONS is a program provided through a joint partnership between the ODA and the Ohio Department of Health that helps eligible, low-income uninsured adults in Ohio obtain access to dental care by linking them with volunteer dentists. “OPTIONS is ... [continue reading]

April is Oral Cancer Awareness Month, and dentists are the first line of defense in early detection of the disease. Oral cancers are newly diagnosed in about 132 individuals each day in the U.S., but when found at early stages of development, oral cancer patients have an 80 to 90 percent survival rate. “Creating awareness, discovery, ... [continue reading]

March Madness is a community event co-sponsored by the OSU College of Nursing to engage the Near East Side neighborhood to address health disparities in their community.  The event was held on March 5 at the Eldon and Elsie Ward Family YMCA.  The event was a health expo that provided screenings for hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, ... [continue reading]

Opioid prescribing in Ohio continued to decline in 2015, according to a report from the State Board of Pharmacy’s Ohio Automated Rx Reporting System (OARRS).    In 2015, the total doses of opioids dispensed to Ohio patients decreased to 701 million from a high of 793 million in 2012, a drop of 11.6 percent.  The number of ... [continue reading]

The deadline to apply for the Ohio Dentist Loan Repayment Program is May 2. The ODLRP was created in 2003 and is fully funded by Ohio dentists. It provides loan repayment for dentists who practice in designated shortage areas, treat Medicaid patients and provide care to patients regardless of their ability to pay. Eligible candidates ... [continue reading]