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The Ohio Dental Association is seeking nominations for its 2021 Awards of Excellence program. The ODA’s Awards of Excellence program recognizes those who offer distinguished service to dentistry and improve oral health care by offering treatment, outreach or education. Members and local dental societies are encouraged to nominate those ... [continue reading]

Funny the memories one retains from childhood. I personally have vivid memories of long hot summer days filled with pickup basketball, baseball and football games punctuated with PB and J sandwiches, carrot sticks and all the cherry Kool-Aid one could drink. There was a very deep ravine at the end of our street that ran for about a mile with a ... [continue reading]

As you may recall, shortly after the state issued an order last March to delay elective surgeries in order to preserve PPE as the COVID-19 pandemic grew in its early stages, the ODA convened a work group of representatives from organized dentistry, dental education, the Ohio State Dental Board and others to create a framework to allow for the safe ... [continue reading]

We are now four months into the COVID-19 vaccination process in Ohio. I am hopeful that at this point those of you who wanted to receive the vaccine have been given that opportunity. The ODA lobbied to have dentists and dental team members included in the 1A group of those vaccinated.  Fortunately, in the guidance from the governor, dental ... [continue reading]

When it comes to managed care contracting issues, one of the more common calls the Ohio Dental Association receives involve leased dental networks. Callers’ questions typically are something like: How can I be bound to a plan’s fee limits when I never signed a contract with that plan? Can I stay in the network but opt out of one or two ... [continue reading]

Spring is a time for new ideas. Like the flowers and trees that begin to bud, we are coming out of a year-long winter. We’ve been dormant, but now is the time to bloom again! The COVID snow is melting and people are coming out of their winter quarantine. Like bears emerging from a den, we step out, stretch our arms to the sky, blink our eyes at ... [continue reading]

By now most of us in Ohio who are treating patients have received our second vaccination for COVID-19. When the governor put dentists into Group 1A, I knew it was because of our proactive leadership and their relationship with state legislators including the Ohio State Dental Board. Amalgamating the science and information from the regulatory ... [continue reading]

The 2021 ODA Leadership Institute is going virtual! This virtual event will take place Friday, May 21, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Leadership Institute is the ODA’s award-winning program developed to help all ODA members become more successful and effective leaders. Attendees consistently rank the event as one of the top leadership development ... [continue reading]

Please be aware that there is an impostor ring pretending to be the Ohio State Dental Board or a federal enforcement authority and trying to scam dentists of money. They are producing fraudulent documents with the OSDB logo and making threatening calls to dental offices. They are threatening to revoke dental licenses and even go to the extent of ... [continue reading]

ODA membership dues were due Jan. 1, 2021 for the 2021 membership year. If you have not paid your dues, you are considered past due and your benefits will lapse at the end of April. Members can renew online at www.oda.org/joinandrenew, by fax at (614) 486-0381, by mail to Ohio Dental Association, P.O. Box 734508 Chicago, IL 60673-4508 or by ... [continue reading]