Day at the Statehouse 2012
A record number of nearly 30 Ohio State Dental Students attended the Ohio Dental Association Day at the Statehouse held March 14th in Columbus, Ohio. The Day at the Statehouse is ODA’s annual event where dentists from across the state, as well as dental students from Ohio, meet with State Legislators to discuss issues affecting dentistry. The event started with a luncheon at the Renaissance Hotel, adjacent to the Statehouse, where the ODA Government Affairs Team briefed all those participating on the legislative issues that would be discussed later that afternoon with the State’s Legislators. The dental students were paired with a mentor dentist and then each attended two or three scheduled meetings with State Legislators. OSU Dental students attended meetings with a total of 15 State Senators and 22 State Representatives. Read More...
Job Opportunity: Fellowship in Community-Based Dental Care
The fellowship experience comprises a children’s hospital, a mobile school-based treatment van, a center for special needs children and adults, a fixed health commons dental clinic in a school, a rural clinic serving Appalachia, and two traditional federally qualified health centers. Fellows are eligible to audit classes and other experiences as time permits and are asked to participate in a meaningful quality assurance or research project during the fellowship.
Annual salary is $52,000 plus benefits with opportunities to supplement income with additional clinical practice. Interested persons should contact Dr. Canise Bean, Division of Pediatric Dentistry and Community Oral Health at bean.26@osu.edu for additional information.
Dr. Canise Bean
3153 Postle Hall
305 W Twelfth Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210
614-688-5567
Congratulations to Joel Richards our 2012 ASDA Scholarship Winner!
ASDA and Transitions are honored to award Joel Richards with a scholarship for his scholastic achievements and dedication to organized dentistry. Joel has served as President of the Student Chapter of the American Dental Hygienist’s Association (SADHA) and as the Ways and Means Chair through out his dental hygiene background and participated in dental hygiene events at the local, state, and national components. Currently, he serves under the Legislative division of ASDA: OSU chapter as the ASDA Liaison to the Columbus Dental Society (CDS). He actively recruits students to become involved in ASDA and ADPAC/ODPAC. He participated in Day at the Statehouse and has set up appointments with Congressman for the National Dental Student Lobby Day in DC. Lastly, he sits on the CDS Dental Clinic Network of Columbus Advisory committee partnering with the Physician's CareConnection, and serves as Dental Coordinator/Liaison to Dental Hygiene for Give Kids a Smile Day.
Pre-Dent Day was a Success!
On Saturday March 31, 2012, the Office of Admissions and ASDA presented the College of Dentistry’s inaugural Pre-Dent Day. Sixty-three students from fourteen universities across the state of Ohio attended. Students enjoyed presentations from Dean Lloyd, Dr. Hall, Office of Admissions and Student Affairs in the morning and were treated to small group lunches with current dental students, a pre-clinic hands on experience, tours of the college and university, and finally a DAT-prep presentation from Kaplan Prep. Pre-dents particularly enjoyed being paired with a dental student mentor during the pre-clinic experience, in which they took and poured impressions, conducted a tooth wax-up and observed a high speed dental preparation. The day was very exciting and we look forward to another successful Pre-Dent Day next year!
Pre Dent Day: Kaplan FULL Scholarship Raffle
Continuing Education and Pre Dent Day Stores are online!
If you are looking to sign up for Paragon Mangement’s 3 Credit CE course on practice management and marketing please head over to the store tab and click on ‘Continuing Education.’
Hello to future alumni!
If you are looking to sign up for Pre-Dent Day please head over to the store tab and click on ‘Pre-Dent Day.’
Update: If you would like to know more head over to the Pre-Dental page under the Resources tab and check out the blog post for the full details. You can also click this link to be taken there directly.
ODA Today: Advocacy is top priority for Ohio State ASDA chapter
One of the main ways the chapter has done this is through ASDA’s national lobby day. Last year the chapter sent nine members to Washington, D.C., to lobby congress on behalf of dental issues.
One of the top issues the students focused on was to have dentists and dental clinics included in federal disaster relief legislation. In case of a federal disaster, dentists would be able to provide necessary aide in certain situations. A health care bill that made emergency funds available to reach dental experts in case of disaster originally left dentists out of it.
“Seeing as we have adequate training to triage, we wanted to be included,” said Michael Pappas, president of the OSU chapter of ASDA. Read More...
Lobby Training Sessions for Day at the Statehouse 2012
Some ASDA members just finished the 1st of many "Lobbying Training Sessions" (Advocacy Academy) hosted by Keith Kerns, Director of Legal and Legislative Services for the ODA.
There are two more sessions coming up on February 23rd and March 6th from 5:30-7:30 pm. If you want to attend one of these meetings and learn about how you can help advocate for dentistry, just contact Ryan Hinkle at hinkle.126@osu.edu
This is all in preparation for the 2012 Day at the Statehouse, held on March 14, 2012. Click this link for more information.
Photos from the Basketball Tournament and GKAS!
The Quarterly Rinse Volume 1 Issue 2 is Out Now
Check out our Legislation page and stay up to date on the issues!
Newest updates this week:
Summary of Keith Kerns Lunch and Learn Presentation
Law Funds Critical Education and Prevention Dental Programs, Prohibits Spending on Alternative Provider Demonstration Projects
House Committee Moves Legislation that Includes the Emergency Dental Responder Act
CDC Reverses Decision to Eliminate the Division of Oral Health
2012 Federal Government Budgets Proposed
Federal Budget Proposals Impact on Medicaid
Take a few minutes this week and get informed!
ODPAC Fundraiser on Friday January 13th @ Lucky's!
$5 at the door gets you a wristband for
- $1 Keystone Drafts
- $2 Miller/Coors Drafts
- $3 Wells
- $7 32oz Jim Beam and Coke
If you want to know where your money is going click the Legislation tab at the top and learn about ODPAC!
Lucky’s is located at 1475 N. High St.
Hope to see you there!
Join Dean Lloyd for a College Update on Dec. 8 and 9
Thursday, December 8: Staff Meeting
7:30-8:30 AM - Room 1183
Thursday, December 8: Students’ Meeting
12:00-1:00 PM - Room 1183
Friday, December 9: Staff Meeting
12:00-1:00 PM - Room 1188
ASDA General Members Meeting on 12/1!
ASDA is looking to expand student involvement in our chapter. We are looking for applicants to get involved in ASDA and help out our committee chairs. On Thursday we will have a small presentation to explain how students can get involved. Each of our committee chairs will give an explanation of what they do and who they are looking for to help them.
If you are interested join us in 1183 December 1st at 11:30!
Also if you haven't picked up your shirt you can do so then.
Update:
If you’d like more information on what each committee is about please see this attached file by clicking here
If you’d like to apply to become a committee member please fill out this form and return it to one of the ASDA chairs by clicking here
Halloween at NCH Photos!
This Halloween, ASDA members handed out free toothbrushes and toothpaste to over 400 patients at Nationwide Children's Hospital. Children and parents were encouraged to brush their teeth after enjoying their Halloween treats!
Checkout the album in our photos section!
ASDA Tailgate this Saturday!
All ASDA members are invited to enjoy food and drinks. The tailgate will start at 4:30 pm!
Oral-B Fundraiser is now LIVE
We wanted to let everyone know that our annual Oral-B fundraiser is now open to everyone. If you would like to buy discounted white strips or toothbrushes please click on the “Store” link at the top of the page.
If you would rather not place an order online you may do so with an order form. Order forms will be uploaded to this page soon. These forms can be turned in to class representatives.
Lastly, ASDA members please remember to use your coupons! If you are buying multiple items with coupons please read the instructions found on the Store’s page.