You make the smiles…we provide the support! 2018 Dues Renewal is now available online. New this year is auto-renewal. Select an auto-renewal plan when paying your 2018 dues and simplify your renewal process for years to come! We look forward to supporting you and the patients you protect in 2018.

Are you considering adjustments to your dental fee schedule for 2018? Do you wonder how your fees compare with other practices in your region and around the country? The American Dental Association can help with the Survey of Dental Fees. Find national average fees for more than 200 commonly performed dental procedures broken down for general practitioners and each of the six specialties.

Finish 2017 strong and put yourself in the position to maximize your 2018 Tripartite membership by completing the following three items before ringing in the New Year:

1. Update your Find-A-Dentist profile. The Your Teeth Are Amazing ads launched in July. Since then, more than 192 million ad views/impressions have driven more than 1.5 million visits to the ADA Find-a-Dentist tool. Those potential patients completed 364,000 searches and viewed more than 650,000 member profiles. 
2. Improve office efficiencies by signing up for ADA’s Credentialing Service, Powered by CAQH ProView®.  This service is free of cost and after entering your information just once, you can share it with the participating organizations of your choice.
3. Become Involved! There are many opportunities to get involved in organized dentistry and advocate for your peers and patients in the legislative and regulatory processes. Fill out this brief survey to let us know your interests.

Please note the ODA Office will be closed Friday, December 22nd through Monday, January 1st, to observe the holidays. The ODA Office will open at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, January 2nd.  Wishing you and yours a wonderful holiday season! 

In the effort to learn more about our members each month we will include a poll question in the ODA Insider. Share your thoughts on the question and find out the member results in the next ODA Insider and upcoming Membership Matters issues. Complete the poll below and stay tuned for the results! Check out November’s poll results here.  

The Oregon Dental Association joins over 100 organizations in support of Measure 101.

Here’s why: The consequences of the measure failing are too high. The work passed by the Legislature raises about $550 million in revenue over two years, secures $1.9 billion in matching federal funds, maintains coverage for about 350,000 Oregonians for the next biennium, and lowers and/or maintains health care premiums for about 200,000 Oregonians who purchase insurance in the individual market by funding the Oregon Reinsurance Fund. Read more about it here.

The Oregon Health Authority has recently released opioid prescribing guidelines for dentists. Check them out here.

Volunteer as a speaker host at the 2018 Oregon Dental Conference, April 5-7, and earn up to 18 hours of CE for free! The Annual Meeting Council is holding the annual Speaker Host Dinner and Training on January 11, 2018 at 6:30 pm at the ODA office in Wilsonville. Event attendees will learn the responsibilities and benefits of hosting and have the opportunity to select which speaker(s) they would like to host.  Email Christine Vaughan at cvaughan@oregondental.org to register for the event by January 8th. 

Join the Dental Foundation of Oregon for a good old fashion Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament complete with dinner, drinks and prizes. Proceeds go to support The Dental Foundation of Oregon programs like the Tooth Taxi. $25 buy-in gets you into the tournament, and a $100 donation to the DFO is strongly suggested. The event will be held at the Moda Plaza (10505 SE 17th Ave, Portland, Oregon 97222).  Register today!

The 2018 Oregon Dental Conference® is the 126th Annual Session of the Oregon Dental Association (ODA) and marks the association's ​21st year at the Oregon Convention Center. The conference is the concurrent meeting of the ODA, the Oregon Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (OSOMS), the Oregon State Association of Endodontists (OSAE), the Oregon Society of Periodontists (OSP), the Oregon Academy of General Dentistry (OAGD), the Oregon Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (OAPD), the Oregon Dental Assistants Association (ODAA), The Oregon Dental Executives' Association (ODEA), the Oregon Dental Hygienists' Association (ODHA), ​and the Oregon Association of Dental Laboratories (OADL). Learn More.

ODA leadership is excited to announce that the ODA House of Delegates is moving to a one day format in 2018! Mark your calendar and plan to serve as a delegate for your component society.  A social event will be held on Friday, September 7th with the formal business of the House being held on Saturday, September 8th at Sunriver Resort.