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The District 8 Listserv provides you the opportunity to be a part of the conversation. Those who sign up are welcome to initiate or contribute to conversations with questions, comments or suggestions regarding ADHA, the profession of dental hygiene, as well as other relevant topics. District 8 is comprised of Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri and Illinois. ADHA members and interested dental hygienists are welcome to join any of the listserves. Other Listserv groups include Constituent and Component, CLL/AS, Educators, Public Health, Social Networking and more. In addition, you may also correspond directly with the District 8 Trustee at janetted@adha.net (more…)
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You know how important it is that dental hygienists be representing in the legislature, but you are probably unsure how you could help. At our recent Executive board meeting, our lobbyist Ron Jensen, of Jensen Rogert Associates, explained the importance of making contact with legislative candidates BEFORE they take office. Ron has had many years of experience in Nebraska’s State Government and explained the process of how officials respond to organizations’ requests, emails, mail, etc. They go through and barely glance through items received from people they had never had contact with and they spend vital time on items from people that they have had previous communication with. As you can see, having a relationship established is crucial. Become a Contact Hygienist! (more…)
| ADHA Supports Comprehensive Dental Reform Act of 2012 ADHA released a statement of support for Senator Bernard Sanders, Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging, and Congressman Elijah Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for their leadership on oral health issues by introducing the Comprehensive Dental Reform Act of 2012. Click here to read ADHA’s full news release on the legislation. |
| Building Optimum Oral Health Care Teams: ADA & ADHA Annual Conference CE Program ADHA and the American Dental Association are working in collaboration to present a continuing education program to explore and discuss: the ramifications of our two professions’ separate education in preparation for working together in practice; and the economic effects of the decision to retain or not retain the dental hygienist in the private practice dental office during a recession. Click here for more information. |
| ADHA CE Course Available at http://adha.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0yNDQzODk0JnA9MSZ1PTEwMDA1NjIxMTAmbGk9MTIxMjY5NDY/index.html This week, ADHA’s online CE partner CDE World will launch a new course brought to you by ADHA: “Screening for Oral Cancer,” by JoAnn R. Gurenlian, RDH, PhD. Click here for more information. |
| Help ADHA Celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Dental Hygiene |
| 2013 Fiscal Funding and Alternative Dental Heath Care Provider Demonstration Grants |
| Tobacco Cessation Training Videos for Effective Motivational Interviewing The University of Florida, Department of Psychiatry has put together two videos showing both an effective and ineffective motivational interviewing method for tobacco cessation. Feel free to use these videos in your tobacco cessation teaching efforts. |
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For more information on the Dental Hygienists’ Proposal (April 2012), click on link.
For more information on the Dental Assistant Tier Model (March 2012), click on the following link.
As healthcare providers, dental hygienists play an important role in educating uninsured patients about available health resources, such as prescription assistance programs.
One free program, Together Rx Access, sponsored by many of the nation’s leading pharmaceutical companies, provides eligible individuals and families with immediate and meaningful savings on prescription products right at their neighborhood pharmacies.
New guidelines show that preventive antibiotics for routine dental visits are not necessary for most people and may do more harm than good.
http://www.aaos.org/about/papers/advistmt/1014.asp
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Chicago—March 1, 2007— The Washington Post, on Wednesday, February 28, 2007, reported that a twelve-year-old boy in the Washington D.C. area, Deamonte Driver, had died of complications resulting from an untreated dental abscess, after bacteria from the untreated tooth had spread to his brain.
Last fall the American Dental Association House of Delegates considered developing an allied membership category for all dental team members, including dental hygienists, on a national level.
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