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February 4, 2012

Dental Hygiene is Cha-Cha-Changing!

What Every Hygienist Needs to Know About Mid-Level Providers

Presented by:

Diann Bomkamp, RDH, BSDH and Bobbie Brown, RDH, MS

Click here for more information and registration form

~Option to pay via PayPal on Calendar of Events page~

To be held at the Creve Coeur Government Center

Registration and continental breakfast begin at 8:30 am

ADHA Member Tuition  $55.00

Potential Member  $65.00

Current Student or 2011 Graduate  $35.00

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Meet a Member

Catherine Saettele

School Attended:  St. Louis Community College at Forest Park
Hobbies & Interests:  Reading and baking
Why you became a dental hygienist:  I always enjoyed going to the dentist growing up!  Teeth are a subject I never tire of, I absolutely love what I do.
 
 
Your favorite memory of being a hygienist:  I love the personal relationships I build with people, also I love the satisfaction of teaching someone something new.  My favorite memory is when I was in school for dental hygiene, there was a man who had been a patient of that clinic for many years.  He told me I was his absolute favorite student hygienist he had ever had and that I would become a wonderful dental hygienist! 
What benefits you see as being a member of ADHA:  I like being able to support my profession in a tangible, real way.  I love what I do and I want my actions to support that sentiment.
 

 

Visit the Scholarships page to see if you or someone

 you know can apply or be nominated.

 

Congratulations St. Louis Hygienists

Our very own Diann Bomkamp, RDH, BSDH, CDHC has completed her term as the 2008-2009 President of ADHA!

We couldn't be more proud!

Click here to learn more about Diann.

Remember:

Assistant scaling bills will always be a threat.

The time to fight it is now.

Please, to protect the integrity of dental hygiene practice:

Join or continue to support the ADHA.

Support MO Hy-PAC.

Contact your legislators in opposition of any bill that poses a threat to the public's oral healthcare delivery.

 

Please visit the Legislative page for more info.

Click here for MO Hy-PAC

Looking to volunteer with children?

The Missouri Oral Health Preventive Services Program (PSP) needs YOU!

Hygienists are needed for 1 day/year (unless they volunteer at more than one school).

 

What is PSP?

PSP is a comprehensive prevention program offered to schools, head start programs, community action agencies and community clinics desiring to implement an oral health program. The program incorporates four components:

1.      Oral Health Screening

2.      Prevention (fluoride varnish application)

3.      Education

4.      Referral for those children with dental needs

This program is designed to bring the community together in planning and implementing an oral health program. School nurses, teachers, administrators, parents, dental professionals and others interested in oral health work together to bring the program to their community.

 

Read More About PSP

Information about the program is available on-line as well as calibration for the screening process. This will allow interested offices & individuals the opportunity to receive the necessary information & training in preparation to participate in the Preventive Services Program from the convenience of their office or home.  To access this information, please visit: www.mohealthysmiles.com

 

If you are interested in volunteering to be a part of the Preventive Services Program, please contact Helene Ruddy, RDH, at: helene.ruddy@dhss.mo.gov .  She is an Oral Health Program Consultant for the Missouri Dept. of Health & Senior Services Oral Health Program.

 

 

GSLDHA Mission:

To improve the public's total health, the mission of the Greater St. Louis Dental Hygienists' Association is to advance the art and science of dental hygiene by ensuring access to oral health care, increasing awareness of the cost effective benefits of prevention, promoting the highest standards of dental hygiene education, licensure, and practice, research, and representing the interests of dental hygienists.

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