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Congratulations to Emma Violante!
Emma won the Johnson & Johnson Hygiene Hero Recognition Award & is the first member to receive National recognition. Her gift from ADHA will be a paid trip to ADHA in New Mexico with $1,000.00 being donated to Emma's choice of charity which is St. Vincent de Paul. Once again, a big applause to Emma!!
To view her winning essay, click here
Greetings to delegates and CADHS officers:
The May 10th delegates meeting was very productive. Discussion primarily centered
On the need for more dental hygienist to dental hygienist interaction and how to make that happen. At the April 15th CADHS Board meeting the CADHS Trustees, Mary Cosaboom and Laura Corbin were assigned the responsibility to create monthly social meetings for dental hygienists (members and other dental hygienists) to chat over food and get to know each other. Everyone is welcome.
The date has been chosen, Wednesday evening 6:30-8:30 for the first monthly CADHS Monthly Dental Hygiene Social event. Stay tuned for the site. We discussed alternating dinner sites between the Westside of town and the eastside of town. Mark the date in your calendars to bring dental hygiene friends with you. We also have identified the December Christmas Party date of Saturday December 6th, again an evening affair
In a member's home, pot luck. The dates for October and November will be selected this summer as we gather. Other information on firm dates of health fairs and other such events to avoid obvious conflicts.
Other significant information you may like to know which came from this May delegates meeting is there will be two delegates meetings, August and September, which are mandatory for delegates to attend. Failure to attend both meetings will eliminate you from serving as a delegate for CADHS in October at the House of Delegates.
Te August date for the first mandatory Delegates meeting is Friday, August 15th, 6-8 pm. Bring your purple or pink HOD notebooks with you to hand in. We will discuss at that meeting what materials you need and we will revise the notebooks and return them to you at the September meeting. At the September meeting we will discuss association business with the hope of reaching consensus on the issues as presented at that time.
CADHS has begun this process because mailing delegates manuals is too expensive. They must be delivered at a mandatory attendance meeting. We look forward to your helping us succeed!
Another wonderful benefit to membership, heralded by your president, Joanne Harrelson, and implemented by Sue Morgan and other wonderful volunteers is a medication list card. They are customized with your personal name on the list and you may dispense these to your patients as a gift. The list card can be folded to wallet size for easy carrying of a personal medication list.
Another wonderful benefit to membership is Mary Cosaboom is producing a CADHS membership directory free to all CADHS members. We hope to distribute a lot of these items at the ASDHA Wigwam Annual Scientific Session. You need to be there to receive these FREE membership gifts!
Other updates from the CADHS board meeting, is the CADHS Treasurer will be sending checks to free dental clinics located here in the Phoenix metro area. Sue Morgan is spear heading the mentorship program which is matching clinical Dental hygiene practitioners up to dental hygiene students at Rio Salado and Phoenix College. She needs volunteer hygienists—probably 100 of us to volunteer to be available to lend an ear to a student should they need advice. So call Sue Morgan if you are willing: 480-575-6598
Or e-mail her at salflyer@aol.com.
Thanks to all of you for your support. Laura and I look forward to meeting with all of you August 15th. Have a wonderful summer and stay in touch! Mary Cosaboom, CADHS Trustee 480-488-1859 cherrytree@earthlink.net
A WOW CE MISSED BY MANY
Eileen McQuade, RDH, BS and Vice President of GoToDDS presented a must see seminar April 22nd on why the Velscope Oral Cancer detection system is a “must have” for every dental office. Approval for the device was fast tracked by the FDA because of medical devices which use similar technology and the Velscope was described as being needed to detect the extent of dysplasia and accurate margins of intraoral cancers. This device uses no pre-rinsing, has a camera attachment to photograph any lesion identified, is time efficient and non-invasive.
Statistics cited such as 70% of oral cancers are identified in the late stages which have a 20-50% five year survival rate compared to and 80-90% five year survival rate with early stage detection move the professional to ask how quickly the device can be purchased and put to use. It is estimated 34,000 new oral cancers will be detected in 2008 with an expected death rate of 8,000.
For more information you may contact Mrs. McQuade at azwinger@aol.com or www.GoToDDS.com. For information on oral cancers consult the website OralCancerFoundation.org.
Stay tuned to this CADHS website and CADHS mailings for notice of future CE’s of importance to your dental hygiene practice.
E-News of the Month
Winter 2007-2008, Vol. 1, Issue 6
ASDHA's Annual Scientific Conference is August 22 and 23, 2008 at the Wigwam
Resort & Spa
Download Flyer: click here
Always and exciting and informative weekend, we invite you to join us for CE
courses and social events.
Speakers for this year are:
John Y. Kwan, DDS
Practicing Periodontics from the Center to the Edge
Tricia Osuna, RDH, BS
What is it? How do I use it?: Today's dental products and treatment options
Kristy Menage Bernie, RDH, BS, RYT
Bio-Adaptive Therapy: Tooth Movement & Beyond!
Betsy Reynolds, RDH, MS
Mugs and Drugs: A Look at Today's Counter-Culture Trends and Their Impact
on Oral Health
Free Course for ADHA Members offered Sunday, August 24th!
Donna Brogan, RDH, BS
Dental Implant Maintenance: Basics & Beyond
MENTORS WANTED!!
CADHS currently has a mentor program & we are in need of more mentors for the dental hygiene students. The dental hygiene students of Phoenix College would like a mentor, but we do not have enough mentors for each student. Members, please email Sue Morgan (salflyer@aol.com) or Joanne Harrelson (low-n-fat@juno.com) with your contact information & they will get back to you. Thank you!
CADHS has the new and improved AMERICAN DENTAL HYGIENE ASSOCIATION label pins for sale for only $10. Wear them with pride on your uniforms and your lanyards. Support your organization. To order today: email Joanne @ low-n-fat@juno.com. Limited numbers left.
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Thanks to all who contributed to the In and Out baskets for the Scientific Session. We raised $3,500 for the silent auction. We are ROCKING –N– ROLLING now!!!
