Developing Intellectually Empathetic Dental Provider: Utilizing a Critical Thinking Framework
96th PDHA Annual Session - Educators Course–Jennifer Rudy, MA, RDH & P. Gay Baughman, DMD (3 CEUs)
It’s All About Saving Lives – Organ Transplantation, Donation and Recipient Care
Tricia Osuna, RDH, BSDH, FAADH
In June of 2018 Tricia will celebrate 40 years as a dental hygienist to share her clinical and educational experiences with her audiences. Her lengthy background in clinical practice along with education has offered her the opportunity to share real-life clinical experiences in her courses for over 25 years.
Create Your Oral Systemic Center of Excellence
Dr. Charles Whitney founded RHS in 2004. He has been a national leader in the Concierge/DPC movement since 2007. Dr. Whitney served on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Private Physicians (AAPP) from 2007-2013, and was Vice President 2012-13. AAPP is the national trade organization for concierge medical practices. He served on the steering committee of the Direct Primary Care Coalition from 2013-16. He is currently on the speaker’s bureau of the Bale-Doneen Method of Heart Attack and Stroke Prevention, the program at the core of the RHS approach.
Legislative Alert and Update
House Bill 994 (HB 994) has successfully gone through Committee! We still need your help! A full House vote is scheduled for Wednesday June 19 th . Session begins at 11:00 am. Please contact YOUR state Representative in support of HB 994.
PDHA Advocacy
Time is of the essence the Education Committee will be meeting will be held Monday June 10th. Review Templates on our websites Advocacy page. I would ask that you email your letters in support of HB 994 to: The Honorable Curt Sonney at: http://www.repsonney.com/
NOMINATIONS NEEDED FOR 2020 PDHA LEADERSHIP POSITIONS
Download Candidate Application and review list of terms, qualifications and some duties of the PDHA officer and positions that will be elected late summer and at this year’s Annual Session to be held November 7-11, 2019.
“Yes Virginia, The Mouth is Really a Part of the Digestive System!”
UPCOMING CE COURSE: This course will include a review of the oral cavity's role in digestion as well as the rationale for including this as part of patient education when relevant.
HCO 1369
We are asking for your support of HCO 1369. This piece of legislation is being put forth by Representative Mindy Fee and Representative Joanna E. McClinton with eleven other co-sponsors regarding the expansion of the PHDHP into school settings to provide screenings. Please locate and contact your Representatives at: https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/findyourlegislator/ and encourage them to join Rep. Fee and Rep. McClinton by becoming a co-sponsor. This is a bi-partisan effort which also has the support of the PDA and the AGD.
Put Your Purple On!
Have you heard the news? ADHA has partnered with the Canadian Dental Hygienists Association (CDHA) to bring you the Put Your Purple On! campaign! We’re joining CDHA in observing April as Oral Health Month and celebrating National Dental Hygienists Week April 6-12.
Erie County health department hits road for dental screenings
Five-year-old patient Alex Miller has pictures of his teeth taken by Karen Omniewski, a public health dental hygiene practitioner with the Erie County Department of Health, during a teledentistry visit in Corry last week.