Are you a leader or a follower? Our speaker, Kelly Tanner, PhD, RDH, will help us develop both and understand how they are essential to the dental practice and the association.
ADHA’s 2020 Awards Program is a way to honor and recognize our members dedication to the dental hygiene profession (in various aspects of the dental hygiene world: clinical, education, public health, research, etc.). Apply now for your chance to be recognized by your colleagues and receive funding to attend the ADHA’s 2020 Annual Conference in New Orleans, LA.
The Southwest Component is in the process of organizing its committees and chair positions for the 2020 year. It is searching for any interested members to serve on its various committees and fill two vacant chair positions.
PDHA Lobby Day! Legislation is important. It provides a platform for the growth of our scope of practice and a means to protect our license. This is the invisible benefit of membership.
96th PDHA Annual Session - Educators Course–Jennifer Rudy, MA, RDH & P. Gay Baughman, DMD (3 CEUs)
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.
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.
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.
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.
May 17 – 18, 2019, Ambassador Center in Erie
The Northwest Component will be hosting our two day Spring CE event. Details forthcoming.
