San Diego County Dental Hygienists’ Society Bulletin! · Liz is currently the Regional Account...

President’s Message

San Diego County Dental Hygienists’ Society

May 2013 www.sdcdhs.org

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Inside this issue:

May General Meeting

Info

2

3

Moments In Dental

Hygiene History

4

Governmental Affairs 5

Women’s Resource

Fair

6

RDHEF Program 7

SDCDHS Elections 8

General Meeting

Highlight

9

SDCDHS By-Laws

Call for Toiletries

10

Resources

Call for Toiletries

Day at the Races

11

May General Meeting

Registration Form

12

As I sat to prepare my last President’s Message for the

2012-2013 season, I began to reflect on the journey we’ve

taken, and the events that have unfolded during my reign. My

heart is full of gratitude to my Executive Board, Committee

Chairs, members, and students who gave of their personal

time to make this a memorable, outstanding term. I would like

to thank the many volunteers for participating in the various

Community Outreach Events we supported this year. Whether

you realize it or not, you all have been such a blessing to

those less fortunate, whose lives you have touched by your

generosity, love and encouragement.

The work of empowering lives is a team effort. I hope that

you will continue to play an active role throughout your

lifetime, by sharing your God-given gifts, talents, and love

towards others. Hearing the heart wrenching stories of those

less fortunate, and seeing the growing need for care, know

that you have made a tremendous difference.

By your vote of confidence during the April General

Meeting, you have elected me to a second term of office. I

vow to continue to represent SDCDHS to the best of my

ability. I will continue to strive to; ”Create Opportunity Through

Change.” My new theme will be “Putting the Pieces

Together.”

Your astute, newly elected officers have already begun

planning next years’ calendar of events. Stay tune for your

September/October bulletin, by our fabulous editor, Sneha

Patel, for the list of events and national and international

keynote speakers we have lined up for you. You definitely will

not want to miss a single meeting. Enjoy your summer.

It has been my privilege to represent SDCDHS during the

2012-2013 season. Thank you for your continual vote of

confidence. See you on Tuesday, September 24th, when Dr.

Peter Nordland will serve as our key note speaker.

Warmest Regards,

Susan Clark, RDH,OM

SDCDHS

President

Cell: (951) 551-5153

Email:

[email protected]

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Continuing Education Seminar

The Balancing Act: Finding Harmony & Results with Instrumentation By: Liz Cappelli Burian RDH

Tuesday May 21, 2013 Registration Begins at 5:45pm Handlery Hotel 950 Hotel Circle North San Diego, CA 92108

Objectives

Understand the need to organize instruments into Procedural Set-Ups

Identify the many power and hand instrumentation options to make your job easier

Implement strategies to obtain the instruments that you need.

Procedural Set-Ups

Create varied set-ups to accommodate your varied patient population.

Combine hand and power scaling to take advantage of the benefits of each technique.

Incorporate power scaling tips into hand instrument set-ups to improve efficiency.

Hand Scaling Innovations

Add curettes with rigid shanks to improve deposit removal on perio set-ups.

Consider alternative universal curette designs to enhance access and crown clearance.

Try the new Nevi® scaler designs that can enhance any procedural set-up.

Use Everedge®Technology scalers to improve sharpness retention

Add a DiamondTeclTM Scaler to perio set-ups to increase success in difficult scaling areas

Select from the extensive variety of the Gracey family of curettes to build set-ups that address a variety of patient conditions

Retipping

Avoid the temptation of replacing worn out scalers with inferior and unsafe remanufactured products. The prac-tice is not as cost effective as it appears.

Building your Procedural Set-up

Consider the minimal cost per use of a high quality scaler that performs well and lasts longer.

Develop a instrument budget for regular replacement of hand and power scalers.

CEUs: 2

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Have you protected your paycheck?

If you became disabled tomorrow,

could you pay your bills?

Did you know that 3 in 10 workers will become

disabled before age 65?

What would happen if you were forced to retire

from dental hygiene due to a disability, could you

maintain your current lifestyle?

CDHA members will get a discount of up to

40% off the cost of a disability insurance

plan that is designed for dental hygienists!

Your policy cannot be canceled as long as the

premiums are paid on time.

This plan is portable; you can take it with you

wherever you work or live.

Your benefits can pay you up to age 67.

About the speaker: Liz Cappelli Burian RDH

Liz is currently the Regional Account Manager for Southern California and Hawaii, representing Hu-Friedy Dental Manufacturing. With a career in dentistry that has spanned four decades, she has held professional positions in private practice, re-search, education, and sales and is active with dental missions groups.

Her career started in Albuquerque where she graduated from University of New Mexi-co. She enjoyed private practice as a perio hygienist for 29 years, while gradually expanding into education and sales. Liz worked dental conventions and with dental and dental hygiene schools throughout the world on behalf of American Eagle Instruments for six years. She lectured for several years in Japan, Korea and

Thailand on periodontal instrumentation and sharpening. She joined Hu-Friedy in 2001 and is a specialist in perio, implantology, orthodontics and instrument management. She brings knowledge, enthusiasm and many HF door prizes to her presentations!

Moments in Dental Hygiene

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3000 B.C.: In ancient Egypt, Hesi-Re is the first named “dentist” (greatest of the teeth). The Egyptians bind replacement teeth together with gold wire.

700—500 B.C.: The Romans use bones, egg shells and oyster shells mixed with oils to cleanse the teeth. 570—950: The siwak, a primitive form of toothbrush, is used for cleaning teeth in the Middle East. 300 A.D.: Christian martyr St. Apollonia, the patron saint of dentistry, is burned by the Romans after having her teeth extracted. 1498: The first toothbrush is made in China of wild boar hair fixed to a bamboo or bone handle at a right angle. 1728: Pierre Fauchard publishes “Treatise on the Teeth” and elevates dentistry to a new level. 1789: George Washington is elected president of the United States with only one tooth. Contrary to the myth of wooden teeth, his dentures were made from ivory. 1840: The first dental college in the world, the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, is founded by Horace H. Hayden and Chapin A. Harris, professors at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. 1844: Dentist Horace Wells discovers nitrous oxide anesthesia. 1846: Dentist William T. G. Morton uses ether for the first time. 1871: James B. Morrison invents the first commercially available foot-powered dental engine. 1895: G. V. Black perfects the formulation for amalgam for dental fillings: 68% silver with small amounts of copper, tin and zinc. Expansion and contraction of fillings can now be controlled. 1945: Grand Rapids, Michigan is the first city to fluoridate its drinking water. 1957: Dr. John V. Borden invents the first successful air-turbine dental engine, the Airotor. 1980: The use of sealants begins. 1990: The FDA approved certain lasers for use on soft tissue that promise less pain, less noise and less fear in dental procedures.

Governmental Affairs

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ADHA continues to forge and strengthen strategic alliances. On March 5-6, ADHA Director of Governmental

Affairs Ann Lynch visited Washington, D.C. She met with Senator Al Franken and Senator Amy Klobuchar, both of

whom indicated their interest and willingness to assist ADHA with the current Dental Workforce Demonstration

Program funding block (Prohibition on Funding of Section 340G-1 in the 2013 Labor-HHS Bill). Senators Franken and

Klobuchar are good allies, and we are well on our way to forging further alliances in the Senate on oral health issues.

Lynch also attended the National Collaboration Plan Meeting for the Head Start National Center on Health (NCH)

Oral Health Project. Planning continues to create a collaboration plan for sustainability and support of national,

regional, state and local Early Head Start/Head Start oral health activities. The framework for these activities includes

disease prevention and management, access to care and systems integration. NCH aims to promote advances in the

way oral health is perceived, how oral health knowledge is acted upon and how oral health education and treatment

services are delivered. As a part of its partnership with ADHA, NCH is hosting a luncheon in Boston during the ADHA

annual session for the ADHA Head Start liaisons from each state. This will be an opportunity for all of the ADHA

liaisons to meet and network.

Response to Allegations of Unsanitary Practices at Oral Surgeon’s Office in Tulsa

The American Dental Hygienists’ Association (ADHA) wants to reassure the public that dental hygienists maintain

the highest standards in infection control to optimize patient safety and health. The isolated incident in Tulsa,

Oklahoma, in which an oral surgeon allegedly exposed as many as 7,000 patients to HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C

through unsanitary dental practices, in no way reflects the level of care expected of dental hygienists.

As part of its Standards for Clinical Dental Hygiene Practice (adha.org/practice), ADHA advocates for dental

hygienists to maintain compliance with established infection control standards that follow the most current evidence-

based guidelines to reduce the risks of healthcare-associated infections in patients, and illnesses and injuries in

healthcare personnel.

The standards are used by dental hygienists to shape their knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, practices and behaviors

that support and enhance oral health with the ultimate goal of improving overall health.

“ADHA urges all dental hygienists to maintain the highest standards and employ the best practices for infection

control,” said ADHA President Susan Savage, RDH, BSDH. “Adherence to recognized infection control practices

ensures patient health and safety.”

As part of ADHA policy, the organization advocates the development and utilization of emerging technologies that

maximize human health and safety. ADHA also supports the Occupational Safety and Health Administration

standards relating to workplace training and safety, according to ADHA policy.

Kathy Eklund RDH MHP, Secretary, Board of Directors, Organization for Safety, Asepsis and Prevention, said

OSAP has assembled information from CDC, OSHA, other federal agencies and organizations to help hygienists and

other oral healthcare workers with training and education to ensure the safe and infection-free delivery of care (see

www.osap.org).

“As dental hygienists we can demonstrate our skills as prevention experts and educators to let our patients know

about the policies, protocols and procedures in place to keep them safe,” Eklund said.

ADHA encourages patients to discuss proper infection control procedures with their dental hygienists and dentists.

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Women’s Resource Fair

By: Diana Corley, RDH

SDCDHS participated in the 24th annual Women’s Resource Fair, an event

sponsored and coordinated by the San Diego Volunteer Lawyer program on March

9th at Golden Hall in the downtown San Diego Civic Center. The goal of this free

event is to empower and reach women in need. Services included free medical ser-

vices including pap smears and mammograms, confidential legal consultations, em-

ployment application skills and counseling, shelter referrals, financial assistance

information, self-defense and dental health and oral cancer screening provided by

our association.

With the RDH volunteers Susan Clark, Dyanna Smith, Jean Neller, Linda

Turner, Melissa Vogt and Cilka Loera along side the fantastic student volunteers

from the Concorde and Southwestern Dental Hygiene programs, we screened over

150 women.

Oral health information addressed at our station included caries and perio pre-

vention, dry mouth syndrome, tooth sensitivity, oral cancer prevention in conjunction

with the California No Butts cessation program and “Rethink Your Drink” sugar and

acid intake.

We were provided with three curtained screening areas where with complete

confidence the participants could discuss their life situations and be referred to the

appropriate agencies. It was an emotional and highly rewarding day for each of us

that participated. I would personally like to thank SDCDHS for providing the needed

screening supplies, literature and the 500 toothbrushes, toothpaste and dental floss

that was given to each participant at the end of the day. Thank you for allowing me

to chair such an incredible event!

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SDCDHS 2013 Executive Board Elections

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By: Ellie Nadler, RDH

It was Tuesday, April 16, 2013; a dark but pleasant evening in San Diego. Dental hygienists were arriving from all of San Diego’s central and surrounding areas. At the landmark Handlery Hotel, sparkling purple and silver-decorated tables filled the room. A projector and screen were in sight, plus a table with seductively wrapped gift packages waiting to one side. A huge white-frosted cake shamelessly beckoned from the opposite side. What were those amazing RDH’s up to? Nothing less than a truly elegant occasion marking the celebration of our 75

th Anniversary, coupled with a very

special program honoring our Past Presidents. But wait! There’s even more! The election of 2013-2014 Officers was yet another highlight of that very special evening.

Our elected leaders for the coming fiscal year, to be installed at our May dinner meeting,

Tuesday, May 21st

are:

President - Susan Clark

President-Elect - Darcie Bell

VP/Professional Development - Diana Corley

Recording Secretary - Rose Hall

Treasurer – Michelle Rich

Trustee - Jackie Buchannan

Alternate Trustee - Heidi Coggan

Immediate Past President – Ellie Nadler

Please offer your appreciation and assistance to these dedicated leaders as we embark on a new term of service to our profession and our community. Start by attending their induction into office. It promises to be a lighthearted, fun and relaxed opportunity to show our appreciation not only to these new officers, but to those who have served us so well during the past year. See you there!

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April General Meeting: Highlight of Events By: Jeri Badour, RDH, BS

SDCDHS celebrated its 75th anniversary at

the April 23 General Dinner Meeting held at

the Handlery Hotel. The tables were beauti-

fully decorated thanks to Marilyn Jacobson,

Diana Corley, Danice Dean, and Stacie

Newbill-Henderson. At each attendee’s

place setting was a copy of the SDCDHS

May 1937 Charter, secured by a purple rib-

bon and adorned with a commemorative 75th

anniversary pin. The evening celebration

began with the Past Presidents’ video mon-

tage prior to President Susan Clark honoring

the 15 Past Presidents in attendance with a

gift of appreciation. The Past Presidents

gathered for a photo op in front of a specially

decorated cake.

The evening included the opportunity to talk

with the Corporate Reps, shop at the

SDCDHS’ and the SWC Student’s Ways &

Means tables, win great prizes, and hear the

top three SWC student table clinics. This

was SWC’s first time to present table clinics

and the school hopes to start participating in

the student table clinic competition at

CDHA’s 2014 Scientific Session in Anaheim,

CA.

Druann Andrecht, RDH, presented an amus-

ing and informative CE lecture called “What

About S.P.I.T.”, which stood for Saliva,

Prevention, Inflammation, Teamwork.

Ellie Nadler, Immediate Past President,

conducted the 2013-2014 Executive Board

elections and announced the officers for the

2013-2014 year.

Congratulations to our newly elected 2013-

2014 Executive Board. We look forward to

their installation at the May 21 General

Dinner Meeting.

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SDCDHS By-Laws

By: Diana Corley, RDH, BS - By-Laws Chair

At the April 23rd General Meeting, the membership of the component approved a motion to postpone the ap-proval of the By-Laws until the September General Meeting. The Executive Board will be considering comments and directives provided in their new review of the By-Laws. The Executive Board will again seek CDHA counsel and approval before resubmitting to the membership in August of 2013.

Members will be emailed a copy of the proposed amendments with a specific request to comment, amend, dis-approve or question any article of the By-Laws that has been amended (in Red). The document will also be placed on the website. Responses may be made to [email protected]. Voting will take place at the September 24th General Meeting to be held at the Handlery Hotel and Resort.

Thank you for your attention and participation in the administration of your component.

Traveling This Summer?

Do not forget to collect toiletry items in-

cluding shampoo, conditioner, soaps,

bath gels, lotions and shower caps for

the Women’s Tote Bags we assemble

each year for the shelters. Also in dire

need of toothpaste, dental floss and chil-

dren’s flosser’s for next years community

outreach projects. Thank you for remem-

bering those in need!

Senior Care Bags

In honor of Senior Month in May, SDCDHS has

assembled approximately 80 care kits to be

delivered to Seniors with their meals by the

Meals on Wheels program. The Senior Care

Kits will be delivered on Tuesday, May 7th.

Each kit includes a toothbrush, dental floss,

toothpaste and mouth rinse. A special thank

you to Johnson & Johnson for their contribution.

Come Join Our Team!

Like any organization, members play an important role in shaping its future. We just held elections for the 2013-

2014 SDCDHS Executive Board. There are, however, a few positions with minor responsibilities available. The-

se are positions appointed by the President and approved by the Executive Board. No experience neces-

sary, just a desire to serve and have a voice in shaping the future of SDCDHS. If you would be interested in

joining this winning team, please contact Susan Clark, at [email protected] or call for more details @

951-551-5153.

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ADHA, CDHA, & DHC Contacts

American Dental Hygienists´ Association - National Headquarters

444 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 3400Chicago, IL 60611

General Phone: (312) 440-8900

General Email: [email protected]

CDHA Sacramento Office

1900 Point West Way, Suite 222

Sacramento, CA 95815

[email protected]

Phone: (916) 993-9102

Fax: (916) 487-7105

Dental Hygiene Committee of California

2005 Evergreen Street, Suite 1050

Sacramento, CA 95815

Phone: 916-263-1978 Fax: 916-263-2688

Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

SPRING CLEANING TIME! Do you have any blankets or

women’s coats that you will not use next winter season?

We would certainly like to get them off your hands for

you. Please consider bringing these items to our General

Meetings on May 21st. On behalf of SDCDHS, the items

we collect will be donated to Rachel’s Women Shelter in

downtown San Diego. Thank you for your consideration.

During each general

meeting and Saturday

seminar, we will be

collecting donated

toiletries. If you have

any of these items lying

around the house, your

donations would be

greatly appreciated!

These items will be

collected and distributed

to the women’s shelter .

You Can Help!

40th ANNUAL DAY AT THE RACES

Benefiting children with dental needs

Children’s Dental Health Association

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Turf Club, Il Palio Restaurant, Del Mar Racetrack

Gates open at 12 p.m., First Race Post Time 2 p.m.

Tickets $60 Each

includes admission, restaurant setting and racing

program. Coupled with a Silent Auction, this is an

incredible afternoon to share with friends,

co-workers or family!

Sponsorship opportunities and tickets can be

purchased online at

childrensdentalhealth.org or contacting Diana

Corley at [email protected] or Mary O’Connor

at [email protected].

Liaison, Children’s Dental Health Association

www.sdcdhs.org

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