journal of the pennsylvania dental hygienists` association
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journal of the pennsylvania dental hygienists` association
JOURNAL OF THE PENNSYLVANIA DENTAL HYGIENISTS’ ASSOCIATION VOLUME XXXII NO. 2 SPRING 2009 CONGRATULATIONS TO THE GRADUATING CLASS OF 2009 WELCOME TO THE DENTAL HYGIENE PROFESSION University of Pittsburgh Montgomery County Community College Community College of Philadelphia Tri-State Business Institute Harcum College PRESIDENTS MESSAGE… “Nothing Great Was Ever Achieved Without Enthusiasm.” Ralph Waldo Emerson. GREAT NEWS!!! The PA Dental Hygiene Regulations have been approved by the State Board of Dentistry, and now they must complete the regulatory process and be published in the PA Bulletin. There are changes in general supervision. Continuing education will allow 3.0 of the 20.0 credit hours to be in communication, but this is not mandatory. The Public Health Dental Hygiene Practitioner has been added to our scope of practice which will allow dental hygienists to work in several different public health practice settings without a dentist being present. But the best news is that local anesthesia has been returned to dental hygiene many years after it was placed on moratorium. You will be receiving further information about where and when training will take place. It has taken many years to get these changes in place and our many thanks go to the countless hours that have been volunteered by our Governmental Relations Council, especially Sue Giorgio and Faye Capirano. Many thanks to all of you that have called your representatives and senators to make our voices heard; together we can make changes! I also want to thank our Governmental Relations Consultant, Morgan Plant, for her perseverance and dedication to this Association. Please read the enclosed article, “PA Regulations are a Changing,” to see what changes are occurring. I am not generally a political person, and I know some of you feel the same as I do. When I made the decision to run for PDHA President last September, I knew that would need to change. I would need to attend the State Board of Dentistry meetings and follow legislative issues very closely. Whether we are political or not, in order to affect change we need to work within the system. The PDHA President has a theme for his/her year. I thought about a quote I had read many years ago from our thirtieth President, Calvin Coolidge, which says, “Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.” I thought if I ever ran for PDHA President, I would have the theme “Persistence” and as you can understand, the persistence of our Governmental Relations Council is the reason our goals are now becoming a reality. I have had many patients say to me that my persistence in trying to get them to floss really made the difference. I always like to think that education is the answer but sadly we all know that many teenagers start smoking even though we have educated them about the health problems that are involved with tobacco use. In September with the economy starting to falter, I wondered what impact that would have on different charities and other associations like ours. Without membership dues, our goals would not have become a reality. It became clear to me that membership in our Association is even more important than ever. And sadly, many hygienists are not members even when we try and educate them as to the importance of membership. One of my classmates asked me what I get out of all of this—meaning spending a year of my time being PDHA’s President, and I said I wanted so much for our profession. I made a commitment many years ago to dental hygiene. Becoming President, I wanted us to achieve more. I was not doing this for monetary gain, but personal satisfaction. I wanted to make a difference. I asked her what she got of being a scout leader; she said she did it for her child—to make a difference in his life. We are both working towards a goal, just different ones, and she understood. If we want our profession to grow, we need to make changes and support our education and with membership we can achieve more. So my theme became “Every Member Counts!” I want you to know how much we value your membership and I want you to know that we try and work for our members. So I want my persistence to help my theme to make a difference. This Journal is sent to our members; I know they value membership, but I always hope that my persistence will help someone stay a member. I know many patients probably tune me out, but for the ones that my persistence has helped, I know they are the reason I stay in this profession. As your President, I am trying to help you see how crucial it is to build our membership. When I hear hygienists say that our dues are expensive, I say, “Work One Day to Support the Association that Works So Hard For You.” Since December, in my local area, we have 21 new members!!! I want to welcome our new members and those that have rejoined our association and thank all of you for staying members. Remember, “EVERY MEMBER COUNTS!” 2 IN LOVING MEMORY…. Margaret J. “Peggy” Smith, 79, of Reading, passed away April 18, 2009, at 5:24 AM in Reading Hospital & Medical Center where she was a patient since April 8th. She was the wife of Charles E. Smith who passed away April 9th. Born in Reading on December 20, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Harry A. and Irene A. (Schmehl) Rickenbach. Mrs. Smith was a 1947 graduate of Reading High School and graduated with a degree in Dental Hygiene from Temple University in 1949. She was employed for 18 years as a dental hygienist by the Schuylkill Valley and Hamburg School Districts retiring in 1992. She was later employed in the office of Dr. Dale Gaul for 10 years until retiring in 2002. Peggy was an active member of Alsace Lutheran Church for many years where she served on the board of the Alsace Lutheran Senior Club, was a member of the Alsace Couples Class, and was a past member of the Alsace Bell Choir. She also was the past president of the PA Dental Hygienists’ Association (1978-1979) and was a member of local, state and national dental hygienists associations. Surviving are a son Mark C. husband of Sharon L. Smith of Reading, a daughter Marcia A. (Smith) wife of Jon J. Murphy of Exeter Twp., 4 grandchildren Dean A. Smith, Derek C. Smith, Katelyn J. Murphy and Erin R. Murphy. She was predeceased by a son Rick A. Smith in 1999. Rick was the husband of Vicki Rothenberger of Muhlenberg Twp., she was also predeceased by a sister Anna May (Rickenbach) Young on February 14th. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 498 Bellevue Ave., Reading, PA 19605 or to the PDHA Bailey/Hollister Scholarship Fund, PDHA Central Office, P.O. Box 606, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055. Friends were received Wednesday, April 22nd, from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM and Thursday, before the service from 10:00 to 11:00 AM. Services were held Thursday, April 23rd at 11:00 AM in Bean Funeral Home, N. 16th & Rockland Streets, Hampden Heights. Rev. Mark E. Brophy and Rev. Richard A. Nelson officiated. Interment was in the Laureldale Cemetery. A personal note from Peg’s children: Mark and I and our families would also like to let everyone know that mom and dad loved being involved with the PDHA. My mother loved being a dental hygienist and when she became involved with PDHA she was even more fulfilled. They made so many good friends through PDHA and shared many good times with those friends. They rarely missed a past presidents' luncheon, and this past year when I told mom that Betsy Alden would be attending the luncheon, she was really disappointed that they wouldn't be there because they hadn't seen Betsy for a few years. One of our mother’s favorite things to quote was the Serenity Prayer: "Lord grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time, enjoying one moment at a time, accepting hardship as the pathway to peace." Volume XXXI, No. 4 JOURNAL OF THE PENNSYLVANIA DENTAL HYGIENISTS’ ASSOCIATION ISSN 1091-1030 is published quarterly by the Pennsylvania Dental Hygienists’ Association, 84 Skyline Drive, Mechanicsburg, PA 17050 Periodical Postage Paid at Mechanicsburg, PA and additional mailing offices Annual Subscription: Member ADHA - $5.00, Nonmember ADHA - $50.00 Single Copy Price - $15.00 The PDHA and Editors of the Journal accept no responsibility for opinions and statements advanced by contributors. (USPS 285080) Postmaster send address corrections: Journal of the Pennsylvania Dental Hygienists’ Association, P.O. Box 606, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 3 The PA Dental Hygiene Regulations Are Changing! On March 20, 2009, the State Board of Dentistry (SBOD) approved several changes to the proposed Pennsylvania dental hygiene regulations, as well as adding the administration of local anesthesia and the practice of Public Health Dental Hygiene Practitioners (PHDHPs). Prior to the approval some additional revisions were made by the SBOD which came from comments submitted during the public comment period, mostly by dental hygienists and some dentists. Before these regulations can be finalized, they must complete the regulatory process and then will be published in the PA Bulletin. The Pennsylvania Dental Hygienist Association’s (PDHA) governmental relations consultant, Morgan Plant, informed the PDHA at their board meeting that additional changes are not anticipated during the process and could take six months for finalization. Some of the topics included are as follows: General Supervision (In the private dental office) – The ASA classifications will no longer be used but the definitions remain. Dental hygiene services will be permitted when the patient is free of systemic disease or suffers from mild systemic disease, as determined by the dentist with input from the RDH and upon review of the patient’s medical history. In addition, dental hygiene services may be performed within 1 year of the examination (previously 90 days). Taking of radiographs will also be permitted in any setting. Continuing Education – Communication skill courses of no more than 3 of the required 20 hours will be accepted. A PHDHP must complete 5 of the required 20 hours in public health-related courses. A school RDH who is a PHDHP may submit evidence of completed education courses approved for certification by the school district to meet the 20 hour requirement. An RDH holding a local anesthesia permit must complete 3 of the required 20 hours relating to administering local anesthesia, including pharmacology related courses. PHDHP – To be a certified PHDHP, an RDH must apply for a permit ($20 fee) and renew biennially ($40 fee). Requirements to apply will include a dental hygiene license in good standing, a statement from a licensed dentist that 3,600 hours of clinical practice has been completed under supervision, and proof of appropriate liability insurance. While practicing as a PHDHP, the hygienist will be required to refer each patient to a dentist on an annual basis, though the failure of a patient to comply does not prevent the PHDHP from seeing the patient. If a radiograph is taken on the patient, it must be reviewed by a dentist within one month. A list of public health practice settings are listed in the regulations, as well as rules on recordkeeping. Local Anesthesia – This term includes local infiltration and intraoral nerve block limited to the maxillary and mandibular areas of the trigeminal nerve. A permit fee of $20 and renewal fee of $40 will be required. Qualifications include holding a current license in good standing, holding a current certification in Basic Life Support, and providing the SBOD verification that the RDH successfully completed a 30 hour didactic and clinical course in administering local anesthesia sponsored by an accredited dental or dental hygiene program. Other qualifications are included for dental hygienists transferring to PA from other states or territories. The PDHA will keep you posted when the regulations have been finalized so PA dental hygienists may proceed accordingly with these new changes. 4 TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Keystone Dental Health Conference (Times, events and speakers subject to change) Wednesday, October 21, 2009 2:00pm — 5:00pm Pre-Board of Trustees Meeting 6:30pm — 9:30pm CE#1 “The Chamber of Medication Secrets: What Your Patients Don’t Know or Aren’t Telling You About What’s in Their Medicine Cabinet” By: Thomas A. Viola, R.Ph Thursday, October 22, 2009 9:00am — 12:30pm Opening Session/First House of Delegates & Keynote Address 10:00am — 1:00pm CE#2 “Pre-K A Crash Course in Kids for the Dental Professional” By: Linda Blackiston, RDH, BS 1:00pm — 3:00pm Academy Lunch 3:00pm — 6:00pm CE#3 “Dental Caries: Advances in Detection and Disease Management” By: Marie George, RDH, MS 3:15pm — 7:15pm Reference Committee Hearings, Candidates Forum, Professional Issues Forum with District II Trustee and PDHA Governmental Relations Team (to run concurrently) 7:30pm — 9:00pm Educators’ Meeting 8:00pm —10:00pm Welcome Reception (located in Hospitality Room) Friday, October 23, 2009 8:00am— 8:30am Student Table Clinic Set-up (All Table Clinics to be held at same time) 8:30am— 10:30am 8:45am 9:00am— 12noon 9:00am — 12noon 12noon— 4:00pm 12noon — 3:30pm 12:30pm — 3:30pm 3:30pm — 5:30pm Student Table Clinics (1 FREE CE Credit??) Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for Corporate Exhibits Corporate Exhibits Marketplace SADHA Lunch & Meeting Educators’ Course CE#4 (Penn Hy-PAC Course) “Forensic Dentistry, The Role for the Dental Professional” By: Winnie Furnari, RDH CE#5 (Public Health Course) “Working with the State for Public Health Programming: An Update on Loan Repayment Programs and Dental Health Provider Shortage Areas in Pennsylvania” By: Stewart Williams, Dental Coordinator, Division of Health Professions Development 6:30pm— 11:30pm President’s Dinner and Dance Saturday, October 24, 2009 9:00am — 12noon CE#6 “Let's Get to the Heart of Ultrasonics” By: Judy Bendit, RDH, BS 1:00pm — 4:00pm Second House of Delegates/Installation 1:30pm — 4:30pm CE#7 “Five Keys to Working With Ease: Effective Utilization of Hand Instruments” By: Judy Bendit, RDH, BS 4:30pm — 5:30pm Installation Reception Sunday, October 25, 2009 8:30am — 1:00pm Post-Board of Trustees Meeting 5 PDHA SEALANT SATURDAY FINAL STATS AND PHOTOS CONGRATULATIONS & THANK YOU This year PDHA provided 3,192 free sealants for 924 children in 24 clinics across PA. 231 dental hygienists volunteered their professional expertise along with 315 dental hygiene students & 63 dentists working together to educate, motivate and inspire life-long preventive care for our 881 children. Of the 924 children, 625 are living below 200% of Federal Poverty Level ~ 70% and 358 of them have active decay ~ 40%. Thank you to over 600 volunteers for sharing “access to disease prevention.” Below are the sites where PDHA held their sealant Saturday initiative 2009: Community College of Philadelphia Community Volunteers in Medicine – West Chester Chester Co. Community Dental Center – Coatesville 2x Doylestown Hospital - Ann Silverman Clinic Harcum College – Bryn Mawr Harrisburg Area Comm. College – Harrisburg Harrisburg Area Community College @ Dr. Null - Gettysburg Lower Bucks Co. @ Dr. A. Barot –Fairless Hills Luzerne County Comm. College – Nanticoke Mifflin-Juniata Dental Clinic – Lewistown Montgomery County Community College – Blue Bell Northampton Community College – Bethlehem Penn College of Technology - Williamsport Sadler Health Clinic – Carlisle St. Joe’s Dental Clinic – Reading St. Luke’s Mobile dental van – Quakertown Tri-State Institute – Erie Upper Bucks County Vo. Tech 3x University of Pittsburgh Valley Dental Center – Conneautville Water Street Dental Clinic – Lancaster Welsh Mountain Center – New Holland Westmoreland County Community College – Youngwood York Co. Career & Tech Ctr. – York THANK YOU TO… Jaclyn Gleber, RDH, EdD, PDHA Immediate Past President, for her organizational efforts in spearheading PDHA’s Sealant Saturday event. THANK YOU… The PDHA would like to ‘thank’ the Temple Dental Hygiene colleagues for their generous financial support they provided for the Sealant Saturday programs held earlier this year. The funds were distributed to all 24 clinical sites through your PDHA component Trustee. 6 THANK YOU TO… DENTSPLY Professional for donating our Sealant materials used for the Sealant Saturday initiative. More Sealant Saturday photos... MOUTH CANCER FOUNDATION The Mouth Cancer Foundation (MCF) Website (http://www.mouthcancerfoundation.org/) aims to help patients and health professionals find free information on mouth cancers easily. It provides direct links to the relevant sections of existing cancer sites and includes patient experiences as well as an online support group. CANCER can occur in any part of the mouth, tongue, lips, throat, salivary glands, pharynx, larynx, sinus, and other sites located in the head and neck area. These "Mouth Cancers" have a higher proportion of deaths per number of cases than breast cancer, cervical cancer or skin melanoma. (Copy the below chart to hand out to your patients.) In its very early stages, mouth cancers can be almost invisible making it easy to ignore. You can improve your chances of survival if the cancer is detected early and rapidly treated. 8. A chronic sore throat or hoarseness that persists more than six weeks, particularly smokers over 50 years old and heavy drinkers It is important to have a self-awareness and to perform regular self-examinations to help in the early identification of these symptoms: 10. Neck swelling present for more than three weeks 9. Swelling of the jaw that causes dentures to fit poorly or become uncomfortable 11. Unexplained tooth mobility persisting for more 1. A sore or ulcer in the mouth that does not heal within than three weeks - see a dentist urgently three weeks 12. Unilateral nasal mass / ulceration / obstruction, 2. A lump or overgrowth of tissue anywhere in the particularly associated with purulent or bloody mouth discharge 3. A white or red patch on the gums, tongue, or lining Reduce your chances of getting these cancers by: of the mouth 4. Difficulty in swallowing 1. Not smoking or chewing tobacco 5. Difficulty in chewing or moving the jaw or tongue 2. Limiting alcohol consumption 6. Numbness of the tongue or other area of the mouth 3. Having a healthier "low meat, low fat" diet, rich in vegetables and fruit with servings of bread, cereals or 7. A feeling that something is caught in the throat beans everyday 7 SUE SMITH AWARDED HONORARY SIGMA PHI ALPHA MEMBERSHIP At the Temple University Dental Hygiene Alumni Club luncheon on April 4, 2009, the Kappa Chapter of Sigma Phi Alpha awarded Honorary Membership to Susann Ide Smith. Sue, a past president of the PDHA and currently Speaker of the House of Delegates, has dedicated her life to her profession of dental hygiene and its professional organizations, serving in many, many roles over the years since her graduation in 1963 from Temple. Although Temple’s school of dental hygiene closed in 1988, the Kappa Chapter of Sigma Phi Alpha, one of the first chapters to form in the nation after the Dental Hygiene Honor Society was created in 1958, continues to function by providing scholarships to dental hygiene students in the Philadelphia area and donations to dental hygiene related activities throughout the state. By special sanction of the Supreme Chapter, Kappa Chapter is permitted to continue to award Honorary Membership to one dental hygienist each year who exemplifies the characteristics of service, scholarship and character. The Kappa Chapter is pleased to welcome such a distinguished dental hygiene colleague into its membership. Congratulations, Sue! PDHA ANNUAL SESSION INFORMATION… PDHA Annual Session dates for 2009 are: October 21-25. Note the date change. The meeting will be held at Split Rock in the Poconos with the Lehigh Valley Component hosting. Mark it on your calendar. See page 5 for tentative schedule Penn Hy-PAC Silent Auction! As part of the annual fund raising for the Political Action Committee of the PDHA (Penn Hy-PAC), donated items will be up for bid at a silent auction to be held during the PDHA Annual Session. Contact Betty Zumpano at: [email protected] if you have any items you would like to donate. The auctions will be held Friday, October 23rd. More details in the next Journal or on the PDHA website at: www.PDHAonline.org/annualsession. 8 PDHA President’s Dinner at the 2009 PDHA Annual Session... Help us up honor PDHA President Christine Bennett on Friday, October 23rd, during the President’s Dinner. This year’s theme will be a Masquerade Ball. So, find your most unique costume and mask and plan on having a good time. More information in the Summer Journal or on the PDHA website at: www.PDHAonline.org/annualsession Social Responsibility and the Health Home Submitted by: Judy Gelinas, RDH, BS Public Health Council, Co-Chair The “big discussion” at the April National Oral Health Conference was the idea of a Health Home. Held in Portland, Oregon, this year, public health dentists, hygienists, physicians and advocates expanded their viewpoint from the former idea of a “dental home” to a more inclusive “health home.” Breaking out of the “dental silo,” we now promote the value of an integrated delivery system that provides total health care and wellness for the consumer. By sharing information, both physicians and mid-level practitioners could deliver oral preventive therapies and education, saving “surgical treatment” for the dentists. In an age when the dental workforce is changing and the population needs are more complex, the idea of medicine and dentistry as two separate entities is no longer in the best interest of the public. Public Health Dentistry embraces the mid-level practitioner as an essential piece of the health care delivery system. There is no doubt that the Public Health Dental Hygiene Practitioner will be welcome in this part of the dental community. Many states are providing, or will soon provide, reimbursement for the Primary Care Provider delivering fluoride varnish treatment. Everyone is encouraged by the idea that preventive services may not be impeded by restricted scope of practice, fee-for-service or what insurance benefits a provider accepts. Deamonte Driver’s tragic story (the 12 year old Maryland boy on Medicaid who died from a brain infection due to a dental abscess) was re-visited as a thought-provoking lead in to the idea of health as a personal versus social responsibility. From the 2007 Nuffield Council on Bioethics, the question arose: “Whose job is it to ensure that we lead a healthy life? Who should help us not to eat or drink too much, to take exercise, and to protect our children and ourselves against disease?” For people living in poverty or in rural areas, are unhealthy behaviors freely chosen? Are those consumers with poor health literacy, able to make good choices for behavior and diet? Do we “blame the victim” without consideration of context, lack of knowledge or other barriers to health care? I often see North Philadelphia school children toting their “breakfast” to school: soda and Cheese Doodles. It is easy to be judgmental and blame parents for not providing a nutritious meal or children for not selecting healthy choices at the corner convenience store. It is more difficult for me to understand that a parent may be doing a double shift just to get by and that fatigue or no kitchen resources prevent breakfast at home. I reluctantly realize that with limited money a hungry child is going to select the cheapest, most satisfying and portable things to eat on the way to school. An orange is not going to fill that bill. So whose responsibility is it to fix a health care system that allows a young child to die from a tooth infection? The balance between personal freedom and societal interventions is necessary. But as the one speaker, a lawyer, noted, if we could provide the consumer with health literacy, reward the agricultural system for providing healthy foods and promote policies that provide everyone with a health home that includes accessible dental services, the healthy outcomes would follow. 2008 Community Fluoridation Award Recipients Congratulations to Lower Bucks County Joint Municipal Authority, PA-American Water Company Kittanning District, New Kensington Municipal Authority and North East Municipal Authority for celebrating 50 years of community water fluoridation. Water fluoridation has had a significant impact on the reduction of dental caries and listed as one of the ten best practices for preventing disease by the Center for Disease Control. Pennsylvania has not had any community fluoridation startups in the last year. Several states have experienced reversal on policy to fluoridate community water and have struggled to reinstate it. As prevention specialists, we have work to do: promoting community fluoridation in areas without it and reaffirming areas that do. 9 PDHA-SPONSORED CONTINUING EDUCATION BY COMPONENT Berks-Schuylkill Thursday, September 17, 2009, 6:00PM - 8:30 PM 2 CEUs with light refreshments. “Implant Design for Success and Computer Guided Implant Surgery” By: Alex Balaci, DMD. Location: Toscani Restaurant, www.toscanigrill.com, West Lawn, PA. Course Fee: PDHA Academy $30, PDHA Member $35, Nonmember $40. Contact: Maureen Sychterz, RDH at: [email protected] or 610-670-0627. Friday, October 16, 2009, 8:30 AM - 3:30PM (Registration 8 AM) 6 CEUs with continental breakfast and lunch included. “Commonly Prescribed Medications and Managing the Oral Side Effects of Medication Use; Fluoride Update; Premedication Update” By: Ann Eshenaur Spolarich, RDH, PhD. Location: Toscani Restaurant, www.toscanigrill.com, West Lawn, PA. Course Fee: PDHA Academy Member $50, Member $70, Nonmember $90. Contact: Maureen Sychterz, RDH at: [email protected] or 610-670-0627. Thursday, November 19, 2009, 6:00PM - 8:30PM 2 CEs with light refreshments. “Enamel Therapy: The Next Generation of Care” By: Lil Caperila, RDH, MSEd. Location: Toscani Restaurant. www.toscanigrill.com, West Lawn, PA. Course Fee: PDHA Academy $30, PDHA Member $35, Nonmember $40. Contact: Maureen Sychterz, RDH at: [email protected] or 610-670-0627. Lehigh Valley Save the Date: Saturday, October 3, 2009, 8:00AM – 12:00 Noon 4 CEUs with breakfast included. By: Thomas Viola, RPh. Location: Green Pond Country Club, Bethlehem, PA. Montgomery-Bucks Friday, October 2, 2009, 8:30AM - 3:30PM (Registration 7:30AM) 6 CEUs “Teenagers - What Their Mouths are Telling You But They’re Not: Practical Information on Teen Health Issues” and “Just Because They Need It Doesn’t Mean They’ll Want It: Strategies for Oral Health and Patient Compliance” By: Linda Blackiston, RDH, BS. Location: Crowne Plaza Hotel, Valley Forge (near movie theatre & Bally’s) King of Pussia, PA. Course Fee: Post marked by August 1, PDHA Academy Member $75, ADHA/PDHA Member $85, Dentist/Nonmember Hygienist/Staff $115. Post marked by September 1, PDHA Academy Member $85. ADHA/PDHA Member $95. Dentist/Nonmember Hygienist/Staff $125. Postmarked by September 25, PDHA Academy Member $95. ADHA/PDHA Member $105. Dentist/Nonmember Hygienist/Staff $135. (Luncheon included.) Contact: Angela McDougal, RDH at: 215-368-8980 or [email protected]. Saturday, October 3, 2009, 8:30AM - 3:30PM (Registration 7:30AM) 6 CEUs “Screamers, Whiners, and Fussers: Providing the Best for Patients and Parents” and “Gimme That Ding-Dong!: Tooth-Friendly Nutrition for Kids and Parents” By: Cathy Seckman, RDH. Location: Holiday Inn Select, Trevose, PA. Course Fee: Postmarked by August 1, PDHA Academy Member $75. ADHA/PDHA Member $85. Dentist/Nonmember Hygienist/Staff $115. Postmarked by September 1, PDHA Academy Member $85. ADHA/PDHA Member $95. Dentist/ Nonmember Hygienist/Staff $125. Postmarked by September 25, PDHA Academy Member $95. ADHA/ PDHA Member $105. Dentist/Nonmember Hygienist/Staff $135. (Luncheon included.) Contact: Angela McDougal, RDH at 215-368-8980 or [email protected]. Northwestern Saturday, September 26, 2009, 9:00AM - 4:00pm 6 CEUs " Meth Mouth and DentallConsideration" by Noel Brandon Kelsch, RDH. Location: Days Inn, Meadville, PA. Course Fee: PDHA Academy Member $65, PDHA Member $75, Nonmember $105. Lunch is included. Pre-registration is mandatory. For more information contact Leeann Easley, RDH, BS, at 814-333-8688 or [email protected] Western Friday, September 25, 2009, 8:30AM - 4:00PM 6 CEUs with lunch included. “Meth Mouth and Dental Considerations” By: Noel Brandon Kelsch, RDH. Location: Westmoreland County Community College/Commissioners Hall. Course Fee: If postmarked by July 20, Dentist/nonmember Hygienist/Staff $90, ADHA/PDHA Member $75, PDHA Academy Member $65. Postmarked by September 12, 2009 Dentist/Nonmember Hygienist/Staff-$100, ADHA/PDHA Member $85, PDHA Academy Member $75. Contact: Chris Hauser, RDH, at: [email protected] or 412-831-8700. (Flyer will be mailed in May to all registered dental hygienists in the Western Component.) 10 PDHA Board of Trustees: The administrative body of PDHA which meets periodically to conduct Association business; consists of PDHA Officers and one Trustee from each local component; meets in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Pictured above are the members of your PDHA Board of Trustees. Included in the picture are the Chairs for the PDHA Councils: Administration; Annual Session; Finance; Governmental Relations; Member Services; Practice, Education and Research; Public Health; and Public Relations. All of these members work tirelessly for this Association. These dedicated dental hygienists are working together to protect, improve and grow the profession of dental hygiene and to insure access to care for all persons in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. They deserve a huge THANK YOU and our support. PA COLLEGES CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSES Temple University Friday, October 23, 2009, 9:00AM – 4:00PM 6 CEUs “Hitting the Mark: Anatomy of Maxillary/Mandibular Local Anesthesia” By: Patricia L. Blanton, DDS, PhD. Location: Renaissance Hotel (near Philadelphia Airport) Philadelphia, PA. Course Fee: Dentist $295, Hygienist $195. Contact: Nicole Carreño at: 215-707-7541 or [email protected]. Friday, November 20, 2009, 9:00AM – 4:00PM 6 CEUs “Women’s Health: Medical and Dental Considerations, A Team Approach to Treating the Dental Patient with Medical Problems” By Barbara J. Steinberg, DDS. Location: Renaissance Hotel (near Philadelphia Airport) Philadelphia, PA. Course Fee: Dentist $295, Hygienist $125. Contact Nicole Carreño at: 215-707-7541 or [email protected]. 11 Restock the Lines in 2009 Update Lehigh Valley Dental Hygienists’ Association (LVDHA,) Northampton CC Student Dental Hygienists’ Association and Northampton County Community Dental Hygienists’ Alumni Association are pleased to report they have collected approximately three thousand items to date for the local Second Harvest Food Bank. These organizations collected non-perishable food items and sundries at dedicated public events and continuing education courses. All the organizations will continue with the drive as an ongoing project to restock the food pantry in our area. LVDHA continues to welcome other components to partner with their local components and Dental Hygiene schools to collect in there own areas. Food pantries continue to be stressed with the increased demand from those in need. Please help and join us in our quest to “Restock the Lines in 2009” in your own area. It is a great community service project that can reward many in need. Don’t just sit there... Bring Your Can to the Poconos! LVDHA would like announce that the food drive will be in effect for our hosting of the Annual Session for 2009. Please help us start our Fall Food Drive by bringing an item or two for the food bank when you join us on October 21-24. The food pantry also accepts sundry and pet products as well; please help us help others and… Bring your can to the Poconos! LVDHA’s “Hygienists Helping Hand Pin” LVDHA would like thank you for the pre-orders on the “Hygienists Helping Hand” pin. Checks for pin cost of $48.00 will be received for pre-orders with name, address and phone number will be accepted payable to: LVDHA C/o Debbie Gschrey, RDH 5085 Wagner Drive Bethlehem, PA 18020 *Limited Quantities will be Available at Annual Session Many of you have approached us, requesting the meaning of the pin. The pin represents that the Dental Hygienist is more than a “Tooth Fairy.” LVDHA serves the public as oral health care professionals. LVDHA provides educational, clinical and therapeutic services supporting total health through the promotion of optimal oral health. But the heart of LVDHA’s voluntary community service extends like the floss on the fingers of their hands. LVDHA supports solutions to access to care issues that face our population. Responding to dwindling food bank supplies, LVDHA aspires to replenish nutrition to those in need. Proceeds benefit “Back Pack Buddies,” back packs of nutritious food and snacks given from The Second Harvest Food Bank to school age children to cover weekend meal deficits. Liz Tech® Galleries and LVDHA partnered in the design and will donate fifty percent of the pin cost to this initiative. 12 ACADEMY OF DENTAL HYGIENE STUDIES The Pennsylvania Academy of Dental Hygiene Studies was formed in 1979 to encourage members to participate in continuing education courses and maintain their professional competence. The Academy provides a formal structure in which continuing education course completion can be recognized. Academy guidelines help ensure quality continuing education. Your participation not only benefits you, but it states to your patients and to your colleagues that you value education itself and care enough to continue staying current within your chosen profession. With mandatory continuing education needed for license renewal, you will be one step ahead since all collected information is computerized and kept on permanent record. The courses attended must have been approved by the Pennsylvania Academy of Dental Hygiene Studies in order to apply toward membership. Forms are available for Self-Study and Independent Study courses (courses taken with other sponsor approval) and may be submitted to the Academy for individual consideration. An Academy member must continue to provide proof of having attended seven (7) hours of Academy approved courses biennially plus the twenty (20) hours required for license renewal (27 total.) All Academy members must be a member in good standing of the American Dental Hygienists' Association. BENEFITS: •Your continuing education will be tracked with the Academy’s computerized recordkeeping •At no cost, you will receive one (1) personalized printout of your Academy courses each year •Reduced fees for all continuing education courses sponsored by the PDHA and the Academy •Certificate of Membership and Academy Pin •New members are received and inducted at the Academy meeting held during PDHA Annual Session APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Candidates are required to complete the application form on the bottom of the page and include the following information as appropriate for membership. 1. Applicants are required to list, on a separate sheet, a minimum of 30 PDHA Academy approved CEUs in continuing education course work within the past three years. The listing must include the course name, date, . PDHA number and the amount of CEUs awarded. 2. Proof of attendance at these courses must be submitted through photocopies of your Certificates of Attendance. 3. A letter of recommendation from a component, state or national officer or another Academy member. Candidates should obtain the letter sealed in an envelope and enclose with the application. 4. Please include a $25.00 filing fee -- make check payable to PDHA. 5. Application deadline is May 31st of the year of application. Academy membership applications are only processed in the summer of the current year. ACADEMY OF DENTAL HYGIENE STUDIES NEW MEMBER APPLICATION FORM—DUE MAY 31, 2009 Completed application should be mailed to: PDHA Central Office, PO Box 606, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 717-766-0334 NAME *________________________________________________________________ ADDRESS____________________________________________________________________ TELEPHONE________________________ DH LICENSE #_____________________________ PDHA COMPONENT_________________________ * Please print your name and credentials exactly as you wish it to appear on your certificate 13 PDHA AWARDS Each year during the PDHA Annual Session awards are presented to deserving individuals. Below is a list of previous award winners for your review. You will find the application on page 15 of this Journal for the awards that will be presented in November. If you know of a deserving individual who fits into one of the named categories, simply fill out the nomination form and return it to Monica Konig. (see page 15 for awards application) Academic Effort Award 1980 Linda L. Powell 1981 Catherine Crutchfield Schifter 1983 Sherri Y. Dunbar 1984 Joan Scranton 1985 Jean M. Byrnes 1986 Linda G. Kraemer 1988 Lindsey Sherwood 1990 Sue Giorgio 1991 Karen Flickinger 1992 Dr. Jaclyn Gleber 1993 Beverly Bizup Hawkins 1994 Angie Riccelli 1995 Kathleen Morr 1996 Jenny Shaffer 1997 Lillian J. Caperila 1998 Joan McClintock 1999 Maureen Savner 2000 Jean Byrnes-Ziegler 2001 Phyllis Dickert and Nancy Cuttic 2002 Deborah Levin-Goldstein 2004 Joan McClintock and Jenny Sheaffer 2005 Sue Giorgio and Joan Gluch 2008 Kathy Schlotthauer Certificate of Recognition 1980 Richard W. Miller 1983 Dr. Robert Shute 1984 Dr. Samuel Marcus 1985 Representative Roy C. Afflerbach 1986 Arthur Lionel Horting 1988 Angelina Riccelli 1990 Mr. Joseph Ternyik, Jr. 1991 Kevin Shields 1992 Dr. Francis Miklos 1993 Margie Wilkins 1994 Curt Barr 1995 Dr. Roy S. Feldman 1996 Cynthia Hoffman 1997 Mark Jarocki 1998 Helen Heidelbaugh 1999 June Barner 2000 Bethlehem Partnership 2001 Selina Zygmunt 2004 Cheryl Janssen 2007 Senator Pat Vance 2008 Morgan Plant Community Dental Health Award 1976 Nancy O'Conner & Zaya Sammataro 1979 Karen S. Buterbaugh 1981 Helen Pearce 1984 Arlene Neff 1985 Mary Lou Hanratty 1986 Jane Skellshock 1987 Julie Klaczany 1988 Myra Nemeroff 1989 Philadelphia & Chester/Delaware Components 1990 Bridget Dorsey 1991 Mildred Wescoe 1992 Dr. Joan Gluch Scranton 1993 LynnAnn Pencek-Romeril 1994 Janet Weber 1998 Janet Marra 1999 Patricia Bieski 2000 Jane Balavage & Terry Sigal Greene 2001 Kathy Capitan 2003 Dr. Jaclyn Gleber 2004 Carol Martin 2005 Mariellen Brickley-Raab 2006 Alberta Landis 2008 Angie Yorina PLEASE NOTE…Below is an excerpt from a note sent by Lisa Burns from the State Board of Dentistry regarding the Board’s newsletter. April 15, 2009 To Whom It May Concern: In the past, the Pennsylvania State Board of Dentistry has mailed to you its newsletter publications. At this time, the mailing of Board newsletters has been discontinued. The Board’s newsletters were typically published approximately once per year and mailed to active licensees, state licensing boards and interested parties. The Department of State has recently made a change to that process and will no longer publish paper newsletters to the professional boards under the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs, which does include the Pennsylvania State Board of Dentistry. Beginning in March, the Department began publishing new bi-monthly electronic newsletters. This will allow licensees and other interested parties to receive current and frequent information from the Board. Under the new electronic publication, health-related board newsletters, including the State Board of Dentistry, would be posted during February, April, June, August, October and December. The State Board of Dentistry’s first electronic newsletter is posted and currently available on the Board’s website at: www.dos.state.pa.us/dent. You will be able to access all future board newsletters through the Board’s website. 14 PDHA Awards The PDHA Board of Trustees is seeking nominations for awards that will be presented to deserving members at the PDHA Annual Session. The awards to be presented are: Academic Effort Award Community Dental Health Award (presented annually) 1. An active PDHA member 2. Academic effort through: a. developing an educational program b. conducting research and publishing results c. publication of original material which contributes to: 1.) the knowledge of the dental hygiene profession 2.) the dental health knowledge of the public and/or PDHA (presented annually) 1. An active member of PDHA 2. Community dental health involvement demonstrated by: a. volunteer or public health employee demonstrating exceptional involvement in public health b. a member who has initiated, developed, and established the most innovative community dental health project. Certificate of Recognition Award 1. 2. (presented annually) A member of the general public (not a member of the dental or dental hygiene profession) Contribution to further the interest of the dental hygiene profession A certificate will be presented to the award recipients at the PDHA Annual Session in the Poconos October 21-25, 2009. If you know of any deserving individuals, please fill out the award application and mail it to Monica Konig (see below) PDHA AWARD APPLICATION Name of Candidate ___________________________________PDHA Component___________________________ Address __________________________________________ Email______________________________________ City _____________________________________________ State________________ Zip___________________ Nominating for: (Circle one award) Academic Effort Award Certificate of Recognition Award Community Dental Health Award Please submit this application form with a letter of recommendation that includes information on what the candidate has done to be considered for the award. Include any pertinent information, i.e. offices held, activities, other awards/recognition. Also, please include a curriculum vita, resume or a brief biography (school attended, year of graduation, employment history, etc.) Endorsed by:_____________________________________________________________________ (Name) (Component) Phone number: _______________________Email address:________________________________ Mail to: Monica Konig, RDH 56 Macintosh Road Levittown, PA 19056 Phone: 215-806-9026 e-mail: [email protected] Deadline for nominations is September 1, 2009. 15 PDHA DIRECTORY PRESIDENT Christine Bennett, RDH, BS [email protected] PRESIDENT-ELECT Megan Brightbill, RDH, BS IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Jaclyn Gleber, RDH, EdD ADHA 444 N. Michigan Avenue Suite 3400 Chicago, IL 60611 1-800-243-ADHA www.adha.org PA GENERAL ASSEMBLY www.legis.state.pa.us or www.state.pa.us PDHA WEBSITE MANAGER Helen Hawkey, RDH [email protected] CENTRAL OFFICE Margie Mengle P.O. Box 606 Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 1-717-766-0334 1-717-766-4452 (Fax) [email protected] www.PDHAonline.org JOURNAL EDITOR Carol Martin, CDA, RDH 22 Laurie Lane Lititz, PA 17543 1-717-627-0811 (H & Fax) [email protected] PENNSYLVANIA STATE BOARD OF DENTISTRY 1-717-783-7162 1-717-787-7769 (Fax) [email protected] www.dos.state.pa.us/dent CHANGE OF NAME AND/OR ADDRESS REMINDER If your name and/or address changes, send the corrections to the following addresses within 10 days. • State Board of Dentistry P.O. Box 2649 Harrisburg, PA 17105-2649 • PDHA Central Office P.O. Box 606 Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 • ADHA 444 N. Michigan Avenue Suite 3400 Chicago, IL 60611 FUTURE JOURNAL Summer Issue—July 20, 2009 Fall Issue—November 6, 2009 Contributors' statements, advertisements, and articles, and other representations or opinions in this Journal do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Pennsylvania Dental Hygienists' Association, its officers, trustees, council chairs, or editorial staff; nor are those statements, advertisements, articles, representations, or opinions necessarily endorsed by the Pennsylvania Dental Hygienists' Association. The PDHA reserves the right to accept, reject, edit, modify, or alter any and all submissions or advertisements published in this Journal. ___________________ Periodical Class Postage Paid USPS 285080 ___________________ Pennsylvania Dental Hygienists’ Association P.O. Box 606 Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 16