SNDHA News - Nevada Dental Hygienists Association

SNDHA News
Fall 2015
SPECIAL
POINTS OF
INTEREST:

President’s
Message

Honored Hygienists

Continuing
Education

Board of
Trustees
INSIDE
THIS ISSUE:
Honored
Hygienists
2
Continuing
Education
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Huntridge
Teen Clinic
5
Board of
Trustees
6
CSN
Graduates
6
President’s Message
Greetings Brothers and Sisters
in Dental Hygiene,
mittee’s efforts we have
opened the opportunity to
make a change to NAC 631.210
I would like to welcome all of
and NAC 631.220 giving hygienyou back from your summer
ists the ability to legally take xvacations. We look forward to
rays and periodontal probings
a great year as we get ready to
prior to the dentist seeing the
resume our meetings. We have
patient. The Nevada State
many exciting continuing educaBoard of Dental Examiners is
tion opportunities for all of you
currently holding workshops to
this year. We’ll have topics
approve and write these changincluding addiction intervenes and we’ll keep you posted.
tion, marijuana, special needs,
perioscopy, and infection conI would like to encourage all of
trol in the spring just in time for you to bring a friend to our
license renewal. You definitely
October meeting. If you do
won’t want to miss Love your
bring a potential member and
Vendor’s Night in February cou- that person joins ADHA that
pled with our students table
night, you both get dinner on
clinics. Last year was a huge
us! Not to mention the many
success and this year should be giveaways including the free
just as amazing!
membership drawing we have
in May. For every meeting a
Due to our legislative com-
member attends, a ticket goes
into the barrel. We pull the winner’s name in May. Remember,
you have to be present to win.
And for those of you who like to
volunteer, we have so many opportunities for you to give back to
your community and your profession.
I am really looking forward to seeing all of you at the meetings and
events this year. You can find
them listed on the NDHA.org website under Components and
Southern component.
Sincerely,
Laura Helber
SNDHA President
CSN Second Year Students
It was a pleasure to meet
with the College of Southern Nevada, second year
dental hygiene students
Thursday, September 24th
for the annual mentorship
meet and greet. It’s an
opportunity for the mentors to meet their students
and have some fun!
SNDHA provided pizza, cookies, and much
needed support for our
upcoming graduates. Mentors provide advice and
lend a sympathetic ear to
the students throughout
their second year.
The students were also
presented with a check
from the continuing education fundraiser given in June.
SNDHA contributed
$2700.00 to the students for
the table clinic competition
held each year at the ADHA’s Center for Lifelong
Learning. The funds will be
used for travel expenses.
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Honored Dental Hygienists
May’s meeting is always action packed with graduating students, continuing
education, officer recognition, raffles, and the board of trustees installation. However, we always take time to recognize very special people that
give to our community and our profession.
Two very special honorees this year were Nancy Dockery (pictured on
the left with Kelly Taylor on the right) and Laura Helber (pictured on the
right with Annette Lincicome to her right).
Nancy Dockery has been a fixture in our community for many years as an
excellent hygienist, instructor, mentor, association officer and now as an
exceptional practitioner for Future Smiles.
She is now a recipient of our highest honor, the
Southern Nevada Dental Hygienist of the Year.
It’s probably a long time in coming when I think
of how many lives she has touched in the pursuit of
excellence in dental hygiene. Anyone who knows
her will attest to her expertise, but also her constant
smile. She personifies professionalism and truly sets
the bar for the rest of us.
“The most
powerful
leadership tool you
have is your own
personal
example.”
John Wooden
I’m also pleased to announce a Las Vegas newcomer
as another honoree from the May meeting. Laura
Helber has thrown herself into her profession and
volunteerism with great enthusiasm. Annette Lincicome bestowed her with
an award presented from the HuntridgeTeen Clinic for her constant presence
at the Teen Scene Saturdays hosted to provide dental hygiene for homeless
teens.
Laura is not only a full-time wife, mother, grandmother and hygienist, she’s
our SNDHA President and volunteers for almost every dental hygiene event
in the valley. We are so grateful for her dedication to our profession and our
unserved patients in need. I have to tell you that her exuberance and passion
is quite contagious and we are all looking forward to working with her for
years to come.
Congratulations Ladies! Heather Rogers
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ear? Just ask!
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SNDHA Fall and Spring Meeting Schedule
Board of Trustees Meetings
Huntridge Teen Clinic
2100 S. Maryland Parkway, Suite 5
Las Vegas, NV 89104
6:00 pm
10-7-2015: BOT Meeting
10-28-2015: BOT Meeting
1-6-2016: BOT Meeting
2-3-2016: BOT Meeting
3-2-2016: BOT Meeting
4-6-2016: BOT Meeting
5-4-2016: BOT Meeting
All General Business Meetings will
be held at the Main Street Station’s
Las Vegas Social Club unless they
are indicated as off-site. Those locations will be announced through
fax, email, and announcements at
our meetings.
General Business Meetings
Main Street Station’s Las Vegas Social Club
Registration 5:30, Business Meeting 6-6:30,
Continuing Education 6:30-8:30
10-21-2015: Main Street "Addiction and
Healthcare Providers" Richard Walker, DDS, M.Ed.
and Dr. Peter Mansky
11-5-2015: Off-site TBA Professional Medical
Office
1-20-2016: Main Street "Marijuana: How Is It
Going To Affect Dental Professionals?" Heather
Rogers, BSDH
1-23-2016: Off-Site TBA "Infection Control
Guidelines for the Dental Professional" Heather
Rogers, BSDH
2-17-2016: Main Street Love your vendor
night! and CSN Student Table Clinics
3-19-2016: Off-site UNLV Care of Geriatric
and Special Needs Patients
4-20-2016: Main Street “Perioscopy” Peggy
Chesser, BSDH
5-18-2016: Main Street Student Recognition,
Officer Induction, CE Topic TBA
Southern Nevada Dental Hygienists’ Associations
General Business Meetings
Back at Main Street Station’s Las Vegas Social Club
Due to popular demand, we
will be having our General
Business Meetings back at
the Main Street Station’s Las
Vegas Social Club.
Save the dates listed above!
We’ll have more information
coming your way via our
website, email and fax blasts,
and Evites. If you’re not re-
ceiving Evites, contact one of
the officers listed on the
back page and we’ll get your
name added to the list.
If you pass this information
on to a friend not on our
email list, please have them
contact us and we’ll make
sure to send them all the
information regarding up-
coming events. We don’t
sell email information.
If there is a topic you
would like to see presented, please let us know so
we can keep our continuing education interesting
and exciting. We’re looking forward to another
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Huntridge Teen Clinic Mission and Services
The mission of the Huntridge Teen Clinic dental program is to provide long
term, comprehensive dental care to teenagers, 12 to 18 years old, who have
no dental insurance. The clinic is a dental home for at-risk teens in Clark
County. Some patients at the clinic are homeless, but the vast majority of
patients come from low-income, hard-working families who are unable to
access the traditional dental care system. Recently, Huntridge Teen Clinic
has also begun seeing patients who are covered by Medicaid; however,
Huntridge Teen Clinic is not a Medicaid provider, and all Medicaid-covered
patients are treated as though they are uninsured.
All restorative dentistry is provided by volunteer dentists and/or
UNLV dental students. Volunteer
dentists may see patients at the
clinic, or they may see our patients
at their own place of business, utilizing their own resources, whichever they prefer. As part of an affiliation agreement with UNLV,
third-year dental students rotate
through the clinic on a once-a-week schedule whenever the dental school is
in session to provide simple restorative dentistry to Huntridge patients.
All dental hygiene care is provided by Annette Lincicome, the public health
endorsed dental hygienist at the Huntridge Teen Clinic.
Patients are asked to donate $20 each time they visit the clinic, but the donation can be waived for any patient who has a fiscal hardship, and no patient
will ever be turned away for inability to pay.
I you ever have any questions regarding the clinic, its services, or volunteer
opportunities, please feel free to speak with Annette.
SNDHA Board of Trustees
President
Laura Helber, RDH
[email protected]
President Elect
(open)
Mission Statement
To advance the art and science of
dental hygiene by increasing the
awareness of and ensuring access to
quality oral health care; promoting the
highest standards of dental hygiene
education, licensure, practice, and
research; representing and promoting
the interests of dental hygienists; and
to position the dental hygienist as the
preventive oral health professional.
Left to right: K. Tillman, C. Carreiro, L.
Keltner, L. Helber, H. Rogers
Past President
Heather Rogers, BSDH
[email protected]
Secretary
Cathy Carreiro, BSDH
[email protected]
Treasurer
Linda Keltner, RDH
[email protected]
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Component Trustee
Katie Tillman, RDH
[email protected]
Congratulations 2015 CSN Graduates