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San Diego County Dental Hygienists’ Society
April 2015 www.sdcdhs.org
Bulletin!
Inside this issue:
April CE Course 2-
4
May General
Meeting
5-
7
President’s
Message
8
2014-2105
Executive Board
9
Sealant Clinic
Community Event
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BOT Report 11
Continuing Education Seminar - Saturday, April 25, 2015
Red, White and Blue, what does that mean to
you? & Nutrition and the Dental Office
With Amber D. Riley, RDH, MS & Dr. Mary O’Connor DDS
Brought to you by: Scripps Oral Pathology
Time: 7:30 am - 1pm CEUs: 4
Rady Children’s Hospital - 3030 Children’s
Way San Diego, CA 92123
Room MOB113
*Continental breakfast will be provided*
Course Description:
Oral lesions are a common finding in dental hygiene practice. During this course
attendees will receive not only a “refresher” program on the topic of oral patholo-
gy, but will also be brought up to date with the most current, relevant discussions
of widespread oral pathologies including their origins, treatments and outcomes.
The audience will learn valuable insights and techniques that can be immediately
introduced into their clinical practice to improve patient care.
General Meeting - Tuesday, May 26, 2015
“Hypnodontics - Because Words Matter” With Juan Acosta
Registration Begins at 5:45pm CEUs: 2
Patterson Educational Center - 4030 Sorrento Valley Blvd.
San Diego CA 92121
Course Description:
This course will help attendees learn the language of ethical influence to help make their patients more
comfortable and their practices more profitable. Attendees will be able to enhance their communication
skills in any area of life, and particularly when it comes to patient and team member interactions.
SCRIPPS ORAL
PATHOLOGY SERVICE
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Saturday, April 25, 2015 Breakfast CE Meeting
Red, White and Blue, what does that mean to you? & Nutrition and the Dental Office With Amber D. Riley, RDH, MS & Dr. Mary O’Connor DDS
Registration Begins at 7:30am CEUs: 4 Rady Children’s Hospital 3030 Children’s Way San Diego, CA 92123 Room MOB113
Course Description:
Oral lesions are a common finding in dental hygiene practice. During this course attendees will re-
ceive not only a “refresher” program on the topic of oral pathology, but will also be brought up to date
with the most current, relevant discussions of widespread oral pathologies including their origins, treat-
ments and outcomes. The audience will learn valuable insights and techniques that can be immediately
introduced into their clinical practice to improve patient care.
The dental profession is uniquely positioned to draw the connection between oral health, nutrition
and overall health. This course will provide the tools needed to help your patients understand the role
eating habits and food choices play in preventing caries and optimizing health, with a special focus on
the importance of nutrition for pregnant women and their children
Learning Objectives:
• Fundamental overview of the histology and pathogenesis of common and frequently encountered oral
lesions, pathologies and the oral manifestations of systemic disease encountered in dental hygiene
practice.
• Recognition and differentiation of Red, White and Pigmented oral lesions and the scientifically sup-
ported protocol for evaluation and treatment.
• Recognition of tissue alteration due to physical trauma or habit, localized disease and systemic ill-
ness.
• Learn and implement a succinct yet thorough extra/intra oral examination process into routine dental
practice.
You can now register online using PayPal! Visit www.sdcdhs.net for more info!
For more information contact Ashley Quezada at [email protected] or (703) 477-9886
SCRIPPS ORAL
PATHOLOGY SERVICE
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About the speakers: Amber D. Riley, RDH, MS & Dr. Mary O’Connor
Amber began clinical practice in 1998 as a graduate of Sinclair College in Day-ton, Ohio. She completed her Baccalaureate from Wright State University and Masters from Boston University. In addition to private practice in San Diego, CA, Amber is a dental board examiner for 19 states and the forensic dental au-topsy technician for the San Diego County Office of the Medical Examiner. She is a member of the ADHA, American Society of Forensic Odontology (ASFO), American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS), Academy of Clinical Tech-
nology, and Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team (DMORT) Region 10. She lec-tures professionally on the topics of oral pathology, laser-assisted periodontal therapies and forensic odontology.
Mary O'Connor, DDS received her undergraduate degree from The University of San Diego and her DDS and specialty degree from Loyola University in Chicago. She is a board certified Pediatric Dentist who has practiced in San Diego for 25 years. She treats children, adolescents and people of all ages with special needs. She is married and has 3 children.
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Tuesday, May 26, 2015 General Dinner Meeting
“Hypnodontics - Because Words Matter” With Juan Acosta
Registration Begins at 5:45pm Patterson Educational Center
4030 Sorrento Valley Blvd.
San Diego CA 92121
Course Description
This course will help attendees learn the language of ethical influence to help make their patients
more comfortable and their practices more profitable. Attendees will be able to enhance their com-
munication skills in any area of life, and particularly when it comes to patient and team member in-
teractions.
Upon completing this course, participants will:
• Have experience being hypnotic
• Understand the principles of persuasion and influence
• Be able to effectively increase patients’ comfort with their words
• Know how to properly set patients’ expectations for success
• Know specific strategies to increase case acceptance
• Know specific patterns to increase patient adherence to instructions
• Recognize at least five signs a hypnotherapy referral is indicated
CEUs: 2
For more information contact Ashley Quezada at [email protected] or (703) 477-9886
You can now register online using PayPal!
Visit www.sdcdhs.net for more info!
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About the speaker:
Juan P. Acosta is a dental hypnosis specialist and author of the best selling hypnotherapy book HYPNODONTICS. He works with elite dental practices to offer their patients added comfort and val-ue, by combining his experience in practice management with the language skills of hypnosis. Juan speaks at hypnosis conferences and dental events throughout the year in his quest to build the bridge between professional hypnosis practitioners and dental
professionals everywhere. For more information please visit Hypnodontist.com
During each General Meeting and Saturday seminar, we will be col-
lecting 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 .
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President’s Message
Our spring season of continuing education seminars is almost over. Take advantage of getting your units now, before it is too late. We are excited about our upcoming April seminar taking place at Rady’s Childrens Hospital, thanks to Elisabeth Lohse, RDA, who offered to serve as our host.
We also want to give a huge thank you to Jack Grimsley from Scripps Oral Pathology for sponsoring one of our speakers. Amber Riley, RDH, will be reminding us of our oral pathology and what we should be aware of.
This upcoming May, we will be inaugurating our new group of officers. Brad Cushman, incoming presi-dent has been an active board member since his graduation from SWC. This event will be taking place at Patterson’s in Sorrento Valley and will feature a lecture on hypnosis and ways to talk and relax our pa-tients.
I would also like to thank all those who volunteered last month at the five different sealant clinics held throughout San Diego. Part of our mission as health care providers is to offer our services to those in need. Community service and outreach is paramount to our educating our community and improving the overall health of our population.
Finally, I would like to invite all those hygienists who have not been able to see first hand how decisions are made in our profession to visit us at the annual House of Delegates being held this year at Harrah’s Casino in San Diego. More information on this will appear in our next Bulletin.
Darcie E. Bell, RDH.BS
President SDCDHS
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Congratulations to Your Newly Elected Executive Board for the 2015-2016 season. Please join us at the Patterson Education Center in Sorrento Valley, on Tuesday,
May 26th at 5:30pm when they will be installed.
Your Newly Elected Executive Board for 2015-2016!
Brad Cushman
President
Kayley Krage VP/Professional Development
Julia Torres
Recording
Secretary
Jackie Buchannan Treasurer
Heidi Coggan Trustee
Stephanie Johnson
Alternate Trustee
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On Saturday, February 28th 2015, the San Diego County Dental Hygiene Society volunteered at the "Give Kids a Smile" event. The American Dental Association along with First 5 San Diego and Share the Care, put together this event to provide oral health screenings, treatment and educa-tion to children in our community and they were able to see about 300 kids! This countywide event was held at 6 different locations. SDCDHS’s President, Darcie Bell, RDH, BS and Commu-nity Chair, Krystlelyn Paras, RDH participated by providing sealants and fluoride varnish to un-derprivileged kids at the Chula Vista location. Thank you to all the volunteers who made this event successful!
Remember wonderful volunteers are always an important asset at these community events to make it possible to provide the much-needed health services in the community and address pub-lic health issues. We hope you will volunteer your time at the next community service event!
-Krystlelyn Paras, RDH, SDCDHS Community Chair
GIVE KIDS A SMILE
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The CDHA Board of Trustees met on Saturday March 21 and Sunday, March 22, 2015, in Los Angeles, CA. The weekend started with a Membership/Leadership Workshop which focused on the perception of members, potential members and future colleagues. The workshop, led by Laura Birchett, Chair of the CDHA Membership Taskforce included discussion and work regard-ing CDHA’s brand – the question posed and for further research “What does CDHA mean to our stakeholders?” Trustees, officers and council members were fully engaged and excited to move CDHA in a direction that meets future needs and opportunities. The board convened their meeting in the afternoon and made recommendations to the House of Delegates on one proposed by-law amendment and six proposed resolutions, which includes a proposed balanced budget. Members can access information regarding the upcoming House of Delegates business through their component trustees and in the www.cdha.org Members Only Section. Additionally, the Board voted to support the following legislation:
AB 768 (Thurmond, Bloom, Senator Leno) – Tobacco Free Baseball Act. SB 203 (Monning) – Sugar-sweetened beverage warning labels. AB 648 (Low) - Virtual Dental Home.
To follow this and other dental profession related legislation, visit www.cdha.org for the latest up-dates. The CDHA Board also voted to endorse Assemblywoman Susan Bonilla (D) Dist.7 in a runoff election for state Senate to be held May 19, 2015. The board also received updates from the Membership Taskforce as well as the Infrastructure Taskforce, both of which also met during the busy weekend. Membership Taskforce has been appointed for an additional year to continue their research regarding CDHA branding, increased component support, educator relationships, dental hygiene program support, CDHA community outreach opportunities and member benefits. Infrastructure Taskforce has provided a new Stra-tegic Direction document intended to support and guide CDHA and CDHA programs. Infrastruc-ture Taskforce will host this year’s HOD issues forum providing an overview of survey and collected information re-garding CDHA structure and possible future directions. Delegates will be requested to engage and provide feedback. Nominations are open for President-Elect, Vice President of Membership and Professional De-velopment, Secretary/Treasurer, Speaker of the House and ADHA Delegates. Please contact Im-mediate Past President, Nadine Lavell, RDH, MS at [email protected] for more information. This terrific opportunity is open to all CDHA members.
The California Dental Hygienists’ Association (CDHA) Board of Trustees and
the ‘Voice of Dental Hygiene’