Missouri Dental Hygienists' Association

"Unleash Your Potential" Join us for the opening ceremonies as we hear from our new ADHA President Diann Bomkamp, RDH, BSDH, CDHC. We are fortunate to have the ADHA President as our Key Note Speaker. Attend this kick-off event to receive 1 C.E.U.

Back by Popular Demand! NEW this year, is a fun-filled student reception after the President’s Dinner. Come join the "Splash" we have planned for you. Also, come compete to show off your school pride and see who takes the 2nd Annual MDHA Saliva Bowl Trophy home this year. In addition, Danie Furgeson from ADHA will hold an exciting forum that will benefit you and your Student Dental Hygiene Association. These activities are for all dental hygiene students.

ALSO, back by Popular Demand!! An even better agenda is planned for you this year. Two workshops and a forum for you to Unleash your Potential Through Education. These activities cost $50 in addition to the registration fees.

Per your Request!! You had such a great time last year and requested we hold this great event again. Come join the President as we help raise money for Missouri Hy-Pac by participation in the wine tasting event. See Hy-Pac registration form to sign-up for this event. THIS IS A SEPARATE REGISTRATION.

See, hear and buy the newest products available for professional use. Participate in the Exhibit Showcase, the "Passport Adventure" to obtain 1 C.E.U. Visit exhibitors on Explorer Island listen to their information and product presentation. Upon doing so, you will obtain one validation stamp in your passport for each exhibit visited. To obtain 1 C.E.U., you must obtain at least 10 validation stamps on your passport. After your passport is full, you will be entered into a drawing for a grand prize.

This workshop is for all who are interested in a leadership role in their profession. Presented by Danie Furgeson from ADHA.

Often when public health is mentioned we tend to think of free care for the poor. We picture cast off equipment, lack of supplies and poorly managed facilities. But that is NOT what public health is about. All dental hygienists can benefit from the field of dental public health, whether employed in the community settings or not. This course will familiarize dental hygienists with the resources available to integrate public health into all facets of dental hygiene. The course will offer clarification of the dental practice act in regard to public health settings and present employment opportunities in public health. All participants will have an opportunity to complete a personal inventory to identify attitudes and aptitudes for public health work.
 

Dr. Bonnie Branson is an associate professor at the University of Missouri Kansas City, School of Dentistry. She holds a joint appointment between the Division of Dental Hygiene and the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. Her work as Oral Health Project Director for the Department of Health and Senior Services places her in many roles which keep her active in public health events throughout the state. Currently she is busy with the Preventive Service Program-an initiative which engages communities to embrace oral health surveillance, placement of fluoride varnish, education and referral for all of Missouri’s children. As a faculty member at UMKC, Dr. Branson teaches and coordinates public health courses. She holds a doctorate in education from Southern Illinois University was the 2007-2008 president of the national Sigma Phi Alpha and is active in many professional and civic associations.

Whether you work in the treatment room or business office, have you ever wondered why you are so fatigued at the end of the day? Do you know which habits increase your risk of developing a workplace related cumulative trauma disorder? This fun, information-packed program identifies stresses, provides solutions and develops strategies that modify or eliminate these career destroying habits. Come learn about proper chair selection, patient and operator positioning, instrument design, glove selection and the benefits of magnification loupes and a host of other ideas that can improve your workplace safety and efficiency.

Physical disease and social phenomena create new epidemics that transform how we practice. Toss out the myths and learn how a variety of problems can have similar impacts on oral health, delivery of care and treatment outcomes. Identify effective ways to work with some of this century’s most complicated patients. Get down to basics with news you can use on Monday.

• Working in Pain? Playing victim or surviving your circumstances.

• Can you Hear me now? Maximizing moments with hard-of-hearing patients.

• Soft drink junkies - Teeth, bones and body fat.

• Meth Mouth - The addiction that melts teeth and destroys lives.

• Body art and piercings - Non-judgmental straight talk.

• Oral lesion detection - Failing to see reality.

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services facilitated the development of the Missouri Model for Brief Smoking essation Training (MO Model) to support clinician use of a comprehensive tobacco control program with women of reproductive age, particularly pregnant women. The MO Model is based on the evidence-based U.S. Public Health Services’ five–step intervention (5 A’s) and adopted by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists in 2002. Highlights of the MO Model 2008 program include: information and techniques on integrating proven cessation strategies into the clinical setting, overview of motivational interviewing and transtheoretical model on stages of change, use of the MO Tobacco Quitline for cessation of tobacco use and prevention of relapse, and receipt of a manual of useful resources. This Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services educational outreach is funded by a Community Grant from the March of Dimes.

Kevin Everett is an Associate Professor in the Department of Family & Community Medicine at the University of Missouri. He received a PhD from Louisiana State University in 1992, and completed an internship and postdoctoral fellowship in Clinical Psychology at Brown University. His research is focused on health behavior change, specifically focusing his work on reducing the harm caused by tobacco use in young adults by developing strategies and programs to disseminate effective interventions and treatments. His projects have been funded by the American Cancer Society, National Institutes of Health, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Missouri Foundation for Health, and the American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation. Several projects are examining different approaches to reducing smoking during the teachable moment of pregnancy. He leads a large study that is reducing harm caused by tobacco use in 13 Missouri communities by changing workplace tobacco use policies and increasing access to smoking cessation programs. For the past two years he has partnered with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services and provided a series of training sessions to health professionals across the State to improve their smoking cessation counseling skills.

The high mortality rate associated with oral cancer is caused by late detection, patients’ lack of regular oral examinations, and delays in seeking treatment. The technologies of today and others that are still being developed are increasingly giving practitioners the ability to detect and diagnose potentially malignant conditions at the earliest stages. Upon completion participants will possess a better understanding of VELscope technology i.e. auto fluorescence, including the interpretation of findings, and proper treatment protocols. Clinicians will also be provided with information regarding documentation, patient interaction, and billing options.

Mr. Wick has been in the dental industry for eighteen years. He has worked for and consulted with a number of dental companies holding sales and sales management positions. He was also a partner in a high-end aesthetic dental laboratory, Northwest Dental Arts, based in Seattle Washington. Early in his career he lectured throughout North America and Canada on Aesthetic Dentistry and Bonding with IPS Empress while with Ivoclar Vivadnet North America. In 2004, Mr. Wick along with several other individuals started LED Medical Diagnostics, Inc. The company was formed to bring tissue fluorescence, developed by the British Columbia Cancer Agency, to dentistry in the form of VELscope. Mr. Wick now lectures throughout.

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