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While you are caring for the health of your patients, who is caring for the health of our profession? WE ARE!!
We’re the American Dental Hygienists’ Association, the first and largest professional organization dedicated to building the dental hygiene profession by supporting dental hygiene professionals. For individuals looking to stay on top of a field that’s evolving every day, that support is more valuable than ever before. Join us, and discover a whole world of membership benefits designed expressly to help you go as far as you want to go, both as a professional and as a person. Benefits like our comprehensive continuing education program. Our timely, information-packed research journal and magazine. An expanded nationwide employment assistance program. And networking opportunities available through state Constituent and local Component organizations. Our benefits are real-world tools and resources you can use to make a real-life difference in the way you work.
What’s more, you can count on the American Dental Hygienists’ Association to continue our efforts as the single most powerful voice for the profession’s collective goals, advocating for advancements that result in better care – and more rewarding careers. We’re here for you. So take a fresh look at the American Dental Hygienists’ Association. Then join us. And begin unleashing your potential.
Great hygienists aren’t born. They’re made. So it’s no surprise that many of the field’s top professionals count on the American Dental Hygienist’s Association for the information, tools and resources they need to provide the best care today and into the future. Are you ready to join them, and us? Become a member of the ADHA, and a world of opportunity is at your fingertips. You’ll discover an entire organization committed not just to your profession, but to your individual professional development and success. It’s all right here. So visit us online at www.adha.org. And if you have questions or would like additional information, please contact ADHA’s Division of Member Services at member.services@adha.net or 1-800-243-ADHA, press #1.
We’re ready to help unleash your potential.
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Membership in MDHA is a tripartite membership, which includes ADHA on the national level, MDHA on the state or constituent level, and in your component on the local level. You are urged to join over 150,000 of your colleagues across the nation who belong to your professional organization dedicated to Unleashing Your Potential by Empowering, Developing and Supporting YOU!!
MDHA works very hard on your behalf to maintain the quality of the dental hygiene profession in the state of Missouri. Some of MDHA's accomplishments for the profession are listed below:
1983 Addition of a dental hygienist member to the Missouri Dental Board
1992 General Supervision rules adopted
1993 Dental Hygienists board member gets voting authority
1993 Mandatory Continuing Education
1995 Scope of practice protection
1996 Protection of educational standards
1997 Dental hygienists may be employed by entities other than dentists, under the supervision of a dentist
1999 Medicaid policy changed to reflect current MDB supervision policy
2000 Block anesthesia rule adopted and promulgated
2001 Legislation passed to create a five member Dental Hygiene Advisory Commission to the MDB.
2005 Legislation passed to establish distance dental hygiene education
2005 MDHA and MDA work together to establish distance dental hygiene education
2008 Protection of Educational Standards
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