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Happy New Year CMDHA!

We are excited about the new year.  Here's an update on CMDHA's plans for 2014:

• CMDHA is hosting its 7th Dental Hygiene Board Review for Mississippi, Tennessee, and Louisiana Dental Hygiene Schools.  It will be held January 10-11 at UMMC and is co-sponsored by Crest Oral B and Henry Schein.  The event is directed by Educational Horizons.
• We are planning a 2 hour CE event on Tuesday, March 18th by UMMC's Dr. Cynthia Karlson and Dr. Scott Benton about recognizing and reporting childhood abuse. Registration for this event will open soon!  
• MDHA Annual Session is planned for April 11th, 2014 at the Jackson Medical Mall UMMC Conference Center.  Topics include ergonomics and magnification along with many other exciting events.
• MDHA has a new website that can be accessed at http://mississippiadha.org 

  Have you been wondering what you could do to make your profession better?  How about joining our leadership team?   Please feel free to contact us anytime for more information about joining us.

Click here to learn more about the ORAL HEALTH SUMMIT APRIL 13th! 

Mississippi Dental Hygienists' Association Annual Session

Annual Session 2011 is in Oxford, Mississippi

The date is Friday, April 1st 

Be checking your mail for the flyer!

Also, be checking the mdha website for updates!

MDHA Website is www.mdhaonline.org

July Wine & Cheese Scheduled

CLICK HERE for a downloadable registration form for July 23, 2009's Wine & Cheese and Mini CE's.


It's going to be a great CE!

Congratulations Seniors of 2009!!!

We welcome you into our wonderful profession...

April 9th CE Course is CANCELLED due to low registration numbers...

The next CE will be on July 23rd

April 2009 Wine and Cheese

Click Here for registration form

January Wine and Cheese Scheduled

Click here
for a downloadable registration form!


January 22 at The Cedars in Fondren!

The 3rd Wine and Cheese and Mini CE's has been confirmed



CLICK HERE to print your registration form






Screening for risk factors for Oral Cancer
Presented by
Dr. Karen Crews

Two(2) Hours of
Continuing Education Credit

Karen M. Crews, DMD, is Co-Director of The ACT Center for Tobacco Treatment, Education and Research, a program of The University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Dentistry and Medicine.



Date:
Thursday, October 23rd
Time:
5:30- Social
6:00-8:00 CE
Place:
The Cedars
4145 Old Canton Road
Jackson, MS 39216

Mississippi Dental Hygiene Car Tag

Here it is!!

This is the car tag that you can order to be picked up in January of 2009.


We need 300 of these ordered by October 15th, so order yours now.
only $31.00


Click here to print the order form

Wine and Cheese #2 is at the Cedars on Old Canton Road in Jackson.


Please click here to visit The Cedars' webpage.

Mark your calendar and make plans to come straight from work!

Tuesday, July 8th from 5:30 until 8:00!

CMDHA congratulates the 2008 dental hygiene graduates!!

If you are a SADHA member, go to www.adha.org and click on the tab that says 'graduates'. You can switch your SADHA membership to active ADHA membership once you get your dental hygiene license number.


The next Wine and Cheese has been set for Tuesday, July 8th! New post with location and time coming soon...

Our first meeting was a success!

Make your plans now to attend the next Wine and Cheese...

It will be in July!

The course objectives for
April's Wine and Cheese and Mini CE's
are listed below.

Sign up now, registration is limited!!

Click HERE for registration form

Jackson Street Gallery

Caries: Evidence-based Prevention and Management Tools for the Future (1 hour CE)
This course applies evidence based decision making principles as they apply to the effective prevention and management of dental caries. Topics to be explored include:
􀂃 caries risk factors and risk assessment
􀂃 selection of systemic and topical fluorides
􀂃 stannous fluoride- mechanisms of action, therapeutic benefits, formulation challenges and recent advances in chemistry
􀂃 utilization of fluoride varnish, xylitol, and antimicrobials
􀂃 strategies to promote remineralization

Stannous Fluoride: The Next Generation (1 hour CE)
This course reviews the therapeutic benefits of stannous fluoride and provides clinical data to show the therapeutic and cosmetic benefits the Polyfluorite System provides. Topics to be explored include:
􀂃 antimicrobial benefits of stannous fluoride and its effects on plaque, gingival inflammation and bleeding; caries protection; and dentinal hypersensitivity
􀂃 mechanisms of action of stannous fluoride for various oral health benefits
􀂃 challenges of stannous fluoride
􀂃 Polyfluorite System benefits
􀂃 sodium hexametaphosphate benefits

Wine and Cheese and Mini CE's Registration

CLICK HERE FOR YOUR PRINTABLE REGISTRATION FORM

CE Course is set!

Our first 'Wine and Cheese and Mini Ce's' is set for Thursday, April 24th at 6:30 PM at the Jackson Street Gallery in Ridgeland

It's a beautiful place and will be so condusive to learning!!

Our speaker is Teresa Butler Duncan and she is sponsored by Procter and Gamble. Her CE Course objectives will be in the next post, so stay tuned...

Remember, if you are an ADHA member these CE's are FREE!! (who says ADHA membership has no benefits?)

For non-members the fee will be $25.00

Wine and Cheese and Mini CE's

The first Wine and Cheese and Mini CE's has been set for Thursday, April 24th at 6:30 PM.

We are still in the process of finding a location for the event.

As soon as that is set, I will post again and say more about the quarterly CE events that CMDHA will be hosting.

I do know that there will be limited seating, so once we are set you need to register ASAP!!


Don't forget that these 2 hour continuing education courses will be FREE TO ADHA MEMBERS!!!

Click here to join ADHA

DH Wine Glass Charms

How cute are these??!!

These attractive wine glass charms sell for $20.00 per set, or $15.00 for two or more sets The colored beads on the ends are made of fluorite. Does that word sound familiar? One of the uses of the fluorite mineral is to fluoridate water.

Email me to place your order!

If that link doesn't work, then leave a comment (you can post as anonymous) and I will email you back...

News

For those of you who are wondering, our National Board Exam Review Course was great! We had 145 hygiene students and practicing hygienists attend the course. It was a great success, and we had attendees from seven different schools in three states! We have decided to sponsor the review again next year, so mark your calendars for MLK weekend next year!

On to new business.

We at CMDHA are trying to get our component active again.

We will be hosting quarterly CE parties starting in April.

These 2 hour CE courses will be FREE FOR ADHA MEMBERS.

I'll update the blog soon and let you know more about it.

Until then, check out the salary survey posted on the RDH magazine's website. How come only ten hygienists responded to the survey?

Also, check out our new poll question.

Do you need CE credits??

August 2007 ended our two year cycle.

I know that because I got AUDITED this year. WOOOOO those scary audits.

Well, since 2008 is a new year, have I got good news!! The board review coming up in January is a great opportunity to get sixteen, yep SIXTEEEEEEEN hours of CE!

The course has been approved by the Mississippi State Board of Dental Examiners.

Go to MDHA's website and click on the course. It will be scrolling down the right side of the page.

I hope to see you there! I'll be there........avoiding those audits!!