Sacramento Valley Dental Hygienists' Association
SVDHA Newsletter                            

February 2013

Greetings!

Happy New Year from SVDHA!

 

During the planning of CE meetings for the 2012-2013 year, our focus was to create an exciting and diverse schedule of topics and speakers. One of our goals was to offer the opportunity for you to earn all the CE units needed for license renewal from one place...your component! To reach this goal, we offered the 3 required courses (CA Law, Infection Control, CPR) on January 26 for the first time, in hopes that it would be a great benefit for you. We have received some great feedback and may plan to offer this every 2 years! If you attend this 'required CE courses' day, in addition to most of our CE meetings during your two year renewal period, you can easily reach the minimum 25 CEU requirement!

 

SVDHA always likes to see new faces at our meetings. Please invite your entire office and fellow dental professionals (DDS and RDA too!) to a Thursday night meeting. Please don't hesitate to let us know if you have any suggestions for future CE topics.
         
         Smiles,
         Kimi Kan, RDHAP, BSDH
         SVDHA President

 

In this Issue
 
 

Upcoming CE Events
   
February 28, 2013   

March 28, 2013    

April 18, 2013    

May 16, 2013    
    
All events are located at the Dante Club. 

Check-In: 6:15pm Speaker: 7pm - 9pm

  

RDH Members: $25 
DDS Members/RDA: $25 
RDH Non-Members: $50 
DH Students: No Fee 
  
Questions or comments from our Saturday January CE event speakers? Feel free to e-mail:

Ellen Standley (California Dental Practice Act)  
at [email protected]

Cathy Draper (Infection Control) at [email protected] 

 


Links: 

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Upcoming CE Event  

 

 

Gimme that Ding Dong! Tooth-Friendly Nutrition for Kids and Parents

Cathy Seckman, RDH
CE Units: 2.0 

When: Thursday, February 28, 2013                Pricing:

                   7pm-9pm, Check-in 6:15pm                               RDH Members: $25 

                                                                                               DDS Members, RDAs: $25 

       Where:  Dante Club                                                        RDH Non-Members: $50                          2330 Fair Oaks Boulevard                               DH Students: No Fee 

             Sacramento, CA 95825                

 

 

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Course Description: 

          Content for this course comes from more than 25 years of personal experience in general and pediatric dentistry, as well as interviews with pediatric dentists, nutritionists, and dental product representatives. Insights from Cynthia Stegman, R.D.H., co-author of "Dental Hygienist's Guide to Nutritional Care," are also included. Other course content will come from information and research from dental and dental hygiene journals, and from the American Academy of Pediatric Dentists, the American Dietetic Association, and the School Nutrition Association.

          Ding-Dongs for supper? It happens, and not just in families with low socioeconomic status. Parents who don't know enough about nutrition can be college-educated homeowners who vacation in the Caribbean, but their pre-schoolers have 18 surfaces of decay. Hygienists who attend this three-part program will first receive a thorough grounding in the science of nutrition as it applies to oral health, including the latest information on vitamins, minerals, and xylitol. The second section teaches hygienists to help parents make better choices for their families by learning to interpret nutrition labels, adapt recipes, and choose health over convenience. The third section includes tips and techniques to make mealtimes easier for fussy children and busy parents.

 
Learning objectives:

o        To understand how nutrition directly and indirectly affects oral health in children and teens 
o        To understand and apply pediatric nutritional principles
o        To empower parents in their nutritional choices
o        To be able to affect positive change in family nutritional habits

 

Cathy Seckman, RDH 
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With more than 10 years' experience as a pediatric hygienist, three years as a temp hygienist, and more 30 years' experience in dentistry overall, Cathy Seckman has a wide view of office practices and philosophies. She is a member of the American Dental Hygienists Association and Ohio's Tri-County Dental Hygienists Association. She participates in the Hu-Friedy Thought Leader Program, the RDH Key Influencer Program, the Editorial Board of RDH Magazine, the GC America Key Opinion Leader program, the Colgate Oral Health Advisor Program, and was a charter member of the Allied Advisory Committee of the Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry. She is an active supporter of the National Children's Oral Health Foundation, and served on the Oral Cancer Awareness Committee of Amy's List.

  

She is also a prolific writer, and has published more than 150 magazine articles, many of them for dental and dental hygiene magazines including RDH, RDH Student Focus, RDH eVillage, Dental Economics, Dental Assisting, Contemporary Oral Hygiene, Modern Hygienist, and Hygiene Tribune.

  

As a fiction writer, she has published more than a dozen short stories and two novels, Weirdo World and Bad Moon Rising.

  

As a professional indexer, she's written more than 100 back-of-the-book indexes in subjects that range from dentistry to fashion design to terrorism. She is a member of the American Society for Indexing and its Heartland chapter.
  
 
Community Events  CommEvent 



Give Kids a Smile Day! 
Saturday, February 2, 2013
Locations providing free dental screenings 
and oral health education for children on February 2, 2013:

Carrington College California
Dental Hygiene Clinic 
Sacramento, CA 

University of the Pacific 
Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry
Stockton, CA 
Click Here for more information


School Readiness Fair 
Volunteers Needed! 
Saturday, March 16, 2013
9am-2pm
Serna Center
5735 47th Avenue 
Sacramento, CA 95823 

Volunteers needed to help with screenings for school aged children. Lunch will be provided, please plan to stay for the full day. 

Contact Stephanie Mozell at [email protected] for volunteer information. 

 

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Call for Nominations - CDHA Officers for 2013-2014  

Step Up, Reach Out, Share Your Passion - Aspire to Inspire!

 

 

Our Profession is at an EXCITING crossroads and YOU can help guide our path.There is a leader in all of us, and this is your opportunity. Be a candidate for election at the 2013 House of Delegates in Long Beach.

 
 
Positions Available:
        • President-Elect
        • VP of Administration & Public Relations
        • VP of Membership & Professional Development
        • Secretary/Treasurer
        • Speaker of the House
        • ADHA Delegate - 7 seats 

Any voting CDHA member is eligible to run for office. Prior experience as a component Trustee, a CDHA Delegate, or on a CDHA council provides a familiarity with CDHA business that can be applied to these higher offices, but is not a requirement. CDHA benefits from the vast breadth of our collective talents, knowledge and experiences. As a team, we learn and mentor one another.

 

Descriptions for each office can be found on the CDHA website at www.cdha.org in the Members' Section. To receive a candidate's packet including the CV format, an Intent to Serve Form, and election guidelines, please contact:

 

Lisa Okamoto RDH, Immediate Past President, [email protected], 408-598-0656 or Jenifer McDonald, Executive Administrator, [email protected] 

 

Candidates must submit a signed Intent to Serve Form along with their Curriculum Vitae (CV) by April 1, 2013 to be included in the House of Delegates Manual.


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Sincerely, 

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Sacramento Valley Dental Hygienists' Association
 
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