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SAN DIEGO COUNTY DENTAL HYGIENISTS’ SOCIETY!MARCH 2016Bulletin!General Dinner Meeting - Tuesday, March 29thHealthy Strategies To Avoid Workplace Tragedieswith Cindy Purdy, RDH, BS, CEASLocation: Handlery Hotel - 950 Hotel Circle North - San Diego, CA 92108Registration: 5:30pmCourse: 6:00pm - 9:00pmCEUs: 2Course Description:Is it possible that musculoskeletal injuries can actually be caused by your workplace or seating choices? Could anergonomic assessment be the key to a pain-free healthier you?Dismissing aches and pains in your neck, shoulders and back places your health and the clinical career you love injeopardy! This interactive session focuses on solid ergonomic principles, effective strategies and creates actions plansthat help modify YOUR risks. Learn how to eliminate dangerous postures, enhance physicalLearning Objectives:- ‐Identify and define the most common MSD’s that affect dental professionals- Recognize risk factors that contribute to musculoskeletal disorders (MSD’s)for work-related injuries in the dentalprofession- Appreciate the role of neutral position in reducing ergonomic challenges- Reduce ergonomic challenges through equipment positioning and room designThirty-five years of clinical dental hygiene practice has fueled Cindy Purdy’s passion forworkplace wellness. She holds an Ergonomic Certificate from Colorado StateUniversity. In 2013, she earned her CEAS Credential (Certified Ergonomic AssessmentSpecialist), with an emphasis on improving the health and performance of dentalpersonnel by creating safe in-office workstations.Acting as a liaison for clinical dental healthcare workers, Cindy provides corporateconsulting, strategic development and training for dental industry manufacturers. Sheworks in professional relations with key opinion leaders for manufacturers that focus onergonomic products used by dental healthcare workers.Cindy continues to keep her clinical skills sharp by providing dental hygiene services inher hometown in rural Colorado and is a member of the CARES healthcare team at theDorcy-Corwin Cancer Center in Pueblo, Colorado.Additionally, she provides ergonomic education for dental hygiene students through aneducational grant provided by Orascoptic.PAGE 1

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SAN DIEGO COUNTY DENTAL HYGIENISTS’ SOCIETY!MARCH 2016General Dinner Meeting - Tuesday, May 24thConquering Biofilm With Easewith Darcie Bell, RDH, BSLocation: Patterson Educational Center - 4030 Sorrento Valley Blvd, San Diego, CA 92121Registration: 5:30pmCourse: 6:00pm - 9:00pmCEUs: 2Course Description:This fast-paced lecture provides you with the most current science behind biofilm management and givesyou the opportunity to learn about some of the latest technologies to help you win the battle againstsubgingival biofilm. Discussion will focus on utilization of air polishing and piezoelectric scaling equipment,application of supra and subgingival air polishing techniques, characteristics and application for various airpolishing powders, and implementation of air polishing therapy into your treatment protocol.Learning Objectives: Understand the basics of biofilm and its managementConnect the role of air polishing and piezoelectric scaling to successful biofilm managementDifferentiate between supragingival and subgingival air polishing technologyProvide greater comfort to their patients during clinical proceduresIdentify steps to integrate air polishing into clinical protocolsDiscover the “return on investment” potential for the practiceDarcie Bell is an internationally experienced clinician who startedher dental career in Europe as a dental assistant. Upon her returnto the United States she acquired her Bachelors of Science degreein Dental Hygiene from Loma Linda University, and was awardedthe dental hygiene honor of Sigma Phi Alpha.Darcie currently works as adjunct faculty at Southwestern Collegewhere she started the Sigma Phi Alpha chapter awarding studentsfor academic achievement. She is the Immediate Past President ofour component in addition to serving as HOD Delegate.PAGE 3

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SAN DIEGO COUNTY DENTAL HYGIENISTS’ SOCIETY!MARCH 2016A Message From the PresidentHello everyone,As we March on into spring, I hope all of you have been keeping healthy andhappy.Brad Cushman RDHSDCDHS PresidentBridge the GapsSpeaking of good health, recently about 6 tobacco related bills just passed inthe State of California Assembly and are likely to pass in the Senate,including raising the legal buying age to 21 and permitting counties to enacttobacco taxes. These are bills that languished in the legislature last year, buthave managed to pass the Assembly early this year! Good for the public anda victory against Big Tobacco!! To read more about these bills, check capitol-alert/article22928928.html. Thinking of Tobacco cessation always brings to mymind ways to improve my clinical oral cancer screenings. A patient of minewho works with California medical brought to my attention a new systemcalled OralID, that can provide fast, inexpensive and easy clinical imagingwith a small device that can attach to your smartphone, can you sayAWESOME!! To find out more, check out their website at oralid.com.I was thrilled at the amazing turn out for our past February CE course thatpaid special honor to the students that are trudging the road to happy destinyat the three different Dental Hygiene Schools here in San Diego, you allmake me and the rest of us very proud (images included in the StudentsSection)!This coming March 29th will be our next fabulous CE featuring Cindy PurdyRDH CEAS, giving a very needed educational lecture on Healthy Strategiesto Avoid Workplace Tragedy, I know I want to avoid tragedy at work (anddrama, and stress, and injury). We will once again be doing an opportunitydrawing for a new Crown Seating Ergonomic Clinician Saddle Seat Chair,which is valued close to 900, so if you missed the last one, here is yourchance to improve your back and your life.Also at the March 29th CE, we will be holding elections for the 2016-2017EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS (President, President-elect, VP ofProfessional Development, Recording Secretary, and Alternate Trustee/legislation). I have thoroughly enjoyed representing SDCDHS as Presidentthis past year, and am excited to run again as President if I am so lucky as tobe voted in. It is a great honor to be of service to all of you in any capacity Iam able to fill. Please come out and support the brave and willing hygieniststhat sacrifice their time and energy to keep SDCDHS running.PAGE 5

SAN DIEGO COUNTY DENTAL HYGIENISTS’ SOCIETY!MARCH 20162016-2017 Executive Board NominationsThe following SDCDHS members placed their name in the ring to run for an Executive BoardPosition for the 2016-2017 term. There are a few positions still available, so we will takenominations from the floor as well as for all positions. All candidates must have a current licenseand be a member of SDCDHS. Elections will be held during the General Meeting on Tuesday,March 29th.President – Brad CushmanPresident-Elect - Accepting nominations from the floorVP/Professional Development – Ashley Quezada. Also accepting nominations from the floorRecording Secretary – Accepting nominations from the floorAlternate Trustee - Trish Thomas. Also accepting nominations from the floor2014-2015 HOD Delegates and TrusteeHeidi Coggan, Brad Cushman, Jeri Badour, Darcie Bell, Michelle Knittle,Ashley Adum, Sneha Patel, Sharon Kropp, Marylin Jacobson, AmandaVerissimo, Trish Thomas, Darlene West, Ashley QuezadaPAGE 6

SAN DIEGO COUNTY DENTAL HYGIENISTS’ SOCIETY!MARCH 2016February General Meeting HighlightsThe Handlery Hotel on February 23rd was the setting for SDCDHS General Dinner CEmeeting, Student Night and the CDHA House of Delegates elections. The tables werebeautifully decorated with purple and white orchid centerpieces arranged by KrystlelynMendoza Paras. Attendees included Registered Dental Hygienists along with dental hygienestudents and their faculty from Concorde, San Joaquin, and Southwestern, Colleges. SusanClark gave a lively and informative presentation on “Breaking the NO Barrier with Patients”.This meeting allowed the attendees to interact with and receive product samples from variouscorporate exhibitors. It also gave the students an opportunity learn about our localcomponent and to see SDCDHS in action as it elected it’s 2016 CDHA HOD delegates.PAGE 7

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Mar 03, 2016 · Healthy Strategies To Avoid Workplace Tragedies with Cindy Purdy, RDH, BS, CEAS Location: Handlery Hotel - 950 Hotel Circle North - San Diego, CA 92108 Registration: 5:30pm Course: 6:00pm - 9:00pm CEUs: 2 Course Description: Is it possible that musculoskeletal injuries can actually be caused by you