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CATCH THE DREAM 47th IDHA Annual Session 12.5 CE’s in two days General Info | Schedule | Special Events | Continuing Education | Speakers | Volunteering | Sponsors General Information and RegistrationLOCATION
REGISTRATION Mail-in registration (check only) Online registration (credit card option through GoogleCheckout) Undergraduate student online registration (credit card option through GoogleCheckout) Schedule
Special Events FRIDAY NIGHT FOUNDATION GALA Join us Friday evening at the Grove Hotel to enjoy an evening of great entertainment, delicious dining, dancing, and an exciting live auction! Your dinner is included with your paid registration. Additional guests can register for the Gala for $50 each. Plan to capture and take home your favorite memories from the evening at the HYPAC photo booth. Donations are always welcome and are still being accepted for both the live and silent auctions. If you have an item or service that you would like to donate, please contact Susanne Jamison: (208)880-4719 or 10flosser@gmail.com HYPAC FUN RUN/WALK/SLEEP-IN EVENT Join us Saturday morning for the HYPAC Fun Run/Walk or Sleep-in Event to support our Hygiene Political Action Committee. Participants receive a HYPAC aluminum water bottle and can run/walk or sleep in. See the back of your registration form to sign up. For more information contact Kandi Garland at (208) 240-5000 or garlkand@isu.edu. Event fee: $25. WALL OF WINE New this year! Here’s how the Wall of Wine works: Purchase bottles by number – all labels will be hidden – at a flat rate of $15 per bottle or four bottles for $50. Your "lucky number" could yield you any number of outstanding wines! All proceeds benefit HYPAC. STUDENT TABLE CLINICS Informative table clinics will be presented by Dental Hygiene Students from Idaho State University, Carrington College (formerly Apollo College) and Lewis & Clark State College. (1.5 CE) PROFESSIONAL ISSUES FORUM Wonder what the future holds for oral health care? Join us for the interactive professional issues forum and learn more about the direction IDHA will be taking as we head into 2011. (2CE) IDAHO DENTAL HYGIENISTS’ FOUNDATION RAFFLE Win a beautiful 17 in. necklace – this piece is a white gold chain with black pearls every 1.5 inches, valued at $412. Proceeds go to the Idaho Dental Hygienists’ Foundation. Ticket Prices: One for $5. Five for $20. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Breakfast break, lunch, and afternoon snack provided both days. Registrants will also receive a reusable tote bag at registration. See the registration form for more information about the Idaho Dental Hygienists’ Foundation jewelry raffle. Be sure to attend the President's Luncheon, sponsored by Regence Caring Foundation for Children. We will celebrate IDHA President Vanessa Hanser, RDH-ER, BSDH as well as recipients of IDHF scholarships and IDHA awards. Increase your participation in IDHA - we are taking nominations and volunteers now and during lunch on Friday. For more information contact Colleen Stephenson:(208) 406-6645 or stepmoni@yahoo.com. Donations are always welcome and are still being accepted for both the live and silent auctions. If you have an item or service that you would like to donate, please contact Susanne Jamison: (208)880-4719 or 10flosser@gmail.com Continuing Education—12.5 CE’s in two daysMedical Emergencies: More Than Just CPR Friday 8:00-11:30 am (3 CE) Patti DiGangi , RDH, BS Medical emergencies can and do occur, not only in your dental office but in any place and at any time. Should the unthinkable happen in your dental office – a catastrophic medical emergency – would you be able to save a life? Would you be able to say you did all you could? Would you be able to prove you did all you could? The entire dental team must be trained and emergency medical equipment and drugs must be available and current. The best way to handle an emergency is to start by being prepared.By the end of the course the participant should be able to:
Child and Adolescent Health: New Challenges for the 21st Century. Saturday 8:30-12:00 pm (3 CE) Carol Jahn, RDH, MS This course is designed to supply practitioners with current research and information on the new health challenges facing children and adolescents. The implications from the early-age adoption of adult behaviors and habits on health and life longevity will be discussed. Strategies for oral health interventions will be included. Topics Include:
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Boomers and Seniors: Living Longer and Healthier: Is Your Practice Ready? Saturday 1:45-5:00 pm (3 CE) Carol Jahn, RDH, MS This course is designed to provide the dental team with research and information to understand and recognize the overall health needs and expectations of Baby Boomers and Senior Citizens and provide them with quality care and patient service. Strategies for oral health interventions will be included. Topics Include:
Speakers Patti DiGangi , RDH, BS
Patti’s articles appear regularly in RDH Magazine, Dental Economics and Inside Dentistry and she is a regular contributor to DentistryIQ.com. She is a member of the 2010 Dental Products Report Perio Clinical 360 Team. Patti is currently co-writing a book on minimal intervention philosophy. Patti is a certified presenter through Academy of General Dentistry National Speaker’s Bureau for Periodontal Disease and a member of multiple key opinion leader boards and on the advisory board for the National Museum of Dentistry. She is a member of the National Speaker’s Association working toward her Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) credential and member of the Linda Miles Speaking and Consulting Network (SCN). Carol Jahn, RDH, MS
As the Senior Professional Relations Manager for WaterPik, Inc, Carol designs multimedia educational programs for dental professionals. She is a nationally recognized speaker having provided more than 200 continuing education programs for dental professionals. Additionally, she has published more than sixty papers, contributed to seven textbooks, and serves on the advisory board for RDH Magazine and the corporate council for Dimensions of Dental Hygiene. Carol has been a lifelong active member of the ADHA; she is a past president of the West Suburban Dental Hygienists’ Society and the Illinois Dental Hygienists’ Association and past treasurer of the ADHA. She is one of two ADHA delegates to the International Federation of Dental Hygiene meeting in June 2010 in Scotland. Volunteers Needed For more information contact Colleen Stephenson, RDH, BS Sponsors and Exhibitors Thank you to all of our sponsors and exhibitors. Listed below are just a few you can expect to see at Annual Session. 
If you would like to signup to be a sponsor or exhibitor at this year's event visit our sponsors and exhibitors page.
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Patti DiGangi, RDH, BS is a vision-driven person finding strength and direction from her inner convic-tions. Like most true visionaries, she views obstacles as learning experiences that can be used for self development. As a life long learner, her energetic, thought provoking and successful program development and mind bending view of what can be shines a bright light for others to preview the future and find their place in it. 
Carol Jahn has a BS in dental hygiene from the University of Iowa and an MS in Continuing Education and Training Management from the University of St. Francis. She has been a dental hygienist for 28 years with 14 years as a clinician.
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