“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much” Helen Keller

45th Annual Session - Better Together

October 3-4, 2008
Airport Holiday Inn
Boise, Idaho

General Info | Schedule | Special Events | Continuing Education | Speakers | Volunteering | Sponsors

General Information and Registration

LOCATION

REGISTRATION

Remember to register early for the “early bird discount” (before August 9th, 2008.)

To register please fill out the registration form.

Schedule

THURSDAY OCTOBER 2, 2008

    IDHA Executive Board Meeting

FRIDAY OCTOBER 3, 2008
    7:00am-8:00am       Registration/Breakfast
    7:00am-6:00pm       Exhibitors
    8:00-10:00am          Earth Wind and Fire: “Better Together”
                                  Deb Grant, Shirley Gutkowski, Beth Thompson (This is designed for the entire dental office)
    10:00-2:15am         Silent Auction
    10:00-10:15am        Break/Snack
    10:15am-12:15pm   Earth Wind and Fire Continued.
    12:15-1:45pm         President’s Luncheon
    1:45-3:45pm           Earth Wind and Fire Continued
    1:45-3:45pm           Student Presentation by Dr. Esther Wilkins and Jane Weiner
    3:45 -4:15pm          Break/Snack
    4:15-5:45pm           Table Clinics by Students
    6:00pm                   Table Clinic Winner Announced.

  FRIDAY NIGHT GALA: The Holiday Inn Boise Airport
     6:30pm       Gala Social, Book Signing and Photographs No host bar.
     7:00pm       Buffet 7:30 Live Auction, Music and Dance

SATURDAY OCTOBER 4, 2008
    6:30 -7:30am          AQUA BLAST WITH HYPAC
    7:30-8:30               Registration/Breakfast
    7:30am-12:45pm    Exhibitors/Silent Auction
    8:30-10:30             Jane Weiner/Dr Esther Wilkins
    10:30-10:45           Snack
    10:45-12:45pm       Jane Weiner/Dr. Esther Wilkins continued
    12:45-2:15             Installation Luncheon
    2:15 Silent             Auction Closed and Announced at end of Luncheon
    2:15-4:15              Professional Issues Forum
    4:15-5:00pm          Silent Auction Distribution

Special Events

FRIDAY NIGHT GALA

Our Gala is sponsored by Regence Caring Foundation. It will be held at the Holiday Inn Boise Airport. Come and enjoy an evening of entertainment, delicious dining; A FIESTA CELEBRATION of “Better Together;” a book signing and pictures with Dr. Esther Wilkins and as usual the excitement of the live auction. Your dinner is included with your registration.

Sponsored by:

HYPAC FITNESS/SLEEP-IN EVENT

6:30 Saturday morning AQUA BLAST WITH HYPAC. Support our Hygiene Political Action Committee. Participants will receive a t-shirt and can take part in the Aqua Aerobics or sleep in. For more information contact Kandi Garland at (208) 417-0984 or garlkand@isu.edu Sponsored by Bronco Motors.

TABLE CLINICS

Informative table clinics will be presented by Dental Hygiene Students from ISU and Apollo College. (1.5 CE)

PROFESSIONAL ISSUES FORUM

Find out what is happening in the dental field on a national level as well as a state level. Be informed as a dental community about the issues that we are facing. Bring your questions about what is going on across the state and the nation. (2CE)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Take the opportunity to visit with exhibitors & vendors and receive product samples. Continental breakfast, lunch and snacks are provided both days. Idaho Dental Hygienists’ Foundation jewelry raffle and Orascoptic loupes raffle. Gala included in registration. Guests can be registered for the Gala for an additional $35.00 each. Remember to register early for the “early bird discount” (before August 9th, 2008.) Mail your check to Susan Cameron PO Box 9085 Moscow, ID 83843. Visit the IDHA website for more information: www.idha.org. We look forward to seeing you at this year’s IDHA Annual Session.

Continuing Education

Earth, Wind, and Fire, the Elements of Dental Hygiene

Shirley Gutkowski, RDH, BSDH; Deb Grant, RDH, CA and Beth Thompson, RDH

 Are you looking for fresh ideas to improve your professional life?  “Earth, Wind and Fire” will renew your passion for dental hygiene as Shirley, Beth and Deb inspire you with new applications to update the knowledge you learned in school.  They will integrate the elements of dental hygiene with the latest research about preventing and managing caries, periodontal disease, and patient’ stress to make practicing dental hygiene more rewarding.

Learn how to heal, nurture and serve with holistic methodology to create a relaxing experience for your patients.  This seminar is tomorrow’s dental hygiene, today; join the excitement.

You will learn about:

• Advancements in Periodontics: Host Response and Modulation Therapy
• Minimal Intervention and Preservative Dentistry
• Effective instrumentation
• Perioromatherapy TM
• Prenatal strategies for dental health
• Pressure Point and Music Therapy
• Enhancing Clinical Care Through Comfort Products and Comprehensive Oral Cancer Screening and Medical History Assessment

Rethinking Dental Caries

Esther Wilkins, RDH, DMD 

Dental caries is an infectious, communicable disease caused by acid-forming bacteria and enhanced by personal risk factors. Evidence-based topics for discussion include :the new terminology and stages of dental caries; detection versus diagnosis; caries management using risk assessment(CAMBRA); demineralization; the role of saliva; and protocols for re-mineralization, particularly fluorides, chlorhexidine, and xylitol.

Documentation: Did I Get it All?

Jane Weiner, RDH

Proper documentation of procedures performed for patients can be the source of many problems if not documented correctly. Many licensees have been disciplined by the Boards of Dentistry around the country for having poor or incorrect documentation. When caries risk assessment is implemented in a practice, this too must be documented in a very concise manner. This course will help dental hygienists to determine if the documentation system, they use is complete and make it less challenging to record correctly. Areas that are often overlooked will be pointed out. A new plan is presented for incorporating Caries Risk Assessments into the routine documentation.

Speakers

Debra Grant, RDH, CA continually challenges the profession of dental hygiene through her innovative company OraspaTM, Inc., the only Dental Spa consultancy in the world. OraspaTM originated in 1987 to create a more pleasant experience in the dental office. The OraSpa technique is a certified course that trains dentists and hygienists to alternatively remove anxiety and create a positive and healthy experience for the dental patient. Debra has been appointed as a member of the Illinois State Board of Dentistry in 2004-2008. Ms. Grant has been an active clinical dental hygienist for 32 years. She has practiced in Illinois and Florida. She is the past president of Illinois Dental Hygienists’ Association and active in American dental Hygienists’ Association. Debra has held many leadership positions at the state, local and national level. Her certification in aromatherapy has allowed her to expand the scope of practice in dental hygiene. Debra has been on numerous advisory boards for dental companies worldwide creating new products for the contemporary dental hygienist. She has been a columnist for RDH magazine. Her appearance and interview by NBC Channel 5, Chicago brought national attention to her legislative endeavors at the Illinois’ State Capitol. Debra’s passion is to move the dental hygiene profession forward by helping to empower other dental hygienists for their own passion through confidence and self awareness.

Shirley Gutkowski, RDH, BSDH

Shirley Gutkowski,, RDH, BSDH is a dental hygienist who practiced full time general dental in Madison, WI from 1986 to 2003. She received her RDH from Madison Area Technical College and earned her Baccalaureate Degree in Dental Hygiene from Marquette University in 1999. Gutkowski, president of the Wisconsin Dental Hygienists’ Association year 2006-2007, continues to stretch her own boundaries. Ms. Gutkowski draws on her experience of a seasoned dental hygienist as well as living her adult life in a testosterone factory (wife of over 25 years and mother of five sons) In 2003 focus was directed on her company Cross Link Presentations, consulting, writing and speaking. Her passion in educating and links between health of the oral cavity, with the rest of the body, drove this decision. Gutkowski has had numerous feature articles in RDH, and Contemporary Oral Hygiene. The Purple Guide: Developing Your Clinical Dental Hygiene Career is Ms Gutkowski’s first published book. The book is co-authored by Amy Nieves RDH and is geared toward new dental hygienists. Gutkowski believes in integrating oral health with systemic health. She won the APEX award for writing her series of articles on dental care in Diabetes Self-Management.

Beth Thompson, RDH

Beth Thompson, RDH, this year, makes 33 years. She is Senior Director, Clinical and Professional Relations, North America, for Oral Cancer Prevention International, Oral CDX Laboratories, owns The Dental Connection education consulting service, and is the Former Editor in Chief for Contemporary Oral Hygiene. Her career has been multifaceted including; clinical dental hygiene, dental hygiene education, sales management, speaking internationally, writing and consulting. She is a graduate of Indiana University, and Past President of the Indiana Dental Hygienist's Association. Beth has written and presented dental continuing education courses for the past 28 years. Beth’s career includes her leadership and innovative talents. One of the first dental hygienists recognized by Scherer Laboratories to be number one sales representatives in the industry. She recruited and trained the first ever dental hygiene sales force. She teamed with the John O. Butler Company as Director of Dental Education, initiated the sonicare sales force for Optiva Corporation, creating yet another industry leader in oral care. She serves

Jane Weiner , RDH

Jane Weiner, RDH is a 1964 graduate of the Forsyth School for Dental Hygienists in Boston, MA. After practicing 20 years in Connecticut and Massachusetts, she and her husband moved to Florida where after becoming licensed she was in private practice until she joined the faculty at NOVA Southeastern College of Dental Medicine in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Currently she is in the Informatics Department (Quality Control) at NOVA SE. She is also responsible for preparing the fourth year dental students for the periodontal portion of the various clinical boards and for their Florida Jurisprudence test. She is best-known for her board review company, for which she presents reviews for the National Dental Hygiene Board as well as for the Florida State Board. She has presented continuing education programs in several states and at NOVA SE. She is the co-author with Mararet Fehrenbach, RDH, MS of the Saunders Review of Dental Hygiene, 2nd edition, to be available in Dec. 2008.

Dr. Esther Wilkins, RDH, DMD

Dr. Esther Wilkins, RDH, DMD Esther Wilkins, RDH, DMD graduated from Simmons College, the Forsyth School for Dental Hygienists, and Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, all in Boston, MA.. Currently she is a Clinical Professor and teaches part-time at Tufts University. She is best-known for her book Clinical Practice of the Dental Hygienist which is in its 10th edition. She has presented continuing education programs in 48 states and several foreign countries.

Volunteers Needed

Contact:
Susan Cameron, RDH
scameron@moscow.com

or

Ruth Kearn, RDH
ruthkearn@gmail.com

Sponsors