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Hygienically Speaking
 Winter 2020

Can you believe this year is almost over?! We have had 3 successful meetings,
with just a few technical difficulties. We have elected our 2020-2021
Delegates, held the first ever GHDHA Virtual Big CE, helped our community,
celebrated student successes, and worked together. I am so proud to be your
President and am looking forward to more!

If you have not made it to one of our virtual meetings, please join us! Houston is
such a big and spread out city and for some, driving to meeting an hour or more
every month is just not possible. I hope with the meetings being virtual,
hygienists who may have not been able to join us at the face-to-face meetings
can join us virtually. So, make sure to invite people to the meetings. Students,
members, non-members (CE will be $15), educators, clinical hygienists, public
health hygienists, anyone!

If you ever need anything or think there is
something that GHDHA can do, please feel
free to reach out to me. We are in this
together. ❤

Thank you, I am so honored to serve you,

Shawna Greer, R.D.H., B.S.D.H.
GHDHA President 2020-2021
ghdhspresident@gmail.com

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GHDHA Monthly CE Meetings

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GHDHA Monthly CE Meetings

 JANUARY 5, 2021
 2021
 Speaker: Amber Lovatos
 Title: Abuse

 FEBRUARY 2, 2021
 Speaker: Nisa Hashmani, RDH, MA
 Title: COVID-19 - Presentation on Clinical Skills for Dental Hygiene

 MARCH 2, 2021
 Speaker: Student Table Clinics

 APRIL 6, 2021
 Speaker: Whitney Cameron (Ivoclar Vivadent)
 Title: Periodontal and Peri-Implant Treatment Success: Advancement in Chlorhexidine

 MAY 4, 2021
 Speaker: Dr. Shalizeh Patel
 Title: Update on Laser Use

PRICE: ADHA members: Free // Non-members: $15

CREDITS: 1.5 CEUs (Live CE credit)

TIME: 6:30PM – 9:00PM (Tuesday nights)

LOCATION: Online! Meeting Zoom link will be sent to your email after registration

REGISTRATION: Sign-up links on our Facebook page

Upcoming Events
2021 TDHA Annual conference
 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12 – SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14

 CONGRATS TDHA DELEGATES! SEE YOU AT THE CONFERENCE!

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TDHA Trustee News
 from Angela Do
TDHA 2021 Annual Conference
The TDHA 2021 Annual Conference will take place February 12-14, 2021 in Houston, TX. Stay tuned for
the registration link. The student portion has been moved to a virtual platform that will take place on
February 27, 2021. Student scholarship applications are now live: https://www.texasdha.org/scholarships

TDHA Preferred Business List
It is our absolute pleasure to bring you the TDHA Preferred Business program. We strive to bring our
members exclusive benefits! The companies that we have started working with have been reviewed by
your peers for quality and the companies really care about their customers. We will continue to work for
our members and build saving options for you! it out here!
Check it out here: https://conta.cc/3ePUrQN

Tex HyPAC
Pre-order your custom ADHA mask today! Masks are $15 each.
Proceeds will go toward Tex HyPAC.Limited number available!
Masks will be shipped mid-December. This is a perfect gift for
the holiday season! Email hypactreasurer@gmail.com or order
online here: https://www.texasdha.org/donate-to-hypac

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TDHA 2021 Awards Program
TDHA 2021 Awards Program Applications are now LIVE! We
want to recognize YOU! TDHA’s 2021 Awards Program is a way
to honor and recognize our members dedication to the dental
hygiene profession (in various aspects of the dental hygiene
world: clinical, education, public health, research, etc.). Apply
now for your chance to be recognized by your colleagues at
TDHA's 2021 Annual Conference in Houston, TX. Applications
are available on the TDHA website:
https://www.texasdha.org/awards-program

TDHA Trustee News
 from Angela Do
IOH Fundraisers with Lynch Creek Farm
Texas Dental Hygienists’ Association is participating
in our annual Lynch Creek Farm Fundraiser to raise
money for our national philanthropic foundation,
The Institute for Oral Health. IOH provides
scholarships and grants to dental hygiene students
and dental hygienists. By buying or gifting items
from Lynch Creek Farm this year you help us raise
money towards our goal. Click here to shop for
yourself, your family, and friends.
https://www.lynchcreekfundraising.com/f/1372412

IOH Fundraiser with Pampered Chef
District IX is having a Pampered Chef Fundraiser benefiting
IOH. What a better way to gift someone this holiday season
than giving a gift that also gives to The Institute for Oral
Health! Our Texas link to join the party and/or shop is:
https://www.pamperedchef.com/party/iohtexas

New & Reinstated Members
 KRISTIE GRIFFIN & HILLARY HENNIG

 Congratulations New Grads!
MEGAN ALI – EMILY ANDRADE ALAS – ALANA ARTISON – STEPHANIE CORREA
– SARAH LAREDO – DANIELLE LOPEZ – LYZETTE MAGUIGAD – RUTH-ANNA
MCDONALD – BRENDA MONROY – DOMINIQUE PETTWAY – VANESSA SALINAS
– ADRIANNE STEPHENS – HAN TA – KRISTEN VALENZUELA – CINDY VO

 WELCOME AND THANK YOU FOR JOiNiNG THE
 AMERICAN DENTAL HYGIENISTS’ ASSOCIATION &
 TEXAS DENTAL HYGIENISTS' ASSOCIATION!

 As a member, you will have access to ADHA.org which is filled with new
technologies, published work, professional and educational opportunities along
 with alerts on legislative developments. ADHA members receive discounts on
 insurance, hotel/car rentals, continuing education, and personal/professional
discounts. You can see an overview of your ADHA membership benefits on our
website at GHDHA.org >> Resources >> Member Benefits. Your membership
 is important to our organization as Dental Hygienists, and we aim to stand
 together to support and advance each other and the best for our careers.

GHDHA Student Liaison News
 from Alfa Capetillo & Kristen Valenzuela
 On Wednesday August 12th, GHDHA visited UTSD students virtually via WebEx
During their New Student Orientation. Representatives from the organization included
GHDHA President Shawna Greer, GHDHA Student Liaisons, Alfa Capetillo and Kristen
Valenzuela. Pizza was served for lunch and sponsored by GHDHA. The virtual
presentation described ADHA and its importance in the hygiene profession. An emphasis
was placed on navigating monthly meetings during the pandemic and how to stay
involved from a distance. We are excited and can’t wait for the Class of 2022 to unleash
their potential! Thank you to the UTSD Faculty and Staff for inviting us to present and
helping make this a successful event.

 In addition to this event, on Wednesday September 30th, GHDHA and BADHA
visited virtually with the new students at HCC. Students were welcomed by BADHA
President, Chriszelda Luna and Student Liaisons Alfa Capetillo and Kristen Valenzuela.
During the presentation we emphasized the importance of dental hygienists working
together to promote and protect our profession. Students were also quizzed over the
structure of the ADHA and other ways dental hygienists can get involved in the
community. Students were invited to nominate members for a “Spotlight Feature” on
Facebook as well as participate in an “ADHA Instagram Takeover”. Thank you to HCC
faculty for coordinating this event. All in all, our virtual visits with both schools were a
huge success and the collaboration of GHDHA and BADHA serves as an encouragement
for students to work together to move our profession forward!

News from the Student Chapter of
 American Dental Hygienists’ Association

Houston Community College - Coleman
 Due to COVID-19, we have had many challenges to overcome and adapt to during the
 2020 school year. We are grateful that we have been able to return to campus to
 continue our hands-on learning. We are thankful that our patients have stuck with us
 and have been so patient while transitioning back to clinic. Our program has
 implemented strict protocols to ensure that everyone stays safe and healthy. We
 continue to remain optimistic about the future as we head into the new year. We are
 getting through this TOGETHER.
 – Tyler Ferguson, HCC Dental Hygiene Student, Historian

 1st and 2nd year students meet for the first time

Houston Community College - Coleman
Demo and Learning Time

 HCC students attended virtual
 GHDHA meeting

 Dental Materials Lab

Pima Medical Institute
Cohort 9
We are so thankful to be back in clinic
working with live patients. It is an
enlightening experience. We are
enjoying our patients and they have
been most informative with their
feedback, they are purposeful in giving
us feedback and enhancing our skills.
We are each grateful to be working
directly with a classmate as our
clinician assistant. It not only makes the
learning experience more fulfilling, but it
is also nice to collaborate with a fellow
peer. We are all looking forward to our
new patients and eager to master our
skills. I know we are appreciative to be We are finally able to look forward and see the light
in this program, still together as a class at the end of this tunnel. With graduation in sight;
of 2020. I’m sure each of one us I know we are all most excited for our white coat
admires the work and turmoil we have ceremony and our future ahead as professionals.
gone through together with COVID. – Sahar Hindi

Cohort 10

After several unanticipated months online, we have completed semester three and now we
have officially hit the half way mark. It has been an interesting year but we have adapted
and overcome the obstacles that have come our way and we will be better clinicians
because of it. We could not be more excited to be back together on campus this semester
and apply all of our newly acquired skills as we go into our first semester of clinic.
– Erica Henao

Pima Medical Institute (cont.)
Cohort 11

 Semester 1 is finally complete!
 We've challenged ourselves and
 have continued the journey into the
 world of dental hygiene with
 amazing faculty that will guide us to
 the end and classmates that will be
 by our side. We will continue to pick
 each other up when we fall and
 cross the finish line hand in hand.
 Semester 2 here we come!
 – Krista Charles

Cohort 12
What a wild start to our Dental
Hygiene program career at PIMA!
Covid-19 has changed the way we
think of attending school but we
remain motivated to excel in our
classes. Cohort 12 is working hard
to make the most out of our time
with our professors as well as our
time with one another to study. We
are thankful to have one another to
lean on and learn from as well as
the support we have from our
professors. As we move along into
our program, we hope to make our
professors proud! Cohort 12 can’t
wait to tackle what is next to come
in our first semester and beyond!
– Olivia Dahlman

University of Texas School of Dentistry
 Houston
The DH1 and DH2 students at UTHealth have been busy these past few months. The DH2
students put the pedal to the metal and finished Clinical Practice I and II by mid-October. Students
collaborated with peers in order to work on patients with necessary qualifications that enabled
them to complete requirements and competencies in what seemed like an impossible window of
time. The clinic is not yet at full capacity, but things are steadily picking back up. The reopening of
the Assessment Clinic is allowing the DH2 students to find more advanced patients (Class 3 and
4 calculus classification) to work on and get the necessary experience to increase speed and
efficiency in doing things such as medical history and taking FMS in radiology. Clinic III began on
October 15th and this time the students have 12 weeks to work through the requirements and
competencies so everyone is easing up a little bit on the stress levels – hooray!

 DH2 with a patient in clinic

 DH1s practicing with typodonts

The DH1 students embraced online learning and faculty did their best to present lessons on
things like instrumentation as interactively as possible via virtual platforms. DH1 students
practiced with their instruments in the Simulation Lab once a week and did a fabulous job learning
the basic, essential instruments like the Barnhart. They’ve begun working on taking vitals, medical
history, and extraoral/intraoral examinations so that they are ready to begin working on patients
early next year! This fall semester has been a bit of a whirlwind experience requiring daily
patience and flexibility, but those are essential qualities in a dental hygienist whether there is
global pandemic or not.
– Marie Sullivan

University of Texas School of Dentistry
 Houston

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