MDHA 2016-17 Officers

President: Vickie Yahn

President Elect: Jan Miller

Vice President: Becky Domalgalski

Immediate Past President: Allison Restauri

Treasurer: Beth Chislea

Speaker of the House: Marge Buehner

Delegates to ADHA: Vickie Yahn, Jan Miller, Becky Domalgaski, Beth Chislea, Danielle Derwoed

Association Administrator: Joyce Losen joyce@mdhatoday.org

Lobbying Firm: Acuitas Sarah Hubbard shubbard@acuitasllc.com

MDHA NEWSWIRE JANUARY 2017

From your MDHA President!

Happy New Year! I want to begin by thanking all of you for your membership in your professional association. We appreciate that you understand the importance that your professional organization plays in the future of your profession. Your leadership continues to work on your behalf in all areas that affect you. We are diligent in our efforts to work with ADHA in the consolidation process. We have been informed that their restructuring process is to result in an increase in member benefits from the national level. We will continue to pursue those benefits for you.

On the legislative plain, we have two upcoming opportunities to meet face to face with our legislators. The first event is on February 1, 2017. That is an opportunity to meet with the newly elected officials and to educate them about our profession and our educational backgrounds. The second encounter takes place on May 9, 2017. That is our annual Legislative Luncheon. That is your chance to meet as a group with the legislators in your area over a lunch format. You not only have an opportunity to educate your local legislator, but also have the important role as mentor to a student dental hygienist. Mark your calendar so that you can be a part of this important contact.

We continue to answer your request for face to face continuing educational events. In collaboration with Northland Component, a phenomenal offering has been scheduled in Traverse City on March, 18, 2017. Specific details are forthcoming. MDHA has again joined with MDA to present a quality experience at the Spirit of Michigan from April 26-29, 2017 at Devos Place in Grand Rapids. Plan to attend with your friends for both the educational and social opportunities of the Annual Session. Your Education Council has been busy. There will be another continuing education offering in collaboration with the Superior Sunrise Component on September 23, 2017. Watch for more information about this event. ADHA Annual Conference information has been released. This year’s event is in Jacksonville, FL from June 14-19, 2017. Plan to attend with a group of friends. It is always a great experience.

I wish you a wonderful 2017. I hope that we will all continue to work together to better the profession of Dental Hygiene in this new year. Remember that “YOU ARE KEY”!

Professionally yours,
Vickie L. Yahn, RDH
MDHA President

MDHA Component Trustees

Capital Region: Mary Ellen Sickles rmsickles@comcast.net
East Shore: Nancy Balaj nbalaj32@gmail.com
Grand Shores: Traci Beals tracifloss2002@yahoo.com
Greater Detroit: Danielle Rauch daniellerauch@me.com
Great Lakes Bay: Stacy Priem priemiumrdh@aol.com
Northland: Erica Dopp rdh.erica@gmail.com
South Central: Stacey Schramm schramms@kellogg.edu
Southwest: Eve Sidney sidneyej@gmail.com
Superior Sunrise: Becky Nunneley patzerbe@hotmail.com

If you are currently not an MDHA member, we invite you to join and become an active participant in one of these components! Visit our website, www.mdhatoday.org for a membership application!

Legislative Update

Michigan has begun a new legislative session and a new legislature has been sworn into office. All unsigned legislation from 2016 has been lost. Per Sarah Hubbard update at the January BOT, it is anticipated that the limited prescription bill will be re-introduced, and some form of the Dental Therapist Bill will be presented. Your legislative council will keep you informed.

****There is a new ruling effective January 6, 2017 regarding licensure renewal. One credit in human trafficking is now required. See R 338.11123 Training standards for identifying victims of human trafficking; requirements. Rule 1123 for further clarification.****

South Central Component will present the following seminar!

FRIDAY MARCH 17 9AM-1PM
TOPIC: Understanding Human Trafficking: Moving from Knowledge to Action
SPEAKER: Dr. Jeremy Norwood, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology, Global Studies and Criminal Justice at Spring Arbor University
CEU: 4
LOCATION: Baker College Welcome Center, 2800 Springport Rd Rooms 1027&1028, Jackson, MI

Legislative Luncheon 2017 is now scheduled for May 9, 2017 a Tuesday, in the Mackinac room in the Anderson House Building. Please mark your calendars. Legislators are much more likely to attend if they are aware that they have constituents to speak with.

Education Council

The Council is finalizing seminar details on a Head and Neck Cancer Symposium presented by Dr. Steven Chang and the Henry Ford Hospital H&N Team that will be held Saturday, March 18 at the Hagerty Center in Traverse City. This has already generated a great deal of interest in the dental and medical communities, and will fill up fast. Watch the MDHA website, www.mdhatoday.org, for registration and hotel information.

A Multidiscipline approach to Head and Neck Cancers

8:30-9:00	Dr. Chang	Multidisciplinary Care Model
9:00-9:30	Dr. Ghanem	Free Flap Reconstruction
9:30-10:00	Dr. Siddiqui	HPV related oral pharyngeal cancers
10:00-10:20	Sue Hill	Oral Cancer Diet
10:20-10:40	Jamie Lindholm	Speech and swallow changes in Oral Cancer
10:40-11:00	Dr. Amy Williams	Cognitive Impairment in Oral Cancer Pts
11:00-12:00	LUNCH
12:00-12:30	Dr. Chris Keller	Pathology of Oral Cavity and Oropharynx cancers
12:30-1:00	Dr. Ghanem	Trans Oral Robotic Surgery for Oropharyngeal Pts
1:00-1:45	Dr. Siddiqui	Radiation effects in Oral Cavity Cancer
1:45-2:15	Dr. Jawad Sheqwara	Chemotherapy effects on Oral Cavity Cancer
2:15-2:30p	Dr. Chang	Case discussions with Questions

Public Health Council

The Public Health Council has been working hard to provide MDHA members with quality resources covering a wide range of public health topics. They have completed an excellent PA161 power point presentation, which is available for use. They hope to bring this to dental and dental hygiene students, but the information is pertinent to anyone with an interest in a PA161 program. Please contact Susan Deming, Council Chair, at demings@michigan.gov for further information.

Component News

Captial Region

Capital Region Dental Hygienists Association (C-RDH)

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After Central and Genesee merged one of our biggest obstacles was communicating with each other. The creation of the C-RDH website and a Facebook page seemed the answer. Our board voted to close the website as of December 2016. We continue to encourage hygienists to join our Facebook page.

Our component has the Dorothy Below Lesher scholarship that is made available to Lansing Community College and Mott Community College seniors. One or more students receive amounts from $500-1500 each at a dinner meeting we hold in February. We host a spring seminar held in East Lansing in April. We participate in Miles for Smiles and like to volunteer for a project every year. Last year we made dinner and served it at a Lansing homeless shelter. We made a few Saturday breakfasts for the kids that included a few crafts also.

In December we like to have a fun get together where we chose different activities like painting or yoga.

Homeless Angels Dinner 2016

Hilltop Yoga 2016

Follow us on Facebook at Capital Region Dental Hygienists where you can find details to all events are posted. Any questions or great idea sharing appreciated: president@c-rdh.org

Superior Sunrise

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Representing MDHA’s largest geographical component, are delegates left to right, Allison Johnson, Brenda Scheller, and Cheryl Smigelski

Superior Sunrise Dental Hygiene Association has been actively up for the challenge of connecting with our Upper Peninsula and North Eastern Lower Michigan RDH’s in the transition of redistricting. We are requesting current email addresses be emailed to cheryl.smigelski@yahoo.com ASAP. We also invite you to visit us on Facebook for any local happenings and give us thumbs up! A rough draft of updated bylaws has been completed and awaits review and feedback from our members.

Superior Sunrise member Brenda Budnik represented our component at the Michigan Dental Hygienists’ Educational Conference in Lansing on October 28, 2016. This event was attended by over 400 dental hygiene students. Our table, complete with a 3 way board, component business cards, decorations and candy turned out amazing! Thank you Brenda for your time and efforts. A number of students visited Brenda and learned about Superior Sunrise.

November 19, 2016 we hosted a 6 CE seminar “Posture, Pain, and your Pelvic Floor”. The speaker Wynne Tezak is a physical therapist and provided one pain management credit. Attendees were able to walk away with several exercises and stretches to promote postural stabilization and function. September 23, 2017 we will be co-hosting a seminar with MDHA at St. Ignace Little Bear East Arena and Community Center. More information to come so save the date!

SAVE THE DATE!

April 26-29, Devos Place Grand Rapids!

MDA has graciously shared the slate of speakers with MDHA for the past several years. MDHA gets credit/payment for all RDH’s attending one of the following MDHA co-sponsored seminars. Please support your profession and attend one or more of these classes in April!

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Thursday, April 27

Strive 2 Quit: Tobacco Cessation (Course #5)
Stacey Franks
8:30 – 11:30 a.m.
DDS $149; Staff $79
Limit 100
Co-sponsored by the Michigan Dental Hygienists’ Association.

RDHs need Laser Focus (Course #18)
Cindy Basile, RDH, AAS, Laser Certified
1:30 – 4:30 p.m.
DDS $149; Staff $79
Limit 100

Friday, April 28

Have Your Dentist Saying: “I Have the Best Hygienist Ever” and You Saying “I Work in the Best Office Ever” (Course 26)
Pamela Maragliano-Muniz, DMD
8 – 11 a.m.
DDS $149; Staff $79
Limit 100

Periodontal Disease: Classification and Non-Surgical Treatment for the Registered Dental Hygienist (Course #37)
Sheree Duff, RDH, BSDH, MSA
2 – 5 p.m.
DDS $149; Staff $79
Limit 100

Saturday, April 29

Understanding Bleeding Disorders (Course #47)
Jennifer Kerns, BS, RDH
8:30 – 11:30 a.m.
DDS $119; Staff $59
Limit 100

Systemic Effects of the Traveling Oral Microbiome and Periodontal Treatment (Course #49)
Wenche Sylling Borgnakke, DDS, MPH, PhD
1 – 4 p.m.
DDS $119; Staff $59
Limit 100
Co-sponsored by the Michigan Dental Hygienists’ Association

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From District V Trustee Sharlee Burch

Hello everyone! I wanted to take a moment to write and let you know that ADHA District 5 Student Delegate applications are now being accepted. The deadline is February 17, 2017! Feel free to email me with any questions! Sharlee

Sharlee Burch, RDH, MPH, EdD
ADHA District 5 Trustee
Lexington, KY
cell: 859-457-7022
sharleeb@adha.net

2017 Awards – Nominations Due February 1, 2017

ADHA offers several awards to recognize excellence and contributions all while helping members attend the Annual Conference in Jacksonville.

Award applications are now available and are due February 1, 2017. This is your chance to be recognized by your colleagues for your work and dedication to dental hygiene. All awardees are recognized at the Annual Conference, in Access Magazine and in social media. Awards are given in the following categories:

Clinician Awards, Community Awards, Educator Awards, Membership Awards, Student Awards, Research Awards

Nominate yourself or a colleague today!