Hygiene Rising

This week Matt Crespin is joined by Cynthia Chennault, Lieutenant Commander in the United States Public Health Service. 

Episode Highlights

• $20 in 2020 challenge 
• Cynthia's journey in dentistry
• Cynthia's current position 
• Why you should consider joining the US Public Health Service

Quotes

"This is an easy way to give back."

"Our goal is to raise $40,000 through this campaign." 

"She challenged me and asked where I saw my career in dental hygiene going."

"The people of this rural community had a deep respect for the land and their culture and heritage." 

"I knew I wanted to do something different, I just didn't know exactly what." 

"There's almost 100 different hygienists that work for the United States Public Health Service." 

"HRSA has been fully operational during this pandemic." 

"When I was younger I had aspirations of being a songwriter and country music singer." 

"You taught at space camp!?"

"People may not remember what you said, or what you did, but people will always remember how you made them feel." 

Links 

$20 in 2020 Challenge! https://charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/20in2020 

Matt's Email: [email protected] 

ADHA Annual Report: https://www.adha.org/annual-reports 

The health and wellness of the dental hygiene community and the patients you serve is our top priority. We are closely monitoring developments surrounding COVID-19 and will continue to keep you informed. For more information from ADHA, visit https://www.adha.org/covid19.

Visit www.adha.org for membership processing,

membership updates, renewals and conference registration!

FAQ: https://www.adha2020.org/faq/ 

Email for COVID Questions/Input: [email protected] 

Resource Center: https://www.adha.org/covid19 

American Dental Hygienists' Association homepage:   https://www.adha.org/

ADHA Facebook Page:   https://www.facebook.com/youradha/

The Dental Podcast Network Channel One homepage:

http://dentalpodcastnetworkchannelone.otcpn.libsynpro.com/ 

This week Matt Crespin is joined by Pamela Quinones and Jessica August to discuss the Virtual Leadership Summit. Pam and Jessica share with us insider information on what to expect! 

Episode Highlights

• ADHA Updates
• Giving Tuesday 20 in 2020 Challenge 
• Virtual Leadership Summit 

Quotes

"There is something for everyone at this summit."

"We are looking at leadership in totality." 

"You may not be an ADHA leader right now, but we should all be leaders in our jobs." 

"I am really excited that we are giving back to our members, and that we are giving them what they asked for." 

"I think we have the best job in the world."  

Links 

$20 in 2020 Challenge! https://charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/20in2020 

Matt's Email: [email protected] 

ADHA Annual Report: https://www.adha.org/annual-reports 

The health and wellness of the dental hygiene community and the patients you serve is our top priority. We are closely monitoring developments surrounding COVID-19 and will continue to keep you informed. For more information from ADHA, visit https://www.adha.org/covid19.

Visit www.adha.org for membership processing,

membership updates, renewals and conference registration!

FAQ: https://www.adha2020.org/faq/ 

Email for COVID Questions/Input: [email protected] 

Resource Center: https://www.adha.org/covid19 

American Dental Hygienists' Association homepage:   https://www.adha.org/

ADHA Facebook Page:   https://www.facebook.com/youradha/

The Dental Podcast Network Channel One homepage:

http://dentalpodcastnetworkchannelone.otcpn.libsynpro.com/ 

This week Matt Crespin is joined by ADHA President, Lisa Moravec, RDH, MS. Lisa and Matt discuss what Lisa's year as President has held so far, and important updates and events coming up! 

Episode Highlights

• A look at Lisa's year so far
• Return to Work Task Force
• Operational updates 
• Virtual Leadership Summit
• Access Magazine final issue
• ADHA Appointee for Commission/Committee positions 
• ADHA Board Meeting highlights 
• Idaho State University/ADHA Symposium 

Quotes

"My year has been busy, but in a different way then past Presidents."

"We are moving into the winter season and we need to be vigilant."

"Her takeaway of assuming anyone in your chair has Covid-19 was a good takeaway." 

"Embrace the leader that you already are."

"It's important for us to be very transparent with you, so that you know what is going on."

"Continue to imagine what the future of dental hygiene can look like." 

Links 

https://www.adha.org/adha-bot-meeting-highlights 

Matt's Email: [email protected] 

ADHA Annual Report: https://www.adha.org/annual-reports 

The health and wellness of the dental hygiene community and the patients you serve is our top priority. We are closely monitoring developments surrounding COVID-19 and will continue to keep you informed. For more information from ADHA, visit https://www.adha.org/covid19.

Visit www.adha.org for membership processing,

membership updates, renewals and conference registration!

FAQ: https://www.adha2020.org/faq/ 

Email for COVID Questions/Input: [email protected] 

Resource Center: https://www.adha.org/covid19 

American Dental Hygienists' Association homepage:   https://www.adha.org/

ADHA Facebook Page:   https://www.facebook.com/youradha/

The Dental Podcast Network Channel One homepage:

http://dentalpodcastnetworkchannelone.otcpn.libsynpro.com/ 

This week Matt Crespin is joined by Deirdre M Fiorini, MSDH, RDH. Deirdre is an ADHA member and a hygienist currently based out of Ireland.

Episode Highlights

• Mark your calendars
• Deirdre's background
• Transferring hygiene license process
• Dental nurse 
• Plaza College educator 
• Covid-19 Ireland 
• Listener feedback 

Quotes

"The United Kingdom does an assessment and I figured out that it is an incredible amount of information."

"You need syllabi from every course you have ever taken, with an emblem on each page from the university, signed by the dean and director."

"Luckily, I was very organized from the very beginning."

"Organization is key, that really helped me."

"When I started in my first office, my Dentist encouraged me to be an ADHA member and paid for my membership."

"Great things never came from comfort zones."

Links 

Matt's Email: [email protected] 

ADHA Annual Report: https://www.adha.org/annual-reports 

The health and wellness of the dental hygiene community and the patients you serve is our top priority. We are closely monitoring developments surrounding COVID-19 and will continue to keep you informed. For more information from ADHA, visit https://www.adha.org/covid19.

Visit www.adha.org for membership processing,

membership updates, renewals and conference registration!

FAQ: https://www.adha2020.org/faq/ 

Email for COVID Questions/Input: [email protected] 

Resource Center: https://www.adha.org/covid19 

American Dental Hygienists' Association homepage:   https://www.adha.org/

ADHA Facebook Page:   https://www.facebook.com/youradha/

The Dental Podcast Network Channel One homepage:

http://dentalpodcastnetworkchannelone.otcpn.libsynpro.com/ 

This week Matt Crespin is joined by Registered Dental Therapist, Heather Luebben RDH, ADT, MS to discuss her career path and what led her to dental therapy!

Episode Highlights

• Registered dental therapy history 
• Heather's background and current role 
• Apple Tree Dental 
• ADHA impact 

Quotes

"ADHA is a huge supporter of dental therapy." 

"It's a great opportunity for a new provider to help address the immense access to care issues we are seeing in the United States."

"Dental therapists are not intended to replace dentists, they are meant to compliment dentists."

"When you have all of these different providers practicing to the top of their scope, you have a much more efficient environment."

"Hygiene was how I established my patient base."

"Now we get more calls for job openings than there are dental therapists in the state."

"If you are thinking about it, I would go for it."

Links 

https://www.appletreedental.org/meet-us/our-organization/

https://www.adha.org/resources-docs/Expanding_Access_to_Dental_Therapy.pdf

https://www.appletreedental.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ADT-in-LTC-Heather-Luebben-Case-Study-022018.pdf

Matt's Email: [email protected] 

ADHA Annual Report: https://www.adha.org/annual-reports 

The health and wellness of the dental hygiene community and the patients you serve is our top priority. We are closely monitoring developments surrounding COVID-19 and will continue to keep you informed. For more information from ADHA, visit https://www.adha.org/covid19.

Visit www.adha.org for membership processing,

membership updates, renewals and conference registration!

FAQ: https://www.adha2020.org/faq/ 

Email for COVID Questions/Input: [email protected] 

Resource Center: https://www.adha.org/covid19 

American Dental Hygienists' Association homepage:   https://www.adha.org/

ADHA Facebook Page:   https://www.facebook.com/youradha/

The Dental Podcast Network Channel One homepage:

http://dentalpodcastnetworkchannelone.otcpn.libsynpro.com/ 

This week Matt Crespin is joined by Gina Sharps, MPH, RDH, CTTS. Gina and Matt discuss Gina's journey through dental hygiene, public health to dental public health and the impact ADHA has made in her career!

Episode Highlights

• ADHA Board of Trustees fall meeting takeaways
• Updates from ADHA
• Gina's background 
• Public Health
• Regional Oral Health Coordinator role
• Gina's love for ADHA
• Advice

Quotes

"Assuming good intent is something I try to go in with at all times. If you can come in with that frame of mind, you can be much more productive."

"Our staff is always ready to assist you."

"When I was 7 years old I took a really bad fall on my bike… I was wired shut for 2 months." 

"Never say never. Seasons will change in your life, you will change, and your professional goals will change as well."

"I love that no day looks the same."

"We have a laundry list of projects that involve the community."

"We are at every table we are invited to, and sometimes it is making a place at the table."

"I view ADHA as my professional compass." 

"I have met some of the most brilliant and passionate colleagues through ADHA and for that I am so grateful."

"In public health the community is your patient."

"Never ever be afraid to reinvent yourself."

"When you become stagnant in your life, it is time to reinvent yourself. It may not be easy, but it will be well worth it."

Links 

Matt's Email: [email protected] 

ADHA Annual Report: https://www.adha.org/annual-reports 

The health and wellness of the dental hygiene community and the patients you serve is our top priority. We are closely monitoring developments surrounding COVID-19 and will continue to keep you informed. For more information from ADHA, visit https://www.adha.org/covid19.

Visit www.adha.org for membership processing,

membership updates, renewals and conference registration!

FAQ: https://www.adha2020.org/faq/ 

Email for COVID Questions/Input: [email protected] 

Resource Center: https://www.adha.org/covid19 

American Dental Hygienists' Association homepage:   https://www.adha.org/

ADHA Facebook Page:   https://www.facebook.com/youradha/

The Dental Podcast Network Channel One homepage:

http://dentalpodcastnetworkchannelone.otcpn.libsynpro.com/ 

This week Matt Crespin is joined by Heather Tuthill, MPH, BSDH, RDH to talk about her journey in Dental Hygiene with ADHA and working through the pandemic!

Episode Highlights

• Updates from ADHA
• Heather's Journey 
• Impacts of Covid-19
• Heather's experience with ADHA 

Quotes

"He told me you can be in debt for 4 years or 12 years, and 4 sounded way better." 

"I heard the sound of that calculus popping off with the scaler and I knew that was what I wanted to do."

"Look, if daycare isn't open, I can't come back to work."

"I feel like we are playing therapy even more."

"The role that you play in educating them, puts them at an advantage down the road."

"There is something out there for everyone, and we all need to come together and work together for the greater good of everybody."

Links 

Matt's Email: [email protected] 

ADHA Annual Report: https://www.adha.org/annual-reports 

The health and wellness of the dental hygiene community and the patients you serve is our top priority. We are closely monitoring developments surrounding COVID-19 and will continue to keep you informed. For more information from ADHA, visit https://www.adha.org/covid19.

Visit www.adha.org for membership processing,

membership updates, renewals and conference registration!

FAQ: https://www.adha2020.org/faq/ 

Email for COVID Questions/Input: [email protected] 

Resource Center: https://www.adha.org/covid19 

American Dental Hygienists' Association homepage:   https://www.adha.org/

ADHA Facebook Page:   https://www.facebook.com/youradha/

The Dental Podcast Network Channel One homepage:

http://dentalpodcastnetworkchannelone.otcpn.libsynpro.com/ 

This week Matt Crespin is joined by ADHA Member Dr. Kelly Tanner, PhD to fill us in on her journey in dental hygiene and current work.

Episode Highlights

• Updates from ADHA
• Don't forget to renew 
• Kelly's background 
• Value of the professional organization 
• Leadership within dental hygiene
• Ignite 

Quotes

"If you join as a new member now, you receive membership for the remainder of 2020 and all of 2021!"

"When someone sees something in you, it's important to investigate that." 

"I realized there was such a gap in information when it came to leadership." 

"It is hard to know who I would be today without my professional organization." 

"When I am asked how I got to where I am today… it starts with one step." 

"If we are virtual, let's spread the love." 

"With leadership you don't know where people are in their journey. They don't know what they don't know." 

"In many different ways, everyone mentors somebody." 

"The first thing that people see are your teeth and your shoes." 

"Asking myself, 'What no longer serves me?' really ups my A-Game." 

Links 

Matt's Email: [email protected] 

ADHA Annual Report: https://www.adha.org/annual-reports 

The health and wellness of the dental hygiene community and the patients you serve is our top priority. We are closely monitoring developments surrounding COVID-19 and will continue to keep you informed. For more information from ADHA, visit https://www.adha.org/covid19.

Visit www.adha.org for membership processing,

membership updates, renewals and conference registration!

FAQ: https://www.adha2020.org/faq/ 

Email for COVID Questions/Input: [email protected] 

Resource Center: https://www.adha.org/covid19 

American Dental Hygienists' Association homepage:   https://www.adha.org/

ADHA Facebook Page:   https://www.facebook.com/youradha/

The Dental Podcast Network Channel One homepage:

http://dentalpodcastnetworkchannelone.otcpn.libsynpro.com/ 

This week Matt Crespin is joined by Jeannette Diaz, a return guest of the ADHA Podcast. They discuss the experiences of men in dental hygiene and Jeannette's research in this topic!

Episode Highlights

• National Dental Hygiene Month 
• Jeannette's background
• RDHAP - Registered Dental Hygienist in Alternative Practice 
• Mobile dentistry and Covid-19
• Experiences of men working in dental hygiene
• VOTE! 

Quotes

"I had the privilege and honor of serving as the first male president of our association in our nearly 100 year history." 

"All of my work is mobile."

"RDHAP allows the hygienists to have their own hygiene practice as either a stand alone practice in an area with a shortage of dentists or a mobile practice." 

"I haven't seen any patients since the beginning of when the pandemic hit." 

"There was discrimination from not only patients, but employers." 

"They were told by the agency, 'It isn't going to work out, they are not looking for a male hygienist.'" 

"You knew what they were thinking, but they didn't say it." 

"In the UK they didn't experience discrimination… it sounded like their laws were more strict against that than they are here in the USA." 

"In his environment, if you are a white female, you are in the minority, which is almost unheard of." 

"As time goes on, I think we will start to see that shift." 

"I am inspired every time I get to vote and make that choice." 

Links 

Matt's Email: [email protected] 

ADHA Annual Report: https://www.adha.org/annual-reports 

The health and wellness of the dental hygiene community and the patients you serve is our top priority. We are closely monitoring developments surrounding COVID-19 and will continue to keep you informed. For more information from ADHA, visit https://www.adha.org/covid19.

Visit www.adha.org for membership processing,

membership updates, renewals and conference registration!

FAQ: https://www.adha2020.org/faq/ 

Email for COVID Questions/Input: [email protected] 

Resource Center: https://www.adha.org/covid19 

American Dental Hygienists' Association homepage:   https://www.adha.org/

ADHA Facebook Page:   https://www.facebook.com/youradha/

The Dental Podcast Network Channel One homepage:

http://dentalpodcastnetworkchannelone.otcpn.libsynpro.com/ 

This week Matt Crespin is joined by Tiffany M. Foy, RDH, MPH to discuss her role within ODHA, and the rewarding work she does in school based programs! 

Episode Highlights

• National Dental Hygiene Month
• Complaint dropped!
• Tiffany's background
• Practicing during the pandemic 
• School based programs
• ODHA - Oregon Dental Hygiene Association 

Quotes

"9 years later I am still with the same employer, that job has transformed into the dream career." 

"I am able to be that first step to get them more comfortable, and work towards making an appointment." 

"Right now I am providing services through teledentistry." 

"Often the parents are not aware their child has a mouth full of cavities." 

"As the schools continue to be closed, those cavities continue to grow bigger and bigger." 

"I truly wouldn't be where I am at without the association." 

"When I think of someone fearless, I think of a leader, and we are all leaders." 

"Work together, be a resource, be part of the solution!" 

Links 

https://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/year-donates-birthday-presents-sets-scrap-metal-business-72782263

Matt's Email: [email protected] 

ADHA Annual Report: https://www.adha.org/annual-reports 

The health and wellness of the dental hygiene community and the patients you serve is our top priority. We are closely monitoring developments surrounding COVID-19 and will continue to keep you informed. For more information from ADHA, visit https://www.adha.org/covid19.

Visit www.adha.org for membership processing,

membership updates, renewals and conference registration!

FAQ: https://www.adha2020.org/faq/ 

Email for COVID Questions/Input: [email protected] 

Resource Center: https://www.adha.org/covid19 

American Dental Hygienists' Association homepage:   https://www.adha.org/

ADHA Facebook Page:   https://www.facebook.com/youradha/

The Dental Podcast Network Channel One homepage:

http://dentalpodcastnetworkchannelone.otcpn.libsynpro.com/