When I was going to college in the Northern Arizona University Dental Hygiene Program, I remember thinking "When I'm done here, I'm done - I'm not going back to school."  At the time, I failed to realize that I had entered a profession where learning is a life-long process.  I have since then realized how naïve I was.  In the dental field we have an ethical and moral obligation to continually educate ourselves on the techniques, technology, and new products that are found to have the best evidence base and clinical utility. A continuing education focus should both enhance our skills and allow us to provide better care to the patients we serve. Fortunately, we live in a state and at a time when the options for continued education are many. As you know LDHA will hold our annual session "CE in the City" on March 9-10, 2012 at the Double Tree Hotel in beautiful Downtown New Orleans.  This is a wonderful opportunity for us to obtain continuing education credits as well as network with fellow colleagues. This is also an opportunity for us as hygienists to have a voice in the direction we would like to see our profession move. I encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity.  Please encourage your co-workers and friends who may not be a member of LDHA to get involved and attend. 

I want to thank our Annual Session Chairs Carrie Daigle and Jennifer Lamkin for their hard work in orchestrating this conference.  I also want to thank Debbi Mitchell our Executive Secretary as well as the LDHA Board members for their support and guidance this past year as I have served as your President.  I've enjoyed the journey!

Thank you,
Tammie Nelson, RDH, BS
President, LDHA

To help us lower Continue Education cost, please keep your current mailing and email addresses updated with the LDHA. 

To be added to our list for updates and Newsletters you must be a Registered Dental Hygienists or a Dental Hygiene student. Email the LDHA Executive Secretary, Debbi Mitchell, at ldha_execsecretary@hotmail.com 

_Online Registration for LDHA Annual Session
 To register please go to http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2590125134

N2O CE Course Info
 Both LSU School of Dentistry & the University of Louisiana at Monroe offer the Nitrous Oxide-Oxygen Sedation course.  Check out their websites for course dates and information.
LSUSD: https://www.lsucde.org
ULM: http://www.ce.ulm.edu 

Silent Auction
The LDHA will be hosting a silent auction to raise money for the ADHA Institute for Oral Health (IOH).  Items will be on display on Friday for bidding.  The mission of the IOH is to advance the profession of dental hygiene through scholarships, research and service in collaboration with the American Dental Hygienists’ Association.   The goal of this organization is to support the highest quality research and education programs in order to fulfill the mission statement of the ADHA Institute for Oral Health.  To find out more about the ADHA IOH please visit http://www.adha.org/ioh/ .  IOH Raffle tickets will also be available for purchase at the LDHA Annual Session!

HYPAC
 The American Dental Hygienists’ Association Political Action Committee is a group of politically active ADHA members who voluntarily pool their resources to support candidates for congressional office who support the professional interests of dental hygienists and the patients they serve.  The LDHA officers wanted to inform you of this group!  This committee needs people like you to help support them!  Please visit the website below to find out how!  Hypac.adha.org To login use the email you use for  your ADHA account and the password is : hypac

LDA Annual Session, April 12-14, 2012 

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