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The next GODHA meeting will be held on Tues, Sept 2 at VCC West Campus ,Bldg. 6 Room 202. Be sure to attend for the Installation of Officers and a 1 hour CEU. |
CONGRATULATIONS to FDHA member Norine Dowd,
Ft. Lauderdale, on being elected ADHA District IV Trustee !!
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Florida Dental Hygiene Annual Symposium
September 25-28, 2008
Hyatt Regency Orlando International Airport Hotel
REGISTRATION INFORMATION COMING SOON!
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RECENT BOARD OF DENTISTRY ACTIONS
The Board of Dentistry recently voted on several items of interest to dental hygienists. First, they voted to take no action on a suggestion by the Council on Dental Hygiene to allow hygienists to complete up to three hours of continuing education in practice management. Dentists are already allowed to use practice management courses for part of their continuing education credits. The Board also added the following statement to Rule 64B5-16.001(8) on Remediable Tasks and Supervision:
Any task delegable to dental assistants will be delegable to dental hygienists under the same supervision level, unless otherwise stated in the rules.
The Board also voted to change the dental hygiene supervision level of several expanded duties tasks. The supervision levels of the following remediable tasks were changed from direct supervision to indirect:
Marginating restorations with finishing burs, green stones, and/or burlew wheels with slow speed rotary instruments which is not for the purpose of changing existing contours or occlusion;Cementing temporary crowns and bridges with temporary cement;Monitor the administration of the nitrous oxide oxygen making adjustments only during this administration and turning it off at the completion of the dental procedure.
Representatives of FDA proposed combining two rules for general supervision that the Board voted to accept. The new rule will read:
Take impressions for fabricating: diagnostic study models, opposing models, bleaching trays, surgical stents providing palatal coverage, orthodontic retainers and orthodontic appliances, occlusal guards, space maintainers, sports mouth guards, custom fluoride trays.
The Board voted to add the following tasks to those listed under general supervision:
Applying sealants
Placing or removing prescribed pre-treatment separators
Insert and/or perform minor adjustments to sports mouth guards and custom fluoride trays
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| VCC is planning a 30th Anniversary Class Reunion on Oct 11, 2008. The committee needs help with getting current contact information for ALL of the graduates from the Dental Hygiene Program. They will be contacting the alumni by either mail or email . If you are a graduate of VCC, please send your name , address, email address, telephone number and your graduation year to Robin Poole at rpoole2@valenciacc.edu |
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FOOD PROGRAM AVAILABLE
There is a wonderful program to purchase food at a discount price available to anyone who applies. You can go online to www.angelfoodministries.com to view the menu of items that are distributed on a monthly basis. For $30 you can purchase a well balanced food plan ,including meat, with a value of at least $65. Check out the website for more information. Feel free to pass this along to anyone you know who may be in interested. |
YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2008 when..
1. You accidentally enter your PIN on the microwave.
2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years.
3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of three.
4. You e-mail the person who works at the desk next to you.
5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and family is that they don't have e-mail addresses.
6. You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone to see if anyone is home to help you carry in the groceries.
7. Every commercial on television has a web site at the bottom of the screen
8. Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you didn't even have the first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for panic and you turn around to go and get it.
10. You get up in the morning and go on line before getting your coffee.
11. You start tilting your head sideways to smile. : )
12. You're reading this and nodding and laughing.
13. Even worse, you know exactly to whom you are going to forward this message.
14. You are too busy to notice there was no #9 on this list.
15. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn't a #9 on this list.
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NOW U R LAUGHING at yourself.
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