Your Official ADHA Podcast
This show is the official podcast for the ADHA! Join us as we discuss relevant thoughts, ideas, and best practices for hygienists throughout the United States. Be sure to reach out with ideas for our show on any of the social media channels!
Episodes
How CMS addresses oral and overall health through partnership and policy
Listen in as your host, Matt Crespin, MPH, RDH, FADHA, discusses oral and overall health with Natalia Chalmers, DDS, MHSc, PhD, the first-ever Chief Dental Officer in the Office of the Administrator at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Dr. Chalmers highlights ways in which CMS is collaborating with ...
In celebration of National Children's Dental Health Month, Matt dives deeper into medical-dental integration with both Thomas Huffer, MD, MS, FAAP, and Olivia Morzenti, RDH, CDHC, MS, of Previa Health. Previa is the first health system in Wisconsin to integrate a dental hygienist into their medical care teams. These two pioneers share why this integration makes sense and how it works. Matt also discusses other medical dental integr...
This week Matt explores health equity with Matt Allen, DDS, and Abraham Nussbaum, MD, MTS, co-authors of a recently published paper that offers a fresh look at the topic. If you’ve seen the depictions of health equality vs equity of different height people at a baseball game or on different bikes or even trying to pick apples, Drs. Allen and Nussbaum offer a new perspective. Dr. Allen is the CEO and Founder of DifferentKind and Dr....
Matt kicks off 2023 and the start to ADHA’s 100-year celebration with some history and some background of the new ADHA brand identity and logo. Then Matt chats with TempStars founder and CEO, Dr. James Younger, DDS about his career journey and how he thought “outside the box” to reimagine and solve the dental staffing issues he was experiencing. James also shares tips for hygienists about how to ensur...
This week Matt chats with Melissa Calhoun, RDH, MSDH, MAADH, who has moved states multiple times as a military spouse and been licensed in every single one. Melissa shares some of the professional challenges she faced moving from Florida to Tennessee to Maryland and now California, including having to re-take her clinical board exam in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic on a mannequin. Melissa is curren...
Improving value-based care, medical-dental integration and dental therapy are important initiatives that ADHA® member Misty Davis, RDH, BS, actively works on. Misty serves in a unique role, expanding and elevating these initiatives as the oral health program manager for the Michigan Primary Care Association (MPCA). Listen in as your host, Matt Crespin, RDH, MPH, uncovers what drives Misty’s resolve and passion for furthering and ad...
This week, the ADHA podcast closes out National Dental Hygiene Month 2022 with our partner from Colgate®. Your host, Matt, focuses on the theme of empowerment and continues the conversation with Phyllis Martina, RDH, MBA of Colgate Oral Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Mandy Dennis, RDH, Nicole Ortega, RDHAP, and Jessica Allbritten, RDH. Get empowered by these authors, entrepreneurs, direct access providers, practice movers and shakers, busi...
This week, Matt is joined by Jennifer Frame, RDH, BSDH and author/speaker Rachel Lewis to discuss pregnancy loss and how to best support patients, spouses, friends and colleagues during an extremely challenging time in their lives. As dental providers, we are often among the first to know when a patient is expecting and when a pregnancy loss occurs. By sharing her personal story of loss as a mother, Rachel discovered her passion fo...
This week Matt sits down with recent ADHA Presidential Citation recipient Latisha Canty, RDH, BS, MSN to chat about her role as the president of the National Dental Hygienists’ Association (NDHA). Listen in to learn about the great work NDHA is doing under Latisha's leadership to advocate for improved access to care, and to encourage and support more minority dental hygienists to enter the profession. They also discuss the ongoing ...
This week we’re entering the microbiome zone with Maria Perno Goldie, RDH, MS, to talk about new clinical data on adjunctive oral hygiene regimens and what barriers to adoption there might be for some patients. Matt and Maria discuss the research and address questions that came up during the recent webinar on the topic, as well as the special issue of ...Mark as Played
This week, Matt chats with Jeanette Lalli, RDH, who is the recent winner of the ADHA 2022 Esther Wilkins Future Leader Award. As Community Service Committee Lead, SADHA Secretary, and the current President of the Arizona Dental Hygienists’ Association, Jeanette is inspiring fellow hygienists with her passion and drive. Tune in for more about their favorite moments from ADHA22 Louisville and how Jeanette’s journey as a hygienist has...
This week, Matt chats with Megen Elliott, MS-OCL, RDH, CDA, a clinician turned educator who now puts her love of the dental field to use to guide others on their journey to a new profession. Listen in as they talk conference highlights and first-timer tips to help you make the most of your ADHA22 Louisville experience. If you haven’t yet registered get ready for some seriou...
Matt chats with author, speaker and mentor Kari Carter-Cherelus, RDH, DA. Listen in as they discuss the importance of educating hygienists about mental health and burnout. Kari is passionate about helping hygienists recognize the signs and implement effective strategies to overcome the damaging effects. Be sure to add Kari’s session to your must-attend list at ADHA22. Matt also talks about getting ready to gather live in Louisville...
This week, Matt chats with Kelli Jaecks, MA, RDH, and Jill Rethman, RDH, BA (both ADHA Past Presidents) about their current roles as delegates from ADHA to the International Federation of Dental Hygienists and the upcoming International Symposia on Dental Hygiene this August in Dublin, Ireland. Listen in to learn more about the important work they do as delegates and to hear what they are most looking forward to doing in Ireland.
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Ready for PART II? Our expert ADHA and ADA panel is back to continue the discussion about the recent research release of "COVID-19 and the Dental Hygienist”. Join us for more on what we are learning about the impact of the pandemic on the dental hygiene workforce, infection control practices and vaccine acceptance. Tune in and if you haven’t already, be sure to check out the full manuscripts from the longitudinal study featured in ...
Our expert ADHA and ADA panel is here to answer your questions following the recent research release of "COVID-19 and the Dental Hygienist". We were flooded with interest and great discussion following the recent webinar on the same topic, and this part one of a two-part Official ADHA Podcast goes deeper into what we are learning about the impact of the pandemic on the dental hygiene workforce, infection control practices and vacci...
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