Nashville, July 16-19, 2003 new beginnings education, governance, events & information - Illustration

Dental Assistant, The, March-April, 2003

A06 Update on New CDC Guidelines
(Breakfast Forum)

Sharon Dickinson, CDA, CDPMA
Credit Hours: 2--Lecture
7:00 am-9:15 am  (full breakfast included)
Course Fee:   Members $30   Nonmembers $45
Onsite Fee:   Members $40   Nonmembers $55

A leading dental educator will overview the changes to the revised Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) infection control guidelines and what these changes mean to the dental team. As a bonus, the Organization for Safety & Asepsis Procedures (OSAP) will provide each participant a guidelines workbook. This workbook was developed by aSAP in cooperation with the CDC. It provides practical insights and walks the dental professional through the guidelines from a dental office's perspective.

Sharon K. Dickinson, CDA, CDPMA, authorized OSHA Outreach Trainer in Occupational Safety and Health Standards for General Industry. Ms. Dickinson has been actively involved in the dental profession as a chairside assistant, office manager, consultant, and educator. Since 1981, director of the dental assisting program at El Paso Community College. An active member of the American Dental Assistants Association, she held the position of President of the Texas DAA and ADAA Ninth District Trustee from 1988-1993. She is currently President of the Texas Association of School Based Health Centers.

A07 Advancing Women's Health by the
Dental Team

Margaret I. Scarlett, DMD
Credit Hours: 2--Lecture
2:00 pm-4:00 pm

Science is rapidly changing when addressing health differences between men and women. A recent Institute of Medicine report outlined the differences, spurred by data available since federal legislation mandated the inclusion of women and minorities in clinical research trials. Recent myths and controversies about women's health are addressed, including premenopausal dry mouth, hormone replacement therapy, differential response to pain and gender differences in response to heart disease. The dental assistant has an important role in educating patients/consumers about the rapidly changing science base and their health. They are positioned to provide education about the differences between men and women in oral and systemic health.

Dr. Margaret I. Scarlett is an accomplished clinician, scientist, lecturer and policy expert in dentistry, as well as women's health. AS immediate past president of the American Association of Women Dentists, she has been an advocate for women in dentistry. Currently, she is the editor for the Woman Dentist Journal, a journal reaching out to women dentists and dental team members nationally and internationally. While working at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, she was assigned to the Office of the U.S. Surgeon General. She worked on a broad array of policy issues, including working in the Office on Women's Health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Saturday, July 19, 2003

A08 Will You Still Need Me, Will You Still
Treat Me, When I'm 64?

Linda Niessen, DMD, MPH
Credit Hours: 2--Lecture
8:00 am-10:00 am