ADHA Announces Participant of 2009 DENTSPLY/ADHA Graduate Student Clinicians Program

Chicago, July 1, 2009—The American Dental Hygienists’ Association (ADHA) has recognized Cherri L. Kading, RDH, MS, of Chapel Hill, N.C., as a participant and runner-up of the DENTSPLY/ADHA Graduate Student Clinicians Program. She was honored during the DENTSPLY/ADHA Student Clinician Program Awards Banquet at ADHA’s 86th Annual Session in Washington, D.C., on June 19.

The purpose of the DENTSPLY/ADHA Graduate Dental Hygiene Research Program is to promote dental hygiene research by supporting one graduate dental hygiene student from each accredited graduate dental hygiene program offering a Masters of Science Degree in dental hygiene and related disciplines (as identified by the ADHA) to present his/her research at the 2009 ADHA CLL at Annual Session. This program allows the student clinician an opportunity to compete for awards and recognition. The DENTSPLY/ADHA Graduate Dental Hygiene Research Program consists of a poster presentation where the research or clinical findings are presented in a format that includes a hypothesis, methods and materials, results, discussion and a conclusion.

Kading received her associate degree in dental hygiene from Western Technical College in LaCrosse, Wis., and her Bachelor of Science in career, technical education from the University of Wisconsin-Stout. In May 2009, she graduated with a Master of Science in dental hygiene education from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. While a graduate student, she received a grant from ADHA to study factors that affect dental hygienists’ confidence in performing obesity education and counseling to their patients. She is a member of Sigma Phi Alpha, ADHA, the International Association of Dental Research and the American Dental Education Association.

ADHA is the largest national organization representing the professional interests of more than 150,000 dental hygienists across the country. Dental hygienists are preventive oral health professionals, licensed in dental hygiene, who provide educational, clinical and therapeutic services that support total health through the promotion of optimal oral health. For more information about ADHA, dental hygiene or the link between oral health and general health, visit ADHA at http://www.adha.org.

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