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Vanessa Hodges-Reed, RDH, has been a clinical research hygienist in the Delta Dental of Kentucky Clinical Research Center at the University of Kentucky College of Dentistry for three years. |
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Heather McCann, RDH, MS, has been a dental hygienist for 11 years. |
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Tracy Brookshire, RDH, BSDH, has been a dental hygienist for 19 years. |
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Donna Brogan, RDH, BS, has three jobs and couldn’t be happier about it. |
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Ayda Khuri, RDH, MS is a registered dental hygienist at the VA Medical Center in Memphis, Tenn. |
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Barbara Smith, RDH, MS, has been working in geriatric care for about 30 years. |
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Jammie Shaughnessy, RDH, BS, owns a unique dental practice. |
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Linda Meeuwenberg, RDH, MA, MA, is the founder and president of Professional Development Association, Inc. |
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When Bernice Mills, RDH, MS, was choosing her career path, she had
narrowed her choices to education and dental hygiene. |
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Carol Cowart, RDH, works at the McConnell
Air Force Base in Kansas. |
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On January 1st of last year, Debbie Hartman, RDH, accepted the first-ever
paid position with the Oral Cancer Foundation (OCF), a non-profit
organization. |
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Linda Belaus, CDA, RDH, is the creator of Dentaljobs.net. |
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Debbye Krueger, RDH, BS, is a public health dental hygienist. |
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Yvonne Graf, RDH, was first inspired to pursue a career in the dental
field as a young girl. |
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Rosemary Courtney, RDH, had been in clinical dental hygiene practice
for 23 years when she found a nontraditional, yet rewarding channel
for her dental hygiene: teaching high school. |
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Laura Foran, RDH, practices dental hygiene in two positions in Connecticut: |
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Jan Blancett, RDH, is the dental program manager with Correctional
Medical Services (CMS). |
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Tonya Lanthier, RDH, first became interested in the dental field
after a bicycle mishap when she was 8 years old. |
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After practicing clinical dental hygiene for almost 20 years, Amelia
Buell, RDH, BSDH, CCRC, began having some back and neck problems that
prompted her to venture outside of traditional practice. |
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A career in dental hygiene can take practitioners to many different
places. |
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Elizabeth Mendez, RDH, entered into the dental hygiene profession
10 years ago. |
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In 1962, Claudine Paula Drew, RDH, MS,
EdD, took her first job as a clinical dental hygienist. |
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Vickie Nardello, RDH, BS, MEd. Rep. Nardello is preparing to win
her seventh consecutive election for a seat on the Connecticut General
Assembly. |
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Tonya Ray, RDH, BS, MA, was drawn to the field of dental hygiene
because it would allow her to combine her two career goals. |
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From a young age, there were two things Vonda Strong-Manley, RDH,
MS, knew for certain she wanted to become: a dental hygienist and
an inventor. |
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Cindy Kleiman, CDA, RDH, BS, has devoted
her entire career to working with patients with disabilities. |
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Tammy Filipiak, RDH, BS, is the director
of dental hygiene at Midwest Dental |
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Every Monday since 1991, Jane I. Lott, RDH, BS, has spent the morning
at the Women's Correctional Facility in York, Neb. |
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Darla Dale, RDH, RDHAP, BS, has dedicated her career to helping
the underserved population of Humboldt County, Calif. |
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An orthodontic experience as a child
changed Stephanie Riehn, RDH's life forever. |
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After 18 years as a clinical dental
hygienist, health problems forced Suzette Naylor, RDH, BA, to seek
a new career path. |
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Glenda Arrington, RDH, MS knew early
on that she wanted a career in dental health. |
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Donna Grzegorek, RDH, began her career in dental health early in
life. |
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Shari Woodson, RDH, BS, is a dental hygienist at the Howard Dental
Center in Denver, Colorado. |
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Jennifer Kui Lan Hew, RDH, BS, knew she wanted her career to go
in a different direction. |
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Julie Carranza, RDH, BS, took advantage of the global need for preventive
oral health care to practice in a setting where American dental hygiene
professionals seldom do--Australia. |
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Arlene Glube, RDH, is the supervisor of dental programs for the
San Bernardino County Department of Public Health in California. |
| Working |
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Judith R. Overton, RDH, BS, is the dental services director at North
County Children's Clinic |
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Heidi Philley, RDH, has spent much of her career traveling abroad
and providing oral health care to people in need. |
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Kathleen Mangskau, RDH, MPA, first became interested in an oral
health care profession following her childhood experience with interceptive
orthodontics. |
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When Kneka Smith, RDH, BS, was an undergraduate, she took an internship
with the Maine Department of Human Services. |
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Cathy Point, RDH, AS, a dental hygienist from Redwood City, California,
has been working with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA) to make sure that dental hygiene has a role in future missions. |
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For Irene Stavros, RDH, of South Miami, Florida, dental hygiene
has gone beyond the clinical setting. |
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While the idea of opening a store that
would specifically offer oral health care items might not be unique
among oral health care professionals, few, such as Evelyn M. Perreault,
RDH, of Pelham, Massachusetts, have ventured forth with such a plan. |
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Read a profile of a hygienist working in the Cook County Correctional
Detention Center, in Chicago, Illinois |
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Elaine Amato, RDH, BS, is an infection control coordinator from
New York. |
| Working |
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Vicki Cherco, RDH, works at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center
in Illinois. |
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Lisa Goss, RDH, BS works at the duPont Hospital for Children in
Wilmington, Delaware, as a dental coordinator/dental hygienist. |
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After a paralyzing accident, Michelle Smith, RDH took up the challenge
of resuming her dental hygiene career. |
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Mary Gilson Layher, RDH, BSDH, works at the University of Michigan. |
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Beth Finnson, RDH, MPH, is a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Public
Health Service |
| Working |
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Dental Technician First Class Patricia Gonzalez, RDH, of the U.S.
Navy |
| Working |
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Sandra Tesch, RDH, MSHP, has worked for the Texas Department of
Health in Austin |
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Patricia E. Doyle, RDH, BS, FADPD, has worn many hats |
| Working |
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Overcoming obstacles has been par for the course for Judy Boothby,
RDHAP, BS |
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Shelby Kahl, AAS, RDH, CMT, has opened her own alternative practice |
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Christine Farrell, RDH, BSDH
works in the Michigan Department of Community
Health |
