Your Official ADHA Podcast American Dental Hygienists’ Association

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 integration resources along with access to care issues for young children. 
NCDHM Resources: https://www.ada.org/resources/community-initiatives/national-childrens-dental-health-month 
Children's Health Alliance MDI Resources: https://www.chawisconsin.org/initiatives/oral-health/wisconsin-medical-dental-integration/ 
Colorado MDI Resources: http://medicaldentalintegration.org/co-mdi-overview/
ADHA Annual Conference: www.adha2023.org  

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. Nussbaum is the Chief Education Officer at Denver Health. Their friendship and passion for improving health equity led them to team up on this important topic.
Check out the new ADHA website: www.adha.org
Check out the article on health equity: https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/871446 or at https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36468386/
Connect with Dr. Nussbaum:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Abraham-Nussbaum
Connect with Dr. Allen: https://www.differentkind.com/
 

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 ensure you find a career home where you are valued and respected. Listen to this week’s episode and let’s kick off the ADHA’s Centennial Celebration with the Official ADHA Podcast.  
TempStars: www.TempStars.com
ADHA: www.adha.org
ADHA Conference: www.adha2023.org
 

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 currently the president-elect of the American Academy of Dental Hygiene (AADH) and shares a little bit about the organization and her new role. 
 
Learn more about the AADH at www.aadh.org
Learn more about dental hygiene licensure at www.adha.org/licensure
For more information on the progress of the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Interstate Licensure Compact visit compacts.csg.org/compact-updates/dentistry-and-dental-hygiene/
ADHA Annual Conference and awards information is at www.adha2023.org 

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 advocating for improved oral health access and outcomes, and her hopes for the future of our profession!
More information about MPCA's oral health initiatives can be found at https://www.mpca.net/page/oral 

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, business managers, and then some! This podcast will leave you feeling inspired and ready to shape the career path you envision for yourself.