ISSUE 11, APRIL 2011

HYGIENE HAPPENINGS

WESTERN AUSTRALIA’S DENTAL HYGIENE NEWS

Welcome to the year - even though it is already near the end of April! As you all would know we have been very busy organising the years’ events. Some of you would have had the opportunity to attend the "In Office Tooth Whitening" course, I hope that you found it enjoyable and resourceful. We would like to run an-other one later in the year so if you are keen please email us with expressions of interest. Those of you that have already reg-istered for the waiting list will be informed of any dates first. Don't forget to register for the 1/2 day seminar - the details are on the web page and you can sign up straight away - we have a fantastic line up of speakers. The National Symposium is in Darwin this year, and is worth 13 CPD points, so it’s well worth the trip, check out the National web page for details on this. Note early-bird registration has been extended to the 30th April...get in quick! If you have friends that are not yet members of the branch please remind them to get on line and register, as not only is it a sure way of saving dollars for all your CPD but a valuable and resourceful network both on a state level and national level. The national data base for membership renewal going live is a fantastic achieve-ment, it took a while to get there and as with anything new there are always some teething problems but we are working on these issues to make it better. Aleisha, our Membership Officer, and Sherryn, our Secretary, are travelling to South Australia to attend a training course on how to use the data base and will brain storm with the rest of the states to see how it can be further improved - your suggestions are most welcome. The Events Calendar is up on the web page and we are starting to plan for our next full day seminar in 2012. Thankyou again for your support, I hope that we can continue to provide the sup-port and development that you need. Simone Mayne President

PRESIDENT’S REPORT

FROM THE COMMITTEE Since the advent of National Registration and compulsory Continuing Professional Development in October last year, the committee members of the WA Branch have been busy bees! Our Treasurer, Stephanie Pearce, has this to say: This has been a busy start to the year not only for myself but for every-one on the committee. We have all been working very hard to help the association grow and move forward with the technology side of things. Though we have had a few setbacks and delays, members are now able to renew or join the association online through the PAYPAL system. There have been a few misunderstandings in regards to PAYPAL. You do not need to join, be a member or have an account with PAYPAL to use it. Anyone can use PAYPAL, you just need a credit card. This new online pay-ment system will make things a lot easier on the administrative side of things, and save a lot of time for the treasurer and other committee members who were involved in setting this system up. It will also give instant confirmation and receipts for online registrations which will give members peace of mind that their payment has been received and processed. Though we are still in the early days of using this system and have had a few teething problems, we hope that in time everything will run smoothly and in turn the association will operate more efficiently for our members. Our Web Officer, Selina Lai, has - established the dhaawa.com website for easier management by the executive. - posts announcements and information of upcoming events on the website and on Facebook to keep all members of the Dental Hygiene profession informed. - recently integrated the online registration and payment of DHAA WA events into the website. This in turn allows registration to be less complicated and gives the executive easier control of data. - been handling ongoing issues with Paypal Our Secretary, Sherryn Cullen, and our Membership Officer, Aleisha Gin, have both been kept busy answering emails regarding upcoming courses and membership enquires. They are working on fixing any problems people are having renewing their online memberships—all states have been experiencing some glitches. Later this month they are both travelling to Adelaide to meet with other branch members and learn more about the new National Database. Aleisha recently went to the ADA Congress in Brisbane, check out her interesting report later in the newsletter. Sherryn is looking forward to meeting more WA members at upcom-ing events. Jenny Soo and Cherie Vojkovic, our CPD Coordinators, have been organising our CPD events, supper meetings and the AGM. They have to find appropriate venues, co-ordinate speakers from different organisa-tions, and plan supper snacks and lunches. They have been making a start to help organise our Dental Hygiene Week event—details are coming soon, if you would like to volunteer in any way, please contact us. ORAL B: PROUD SPONSORS OF “HYGIENE HAPPENINGS”

Since Emily See, our Vice-President, accepted her position in November last year, she has provided a huge amount of information and support for all committee members. She is the Proxy for Simone Mayne, the President, and attends Bi-annual National Council Meetings in March and September each year. She also: - Will represent the President for WA Branch at the National AGM to be held in conjunction with DHAA Inc. National Symposium in July, 2011. - Helps out with all events organised by the WA Branch. - Networks and outsources for speakers in our CPD program. - Keeps abreast on issues affecting the Dental Hygienist profession especially for WA Branch - Attends all Branch Executive Meetings. - Responds to correspondence to the Association. - Helps maintain good internal and external public relations for the WA Branch. Emily has this to say:

“First of all I wish to thank all the nine active and hard working executive committee members who have given me the support to be where I am today. I accepted Simone’s proposal to step up to be her Vice in order to share the Presidency since she became a mother last year. She was unable to travel interstate to attend meetings such as the National Council meeting. I must admit it is not an easy task to be in the Presidency position but it is a rewarding task at the end of the day. We are very busy organizing events to help accumulate our Continuing Professional Development points. We are lucky to have good member support as shown at our recent Supper Meeting at ADA House, First Aid Course in March, and Professional Development Day last October. Furthermore, Dr Laurence Walsh of the University of Queensland conducted a Dental Board-approved In Of-fice Teeth Whitening Course at the Oral Health Centre of Western Australia on Saturday, the 9th April, 2011. This is one of the courses that is listed in the Add On Program for Dental Hygienists and Therapists to extend their scope of practice. Please visit the Dental Board website regularly for you to have first handed information regarding any new development that affect our profession. Also, friendly reminder: it is compulsory to have personal Indemnity Insurance coverage to remain Registered in our profession. “

NATIONAL COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT On the weekend of the 26th and 27th March the meeting for the National Council of DHAA, took place in Sydney. This is held twice a year and is an opportunity for Presidents and National Councillors to meet together to discuss policies for the Association and also to meet each other. This was my first National

Council meeting so it was an unknown but also interesting to find out what goes on. There were 14 people in attendance, two from each State and there were three members of the National Executive who ran the meeting. Branches brought up different items to discuss, some of it was relevant to all of us while other things were more important for individual branches. The meeting ran all day Saturday and until lunchtime on Sunday. On Satur-day evening we had a dinner which gave us more of an opportunity to chat informally. My overview of the meeting is that our Association is run by dedicated and passionate people for whom the welfare of Dental Hygien-ists is very important, and that each of us who volunteer our time to sit on our branch committees help make our Association the professional body that it is. - Deborah Tyler

THE FOLLOWING KEY ISSUES WERE RAISED AT THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE MEETING:

- There is to be National Data Base training for all States’ Membership Officers - to learn how to manage the new membership database; - There will be Finance Training for all States’ Treasurers - an added value skill to learn apart from being a good clinician;

- There is a vacancy for Editor of the “Bulletin “, the national journal of the DHAA - training assistance will be given - please express your interest to us or direct contact with Ms Patricia Chan as below;

- Planned Aged Care Forum - is this the area of your interest?

- The Dental Hygiene Research Fund is introduced for DHAA members only - info is now available on the National Website: www.dhaa.asn.au Enquiries: Ms Patricia Chan, National Administrator at: contact@dhaa.asn.au The new National Registration and National Awards legislation has lead our profession in a new direction in terms of the Continuing Education that extends the Scope of Practice of dental practitio-ners including Dental Hygienists. These changes alone have cre-ated a new wave for our profession.

Our current President Elect, Hellen Checker, chaired the meeting , and recommended that we, the National Branch, and all the branches, should streamline our movement and head towards the same goal. Hellen also encouraged the branches to recruit younger members and graduates so

they can get involved with the Association, and help create a new energy and provide new ideas.

Our National Councillor and President took away plenty of home-work from this meeting. We will be working on this, piece by piece, for a better future and to benefit all members of the DHAA of WA. We will share the outcomes with you down the track.

It was an exciting experience to see all 17 members of the commit-tee in a meeting room discussing issues that affect and are relevant to the Dental Hygienist profession.

I personally have gained a lot of experience from my volunteer work with the DHAA WA branch. I hope you will be able to express your interest and take an active role in taking the DHAA WA Branch to a new horizon. - Emily See

ORAL B: PROUD SPONSORS OF “HYGIENE HAPPENINGS”

SUPPER MEETING APRIL 2011 - “STOP THE PAIN” Dr Pamela Dalgliesh and ORAQIX/DENTSPLY

We had a fantastic turn-out at our recent Supper Meeting. Many people took this as a great oppor-tunity to catch up with friends and learn about some of the recent developments within the Asso-ciation. Hellen Checker, our new national President Elect, who has recently moved to Perth, was intro-duced to us by Simone and Emily, and she talked

about the new Dental Hygiene Research Fund. She outlined that dental companies are able to donate products, either for research involving them, or for use as part of your research. There will be details about the fund in the upcoming

copy of the DHAA Bulletin. Our guest speaker for the evening was Dr Pamela Dalgliesh, who presented a plethora of interest-ing information on pain management in den-tistry, focusing on the use of “Oraqix” gel in

periodontal pockets. She gave a fantastic over-view on the use of all types of anaesthesia, and gave us a timely reminder on how important good record-keeping is when using local anaesthetics for treatment.

Attendees gained one CPD hour for this presentation. At the end of the evening we all enjoyed some refreshments and people took the opportunity to join or renew their membership with the DHAA.

UPCOMING EVENTS Be sure to keep updated by checking our website http://www.dhaawa.com/ -it is updated regu-larly with details of upcoming events and you can register online immediately for most of them.

HALF-DAY SEMINAR—3.5 CPD POINTS SATURDAY THE 11TH JUNE 9.00AM TO 1PM, THOMPKINS ON SWAN - Construction of Age-Appropriate Mouthguards, Rob Armanasco - Treatment of Patients under Sedation, Dr Mark Familton - Aggressive Periodontal Treatment, Dr Julio Rincon - Dental Phobias and Hypnosis, Phillip Harrison Members $85.00, Non-Members $130.00, For full details follow the link below:

http://www.dhaawa.com/2011/02/dhaa-wa-half-day-seminar-2/

AUSTRALIAN SOCIETY OF PERIODONTOLOGY (WA) TUES 21ST JUNE 6.30PM ADA HOUSE, WEST PERTH

Dr Amy Hope and Dr Zahida Oakley, Examination and treatment of the periodontal patient - see flyer later in the newsletter for membership details and registration NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM—”STRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE” Platinum Year—Celebrating 20 years of the DHAA Inc National Branch HOLIDAY INN, DARWIN For full details and registration, follow the link: http://www.alloccasionsgroup.com/dhaa2011 DHAAWA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING and LUNCHEON– 1.75 CPD POINTS SATURDAY 29TH OCTOBER, ROYAL PERTH GOLF CLUB Dr Andrew Brostek and Colgate. $40.00, members only. Details coming soon

OTHER CPD OPPORTUNITIES: http//:www.dentalprotection.org.au Dental Protection offers local courses and online study, including the recent “Decisions, Deci-sions” which gave us two CPD points. There is an excellent interactive CD set on Communication in Dentistry worth 8 CPD points that is available through the website, or call 1800 444 542. http://europerio7.com June 6-9, 2012, Vienna Austria www.dentistry.uwa.edu.au/professional-development www.dentistry.uq.edu.au/cpd www.dent.unimelb.edu.au/dsweb/continuing_dev/index.html If you aren’t yet a member of the Australian Society of Periodontology, see the membership and events form at the end of the newsletter. These presentations are particularly relevant to us as Hygienists.

EARLYBIRD

REGISTRATION HAS

BEEN EXTENDED TO

THE 30TH APRIL—

GET IN QUICK!

THE AUSTRALIAN VIETNAM VOLUNTEERS RESOURCES GROUP

The Australian Vietnam Volunteers Resources Group (AVVRG) is a voluntary non-government organisation (NGO) registered and incorporated in Queensland, Australia. AVVRG is also registered and licensed to oper-ate in Vietnam. AVVRG was formed by a group of Vietnam Veterans who were concerned about their observations of the ongoing devastation of the social and physical infrastructure in Vietnam as a consequence of a prolonged war and the country's 20 year isolation from the West.

This was particularly evident in the former Province of Phuoc Tuy (renamed the Ba Ria/Vung Tau Province in 1975), which during the war contained the Australian Task Force Base at Nui Dat and the Australian Logistic Support Group and RAAF support units at Vung Tau.

Contact was made with the Vietnam Union of Friendship and the local People's Committee to identify where assistance could be best provided. To ensure that our efforts were directed towards areas of greatest need and benefit to the community, a proposal was put to the People's Committee to undertake a review of needs in the Province. The results were used as a basis to identify and prioritise future projects.

Then, the immediate challenges to AVVRG were:

· The forming of project teams with the necessary skills to travel to Vietnam and undertake projects

· The undertaking of a review of the needs of the Ba Ria/Vung Tau Province in conjunction with the People's Committee and in accordance with Australian Government guidelines

· Arranging financial support to assist orphaned children of the the Ba Ria/Vung Tau area

These challenges were taken on, and in August 1996 an orphanage at Ba Ria was opened. AVVRG members provided the financial support to make a difference in the lives of these orphaned children. Over time, suffi-cient Vietnamese government money has become available for the orphanage to be funded from ‘within country’ funds. AVVRG will always look on this project

as an example of successfully supporting disadvantaged

children at a time when they were in crisis. Though

beginning in 1990, AVVRG was formally incorporated as a

community association in 1994.

Since humble beginnings, AVVRG has raised funds for

the construction of orphanages, child care centres, a

medical and dental centre plus the provision of human-

itarian aid in areas of poverty alleviation and environ-

mental solutions. In recent years AVVRG is providing

medical education to major hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City

and has contributed to the development of medical

education within rural hospitals in the Ba Ria/Vung Tau

Province"

http://www.arrvg.org

The DHAA Inc. having been working in conjunction with AVVRG providing dental treatment at the Long Tan Clinic.

In 2009 Lesley Denny (RDH), Dr Colin Twelftree and I embarked on our first visit with an aim to establish a program that could be maintained long term, treating 250 children. In 2010 Lesley and I returned to the clinic with Dr Helen McLean, treating over 120 children with Art Atramatic Restorative Treatment. This month Lesley and Helen and I will return to Long Tan, we will be extremely priviliged to attend the ANZAC Day memorial Service at the Long Tan Cross.

If you are interested in this project please contact Lesley Denny LesleyMac@internode.on.net

- Hellen Checker

THE 34TH AUSTRALIAN DENTAL CONGRESS The 34th Australian Dental Congress and Industry Exhibition was held in Brisbane this year from the 30th of March to the 3rd of April. Close to 3000 delegates joined over 60 speakers for three full days of lectures covering a range of subjects. The three keynote speakers, Pro-fessor Lyndon Cooper, Professor Ken Hargreaves and Professor Adrian Lussi helped kick start the lecture programme by holding a plenary session and giving all delegates a taste of what their research and lectures were about. Each session gave delegates a choice of three topics

to attend and, with continuing professional development (CPD) now a requirement for na-tional registration, seating for some sessions was limited. These topics included: Clinical photography, Digital imaging, Regenerative Endodontics, Fluoride, Management of obstruc-tive sleep apnoea, Advances in pain control, Whitening A to Z, Osteonecrosis, Dental ero-sion, Dental implant aesthetics and Cariology: fads and gadgets. Between each of the lectures delegates trekked to the industry exhibition where 118 special-ist industry companies had set up shop. The space was designed so that delegates could test a range of instruments and products, and talk to the experts as well as catch up with fellow dental professionals. A number of products were also launched at the exhibition with delegates being the first to see what is on offer. Although the Congress is not solely aimed at Dental Hygienists and Therapists, I would encourage everyone to consider attending the next ADA congress in Melbourne 2013. - Aleisha Gin

FIRST AID COURSE

Saturday 26th February and Saturday 5th March, ADA House

Giving up two consecutive Saturday mornings to attend a two-part First Aid course held recently at ADA House was not a hard decision, due to not having done this for a number of years - it seemed worthwhile and necessary (as well as earning a few more CPD points! )

We were introduced to two female in-structors from the Australian Lifesaving Academy First Aid team who started by putting forward their personal and pro-fessional knowledge as well as running through the different topics.

The first session focused mainly on CPR, DRABC and recovery with the techniques being similar to courses attended in past years. This was then put into practise by pairing up. It was also a great icebreaker and an excellent way to get to know others by working through the various techniques together.

The practical aspect was, as expected, extremely worthwhile, as we were able to focus and apply the information, embedding it firmly into our minds. Needless to say the CPR was done on mannequins - adult, youth and baby.

Throughout the morning we were given different scenarios and examples from the instruc-tors. These included sobering examples from their personal experience and illustrated how a panic stricken situation can often occur.

Part two, held the following week, was less well attended – however it was equally interesting and valid. This ses-sion covered a diverse range of topics including choking, drowning, asthma, wounds/bleeding, shock, heart attacks, anaphylactic shock and EpiPens.

There was a lot of information the in-structor had to convey but it was all well covered. The instructor continued to give personal and practical input

from her experience. There was plenty of opportunity for all the attendees to ask ques-tions and contribute to the discussion.

The practical part was for everyone to make a circular (doughnut) bandage from a triangu-lar bandage and dress an embedded foreign object in the hand. This was a straightforward exercise albeit was demonstrated by the instructor first.

Overall the course was enjoyable, and with the information now fresh in my mind plus an up to date manual, I am better equipped for a first aid situation. The practical application was most useful due to the hands-on approach adopted by the instructors. One of the most important, and perhaps obvious, lessons learnt was to remain calm - and to make sure someone has phoned the professionals!

- Tracey Lane

IN-OFFICE WHITENING COURSE FOR DENTAL HYGIENISTS AND

THERAPISTS

Our thanks firstly go to Professor

Laurence Walsh who came from the

University of Queensland to conduct the

In Office Whitening for Dental Hygienists

and Therapists on Saturday, 9th April 2011

at the Oral Health Centre of Western

Australia (OHCWA).

This course is approved by the Dental Board of Australia. It is one of the courses which is listed under the Add-On Programs for dental practitioners when considering development of their scope of practice. This is the first time it has been held in Western Australia.

There were 36 dental

hygienists and therapists

that attended.

The course started at 8.30am

and ended at about 4.30pm,

with a short break for

morning tea and 30 minutes

for a light lunch.

A certificate for 6 points for Continuing Professional Develop-

ment will be distributed to all attendees in the near future.

We must our thanks to Carmel Britto

and Peta Knox of OHCWA; Simone

Mayne, Aleisha Gin, Jenny Soo, Selina

Lai and Stefanie Pearce for providing

their time and effort to make this great

course happen.

Professor Walsh is willing to return to

WA to take a second course. Please express your interest to Cherie

Vojkovic or Jenny Soo: events@dhaawa.com.

Any other enquiries please

forward to Emily See:

vpresident@dhaawa.com.

- Emily See

STUDENT SUCCESS—Devi Watt “To my delight, on the 21st December 2011 I received a letter from Curtin University congratulating me on successful completion of the Associate Degree of Dental Hygiene. The letter also offered further con-gratulations for being awarded the prize for ‘the stu-dent demonstrating the most improved performance throughout the Dental Hygiene course’. I wanted to express my gratitude and pride for accepting this prize and thank the Dental Hygienists’ Association (WA Branch) for their donation of $250. I would also like to thank the Department of Dental Hygiene and Therapy for their encouragement throughout my studies and their ongoing support since graduation. I have resumed employment at Mosman Park Orthodontists where the transition from Den-tal Nurse to Hygienist has been pleasant, I am finding the new found responsibility challeng-ing and enjoyable and have developed a strong association with my colleagues and a fond-ness for the practices’ patients. I have recently started working as the Hygienist alongside Dr Sam Rogers and his team at the well established Northbridge Dental Clinic. I am looking forward to a fulfilling career and am excited about the prospect of learning a great deal from Dr Rogers with his enthusiasm for preventive dentistry and laser technology. I am pleased to assert that the money for the student prize will help to contribute to compulsory professional development.”

ADVERTISING in “HYGIENE HAPPENINGS” The due date for submissions and advertising in the next issue of “Hygiene Happenings” is Wednesday 10th August, 2011. We would love to know what you think about “Hygiene Happen-ings”, any suggestions are most welcome! Please send any articles as a Word attachment, we love to see photos too! Email: editor@dhaawa.com Advertising Rates: Within newsletter ¼ A4 page $100.00 ½ Page $150.00 A4 Page $200.00 As an E-Flyer at the end of the newsletter $150.00 President: Simone Mayne president@dhaa.com Vice President: Emily See vpresident@dhaawa.com National Councillor: Deborah Tyler nc@dhaawa.com, Secretary: Sherryn Cullen dhaawa@netscape.net.au Treasurer: Stefanie Pearce treasurer@dhaawa.com Newsletter Editor: Natasha Hunt editor@dhaawa.com Membership Officer: Aleisha Gin membership@dhaawa.com PD Committee: Cherie Vojkovis events@dhaawa.com Jenny Soo events@dhaawa.com Web Officer: Selina Lai web@dhaawa.com

Australian Society of Periodontology (WA)

A “Back to Basics” Periodontal Program

Dr Amy Hope & Dr Zahida Oakley Tuesday 21st June

“Examination & diagnosis of the periodontal patient”

6pm for 6.30pm @ ADA House

Dr Peter Kerrisk

Tuesday 20th September

“Residual pocketing following non-surgical periodontal therapy. Is treat-

ment incomplete?” 6pm for 6.30pm @ ADA House

Dr’s Bower, Gairns & McKerracher

Thursday 24th November

Dental Cases Panel- Twelve months after national registration – where do we stand?

Dinner Meeting – Venue TBA Membership also entitles you to * federal website login * * biennial scientific conference * great food & wine at meetings *

Membership Fees:

Hygienist - $90/6 months or $240/18 months

Dentist - $110/6 months or $300/18 months

For more information please contact Fleur Creeper: flc@iinet.net.au

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Dr Fleur Creeper or fax to (08) 9228 9668 PO Box 8531 Perth WA 6849 Membership category (circle): 1. Hygienist 6mths / 18mths 2. Dentist 6mths / 18mths

Payment method (circle):

1. I enclose a cheque made payable to the ASP (WA)

2. I have paid by EFT: BSB 736 011 Acct No. 07-0057 (ensure your name will appear on our statement)

Name: ____________________________________________________________________

Address:___________________________________________________________________

Email:_____________________________________________________________________