Oral Health Conference
| Contact:
Ellen Krajewski, M.P.H., C.H.E.S. Executive Director |
The 6th Annual
Trends
in Management of
Dental Disease
Friday, September 28, 2007
Outstanding Oral Health Initiative of 2007:
The Dental Health Clinic of Berwick, Pennsylvania
Front Row from left
- Linda Tier, The Dental Health Clinic; Shelly Poust-Kiess; Lisa Guszek,
RDH, The Dental Health Clinic; William Padner, DMD, The Dental Health
Clinic Board of Directors President (holding the award); Preeti Sahasi,
DMD, Clinic Director of The Dental Health Clinic; Karl Meyer, DDS,
Northcentral PA AHEC Board of Directors.
Back Row from left
- Tara King,
The Dental Health Clinic; John DeFinnis, DDS, The Dental Health Clinic,
Board of Directors; Vera Walline, MPH, CHES, Northeast PA AHEC; Ken
Foster, DMD, The Dental Health Clinic; Ellen Krajewski, MPH, CHES,
Northcentral PA AHEC; Martin McMahon, DMD,
Dental Clinical Coordinator for the Northeast PA AHEC.
Eric Y. Fung, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology, Department of Oral
Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Dentistry
presenting on the “Importance
of Nutritional Supplements in Clinical Practice” at the Trends in
Management of Dental Disease Conference.
The tooth, the whole tooth and nothing but the
tooth!
Ellen Krajewski, Executive Director of
Northcentral PA AHEC is shown at the Annual Dental Health Conference
with Pete the tooth from the Clinical Outcomes Group, Inc.
Press Release- For Immediate Release
The 6th Annual trends in Management of Dental Disease draws capacity crowd.
On Friday, September 28 at the Holiday Inn in Williamsport, over 140 oral health professionals gathered for the6th Annual Trends in Management of Dental Disease. The purpose of the conference is to share current information on clinical issues and to bring dental professionals in the region together to recognize outstanding public health efforts.
Safety net dental clinic and private practice dentists, dental hygienists, and others spent the morning listening to Dr. Eric Fung, dental faculty from the University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Dentistry, who presented the "Importance of Nutritional Supplements in Clinical Practice." Managing dental patients who use nutritional supplements and popular herbs was the main topic.
The Dental Health Clinic, located in Berwick, received the "Outstanding Oral Health Initiative of 2007." This award recognizes a person or group of people who has addressed a definable community dental need and improved the oral health of the underserved. The recipient must have removed barriers between dental services and those who need services, and developed services that were previously lacking.
The Berwick Dental Health Clinic is a non-profit organization serving Columbia, Montour, and lower Luzerne Counties. Their mission is to provide oral health for those with the greatest financial barriers to care, including those with Medical Assistance and the uninsured populations in the three-county area. Their goal is to improve the dental health of the community, with an emphasis on education, prevention, and early intervention. They aim to treat and reduce the incidence of dental caries and periodontal disease in a friendly environment. This past year they have increased their dental practitioners, adding Dr. Ken Foster, and expanded services to those who need it.
The Northcentral and Northeast Pennsylvania AHEC sponsored the conference, together with Pennsylvania College of Technology, Central Susquehanna Community Foundation, Susquehanna Health, and the Lycoming-Clinton Dental Society. For information about next year’s conference, visit www.ncpaahec.org.