IDHA ANNUAL CONFERENCE

November 3-4, 2023

LOCATION:

COLLEGE OF DUPAGE

Full Weekend Conference Badge Pricing

One Day Conference Badge Pricing

IDHA Web Shop now open!!

If you missed going to this years Annual Conference and missed out on purchasing the branded merch sold at the IDHA table, head over to the IDHA shop! Stock is limited so get yours today!

LAST PHDH CLASS OF THE YEAR

20 More RDHs can use IDHA’s PHDH Certification Grant to become PHDH certified! 

Over 60 RDHs have already used this grant. Don’t miss out! There is only 1 PHDH class left in 2023!

Find the Eligibility Form on the PHDH section of IDHA’s website. Complete this form with CE courses you select from the Approved PHDH CE Courses list, also found on the PHDH section of IDHA’s website. Most CE courses are FREE or inexpensive! Click HERE for more info.

IDHA received a $20,000 grant to help Illinois RDHs complete PHDH certification!

This grant makes PHDH certification FREE for IDHA members*

and discounted for non-members.

*ADHA membership dues must be paid through the end of 2023.

Public Health Dental Hygienist Certification Course

(PHDH Review and Exam Course)

Next Course: November 11, 2023

8:00 am - 4:00 pm

ZOOM Webinar

8 Live CEUs

Registration fee: $200 for IDHA Members / $600 for Non-Members

($200 reimbursed after completion for both members and non-members)

To make sure you qualify to take the PHDH Certification course; visit IDHA.net/PHDH

For more information and registration contact publichealth.idha@gmail.com

ADHA is kicking off fall with an exciting offer for new members! Between September 15-October 14, 2023 ONLY, new ADHA members can save $75 on membership dues when they use the code: SAVEBIG. That’s the equivalent of three months FREE, and their memberships will be active through 12/31/2024. If you have collogues and friends that may be interested, now is the time to join!

Student Chapter Registration

ADHA Student Chapters have more fun! Make sure that the programs in your area are registered as an official student chapter. Being registered gives you access to a private Facebook group and eligibility to win money for their programs through our video competition and awards program.

Click below for a list of programs already registered and encourage those on the list to sign up here.

IDHA's House Bill Passed! 

IDHA's HB2267 passed the Illinois House and Senate and will take effect immediately after Governor Pritzker signs it into law. This Bill cleans up errors and updates language in the Illinois Dental Practice Act. It provides that a dentist may enter into a collaborative supervision agreement with four (rather than two) public health dental hygienists. This new law will increase access to oral care in Illinois

* Starting January 2023, Dental Assistants (DAs) must have a (2023) 32-hour Coronal Scaling certificate to perform coronal scaling on children up to 17 years.

* DAs with a 16-hour Scaling Certificate were NOT "grandfathered in" and may NOT continue providing coronal scaling.

* If you see a DA scaling that does not have a 2023 scaling certificate, inform your dentist this is illegal and the DA is no longer certified to scale.

* If the dentist continues to delegate illegal DA services, document the circumstances and report the dentist to the Board of Dentistry.

* To discuss questions or concerns on DA scaling, contact IDHA leaders at the email address on the Fact Sheet, below.



* All Dental Assisting Scaling certificates become invalid on January, 1 2026.

HRSA Health Workforce

Oral Health Workforce Projections, 2017-2030

Dentists and Dental Hygienists

The factsheet linked below presents national-level supply and demand projections for

dentists and dental hygienists from 2017 through 2030 using HRSA’s

Health Workforce Simulation Model (HWSM).