Welcome To The Dallas Dental Hygienists' Society

We are the local component of the Texas constituent to the American Dental Hygienists' Association. Dallas Dental Hygienists' Society is a professional organization offering continuing education to Registered Dental Hygienists and providing public service programs to our community since 1952.

Mission Statement

To improve the public's total health, the mission of the American Dental Hygienists' Association is to advance the art and science of dental hygiene by ensuring access to quality oral health care, increasing awareness of the cost - effective benefits of prevention, promoting the highest standards of dental hygiene education, licensure, practice, and research, and representing and promoting the interests of dental hygienists.

Serving Our Community :

Dental Health Education Programs

Educational oral health programs presented to area Nursing homes, public schools and volunteer dental clinics.

Health Fairs And Community Events

Providing education, prevention skills and oral health counseling for the prevention of oral and dental diseases.

Career Day

Promoting Dental Hygienists as a desired career of choice to local area high school students.

Elementary School Oral Health Awareness

Presenting Dental Health Education in local elementary schools to students and teachers.

Children's Oral Health Center

Providing the Children's Oral Health Center with volunteer Dental Hygienists to deliver dental hygiene services and place dental sealants for underprivileged children. Dallas Dental Hygienists' Society members donate time to serve children by participating in "Sealants Across Texas". Members continue to donate time to serve our community throughout the year by serving the Children's Oral Health Center in downtown Dallas.

Cooperation with the Dental Society

Dallas Dental Hygienists' Society has participated with the Dental Society in community service. Dallas Dental Hygienists' Society has an active role in the Southwest Dental Conference for 2008.

Dental Screenings

Dallas Dental Hygienists' Society continues to serve by providing no cost screenings for oral cancer and disease prevention to facilities and underserved areas.

Area Dental Hygiene Schools

Our Society continues to work closely with area dental hygiene schools. For many years our area dental hygiene schools have served our community by providing low cost dental hygiene services to the public.

How to contact our area Dental Hygiene Programs:

Caruth School of Dental Hygiene Baylor College of Dentistry Texas A&M Systems Dr. Janice Dewald 3302 Gaston Avenue Dallas, TX 75246 214-828-8341 www.tambcd.edu/dhy	Texas Woman's University Department of Dental Hygiene Dr. Nahid Nickpour P.O. Box 425796 Denton, TX 76204-3796 940-898-2870 www.twu.edu/hs/dh/
Tarrant County College Dental Hygiene Program Barbara Shearer 828 Harwood Road Hurst, TX 76054 817-515-6435 www.tcjc.cc.tx.us/	Collin County Community College Dental Hygiene Program Joanne Fletcher P.O. Box 8001 McKinney, TX 75070 972-548-6803 ftp.ccccd.edu/dentalhygiene/

Characteristics of the Dallas Dental Hygienists' Society

DDHS is one of 20 components of the Texas Dental Hygienists' Association, a constituent of the American Dental Hygienists' Association. There are approximately 1,000 hygienists in Dallas Dental Hygienists Society's region. The following 5 counties are included in the region: Dallas, Ellis, Freestone, Kaufman & Navarro.

Surgeon General's Report: Visit the American Dental Hygienists' Association website to learn about the critical relationship between oral health and general health. Read highlights of the report, Oral Health in America and media releases.