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Find out about upcoming oral health events or post an event, celebrate the profession with NDHW™ or browse our latest news releases.

CDHA is the collective national voice of more than 30,219 dental hygienists working in Canada, directly representing 20,000 individual members, including students. Since 1963, CDHA has worked to advance the profession and promote the importance of oral health.

COVID-19-Related Learning

To support you in maintaining and improving your competence in coronavirus-related issues and evidence-based practice, CDHA has now compiled free, credible continuing quality improvement activities on our website. New learning opportunities will be added as they become available so check back often.

RDHs Are Essential Primary Health Care Professionals

Oral health is essential to overall health. It is well established that poor oral health is associated with a host of health conditions such as diabetes, aspiration pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), heart disease... Learn more

Polling results from independent dental hygienists

CDHA’s latest rapid polling of independent dental hygienists across Canada looks at current experiences with PPE access and costs. Results reveal which PPE items are the most difficult to access, which PPE cost the most, whether independent dental hygienists been able to access PPE from the provincial health system and much more. Log in to read more.

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CDHA Statement: Registered Dental Hygienists Are Essential Primary Health Care Professionals

CDHA’s board of directors recently approved a statement that dental hygienists, as primary health care professionals, play a critical role in public and population health and should be considered essential workers in Canada. Such recognition should give dental hygienists priority access to government distribution of personal protective equipment (PPE) and to vaccines alongside other essential workers, both of which will help to ensure the health and safety of dental hygienists and their clients. The full statement is available here.

AAP Perio Webinar: Access Extended

"Exploring the New AAP Periodontal Disease Classification," a FREE two-part webinar sponsored by Philips, provides an overview of the American Academy of Periodontology/European Federation of Periodontology World Workshop on Diagnosis and Disease Classification and discusses the system for staging, grading, and classifying periodontal and peri-implant diseases. This offering has been extended until July 22. Once you register, you will have up to one year to access it.

COVID-19 Vaccine Survey: Preliminary Results

Thank you to the 4,689 members who responded to our recent quick poll on COVID-19 vaccines. We learned that 54% of you plan to be vaccinated immediately and another 18% plan to be vaccinated during the coming year. Members who have concerns about the approved COVID-19 vaccines (27%) are most worried about possible side effects and their long-term efficacy, as well as the speed of the vaccine development process. Using your responses as our guide, CDHA plans to develop resources on vaccine safety and efficacy over the next few months to support you and your clients in making evidence-informed decisions regarding vaccination.

Connections Café: Recordings Available

If you happened to miss our live Independent Practice Connections Café presentations sponsored by Colgate, recordings are available. These FREE offerings focus on online marketing and branding as well as business coverage and risk management. Our next live event will be coming to a computer near you in March!

News Releases

Dental Hygienists Urge Canadians to Say No to Tobacco
January 15, 2021 - Canada’s dental hygienists will mark National Non-Smoking Week (January 17–23) by urging all Canadians to stop tobacco use for better oral and overall health.

Canada’s Dental Hygienists Elect New President
October 5, 2020 - The Canadian Dental Hygienists Association (CDHA) is pleased to announce the installation of its new president, Tiffany Ludwicki, at its virtual annual general meeting on Saturday, October 3.

Safety Alerts

Coronavirus – Updates and information for dental hygienists
January 14, 2021 - CDHA is actively reviewing and assessing relevant information for dental hygienists related to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus infection.

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