CDHA’s Partners' Circle is comprised of dental industry firms dedicated to the
advancement of the dental hygiene
profession. Partners’ Circle members recognize the important role that dental hygienists play in the
oral
health care team.
We are extremely proud to announce the members of the
2018 CDHA Partners' Circle:
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COLGATE, a loyal and valued elite-level member of CDHA’s Partners’ Circle, understands how vital
education is
to the oral health profession. For the past number of years, COLGATE has sponsored a CDHA-hosted webinar
on various topics such as diabetes, dental implants, hypersensitivity, gastro infections and dry mouth.
COLGATE
is also a proud sponsor of CDHA’s popular Interim Stabilization Therapy (IST) workshops and our
Independent Practice Connections Cafés. CDHA‘s continued partnership with
COLGATE on the
student
leadership bursary program has proven to be highly successful with 31 dental hygiene schools
represented across Canada. This year, Colgate is sponsoring a student leader to attend the leadership
session
at the CDHA fall summit in PEI. COLGATE consistently utilizes CDHA publications to promote its latest
oral
health products through advertisements in the
Canadian Journal of Dental Hygiene
and
Oh Canada!
. CDHA is partnering with Colgate on its
Bright Smiles,
Bright Futures program with a ‘back to school blitz’ promotional campaign whereby members
can sign up to receive free oral health kits to conduct school presentations.
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A committed and long-time supporter of the CDHA and key elite member of CDHA’s Partners’ Circle, PHILIPS
has
always understood and appreciated the fundamental role that dental hygienists play within the oral
health
care team. In partnership with CDHA, PHILIPS regularly offers webinars exclusively to CDHA members on a
variety
of topics such as sugar, sex & oral cancer, professional whitening solutions, baby boomer health,
and
cannabis. Once again, a selection of archived webinars sponsored by PHILIPS will be re-released in
January
and available exclusively to CDHA members for a limited time. CDHA is partnering with PHILIPS on its
full
day workshop on the topics of wellness and cannabis being held in Vancouver in January. PHILIPS believes
in the importance of keeping CDHA members apprised of the latest oral health technologies and
communicates
this information through CDHA’s eNewsletters and the
Oral Health
Products eBulletin,
Trends
, as well as through CDHA’s professional publications:
Oh Canada!
and the
Canadian Journal of Dental Hygiene
. PHILIPS continues to sponsor the
CJDH
student essay award as well as the highly successful
Put
Your Purple On photo contest held during
National
Dental Hygienists Week™. PHILIPS is also the exclusive sponsor of the leadership session being
held during
2018
CDHA Summit
in Charlottetown, PEI on October 12.
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P&G (Crest Oral-B) partnership with CDHA has established them as an elite member of CDHA’s Partners’
Circle.
P&G is all about empowering the dental hygiene team! P&G believes strongly in supporting
professional
development of our dental hygienist community by partnering with CDHA to provide educational workshops
to
our members. Their upcoming workshop entitled
‘Oral
Health & Systemic Health Connection’ takes place in Edmonton on October 19. This will also
be the topic of P&G’s sponsored webinar being released in spring 2019. P&G’s
COMPASS
professional development program, an excellent resource for dental hygiene students and dental
hygienists alike, is being promoted on
CDHA.ca
and the COMPASS professional development kits are available to order through
dentalcare.ca. P&G continues to educate and
build product awareness by frequently advertising its
latest oral health products in both CDHA’s professional peer-reviewed
Canadian Journal of Dental Hygiene
, and its popular member magazine,
Oh Canada!