Connecticut Dental Hygiene Colleges
Tunxis Community College
Allied Health
Division
Dental Hygiene
271 Scott Swamp Road
Farmington, CT 06032
Web Site: www.tunxis.commnet.edu
Degrees Awarded
Associate: AS
Congrats to our ADHA Student Delegate from Tunxis Dental Hygiene Program!
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University of New Haven
Division of Health Professions
College of Arts & Sciences
Dental Hygiene Program
419 Boston Post Road
West Haven, CT 06516-1918
Web Site: www.newhaven.edu/4486/academic-programs/undergraduate/dental-hygiene/
Degrees Awarded
Associate:AS-DH
Baccalaureate: BS-DH
University of Bridgeport
Fones School of Dental Hygiene
Division of Health Sciences
60 Lafayette Street
Bridgeport, CT 06604
Web Site: www.bridgeport.edu/academics/schools-colleges/fones-school-dental-hygiene/
Degrees Awarded
Associate:AS
Baccalaureate:BS-DH
Masters: MSDH
Saturday, April 19th, 2025
Local Anesthesia Refresher Course for Dental Hygienists
Presented by: Marie Paulis, RDH, MSDH & Gwen Grosso, RDH, MS
9:00am-12:00 pm
3 CEU’s
$100
This course is offered to licensed, Registered Dental Hygienists who have already been certified in local anesthesia but feel they would benefit from instruction and review of injection landmarks and correct techniques. In addition, course instructors will share helpful suggestions for eliminating common errors and discuss how to avoid some post injection side-effects. Instructors will demonstrate proper clinical techniques both in an in-person lecture format and a post lecture clinical session when attendees have opportunity to practice with safety needles. No actual injections will be administered during this course.
For more information and to register, please visit Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1273164241519?aff=oddtdtcreator
Student Poster Session, 4:00 pm -6:00 pm
Poster Session Topics
1. Detection of Oral Cancer: Are Dental Hygienists Meeting the Standard of Care?
2. Impact of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) on Children’s Health
3. Eighty Years of Community Water Fluoridation: Just the Facts, Not the Fiction
4. The Impact of 60 Years of Head Start on the Development of Children
5. School-Based Sealant Programs’ Impact on Middle School Students’ Oral Health
6. Assessment of The Women Infants and Children (WIC) Program
7. Impact of Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) on Underserved
Communities
8. Role of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in the Lives of Vulnerable
Populations
9. Oral Health Surveillance in the United States and Its Impact on Public Health
CE Course, 6:00pm- 8:00 pm
Title: Difficult Conversations about STDs: Identifying, Discussing, and Referring from the Dental Practice
Course Description: Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are among the most common communicable diseases in the U.S. Incidence of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis is on the rise. This course will serve to educate attendees about the oral signs and symptoms of STDs/STI’s, propose ideas for having difficult but necessary conversations about STIs/STDs with patients/clients, and introduce them to resources we created through our public health/oral health collaborative.
The Course Objectives are:
1. Recall trends in the incidence and prevalence rates of STDs/STIs in the U.S.;
2. Analyze oral lesions for potential association with STDs/STIs.; and,
3. List culturally appropriate strategies to discuss STDs./STIs with patients.
For more information and to register, please visit Eventbrite:
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Goodwin University
Health Sciences
One Riverside Drive
East Hartford, CT 06118
Web Site: https://www.goodwin.edu/majors/dental-hygiene/
Degrees Awarded
Associate:AS
