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Practice News: COVID-19
MHDHA is monitoring the COVID-19 situation and actions of government and healthcare entities on a daily basis.
Additional Information on COVID-19
NEW: Governor Cuomo has announced that New York dentists can reopen statewide Monday, June 1, with dental offices subject to state guidance on best practices for safety and social distancing. Accompanying NYS Health Dept. Interim Guidance for Dentistry During the COVID-19 Pandemic also has been issued.
ADHA has revised its Return to Work Guidance, based on review of the updated Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guidance for Dental Settings.
Click here for the slides and here for the recording (password 7e@*8!+&) to NYDHA's May 9 webinar on “COVID-19: What’s Next? An Informational Session for the Dental Hygienist.”
Governor Cuomo issued an Executive Order, effective April 17, requiring all people in NYS to wear a mask or a face covering when out in public and in situations where social distancing cannot be maintained, such as on public transportation. Read more.
See also: NYS Health Dept., NYS Labor Dept., NYS emergency paid sick leave law
NYS Office of the Professions has presented continuing education provisions and other procedures in light of COVID-19
ADHA: ADHA resources, including Frequently Asked Questions; dedicated email for COVID-19 questions and concerns: RDHCovidInfo@adha.net;
More resources: CDC, NIH, OSHA; New York State Dental Association; American Dental Association including ADA guidance on dental emergency and non-emergency care; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recommendations on adult elective surgeries, non-essential dental procedures;
About Us, Mission and Purpose
Who are we?
We are a professional component of the New York Dental Hygienists' Association (NYDHA), and the American Dental Hygienists' Association (ADHA). Our region covers the counties of Orange, Dutchess, Rockland, Greene, Sullivan, and Ulster in New York State. If you are a hygienist in these areas and would like to connect please email us or check us out on Facebook or Instagram.
Mission and Purpose
Mission and Purpose
Purpose:
The purposes of the Association shall to improve the oral health of the public, and advance the art and science of dental hygiene; to maintain the highest standards of dental hygiene and practice, to represent and protect the interest of the dental hygiene profession, to improve the professional competence of the dental hygienist, to foster research in oral health research; to provide professional communications; and to conduct other activities as they may be permitted by the State of New York to carry out the purposes of the association.
Mission:
To improve the public’s total health, the mission of the American Dental Hygienists’ Association is to advance the art and science to quality oral health care, promoting the highest standards of dental hygiene education, licensure, practice, and representing and promoting the interests of dental hygienists all in a manner consistent with the Code of Ethics of the ADHA.