ADHA Announces Recipient of 2003 Alfred C. Fones Award

Chicago-June 30, 2003-The American Dental Hygienists' Association (ADHA) has named Marge Reveal, RDH, BS, MS, MBA, of Flagstaff, Ariz., as the recipient of the 2003 ADHA Alfred C. Fones Award.

The award, sponsored by Oral-B Laboratories, recognizes a current ADHA member who has contributed significantly to the profession of dental hygiene. Alfred C. Fones is credited with developing the term "dental hygiene" and pioneering the dental hygiene movement. He founded the first dental hygiene school in his office in the early 1900s.

Reveal, an active member of ADHA since 1974, is currently an instructor at Northern Arizona University. She has held other faculty positions at Oregon Health Sciences University and Comosun College in Victoria, British Columbia.

She served as ADHA president from 1987 to 1988, and was a U.S. representative to the International Federation of Dental Hygienists from 1989 to 1995.

Reveal was honored during the opening ceremonies at ADHA's 80th annual session in New York, N.Y., on June 28. She received $1,000 and a commemorative award, as well as round-trip transportation and lodging for the session.

ADHA is the largest national organization representing the professional interests of the more than 120,000 dental hygienists across the country. Dental hygienists are preventive oral health professionals, licensed in dental hygiene, who provide educational, clinical and therapeutic services that support total health through the promotion of optimal oral health. For more information about ADHA, dental hygiene or the link between oral health and general health, visit ADHA at http://www.adha.org.

Oral-B, a brand of the Gillette Company, is a leader in the oral health industry, marketing power toothbrushes for adults and children, as well as interdental products such as irrigators and oral care centers.

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