2004 Colgate/ADHA Award Presented to Oregon Dental Hygienists’ Association-Marion-Polk-Yamhill

Chicago—August 5, 2004—The American Dental Hygienists' Association (ADHA) and Colgate Oral Pharmaceuticals Inc., a subsidiary of the Colgate Palmolive Company, have named the Marion-Polk-Yamhill component of the Oregon Dental Hygienists’ Association a winner of the Colgate/ADHA Community Outreach Award.

The award is presented to ADHA component organizations that have implemented significant community outreach programs focusing on preventive oral health care.

Receiving the award on behalf of the component was Michelle Aldrich, RDH, BSDH, LAP. She received her bachelor of science degree in 1992 from the Oregon Health Science University School of Dentistry. Aldrich’s Amity Elementary School Dental Clinic Day is the program for which the component received the award.

The program is a yearly event in which second graders who have, or who are at risk for dental disease, are screened and treated. The main objective of the program is to alleviate the child’s dental pain, as well as to provide sealants to eliminate further disease.

The recipients of the award were honored at ADHA’s annual session in Dallas on June 23. The winners each received a $2,000 donation for their component, a commemorative award and an expense-free trip to Dallas for the ceremony.

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 the 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.

Colgate-Palmolive is a leading global consumer products company, tightly focused on oral care, personal care, home care and pet nutrition.

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