Katherine Currin Vriesema, Local Dental Hygienist, Honored by National Association

Chicago-August 5, 2004 – Katherine Currin Vriesema, RDH, of Salisbury, N.C., was named by the American Dental Hygienists’ Association (ADHA) as one of two recipients of the 2004 Crest /ADHA Award for Clinical Dental Hygienists.

Each winner received a $2,000 honorarium, as well as a commemorative award. In addition, the winners received expense-free trips to Procter & Gamble in Cincinnati, and ADHA headquarters in Chicago, as well as the association’s annual session.

The award program, co-sponsored by ADHA and Procter & Gamble, the makers of Crest® toothpaste, honors clinical dental hygienists who make distinctive differences in the lives of their patients.

Vriesema earned her associate degree of applied science in dental hygiene from Central Piedmont Community College in 2001. She works for North Carolina Baptist Hospital and balances her time between work and school. She is enrolled in the University of North Carolina-Chappell Hill’s degree completion program in dental hygiene.

ADHA is the largest national organization representing the professional interests of 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.

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