2004 Colgate/ADHA Award Presented to Upper Hudson Dental Hygienists’ Association

Chicago—August 12, 2004—The American Dental Hygienists' Association (ADHA) and Colgate Oral Pharmaceuticals Inc., a subsidiary of the Colgate Palmolive Company, have named the Upper Hudson Dental Hygienists’ Association, a component of the New York 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 Lynda Glenn, RDH. The program receiving the award was instituted to prevent oral disease in children starting from birth.

The program is designed to inform new parents of the importance of oral health, its ties to general health, to promote proper oral health care, and to encourage its recognition as an acceptable and important factor in life long overall health goals. The program was initiated by distributing “Infant Oral Health Care Kits” to new parents through the hospitals’ Snuggery Unit.

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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