ADHA Announces Recipient of 2004 Irene Newman Professional Achievement Award

Chicago—August 24, 2004—The American Dental Hygienists’ Association (ADHA) has named Kimberly A. Hickman-Bowen RDH, BSDH, of Middletown, Del., as the recipient of the 2004 ADHA Irene Newman Professional Achievement Award.

The award, sponsored by Oral-B Laboratories, recognizes a current ADHA member who has demonstrated outstanding achievement in advancing the field of dental hygiene. Irene E. Newman served as the first dental hygienist under Alfred C. Fones who was credited with coining the term “dental hygiene” and pioneering the corresponding movement. Newman performed the first prophylaxis for the public in 1907.

Hickman-Bowen received her bachelor’s degree in dental hygiene from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia in 1982 and her master’s degree in education, curriculum instruction and design, from Delaware State University in Dover, in 2004. She is currently employed in private practice. She has served as an ADHA delegate, and as chair of the Association Committee on Policy and Bylaws.

She was honored during the opening ceremonies at ADHA’s 81st annual session in Dallas on June 23. She received $1,000, a commemorative award, as well as round-trip transportation and two nights lodging at the session.

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.

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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