National Association Honors Local Dental Hygienist Lisa Bell

Chicago—June 27, 2005—Lisa Bell, RDH, of Urbana, Ill., was named by the American Dental Hygienists’ Association (ADHA) as one of two recipients of the 2005 Crest/ADHA Award for Clinical Dental Hygienists.

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.

Each winner received a $2,000, 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 in Las Vegas where they were honored.

Bell is the executive director of the Champaign County Child Dental Access Program, which provides dental care to children from low-income families in Champaign County, Ill. Before this program, dental care was often inaccessible to children on Medicaid because of cost, geographical barriers and lack of local dentists.

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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