2005 Pfizer/ADHA Award Presented to Christine Hovliaras-Delozier

Chicago—June 27, 2005—The American Dental Hygienists’ Association (ADHA) has named Christine Hovliaras-Delozier, RDH, MBA, of Flanders, N.J., as a recipient of the 2005 Pfizer/ADHA Excellence in Dental Hygiene Award.

The award, sponsored by Pfizer Inc, honors dental hygienists who exhibit excellence in dental hygiene through outstanding accomplishments that impact the practice and future of the dental hygiene profession. Winners must be active members of ADHA for a minimum of 10 years.

Hovliaras-Delozier, a member of the Access editorial review board, has a long history of involvement with ADHA. She has served on the council on public relations both as a member and as the chair. At the state level she is a past president, fundraising chairperson, and has served as the secretary. Hovliaras-Delozier practiced clinically for 16 years before developing her own oral care consulting firm called Professional Savvy. She is also a featured columnist in several dental hygiene publications nation-wide. This honor is especially significant to Hovliaras-Delozier because for 11 years, in her position with the Warner-Lambert Company (now Pfizer Inc), she co-presented this award.

The recipients were honored during a special luncheon at ADHA’s 82nd annual session in Las Vegas on June 26. They each received $2,500 and a commemorative award, as well as round-trip transportation and lodging for 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.

Pfizer Inc is the world’s leading research-based pharmaceutical company, providing a broad range of human and animal pharmaceuticals, as well as consumer products.

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