ADHA Announces Recipient of 2006 Distinguished Service Award

Chicago—August 1, 2006—The American Dental Hygienists’ Association (ADHA) has named Bonnie Nothoff, RDH, of Kewadin, Mich., as a recipient of the 2006 ADHA Distinguished Service Award.

The award recognizes outstanding achievement and dedication to the profession of dental hygiene.

Nothoff, a graduate of Delta College in Bay City, Mich., is politically active having run for the office of State Representative of the 105th district in Mich., on a healthcare platform, in 2004. She is currently Secretary of her county party and is President of the Women’s Republican Party in Antrim County. She also owns her own consulting firm, “Nothoff Legislative Research & Consulting LLC.”

Nothoff has been actively involved with ADHA serving as a State Delegate, and a member of ADHA’s Council on Finance.

Nothoff was honored during the opening ceremonies at ADHA’s 83rd annual session in Orlando, Fla., on June 24.

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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