Education
Athabasca University, Athabasca, Alberta, Canada 2022-Present
The Master's of Health Studies prepares students for a leadership position in the health system. This is an online program that gives students skills to discern emerging trends and provide leadership to health systems and organizations.
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University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 2014-2016
The Dental Hygiene Diploma Program provides students with the necessary education and skills to be dental hygiene practitioners. A career in dental hygiene plays a primary role in health promotion and prevention in a dynamic and changing health care system.
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MacEwan University, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 2009-2013
The Bachelor of Science provides students with the tools to discriminate between fact and fiction, pose tough questions and provide full answers, observe soundly, articulate arguments in a clear and concise fashion, and be open to other ideas without surrendering their own.
Affliations
College of Registered Dental Hygienists of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 2016-Present
Registration number: 4553
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The CRDHA is the regulatory body for the dental hygiene profession in Alberta. A regulatory college's job is to protect the public from unsafe practices and hold registrants of the profession accountable for the care they provide.​
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The Canadian Dental Hygienists Association
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 2016- Present
The CDHA exists so that its members are able to provide quality preventive and therapeutic oral health care as well as health promotion for all persons living in Canada.
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Advance Restricted Activities
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 2022
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The course allows dental hygienists the ability to issue prescriptions to manage their client's dental care. Dental hygienists receive their own prescriber's ID number.​
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Nitrous Oxide Conscious Sedation
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 2021
The course allows dental hygienists to administer nitrous oxide for inhalation and conscious sedation. This technique is effective and safe for the reduction of stress in apprehensive or anxious dental clients.
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University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 2021
The course allows dental hygienists to place and remove separators, place preliminary fixed appliances, removable appliances, and fitting of bands, indirect bonding of non-critical attachments, and place or remove archwires and their accessories and ligatures.
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University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 2016
The course allows dental hygienists to safely and effectively administer local anesthetic agents pertaining to the oral mouth cavity.
Experience
Clinical Dental Hygiene Instructor
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 2021-Present
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Clinically teach the local anesthetic continuing dental education course to dental hygienists.
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Clinically teach the dental hygiene refresher course to dental hygienists rentering the dental hygiene profession.
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Provide course evaluations for specific continuing dental hygiene education courses.
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River Valley Dental, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 2021-Present
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Provide evidence-based clinical dental hygiene services to clients in a private practice setting.
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Address oral health issues in a professional manner.
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The range of dental hygiene services includes dental hygiene exams, x-rays (radiographs), teeth cleaning (scaling, polishing, fluoride), oral health education, sealants, and teeth whitening.
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Administer local anesthetic.
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Empire Dental & Associates, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 2021-Present
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Provide evidence-based clinical dental hygiene services to clients in a private practice setting.
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Address oral health issues in a professional manner.
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The range of dental hygiene services includes dental hygiene exams, x-rays (radiographs), teeth cleaning (scaling, polishing, fluoride), oral health education, sealants, and teeth whitening.
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Administer nitrous oxide and local anesthetic.
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Castledowns Dental Centre, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 2016-2021
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Provide evidence-based clinical dental hygiene services to clients in a private practice setting.
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Address oral health issues in a professional manner.
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The range of dental hygiene services includes dental hygiene exams, x-rays (radiographs), teeth cleaning (scaling, polishing, fluoride), oral health education, sealants, and teeth whitening.
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Administer local anesthetic.
Training
Heart & Stroke, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 2021-Present
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This course is an annual renewal for the healthcare provider. They learn single- and multi-rescuer life support with a focus on high-quality CPR and team dynamics in a wide variety of settings, including prehospital and in-facility settings.