Oral Health Nevada Inc.

05/04/2026

What a kind and thoughtful Mother's Day Contribution

Email from Maternal and Child Health Access Celebrate Mother's Day With a Purpose   Celebrate Mother's Day With a Purpose This Mother’s Day, we invite you to celebrate the strength, resilience, and

04/27/2026

***ATTENTION ALL DENTAL HYGIENISTS!*** AND PATIENTS in Nevada and the Nation
At 10pm last night the dental board snuck in five Bill Draft Requests (BDRs) that will be included in the public Dental Board meeting NEXT WEDNESDAY 4/29! We need to submit letters of opposition and log in to the board meeting to testify AGAINST these proposals that affect the profession of dental hygiene - Specifically Concept A and Concept E. Please DO NOT ignore this! We need all the support that we can get!
The BDRs are as follows:
BDR Concept A- Permitting dental assistants to perform supragingival scaling upon the completion of training and demonstrating competency to provide workforce support to dental teams and to alleviate some of the pain of the dental hygienist shortage in Nevada.
BDR Concept B- Changes regarding anesthesia and sedation permitting; specifically, allowing only a two-permit structure instead of requiring a three-permit structure.
BDR Concept C- Changing the biennial license renewal deadline from the same date for every licensee (currently June 30 every other year) to the individual licensee’s date of birth every other year.
BDR Concept D- Changing the official name of the Board of Dental Examiners of Nevada to the Nevada State Board of Dental Medicine to conform with the reality of what the Board does and eliminate references to the Board conducting or scoring examinations.
BDR Concept E- Removing a requirement from the statute regulating dental therapist licensure that does not exist, this creating a legal impossibility for anyone to be licensed as a dental therapist.

03/25/2026

There is a health threatening issue before the NV State Board of Dental Examiners. Tonight is a Town Hall Meeting. Please understand the issues and help it make the proper, logical and meaningful decision, because your life could be on the line

A REAL DENTAL HYGIENIST
CANNOT Be Replaced with an IMPOSTER!
SUPPORT OUR EDUCATED, ACCREDITED, REGISTERED AND LICENSED DENTAL HYGIENE PROFESSIONALS
Registered Definition = Passed National Board Exam AFTER having graduated from or being on track to graduate from a CODA* accredited Dental Hygiene school
The National Board Dental Hygiene Examination (NBDHE) is a standardized strictly monitored 8 hour, 350 question exam to evaluate the preparedness of individuals for the study and practice of dental hygiene including the scientific basis for dental hygiene practice, provision of clinical dental hygiene services, and community health/research principles with additional comprehensive questions on12-15 dental hygiene patient cases
Educated Definition = Graduate of more than 2900 hours
of Skills and Didactic Supervised Training from a Nationally Accredited CODA approved program, requiring countless hours of monitored skills practice!
Prerequisites: • CPR Health Care Provider certified • Proof of immunity and health declaration• Drug screening • State and Federal Background Check Requirements
Prerequisites to be accepted to hygiene programs (2 years total): Same as Med Students: *Chemistry 101 (with lab) • Organic Chemistry I (with lab) • Biology 101 (with lab) • Human Anatomy and Physiology I (with lab) • Human Anatomy and Physiology II (with lab)
Microbiology (with lab) • ENG101 • ENG102 • College Algebra • Statistics • Speech 101
Psychology 101 • Psychology 102 (or child psychology in place) • Sociology 101
During hygiene program (another 2 years):
Pharmacology * Oral Pathology
Emergency Medicine * Dental Radiography I and II (with lab)
• Head and Neck Anatomy • Pre-Clinical Dental Hygiene (bookwork and lab) • Nutrition • Embryology and Histology • Prevention of Dental Disease * Ethics and Jurisprudence
Dental Materials I and II (with lab) • Practice Management
Periodontics I and II • Community Oral Health I and II
Dental Hygiene Theory I, II, III, IV (coincides with Dental Hygiene Clinic I, II, III, and IV as lab)
Mandated Continuing Education Courses, Infection Control, and Basic Life Support
Accredited Definition = Attended and successfully completed all courses of a Dental Hygiene Program compliant and accredited by the National Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA)*. “The Commission functions independently and autonomously in matters of developing and approving accreditation standards…”
Licensed Definition = Granted a State License Approval to Practice Dental Hygiene upon successful graduation from a CODA accredited Dental Hygiene Program and successful completion of an 8 hour National Board Exam, an 8 hour State/Regional Clinical Exam with specific requirements, a 2 hour State/ Regional Local Anesthesia Exam, and a 4 hour State Ethics and Jurisprudence Exam, applied to, paid for, and received NV State Board Approval

Support Your REAL Dental Hygiene Professionals
Contact the NV State Board of Dental Examiners: [email protected]. Please OPPOSE this change and NOT allow unlicensed, improperly trained persons to perform a professionals' job!

12/17/2025

Expand your knowledge of Oral Preventive Assistants (OPAs)!

Strengthen your understanding of Oral Preventive Assistant (OPA) legislation and how it impacts your practice. Join our ADHA President Lancette VanGuilder and a panel of advocacy leaders for practical strategies, state success stories and resources to support your grassroots work. Free for members, $45 for nonmembers. Register now: https://ow.ly/H97w50XKkhX

11/27/2025

Happy and Safe Thanksgiving!

10/27/2025

So true!

😮 Vs 😫

10/19/2025

Best Rubber Dam ever!

Need to try this 😁

07/29/2025

Thoughts and gratitude to Pam Straley for her part in the inception and creation of this wonderful initiative! Kudos to TMCC Dental Hygiene Program for your terrific care!

As part of the Incline Village Oral Health Improvement for Children initiative, IVCH Foundation used grant funding to provide free dental care to local students this spring. With support from Truckee Meadows Community College, over 140 students received screenings, fluoride treatments, and sealants- right at school.

We're proud to help bring healthy smiles to the kids in our community!

07/29/2025

A critically important evaluation to increase health!

Register today!

07/23/2025

ADHA in Action!

Getting ready to meet with staff of Congress representatives on the Hill today. ADHA is participating in an FDA meeting on the potential removal of fluoride from children's prescription drug products. ADHA has submitted formal comments and also will deliver oral testimony. Pictured from ADHA's Advocacy Team: Dr. JoAnn Gurenlian and Katherine Williamson at the Rayburn House Office Building.
Learn more about the meeting: https://ow.ly/60eZ50WtuEe
View ADHA's formal comments: https://ow.ly/NpTI50WtzpJ

07/21/2025

Call it what you will, an appointment with a Dental Hygienist is a plethora of valuable services!

Call it a “cleaning,” a “level-1 prophy,” or a “quick polish”—but if that’s all you think a preventative hygiene visit is, you’re missing the point.

A registered dental hygienist does more than scrape teeth.

They assess, educate, prevent, and protect.

And the healthiest patients?

They’re the ones who need prevention the most.

Because oral health isn’t maintained by chance. . . it’s maintained by us.