CDHA Mission
The mission of this Association is in agreement with the ADHA is to advance the art and science of dental hygiene by ensuring access to quality oral health care, increasing awareness of the cost effective benefits of prevention, promoting the highest standards of dental hygiene education, licensure, practice and research, and representing and promoting the interest of dental hygienists.
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Our Symbol
The Colorado Dental Hygienists' Association adopted this design in 1967. It is the official insignia of the Association and is unique in that it represents Dentistry, Dental Hygiene, the State of Colorado, and the Colorado Dental Hygienists' Association. The original design was by a local commercial artist and appears on CDHA stationery, Bylaws, membership book, and in The Explorer's masthead. The version you see here was colored for esthetic value when added to the official web site of the Colorado Dental Hygienists? Association in 1999.
The basic design is within a circle representing the Greek letter "O" (Omicron) standing for tooth. The name of the Association is printed beneath the circle.
On the right side is the single serpent of Aesculapius--the father of medicine. At the top of the staff is a Columbine-the state flower of Colorado.
In the upper left hand corner are the letters "dh" standing for Dental Hygiene. In the lower left hand corner is a triangle representing the Greek letter Delta--for dentistry. Within the triangle are mountains depicting Colorado, and the date "1923"--the year the Colorado Dental Hygienists' Association was formed.
No records of the meetings from November of 1931 to January 1948 have been found. During that time the Colorado School of Dental Surgery (and the Dental Hygiene School) in Denver closed and World War II brought a transient society, but a small group of hygienists (four or five) continued to meet informally once a month.
By 1948, hygienists from other states began to arrive in Colorado. Officers were elected, minutes were kept, and membership grew.
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