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This week Matt Crespin is joined by Daniel Lopez, RDH who is a dental hygienist practicing in a Federally Qualified Health Center in New York City.\\xa0

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Episode Highlights

• ADHA Updates
• Daniel\\u2019s Journey\\xa0
• What is a FQHC?
• Covid-19 Vaccine
• ADHA\\u2019s impact on Daniel\\u2019s career

Quotes

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\\u201cThe best advice I can give you...talk to your local health department.\\u201d\\xa0

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\\u201cAt an FQHC 50% of the Board of Directors need to be patients or clients of the FQHC.\\u201d

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\\u201cIt is a way to ensure the care is by and for the people.\\u201d\\xa0

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\\u201cI would wake up to the cooler trucks going down Broadway to go store more bodies.\\u201d\\xa0

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\\u201cIt was a daily reminder of the massive loss of life that is still going on.\\u201d

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\\u201cHIV doesn\\u2019t affect the day to day of dentistry.\\u201d\\xa0

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\\u201cI learned that a lot of our education is outdated in terms of how safe we need to be.\\u201d

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\\u201cYou need to treat HIV patients like any other patient.\\u201d\\xa0

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\\u201cI think after graduating we have to unlearn a lot of things.\\u201d\\xa0

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\\u201cI see a lot of people who have never had dental care, or it\\u2019s been decades.\\u201d\\xa0

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\\u201cThis is what the world is like when there are no barriers to scientific research.\\u201d\\xa0

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\\u201cWe have less than 25% compliance with the vaccine in our clinic, and because of that, we probably will not be given future doses.\\u201d

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\\u201cWe have a public responsibility to each other.\\u201d\\xa0

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\\u201cI believe that if you don\\u2019t believe in, and pay into the ADHA, you have no right to demand.\\u201d\\xa0

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Links\\xa0

lisam@adha.net

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www.ADHA2021.org\\xa0

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Matt\\u2019s Email: MattC@ADHA.net\\xa0

ADHA Annual Report: https://www.adha.org/annual-reports\\xa0

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The health and wellness of the dental hygiene community and the patients you serve is our top priority. We are closely monitoring developments surrounding COVID-19 and will continue to keep you informed. For more information from ADHA, visit https://www.adha.org/covid19.

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Visit www.adha.org for membership processing,

membership updates, renewals and conference registration!

FAQ: https://www.adha2020.org/faq/\\xa0

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Email for COVID Questions/Input: rdhcovidinfo@adha.net\\xa0

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Resource Center: https://www.adha.org/covid19\\xa0

American Dental Hygienists\\u2019 Association homepage: \\xa0 https://www.adha.org/

ADHA Facebook Page: \\xa0 https://www.facebook.com/youradha/

The Dental Podcast Network Channel One homepage:

http://dentalpodcastnetworkchannelone.otcpn.libsynpro.com/\\xa0