Interview Starts: 13:15 Today we are talking about two things: The dental hygiene diagnosis and The Sunstar World Dental Hygienists Awards that are available for the IFDH conference in Brisbane, Australia August 2019. JoAnn reviews what we can and cannot diagnose as hygienists and what our responsibilities are for not diagnosing certain things! Its an empowering discussion and one that needs to be shared with the world! https://www.adha.org/resources-docs/7111_Dental_Hygiene_Diagnosis_Position_Paper.pdf https://dimensionsofdentalhygiene.com/article/implementing-dental-hygiene-diagnosis-into-practice/ IFDH - International Federation of Dental Hygienists http://www.ifdh.org/ Scientific Session Aug 15-17 2019 Brisbane Australia Sunstar Awards! Applications open until January 2019! Apply Today! http://www.ifdh.org/world-dental-hygienist-awards.html# http://www.sunstarfoundation.org/education-jsdei/awards/world-dental-hygienist-awards/17   Thank you to our sponsor for this episode, and many of our episodes, Zirc! www.zirc.com Zirc believes in helping you work smarter, not harder through organization and tools that allow you to perform your job to the fullest! The special offer for this episode is: Locking covers 5+1 special, Buy 5 get 1 free! Promo code: b5g1c Zirc, Because Time is Everything.   https://www.zirc.com/products/dental-instrument-trays/safe-lok-cover-b-size https://www.zirc.com/products/dental-instrument-trays/safe-lok-cover-f-size https://www.zirc.com/products/dental-instrument-trays/b-lok-tray-cover-non-locking   Thank you also to Paradise Dental Technologies aka PDT for providing sponsorship for this episodes CE credits! THIS EPISODE COUNTS FOR CE! - but read the disclaimer below as it might not count for your state. Go here to take the test and get your CE Credit! https://www.cezoom.com/events/?test=yes&courseid=2261&testid=1225 Approved Pace Program Provider FAGD/MAGD Credit Approval Does Not Imply Acceptance By A State Or Provincial Board of Dentistry Or AGD Endorsement. 1/1/18- 12/31/19 Provider #373236   Be sure to thank the sponsor for CE for this episode by heading over to www.PDTDental.com and picking up a new instrument or telling them "thank you" in person at one of the conferences!