On behalf of the South Carolina Dental Hygiene Association, welcome to our website!

 My name is Renee Spencer and I am the 2009-2010 President of our professional association, SCDHA.  You are cordially invited to connect, rejuvenate and learn with us through the information found here.  If there is anything you need, please do not hesitate to seek me; I am willing to help in any way I can.

 One only need pick up the newspaper or tune into a talk radio show or television newscast to know the current events and timely topics that affect us in so many ways today.  What does this all mean to us when we put on our dental hygiene hats?  Will healthcare reform impact us/our bosses/our patients?  How long will we wait to see proposed changes implemented and what should we do in the meanwhile?  Is my career going to still carry its value if/when laws change?  These are some questions that are running common through the minds of everyone that is in our profession.  There is no better arena to learn something you didn’t know, meet someone you hadn’t met, or discuss something about which you feel passionate than by belonging to your professional association, full of dental healthcare providers, educators, researchers, and product representatives just like you!! 

 South Carolina Dental Hygiene Association is comprised of registered dental hygienists that are committed to the profession of dental hygiene.  We are women and men with a dedicated passion to serve the public in the highest respect of providing dental hygiene services and education while interacting with the dental team in an ongoing drive to give our best.  Simply put, SCDHA wishes to preserve dental hygiene in its truest form while moving forward in the profession as we look to the future.  This is done through/in many ways:  membership, education, legislation, public relations, and fellowship. It has been my privilege to serve in the capacity of your president throughout the past year and I look forward to this next year and what is ahead.  For those of you that are already members, I congratulate you and applaud your commitment.  For the rest of you that may be thinking about membership, hesitate no longer—find a member and ask what he/she feels about belonging, unity and professional advancement.  For those of you wondering about our association, investigate us to the next level---check us and you will see for what we stand and how deep our care and commitment run.  Finally, for those of you that think you know what we are about and have decided, on poor information or rumor, that SCDHA is not your professional association, please find me.  As registered dental hygienists, you cannot want to be uninvolved in a group of real people working for the betterment of what we do for our patients’ and our own fulfillment.

Please consider joining SCDHA and/or serving the association in some way.  Your time has come.  We need you and you need us; you won’t find better people!   Please meet me via email, facebook, text, mobile or land phone lines, or in person and “show me your smile”.  I am here to serve you, along with some wonderful executive board line officers and committee chairs who make this association run smoothly. None of this can exist without YOU.  Enjoy yourself as you network, learn, laugh, grow and advance in this wonderful profession of ours---dental hygiene.  Welcome, again!

 Sending smiles,

Renee G. Spencer, RDH

SCDHA President