by Nicole Bolinger | Jun 17, 2025 | Direct Access Dental Hygienist, Marketing your Practice, Oral Health, Oral Systemic Link
As Registered Dental Hygienists in Alternative Practice (RDHAPs), we often serve those who are overlooked by the traditional healthcare system—homebound seniors, people with disabilities, residents of care facilities, and underserved communities. Yet despite the...
by Nicole Bolinger | Mar 10, 2025 | Community, Oral Health, Oral Systemic Link, Special Health Care Needs
I have been involved with two different advocacy organizations lobbying for bills and advocating for the populations the RDHAP serves. I remember my first Legislative Day as a member of the California Dental Hygienist’s Association. It began with a meeting in a...
by Nicole Bolinger | Feb 20, 2024 | Community, Diabetes, Direct Access Dental Hygienist, Member Spotlight, Nutrition, Older Persons, Oral Health, Oral Systemic Link
One of the perks of being a member of RDHAP Connect is being featured in a member spotlight on our website and social media pages. Today we’re spotlighting Ruth Reich Chandler, RDHAP. My name is Ruth and have been a proud hygienist for nearly 42 years. I graduated...
by Nicole Bolinger | Oct 27, 2023 | Children, Community, Direct Access Dental Hygienist, Marketing your Practice, Oral Systemic Link, Schools
One of the perks of being a member of RDHAP Connect is being featured in a member spotlight on our website and social media pages. Today we’re spotlighting Colette Fontaine, RDHAP. Below is an interview with herself and Elly Franciso, creator of RDHAP Connect. Listen...
by Nicole Bolinger | Oct 2, 2023 | Community, Hospital care, Oral Systemic Link
Why does California need a Rural Health Association? Fun fact: more than 60% of the land in California is rural. Amazingly, although approximately 87% of Californians live in urban areas, still over 3 million people live in rural areas.* Why should this affect us?...
by Nicole Bolinger | Jun 26, 2023 | Diabetes, General wellbeing, Older Persons, Oral Health, Oral Systemic Link
Recent research has found a relationship between bacteria in patients with uncontrolled gum disease and Alzheimer’s disease. Interestingly, both Oral Health Month and National Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month are in June. June is National Oral Health Month. Oral...
