Dr. Jack Dillenberg focuses on work with dental hygienists

Dr. Jack Dillenberg works with Dental Hygienists and ASDOH colleages on potential programs. — Dr. Jack Dillenberg works with dental hygienists and ASDOH colleagues on potential programs.

Early in the week, Dr. Jack Dillenberg visited with Shelley Diviney, program director of the dental hygiene program at NAU, and Michelle Panico, from ASDOH, to discuss developing a collaborative certificate program in advanced dental hygiene in Arizona.

Phebe Blitz, here with Dr. Jack, was the former program director at MCC.

On Saturday, Dr. Jack was the luncheon speaker at the Arizona State Dental Hygienist Association meeting. He discussed the role of dental hygienists as primary oral healthcare providers in the emerging healthcare system. Close to 200 were in attendance.

"Leadership requires courage - for a turtle to go forward, he has to stick his neck out!" Dr. Jack Dillenberg