GRANTS & AWARDS
World Dental Hygienist Awards
Past Winners
5th|2019 Brisbane, Australia
![Danielle Clark (Canada)](./media_1fb1b3bf3938dcff617d61db308c7d225fd797639.jpeg?width=750&format=jpeg&optimize=medium)
Danielle Clark (Canada)
Research Category
The Role of Loricrin in Severe (Formerly Aggressive) Periodontal Disease.
![Tan Minh Nguyen (Australia)](./media_1ae69876095960d75a8da825c054e0a6d3b985a1f.jpeg?width=750&format=jpeg&optimize=medium)
Tan Minh Nguyen (Australia)
Project Category
Integrating evidence-based dentistry within a public dental program for children.
4th|2016 Basel, Swizerland
![Rebecca M. Barry (USA)](./media_10e0df0524a7912a497df7258f6c0060ec1a7dbd8.png?width=750&format=png&optimize=medium)
Rebecca M. Barry (USA)
Research Category
Impact of Operator Positioning on Musculoskeletal Disorders and Work Habits Among Mississippi Dental Hygienists
![Juliet Dang (USA)](./media_1468b51356eefe27ef7a60025793840a80aec0ce3.png?width=750&format=png&optimize=medium)
Juliet Dang (USA)
Research Category
Identification and characterization of novel human papillomaviruses in oral rinse samples from oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer patients.
![Sandra Kemper (Bolivia)](./media_151071e30d107d34aa592a53cf111c966c583e7eb.png?width=750&format=png&optimize=medium)
Sandra Kemper (Bolivia)
Project Category
Report on the Smiles Forever Foundation: A Dental Hygiene Education and Service Model for Latin America.
3rd | 2013 Cape Town, South Africa
![Dagmar Else Slot (Netherlands)](./media_15ef48aad37472635ed506b276ed89ba753d86489.jpeg?width=750&format=jpeg&optimize=medium)
Dagmar Else Slot (Netherlands)
Research Category
Academisch Centrum Tandheelkunde Amsterdam (ACTA), Holland "The effect of 1% chlorhexidine gel and 0.12% dentifrice gel on plaque accumulation: a 3-day non- brushing model
![Mario Rui Araujo (Portugal)](./media_18f4fd38f35676237a4c017ef4220ad7993317f62.jpeg?width=750&format=jpeg&optimize=medium)
Mario Rui Araujo (Portugal)
Project Category
An inclusive public dental health project in Portugal
![Tjeerd Blom (Netherlands)](./media_1bab8d954211f43a7c8d1a09c5dc29725d652acaf.jpeg?width=750&format=jpeg&optimize=medium)
Tjeerd Blom (Netherlands)
Student Category
The effect of mouthrinses on oral malodor: a systematic review
2nd | 2010 Glasgow, Scotland
![Sherry Priebe (Canada)](./media_1165c215d2dc7d6508ae5bfa6d6ae1b51dbe2ebf6.jpeg?width=750&format=jpeg&optimize=medium)
Sherry Priebe (Canada)
Research Category
Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Cultural Risk Habits in Patients at the Oncology Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
![Olivia Marchisio and Annamaria Genovesi (Italy)](./media_1dd7927fa3d61502a8219631a96a691006e4ad8fc.jpeg?width=750&format=jpeg&optimize=medium)
Olivia Marchisio and Annamaria Genovesi (Italy)
Project Category
Operative Protocols and a Case Report in Preventive Dental Care in a Department of Neurorehabilitation for Acquired Cerebral Lesions.
![Maria Fjellström (Sweden)](./media_1929fde0b9fe90e17a2933e1dffd5376523cb76da.jpeg?width=750&format=jpeg&optimize=medium)
Maria Fjellström (Sweden)
Student Category
A Modified Cognitive Behavioral Model as a Method to Improve Adherence to Oral Hygiene Instructions: A Pilot Study.
1st | 2007 Toronto, Canada
![Birgitta Söder and Maha Jacob (Sweden)](./media_1af17dbfd525181d359bac1f6da71e1cdbe82a677.jpeg?width=750&format=jpeg&optimize=medium)
Birgitta Söder and Maha Jacob (Sweden)
Research Category
Risk for development of atherosclerosis in women with high amount of dental plaque and severe gingival inflammation.
![Elina Katsman (Canada)](./media_1597d9bdfdcc67319be5aca6ecf28e738c7481ced.jpeg?width=750&format=jpeg&optimize=medium)
Elina Katsman (Canada)
Project Category
The experience of a Canadian dental hygienist in the Dominican Republic.
![Tomomi Nishimura, Chigusa Takahashi, Eri Takahashi (Japan)](./media_100eea654fd433026c2aa699d5fd212f0ca8d63d3.jpeg?width=750&format=jpeg&optimize=medium)
Tomomi Nishimura, Chigusa Takahashi, Eri Takahashi (Japan)
Student Category
Dental hygiene residential care in a 3-year education programme in Japan. Towards dysphagia management based on the dental hygiene process of care.