GRANTS & AWARDS
World Dental Hygienist Awards
Past Winners
5th|2019 Brisbane, Australia
Danielle Clark (Canada)
Research Category
The Role of Loricrin in Severe (Formerly Aggressive) Periodontal Disease.
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)
Research Category
Impact of Operator Positioning on Musculoskeletal Disorders and Work Habits Among Mississippi Dental Hygienists
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)
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)
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)
Project Category
An inclusive public dental health project in Portugal
Tjeerd Blom (Netherlands)
Student Category
The effect of mouthrinses on oral malodor: a systematic review
2nd | 2010 Glasgow, Scotland
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)
Project Category
Operative Protocols and a Case Report in Preventive Dental Care in a Department of Neurorehabilitation for Acquired Cerebral Lesions.
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)
Research Category
Risk for development of atherosclerosis in women with high amount of dental plaque and severe gingival inflammation.
Elina Katsman (Canada)
Project Category
The experience of a Canadian dental hygienist in the Dominican Republic.
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.