SULLIVAN SCHEIN

HYGIENIST OF EXCELLENCE AWARD

PRESENTED TO

Barbara Posler, RDH

A consummate dental hygienist from patient care to community service, your commitment to excellence is unsurpassed. Clinician, patient advocate, lobbyist, spokesperson, teacher, mother and friend, the New Mexico Dental Hygienists’ Association honors you for your vigor and unwavering pledge to advance the art and science of dental hygiene. Because of your vision, dental hygienists can practice under general supervision, can administer local anesthetic, dental hygiene educational standards are uncompromised and dental hygienists can now apply fluoride varnish unsupervised. For over 30 years you have taken every opportunity to enlighten community leaders about the value of oral health care and ensure that dental hygienists are the primary providers of these preventive services.

Your integrity, perseverance and exceptional work ethic are an inspiration to future dental hygienists and your peers. In every facet of your life you strive for excellence and it is an honor to recognize you as the “best of best” in New Mexico.

OCTOBER 2007