Shirley Gutkowski, RDH, BSDH
Biography
Shirley Gutkowski, RDH, BSDH, FACE practiced clinical dental hygiene in and around Madison, WI from 1986 to 2003 when she focused her energy on writing and speaking. After graduating from Marquette University in 1999 through the degree completion program, she became very active in the Amyrdh.com e-mail community monitored by Amy Nieves, RDH, and honed her communication skills to bring new and exciting information to the hundreds of hygienists in that group. This evolved into feature articles and a monthly column in RDH magazine. In an effort to reach the public with her messages and cross over into writing for consumer publications, she wrote a series of articles on oral care for Diabetes Self-Management. This effort won her the prestigious APEX Award for writing excellence. Today she has co-authored a best-selling book with Amy Nieves, The Purple Guide: Developing Your Clinical Dental Hygiene Career which now it its second edition. She has written chapters on sealants, and temporary fillings in the textbook Essentials of Dental Hygiene. Clinical practice has taken a back seat to speaking across the country and internationally as far away as Germany and Australia on minimal intervention dental hygiene through her business Cross Link Presentations. Her newest endeavor is Cross Link Radio, a program geared towards health from the perspective of dentistry. The program is available every morning at 7 AM Central time at BlogTalkRadio. Shirley is the 2008 Alumna of the Year Marquette University School of Health Science in Dental Hygiene, a recipient of the Leadership Award from the World Congress of Minimally Invasive Dentistry, the 2006 - 2007 President of the Wisconsin Dental Hygienists' Association. Currently she is writing a textbook chapter on mechanical biofilm removal, and a fellowship exam for the hygienist in the Special Care Dentistry group, and she's coach at CareerFusion career development for healthcare providers with Beth Thompson. She is also co-founder of the Stonkowski Project an initiative to increase oral health in dependant adults with Angie Stone, RDH, BSDH. She is a member of the Wisconsin Regional Writers Association, the American Dental Hygienist's Association, and the World Congress of Minimally Invasive Dentistry and career coach at CareerFusion. She resides in Sun Prairie, WI is married to her husband Mark and is the mother of five sons. Shirley Gutkowski, RDH, BSDH is a career dental hygienist and champion of Minimally Invasive dental hygiene. Her outlook is years ahead of the leading edge and has proven staying power. From A1c to JVA to xylitol Gutkowski is dragging dentistry into the 21st century. MI isn't about smaller holes; it's about early diagnostics and intervening at the earliest stages. She is an award winning author, popular speaker, radio host of Cross Link Radio on BlogTalkRadio, and CareerFusion coach. Shirley developed her unique perspective from the shores of Lake Testosterone where she and her husband have raised their five sons. Shirley Gutkowski, RDH, BSDH is a career dental hygienist and champion of Minimally Invasive dental hygiene. She is the recipient of the World Congress of Minimally Invasive Dentistry Leadership award, popular author, speaker, radio host on Cross Link Radio at BlogTalkRadio.com and CareerFusion coach. Her book series The Purple Guide continues to grow, with Confronting Caries and Paper Persona available at www.rdhpurpleguide.com.
Episodes featuring Shirley Gutkowski, RDH, BSDH
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