Chattanooga, TN — The American Dental Assistant’s Association (ADAA) awarded the prestigious Hu-Friedy Award to Amanda Flynn during a recent meeting of the Chattanooga Area Dental Assistant’s Association. Award winners receive a Merit Scholar Award from Hu-Friedy, one full year paid ADAA membership, have their names published in the ADAA Journal, other media and posted on the Hu-Friedy website.

Flynn, age 21, a resident of East Ridge and 2014 graduate of the Chattanooga State Dental Assisting program, currently works as a dental assistant in Ft. Oglethorpe, GA. “I am excited to start my dental assisting career at Calloway Family Dentistry,” says Amanda.

Volunteering to take X-rays and assist dentists during the GA Baptist Mobile Dental Health Clinics at First Baptist Church of Lakeview in August 2013 and at Second Baptist Church in LaFayette in April 2014, Flynn also provided oral health education to 50 pre-school and elementary children.

Ms. Flynn attended the Thomas P. Hinman dental meeting in Atlanta in March of 2014, where she attended two seminars and explored the technical exhibits. “As an excellent student and clinician, her commitment to community service and dental health mission activities contributed, in part, to her being nominated for this award,” shares Karen Castleberry, Program Director & Associate Professor of Dental Assisting at Chattanooga State.

The ADAA mission helps to advance the careers of dental assistants. They promote the dental assisting profession in matters of education, legislation, credentialing and professional activities which enhance the delivery of quality dental health care to the public.

Award recipients also embody the qualities represented by Juliette A. Southard, a pioneer in the dental assisting profession, that include loyalty, courtesy and professionalism.

Hu-Friedy is a company based in Chicago specializing in the manufacturing of dental instruments. Together, they partner with ADAA to honor dental assisting students who exhibit proficiency in four-handed dentistry and exemplify the critical contribution an educated dental assistant makes to the success of clinical outcomes, patient satisfaction and improved office efficiency.