Crest Oral-B names 5th hygienist award winner

Sharon Stull, BSDH, from Chesapeake, VA, has been selected as the fifth and final recipient of the Crest Oral-B Pros in the Profession award program.

With a passion for education, Stull spends a great deal of her time at Old Dominion University (ODU) School of Dental Hygiene in Norfolk as a lecturer, community health coordinator and program director for the Bachelor of Science Online Degree Completion Program and has directed numerous study abroad programs.

She also serves as an executive board member of the Chesapeake Care Free Clinic and is president of the Oral Health Improvement Coalition of Southampton Roads, which hosts dental mission activities involving the dental hygiene students from ODU School of Dental Hygiene and also oral health professionals and community partners.

"Crest Oral-B is to be commended for recognizing and valuing the role dental hygienists play in improving oral healthcare for the public through the Pros in Profession award program," Stull said. "My commitment has always been to provide professional care to the less fortunate members of society, and to be a role model and mentor to the next generation of dental hygienists so that they will do the same."

As a Pros in the Profession winner, Stull will receive a $1,500 monetary prize; an all-expense-paid trip to the American Dental Hygienists' Association annual meeting in Nashville, TN, in June; a spa experience; an award; and recognition at major conferences and in dental trade publications throughout the year. She will also receive an exclusive trip to Procter & Gamble headquarters with the other Pros in the Profession award recipients.