Who am I?
Wife, mother, farmer, college administrator, educator, inventor, public health advocate, businesswoman, researcher, writer, speaker–yet always a dental hygienist—Emily has worn many hats over the course of her 20+ years in the dental industry. She takes pride in utilizing her inquisitive mind and honest attitude to lead faculty at her college, influence manufacturers to listen to dental professionals in product innovation, and transform students into entry-level professionals, promoting the use of inner accountability, tenacity, and empowerment.
Dr. Emily Boge, EdD, RDH, CDA is the Dental Administrative Chair at Hawkeye Community College in Waterloo, Iowa. In this role, she serves the Dental Assisting and Dental Hygiene Program students, the faculty of the programs, and the staff of the Dental Clinic. Prior to accepting this position in July of 2015, she practiced as a fulltime dental hygienist at Dental Associates of Manchester in Manchester, Iowa. In addition to working at the College, she maintains an active career completing research, product development, and evaluation of products for several major dental companies. She also enjoys speaking and writing research for professionals and facts for consumers in dentistry. She enjoys all facets of dental hygiene and dentistry, and prides herself on thinking outside the box when it comes to dental innovation and practice standards; especially when she can apply new ideas to clinical techniques that improve the current standard of care. Emily designed and marketed the Boge513™ scaler, sold by American Eagle Instruments. This instrument won the 2017 Dental Excellence Award: Best New Instrument/Device. Emily also designed the Centennial Scaler, manufactured by Hu-Friedy Instruments. Emily graduated from Hawkeye Community College Dental Assisting (2000) and Dental Hygiene (2003) Programs prior to completing her Bachelor’s in Psychology with a focus in Gerontology (2012) and a Master’s in Public Administration (2015) at Upper Iowa University. In 2022 Emily earned a doctorate from Franklin University in Columbus, OH, and now holds an EdD in Higher Education Organizational Leadership. As a native rural Iowan, Emily is married to a fifth-generation family farmer and machinist, and they live on their crop farm with their two sons. Emily enjoys cooking and baking, target shooting, four wheeling, reading, and shopping.
Awards, Volunteer and Professional Experiences
2023 Sunstar RDH Award of Distinction Recipient
2022 NISOD Excellence Award Recipient for the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD)
2021 Recipient of the Hawkeye College President’s Award for Outstanding Leadership
2020 Editorial Board Newman & Carranza’s Clinical Periodontology for the Dental Hygienist by Newman, M. Laughter, L. Essex, G., Elangovan, S. (2020)
2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 Editorial Board for Today’s RDH magazine
2021, 2020 Editorial Board for Dental Product Shopper magazine
2021 Co-owner of Jell-Ed: Education for Educators Company
2020 Recipient of the Award for Excellence in Dental Hygiene from the American Dental Hygienists’ Association and Johnson & Johnson, Co.
2020, 2019 Inspire the Future Dental Hygiene Educators Symposium Speaker
2020, 2019, 2018 Dentsply Sirona World Speaker
2019 AGD National Conference Speaker
2019 Iowa Distinguished Service Award Winner IDHA
2017 Dental Excellence Award: Best New Instrument/Device Boge513™ scaler American Eagle Instruments
Inventor and Lecturer on Instrumentation: American Eagle Instruments: Boge513™ Scaler
2015 ADHA Master Clinician Award Winner Nashville, TN
Colgate Oral Health Advisory Board 2011-2013, New York City, NY
2012 Iowa Dental Hygienist of the Year
2012 Centennial Scaler, Hu Friedy
Elder Care Local Presenter: Good Neighbor Home, Oak Crest Manor Care, BVM Sisters of Charity
American Dental Hygienists’ Association (ADHA) Delegate
2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
ADHA Chair of Reference Committee C: 2016
Iowa Dental Hygienists’ Association (IDHA)
Dubuque Component of IDHA President 2004-2005
IDHA Delegate 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015
IDHA Secretary 2005-2007
IDHA Member Services Trustee 2007-2009
IDHA IOH Liaison 2008, 2010, 2011, 2014
Iowa RDH PAC Committee 2009 to 2015 (2012 PAC Chair)
IDHA President 2016-2017
International Federation of Dental Hygiene (IFDH)
Attendee: Basal, Switzerland 2015 International Symposium & Attendee: Columbus, Ohio 2018 Educator’s Symposium
Attendee and Lecturer: Dublin, Ireland 2022 International Symposium
