Please read full rules as there have been a few minor changes from last years successful scavenger hunt!

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The Prizes

Grand Prize
The scavenger hunt mission winning team members will receive TWO free DHS Seminars admissions valued "up to" $400 per person for your group members on your team for the duration of the seminar. DHSeminars is the nations largest, most attended and best seminar to review for your dental hygiene national boards. In addition, each member will receive 1(one) free Class of 2011 tee shirt and (1) Dental Hygiene University sweatshirt. Value of Grand prize - up to $1,100

More information please visit http://www.dhseminars.com

2nd Place prize
The team that comes in 2nd place will receive TWO 50% off Admissions to a DHSeminars board review valued at half price of the cost of a DHSeminars board review. This will be half price of the non-student discount of $399 per person. This prize is awarded based on 50% off the original $399 registration fee. This means each team member on the winning team will be responsible for $199.50 of the admission cost to attend the seminar. As a 2nd place winner of the competition, the class discount offered by DHSeminars no longer applies. In addition, each member will receive 1(one) free Class of 2011 tee shirt. Value of 2nd place prize - up to $420.00.

3rd and 4th Place prize
Each team member on each of the 2 groups who win 3rd and 4th place will each receive 25$ to go buy some drinks and celebrate after boards are over! (Prize to be awarded week of taking national boards ...I don't want any drunk students trying to study!) In addition, each member will receive 1(one) free Class of 2011 tee shirt. Value of 3rd and 4th prize up to $145 total each.

5th - 6th Place prize
Each team member will receive 1(one) free Class of 2011 tee shirt and one other free short sleeve tee shirt while at a DHSeminars Board Review seminar. Value of 5th-6th prize is up to $45 for each team.

The rules

Deadline: December 19th, 2011. (Photos and video must be turned in BY that time and in my possession).

NOTE: DHSeminars are popular and it's best to register early for them yourself. The winners of this contest will be notified and reimbursed their full or half admission price if they have already paid for an admission! Otherwise they will receive a credit equivalent to their winning amount.  If you choose to not register, we can not guarantee there will be space at the seminar location of your choice, that's why we suggest you pre-register for them.

A) All photographs must be submitted to Andy Codding, RDH by either email or regular mail.

If emailing pictures please email those to andy@dentaltease.com if sending them please mail to:
AndyFutureRDH Scavenger Hunt
4516 Columbus Circle
Acworth, GA 30101

Please ensure you have a valid email address as confirmations will be sent out. If after submitting your photographs and you don't receive a confirmation within 3 business days, please email andy@dentaltease.com to verify if I've received them.

B) All students must be in their senior year of hygiene school and eligible to take the next scheduled national board exam. This is for US students only.

C) There must be only 2 or 3 students in your group, and at least two members must appear in every submitted photograph. If you choose to have two members then bring along someone who can help photograph your missions or ask a bystander. If you choose to have 3 members and use a 3rd as a photographer that is fine, but remember only 2 board review admissions are being awarded so you can opt to split the full admission price for the 3rd member. If 3 are in a group, you CAN take turns being in photographs, HOWEVER 2 must appear in every picture and again, only 2 prizes will be awarded. If there are any questions concerning this please contact me.

D) All pictures must also have a clear legible sign or paper being held up in the photo saying “AndyFutureRDH.com,” “We love AndyFutureRDH.com”, etc…. Be creative. (hint..such as T-shirts, face paint, tattoos, etc can also be made) No exceptions will be made to having the web site name and or "AndyRDH" in EACH picture. Extra points for creative signs are awarded at the end of the contest (up to 25 pts)

E) Scoring - Points awarded for each category will be made by Andy Codding, RDH and his web site consultants which consist of various dental hygienists and faculty throughout the united states.  In addition, some past scavenger hunt winners will also be judges.   In the event there is a tie for any of the prizes, Andy will not help determine the winner. In all fairness he will just ensure the website consultants follow a point system to determine who is in what final place.

In the event of a tie, there will be between 10-15 judges made of Andy's website consultants. Each judge will take those teams tied (categorized by what place they are tied for) first and rank them based on the teams open missions and overall creativity on other missions, including signs. Then points will be awarded as follows.

First Place - 5 points
Second Place - 4 points
Third Place - 3 points
Fourth Place - 2 points
Fifth Place - 1 point

Be original, risky, creative and have fun!

F) Completing missions is at the discretion of the group members. Not all missions must be completed, but naturally the more you complete the higher your chances of winning.

G) By entering the contest all team members agree to the rules posted here and for photographs to become property of AndyFutureRDH.com as well as posted on web site for other competing teams to track their opponents. Once a photograph is submitted and entered - you can not resubmit another photograph to replace it once it has been posted. "Posted" means actually on the web site. If a photo was submitted and it is not yet on the site, then a new one can be turned in to replace it. Only 1-3 photos of each mission will be allowed (unless otherwise instructed such as the "floss em" mission).


The missions:

1) Fletcher: All members must take a group picture with a dressed up Fletcher/Dexter (the mannequin used in school), also with some type of hat on his head. Be original. More points are awarded for creativity.
(Value 15 points, +5 points if a one group member is kissing Fletcher on the cheek)

2) Faculty Shot: Take a picture with your program director holding a sign saying "I love AndyFutureRDH.com"
(Value 20 points, +2 points for every classmate that is in the picture as well. Up to 20 extra points/10 students since some schools and classes have fewer students)

3) Disclose Me: Take a group picture with each member smiling with their teeth covered in plaque disclosing solution.
(Value 15 points, +5 points total if every group member is holding an oversized toothbrush)

4 ) Security: Take a picture with some type of security personnel.
(Value 15 points, +10 points if a policeman, +5 points if police car in background)

5 ) Mans Best Friend: Take a picture with a dog and one member brushing his teeth.
(Value 15 points, + 3 points for every group member, up to 2 total of 6pts extra for brushing theirs at the same time)

6 ) Plaster Caster - Find someone with a plaster cast on their leg, arm, etc and write AndyFutureRDH on it.
(Value 15 points)

7 ) Wash Me: You must use your finger to write AndyFutureRDH on the back of a very dirty vehicle, with at least 1 group member in this shot.
(Value 15 points, +10 points if it’s a school bus!)

8) Sale Price: Take a picture in the dental product aisle of any store such as Wal-Mart, Kmart, etc with each member flossing their teeth! No, don't steal the floss there...bring your own!
(Value 15 points, +5 points if you get a customer to floss with you. +5 more if it’s a store employee)

9 ) 50-Yard Dash: Take a picture of your group flossing on the 50 yard line of any football field.
(Value 15 points, +5 points if a member is wearing a cheerleading outfit, football jersey, football pads or a helmet. -5 points if taken at night)

10 ) The Diastema Take a group picture in the mall in front of the Gap store. The store name must be clearly visible in the picture.
(Value 15 points, + 5 points if you can get an employee in the picture)

11) Floss em – Group members should stand on the corner of a busy intersection with traffic easily visible holding a poster board sign that says “Only floss the teeth you want to keep!”
(Value – 25 points, + 5 points for every picture of you giving a floss free sample to cars either stopped or going by.. up to 40 extra points can be awarded for this. Pl ease.. no interstates or dangerous areas..and don't step out into traffic! I take no responsibility for toes run over. :-) )

12) The Need for Speed - Take a picture of your group standing with as many different speed limit signs as you can, ranging from 5mph-70mph in 5 mpg increments (5, 10, 15, etc..) Sign must be in photo and one group member must be flossing! Be safe!
(+5 points for every mph sign photo. +5 if you have all 14!)

13) Stop That Taxi -Take your group photo with a taxi driver and his cab. Driver must be in cab with window rolled down.
(+10 points. +5 if cabbie is a woman, +5 more if cabbie is flossing)

14) The Great Pumpkin - Carve a pumpkin with a dental theme! Be creative! One photo must be in daylight and one in the dark with the pumpkin lit up. Multiple pumpkins can be used, however it only affects the creativity in the event of a tie at the end of the scavenger hunt.
(+ 10 points, +5 points if a group member is all dressed up!)

15) Water Scrubs - Take your picture wearing scrubs and jumping in some body of water. There must be a photo of you in the water to prove you really jumped in.  (Pool, lake, ocean, etc. Must be at least waist deep) The sign does not have to be in your hand, but must be in the background somehow by having someone hold it or having it against something to prop it up. 
(+15 points. +5 more points if flossing at the same time, +5 more points if there is a picture of you in mid air jumping off diving board, side of pool, rocks, etc. )

16) Famous Flosser - Take your group picture with someone dressed up as someone famous. This can be any type of dressed up character such as Snoopy, Ronald McDonald, Charlie Brown, or someone dressed as Elvis, Barbie, etc. This does NOT count Santa Claus (see mission 19).  This must be a person dressed up, not a statue, mannequin or animal.
(+10 points. +5 more if everyone (including character) is flossing)

17) Tooth Tattoo - Get a airbrush tattoo, use body paint, marker, or anything else to draw on yourself or team member saying I ♥ ANDYRDH.com.  (+20 points, + extra points for creativity)

18) Sweet Tooth – Make a cake into a dental theme. Shapes, decorations, frosting, toppings, etc. Any size is acceptable but be creative!
(+10 points, +20 for pictures of your group having a messy cake fight afterwards!)

19) Tis’ the Season - Take a group photo with Santa Claus. Santa should be flossing and the sign must be clearly visible in the photo.
(+20 points, +10 more if it is in a mall)

20)  Stiff Flosser - Take a photo of you in the display window of any store flossing a mannequins teeth while still showing your team sign. Photo must be taken on the outside of the window.  (+20 points, + extra points for creativity)

21) Open Mission - This is your chance to show your wild creative side. Anything goes in this mission but remember website name must still be visible. Any type of media is accepted in this mission (videos and songs no longer than 5 minutes, or pictures)
(Value - up to 25 points with tough grading enforced!)

22) Open Mission II - This is your SECOND chance to show your wild creative side! Same rules as #20. Anything goes in this mission but remember website name must still be visible. Be creative!! Any type of media is accepted in this mission (videos and songs no longer than 5 minutes, or pictures)
(Value - up to 25 points with tough grading enforced!)

Sounds like fun doesn't it!?

Creativity is reflected as a bonus of up to 50 points.  This will be determined by the judges and will be an AVERAGE of what they choose.   Bonus points are also added for sending in video in addition to photos.  This can be in the form of video missions, or just video of you doing the missions.