Annette Smith, RDH, MSDH, is a lead instructor of dental hygiene and clinic coordinator at Dallas College in El Centro, Texas. A dental hygienist for 26 years, she received the 2021 Dental Hygiene Educators of Texas Oral B Educator of the Year award. Smith also served on the American Dental Hygienists’ Association COVID-19 Return to Work Task Force, providing resources for dental hygienists during the pandemic. A past president of the Texas Dental Hygienists’ Association, she was instrumental in passing legislation allowing dental hygienists to administer local anesthesia in Texas.