Beth Monnin, RDH, MSEd, is the clinic coordinator and assistant professor in the Department of Dental Hygiene at the University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College in Cincinnati. She has more than 20 years of experience in the dental hygiene field in both the educational and clinical settings. Monnin's passions include cultural competency, access to care, periodontal instrumentation and treatment, substance use cessation, and expanding the education of dental hygienists. She is a member of the American Dental Hygienists' Association. Monnin can be reached at: monnineh@ucmail.uc.edu.