Charlene A. Czuszak , DDS, MS, is assistant professor in the Department of Dental Hygiene and in the Department of Oral Diagnosis, School of Dentistry, at MCG. She served as a nurse in the United States Army for more than 6 years. After finishing dental school, she began an 18-year tenure with the Dental Corps, first as a general dentist and then as periodontist, serving in Germany, Missouri, and Georgia.