Deanna Joy Gilmore, RDH, BSDH, MHA, is a dental hygienist focused on oral-systemic health, prevention, and patient education. She holds certification as an oral-systemic educator and has a background in healthcare administration. Gilmore’s work emphasizes early intervention, interdisciplinary collaboration, and the expansion of prevention-centered models of care through education and community-based initiatives.
Expanded roles in dental hygiene are often framed as future possibilities tied to legislation or scope-of-practice changes, but many of these roles already exist today. From education and health communication to interdisciplinary care and…