Elizabeth I. Pitts, RDH, MS, is an adjunct clinical lecturer
in the Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine in the Dental
Hygiene Program at the University of Michigan (U-M) School of
Dentistry in Ann Arbor. Her teaching responsibilities focus on clinical
education, research methodology, and public health. She
completed her thesis research on dental utilization patterns of
young children living in Wayne County, Michigan, and the followup
care they received following an emergency dental visit. She has
6 years of clinical dental hygiene experience in community-based
and general practice.