Elizabeth Southern Puette, MSDH, FADHA, CTTS, is an assistant professor in the Department of Dental Hygiene at West Virginia University School of Dentistry in Morgantown. Currently, she serves as the West Virginia Oral Health Champion with 100 Million Mouths Campaign, an initiative of Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Center for Integration of Primary Care and Oral Health to integrate oral health topics into primary care curriculum.
With the rising incidence of human papillomavirus-related oral cancer, dental hygienists must be prepared to help these patients maintain their oral health before, during,
and after radiotherapy treatment.