Heather R. Thomas, RDH, BS, MEd, is an assistant clinical professor in the Department of Dental Hygiene and senior clinical instructor at Northern Arizona University (NAU) in Flagstaff. Her teaching responsibilities include advanced clinical instrumentation, public dental health program planning and implementation, and professionalism. Thomas’ areas of interest include dental public health and interprofessional health care. She can be reached at: heather.thomas@nau.edu.