Helene Bednarsh, BS, RDH, MPH, is director of the HIV Dental Ombudsperson Program at the Boston Public Health Commission and dental director for the New England AIDS Education and Training Center in Boston. She is also vice president of HIVdent. Bednarsh received the American Dental Hygienists' Association Alfred C. Fones Award in 2005 and the Distinguished Service Award from the University of Michigan School of Dentistry in 2007. She is a member of OSAP and Dimensions of Dental Hygiene's Editorial Advisory Board. Bednarsh can be reached at: hbednarsh@bphc.org.
Two Institute of Medicine reports paint a dire picture of oral health and access to care in the United States, but provide solutions on how to fix them.
With TB often in the news, Helene Bednarsh, BS, RDH, MPH, gives the straight talk to Dimensions about the real risk of TB transmission in the dental office.