Howard Pollick, BDS, MPH, is a full time clinical professor in the Department of Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences of the School of Dentistry at the University of California, San Francisco. A graduate of the Dental School, University of Manchester, England, Pollick was the first English-trained dentist to pass the California Boards in 1973. He is a specialist in dental public health and the vice-chair of the California Fluoridation Task Force. He was recently appointed as a fluoridation spokesperson for the American Dental Association (ADA).