Joan Beleno Sanchez, RDH, BSDH, MS, is a senior clinical instructor and research coordinator in the Dental Hygiene Program at the University of
Southern California (USC) Ostrow School of Dentistry in Los Angeles. With more than 9 years of experience in private practice and dental hygiene education, she is also the course director for research methodology, national board review, and periodontal endoscope. Sanchez has presented and published nationally and internationally on areas of oral metagenomic studies and musculoskeletal injuries in dentistry.