Joan Otomo-Corgel, DDS, MPH, FACD, is an adjunct assistant professor in the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Dentistry, Department of Periodontics; she is the chair of Research at the Greater Los Angeles VA Health Care Dental Service; and a faculty member at West Los Angeles City College, Department of Dental Hygiene. She is also in private practice in Los Angeles, specializing in periodontics, oral medicine, and implantology. She is a Dimensions editorial advisory board member.