Reconnecting Practicing Hygienists with the Nation's Leading Educators and Researchers.

Author

Katherine Lemoine Pelullo, RDH, MEd

Katherine Lemoine Pelullo, RDH, MEd, is a dental hygienist for Tufts Statewide Community Dental Program in the Department of Public Health and Community Service at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in Boston. She coordinates community-based preventive dental programs that serve patients with special needs. Pelullo has been integrally involved in Massachusetts' legislative initiatives to expand the scope of practice for dental hygienists, and helped establish the state's public health dental hygienist designation.

Perspectives

Eliminate Barriers to Care

Oct 1, 2016

Public health dental hygienists are helping to improve the access of vulnerable populations to dental services.

Special Supplements

Serving Disadvantaged Populations

Nov 17, 2014

Public health dental hygienists are dedicated to providing oral care services to those who need it most.