Kristin Baumann, RDH, BS, MPH, is the first-year
clinic coordinator in the Department of Dental Hygiene at
Georgia Highlands College (GHC) in Rome. She has more than
13 years of experience in dental hygiene education and 14 years
in clinical practice. Baumann’s current teaching responsibilities
include preclinical and clinical dental hygiene, dental
pharmacology, and community dental health.
Oral health professionals need to be aware of the risks posed by dental aerosols in order to reduce the risk of disease transmission before, during, and after patient care.