Kristin Baumann, MPH, RDH, FADHA, is an assistant professor in the Department of Dental Hygiene at Georgia Highlands College in Rome. She has more than 19 years of experience in dental hygiene education and 20 years in clinical practice. Baumann’s current teaching responsibilities include preclinical and clinical dental hygiene, dental pharmacology, and community dental health.
Probiotics offer potential benefits in addressing dental diseases, including caries and gingivitis, through various mechanisms that stabilize oral microbiota.
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.