Olga Gnatovych, RDH, MEd, is a clinical assistant professor and teaches preclinical and clinical courses full-time in the Department of Dental Hygiene and Dental Assisting at New York University College of Dentistry. She is course director for principles of dental hygiene preclinic, oral anatomy, and advanced standing clinical practicum. Gnatovych mainly works with first-year dental hygiene students to develop professional and practical patient treatment skills. She can be reached at og422@nyu.edu.
This class of therapeutics may offer an effective treatment for oral infections, such as dental caries, periodontal diseases, oral mucosal diseases, and oral cancer.