Pamela Sparks Stein, DMD, MPH, s a full-time faculty member at the University of Kentucky (UK) Colleges of Medicine and Dentistry in
Lexington, where she teaches geriatric dentistry and public health dentistry.
Prior to beginning her career in academia, Stein served as the attending
dentist at two nursing homes for 13 years. She conducts research on
sustainable strategies for improving the oral hygiene of nursing home residents and has created an oral care curriculum for caregivers of older adults.
Dental professionals can improve the oral health of long-term care facility residents by teaching caregivers how to provide daily oral hygiene services.