Dimensions of Dental Hygiene is pleased to announce its newest Editorial Advisory Board member: Diana Macri, RDH, BSDH, MSEd. She is an associate professor in the Dental Hygiene Unit of the Allied Health Department at Eugenio Maria de Hostos…
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Dimensions of Dental Hygiene is pleased to announce the addition of a new member to its Editorial Advisory Board: Amy Coplen, RDH, DT, MS. She is the director of Dental Hygiene Studies at Pacific University in Hillsboro, Oregon, and has…
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