Strengthening Dentistry’s Quality Assurance

Anna Matthews, RDH, MS, is a professor and chairperson of the Dental Hygiene Program at New York City College of Technology. She has taught oral anatomy, pharmacology, principles of dental hygiene care-II seminar, and clinical dental hygiene, and has served as one of the clinic coordinators. Her research interests include emerging issues in dentistry and dental hygiene, microbiology of the oral and systemic diseases, novel pharmacotherapeutics and their effects on general and oral health, as well as interdisciplinary education, educational innovations, and technology in the classroom. Matthews is also a member of Dimensions of Dental Hygiene’s Editorial Advisory Board. She can be reached at: amatthews@citytech.cuny.edu.

Khrystyna Vyprynyuk, RDH, BS, MHS, is an assistant professor in the Dental Hygiene Department at New York City College of Technology in Brooklyn. She also works as a clinical dental hygienist. Vyprynyuk’s research interests include periodontal instrumentation, oral cancer, provision of dental care to older adults and residents of long-term care facilities, and teaching methodology in dental hygiene education. She can be reached at kvyprynyuk@citytech.cuny.edu.

Isis Marsh, RDH, MS, is an assistant professor and clinic coordinator in the Dental Hygiene Unit at Eugenio Maria de Hostos Community College in the South Bronx, New York. With more than 25 years of experience in general, pediatric, and periodontal practices, she has taught courses on dental materials, dental radiology, and preclinic/clinic. Marsh can be reached at Imarsh@hostos.cuny.edu.