Lt. Cmdr. Demario Walls, MDH, RDH, embodies the limitless potential of a career in dental hygiene. A graduate of the University of Tennessee (UT) Health Science Center College of Dentistry’s former Master of Dental Hygiene program, Walls has leveraged his education to excel in clinical, academic, and public health arenas.
Karsen Springfield, BS, always had a strong interest in both art and science. Inspired by her parents, both graduates of the UT Health Science Center College of Dentistry, she saw dentistry as the perfect blend of her two passions. Karsen, from Memphis, earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Christian Brothers University. Now a… Read More
Cassandra Holder Christiansen, RDH, MPA, EdD, is speaking at the International Symposium on Dental Hygiene this July in Seoul, South Korea, about service learning and what it may mean for the future of dental hygiene.
The pediatric dental clinics associated with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s (UTHSC) College of Dentistry are providing more than just dental care to children. They have partnered with the Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation’s program, “A Book Just for Me,” to offer free books along with toothbrushes and toothpaste to all pediatric patients at… Read More
