ABOUT THE AUTHOR

With over 45 years of experience as a dental hygienist, author Patti Cherney is passionate about educating patients and promoting lifelong oral health. Her clinical background spans pedodontics, periodontics, and general dentistry. For more than 25 years, she has also served as an educator for dentists and dental hygienists, and currently teaches as adjunct clinical faculty in periodontology at Creighton University School of Dentistry.