Nicole Backes, RDH, RDA, has been working in the dental field since 2008. She started as a registered dental assistant in California and Arizona, and now resides in Texas, where she works as a registered dental hygienist. She graduated magna cum laude from Concorde Career College with an associate’s degree in applied science in dental hygiene, and is still learning to this day as she works on obtaining her bachelor’s degree in dental hygiene.