Becky Smith, EdD, CRDH, FADHA, worked as a public health dental hygienist on a Native American Indian reservation for 10 years before moving to private practice. Currently, Dr. Smith is a professor at Miami Dade College, where she has been teaching since 2005. Her areas of specialty are periodontology and preclinical and clinical dental hygiene. She enjoys all things Disney, reading, movies, traveling, and being a mom to her daughter Arielle and her four-legged family members.