Advanced Periodontal Instrumentation: A Hands-on Review

Michelle Arnett, RDH, MS
Associate Professor, Division of Dental Hygiene, Department of Primary Dental Care, University of Minnesota School of Dentistry.

Michelle has 20 years of clinical practice experience and ten years of experience in academics and research at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry and the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry. She has taught periodontology, communications, clinical applications III and IV in the BSDH program, and instructional strategies in the MSDH program. Michelle's areas of research focus are motivational interviewing and periodontology.

Her professional memberships include the Sigma Phi Alpha-Nu Chapter, the American Dental Hygienists' Association (ADHA), and the American Dental Education Association (ADEA). She has served as the secretary, chair-elect, and chair for the ADEA Section of Dental Hygiene Education and the ADEA Competencies for Entry into the Allied Dental Professions Work Group.

Keeley Flavin, MSDH, RF
Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Dental Hygiene, Department of Primary Care, University of Minnesota School of Dentistry. 

Keeley graduated from the University of Minnesota with her Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene (BSDH) and restorative functions (RF) certification in 2016 and her Master of Science in Dental Hygiene Education in 2021. She has nearly ten years of clinical practice experience and six years in academics. Keeley currently serves as the senior Dental Hygiene Clinic Director and a full-time Clinical Associate Professor in didactic, clinical, and interprofessional education, teaching at the BSDH and MSDH levels. Her courses include Cariology and Applied Nutrition, Periodontology III, Restorative Functions at the undergraduate level, and Instructional Strategies and Clinical Teaching at the graduate level. 

Keeley’s professional memberships include the American Dental Education Association (ADEA), the American Dental Hygienists' Association (ADHA), and the National Dental Practice-Based Research Network (NDPBRN). Her research interests include interprofessional education and dental hygienists in non-traditional settings.

Keeley’s professional memberships include the American Dental Education Association (ADEA), the American Dental Hygienists' Association (ADHA), and the National Dental Practice-Based Research Network (NDPBRN). Her research interests include interprofessional education and dental hygienists in non-traditional settings.

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