Jennifer Bartek, MS, LDH, CDA, instructor in dental hygiene at the University of Southern Indiana (USI), has been appointed by Gov. Mitch Daniels to a three-year term on the state Board of Dentistry.
The board licenses and regulates dentistry and its related professions in Indiana, according to a press release. As a member of the board, Bartek will be responsible for enforcing laws pertaining to the practice of dentistry and of dental hygiene. She will be the sole representative for hygienists.
Bartek earned a master's degree from USI and has more than 25 years of experience practicing dental hygiene in Indiana, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. She has taught at USI since 1989 and continues to work as a dental hygiene practitioner.
Bartek is only the second dental hygienist to serve on the board.
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