Danette Ocegueda, RDH, MS, is the Western Region manager of Professional Education for Philips Oral Healthcare. As a registered dental hygienist for 30 years, her experience includes roles in clinical practice, academia, and as a corporate representative. She is a past recipient of the American Dental Hygienists’ Associations’ Sigma Phi Alpha Graduate Journalism Award and the Dentsply Sirona Graduate Student Clinician’s Research Award as well as a contributor to the 5th edition of Darby and Walsh’s Dental Hygiene: Theory and Practice. Contact her at: [email protected]. Follow her on Instagram@danetteocegueda