Ms. Brunick is Chairperson and Professor of the Department of Dental Hygiene at the University of South Dakota.  She received an A.A. degree from the University of South Dakota, a B.S. degree from the University of Minnesota, and a master’s degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Dentistry.  She has served on numerous committees at the local, regional and national levels, including the ADHA Institute for Oral Health Scholarship and Research Review Committees, the National Dental Hygiene Board Examination Construction Committee, the International Federation of Dental Hygienists’ editorial board and the ADA Commission on Dental Accreditation as a site visitor.  Ms. Brunick has published numerous articles and abstracts.  Her most recent work is the third edition of a textbook entitled Handbook of Nitrous Oxide and Oxygen Sedation that she co-authored with Dr. Morris Clark.

Email: Ann.Brunick@usd.edu

Dr. Clark is a nationally and internationally recognized expert on the subject of nitrous oxide/oxygen therapy.  His is a graduate of the University of California School of Dentistry and completed his training in Oral Maxillofacial Surgery at Columbia University.  He is a Professor at the University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine and on the faculty of the medical school there as well.  He has been President of the American Society for the Advancement of Anesthesia in Dentistry and the American Dental Society of Anesthesia for the states of Colorado, Arizona, Kansas, Utah, Wyoming and New Mexico.  Dr. Clark did the original clinical research on Versed (Midazolam) and Romazicon (Flumazenil), the antagonist for all the benzodiazepine class of drugs.  He is on the Board of Directors for the American Dental Society of Anesthesia and a member of the American Dental Association Council on Scientific Affairs.  He is co-author of the best-selling text Handbook of Nitrous Oxide and Oxygen Sedation, published by Elsevier.

Email: morris.clark@ucdenver.edu