Professor Dickinson has been actively involved in the dental profession as a chairside assistant, office manager, consultant and educator.  Since 1981, Professor Dickinson has held the position of director of the Dental Assisting Program at the El Paso Community College.  She is considered a curriculum expert for the Texas Coordinating Board, infection control expert serving on the infection control test development committee for the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners.  Professor Dickinson is a federally authorized OSHA Outreach trainer in Occupational Safety and Health for General Industry.  With more than 35 years of clinical and practical experience in dentistry, Professor Dickinson speaks and consults extensively on OSHA and infection control.  In addition Professor Dickinson has published numerous articles.

Email: de@edu.com

Dr. Bebermeyer serves as Chair and Professor in the Department of Restorative Dentistry & Biomaterials at The University of Texas Health Science Center Houston Dental Branch.  He is a general dentist with interest in infection control and prevention in dentistry.  Dr. Bebermeyer received his Doctor of Dental Surgery from Washington University in St. Louis, and his Masters in Business Administration from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville.

Email: richard.d.bebermeyer@uth.tmc.edu

Ms. Ortolano has been working with and writing for the dental profession and industry since 1989.  She has authored more than 350 published articles on a variety of topics, including dental infection control and safety, occupational disease agents, restorative dentistry, periodontal care, regulatory issues, and new technologies.  She has written more than 50 continuing-education (CE)-accredited articles for dentists and auxiliaries, and she wrote, edited, and designed the 170-page CE workbook, From Policy to Practice: OSAP's Guide to the Guidelines.  She has served as Scientific Writer/Editor for the American Dental Association's Council on Scientific Affairs; Publications Director for the Organization for Safety and Asepsis Procedures (OSAP); Editor/Managing Editor of the OSAP newsletters Infection Control In Practice, OSAP Monthly Focus, and The OSAP Report; Managing Editor of Dental Products Report Europe; Associate Editor and author of the monthly “Infection Control Report” in Dental Products Report; and Contributing Editor to Dental Products Report and the Chicago Dental Society's CDS Review.

She owns and operates Karen Gomolka Editorial Services, a sole proprietorship providing freelance writing, editing, and design services, from her home in Chicago.

Email: karen@eyegarden.com