Abbey Rieck, MSEd, BS, RDH, has been a dental hygienist for 14 years in Indianapolis, Indiana. She previously worked in a general family dental practice and as part-time adjunct clinical faculty at the Indiana University School of Dentistry. She is currently a clinical assistant professor at the Indiana University School of Dentistry Dental Hygiene Program. She teaches preventive dentistry and dental health education, and she is the clinical course director for the second-year dental hygiene students.