Lori Hendrick, MS, CDA, CDT, RDH, PhDc, is a faculty member in the Department of Dental Hygiene at Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, North Carolina, and in the dental assisting program at Isothermal Community College in Spindale, North Carolina. With more than 20 years of experience as a dental lab technician, she owns and operates Athena Dental Solutions, a dental laboratory and provider of dental continuing education. She can be reached at lhend001@odu.edu.