Pamela Stein Vanarsdall, DMD, MPH, is a faculty member at the University of Kentucky (UK) Colleges of Medicine and Dentistry in Lexington, where she teaches geriatric and public health dentistry. Prior to beginning her career in academia, Stein spent 13 years as the attending dentist at two nursing homes. She conducts research on sustainable strategies for improving the oral hygiene of nursing home residents, and has created an oral care curriculum for caregivers of older adults.