Jill S. Gehrig is the author of three dental hygiene textbooks.' Fundamentals of Periodontal Instrumentation & Advanced Root Instrumentation 9th edition is the marketing-leading book on periodontal instrumentation covering topics from basic instrumentation to assessment and instrumentation of patients with periodontal disease.' Foundations of Periodontics for the Dental Hygienist'6th edition'is a groundbreaking, user-friendly periodontics book specifically designed to meet the needs of dental hygienists.' Patient Assessment Tutorials for the Dental Hygienist 5th edition guides dental hygiene students through the process of patient assessment prior to dental hygiene care.'Jill is Dean Emeritus at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College in North Carolina, where she had administrative responsibility for programs in nursing, dental hygiene, radiology, medical lab technology, phlebotomy, early childhood education, social services, law enforcement, and emergency medical science.' 'Before this, she taught at the University of Manitoba Dental School in Winnipeg, Canada and the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.If you were to ask Jill what she considers to be her most significant contribution to dental hygiene education, she would say that it has been in helping hundreds of students to grow as individuals and to be successful in their dental hygiene careers. Jill has a master's degree from St. Mary's University, San Antonio, Texas, a bachelor's degree in education from Millersville University, Millersville, Pennsylvania, and an R.D.H. from Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
