Maryanne Ferree RDH, BS, PHDHP of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania received her certificate in oral hygiene from the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine in 1984. She holds a Bachelor of Science with a focus in dental hygiene education from the College of General Studies at the University of Pittsburgh and maintains a license as a Public Health Dental Hygiene Practitioner. She has over 30 years of clinical experience in private practice and public health settings. She is currently a clinical faculty member in the Department of Periodontics and Preventive Dentistry at her alma mater focusing her clinical teaching on Advanced Periodontal Instrumentation.