Karin Torrisi, BSDH, RDH, MM, has been a clinical hygienist for more than 25 years providing care in various settings to a diverse population. Karin is a dental hygiene educator/assistant professor, serving in the hygiene department at the former Mount Ida College and currently as an adjunct faculty member at Cape Cod Community College. Karin’s focus is clinical and didactic teaching along with mentoring future RDHs. She holds a master’s degree in health-care management and works in Newton Center and Cohasset, Massachusetts.