About Dental Health Check 
Dr. Linda Niessen, clinical professor in the Department of Restorative Sciences and the Office of Communications and Development at Baylor College of Dentistry, hosts Dental Health Check, the only weekly dental feature shot on location in the nation

Dental Health Check, sponsored by Baylor College of Dentistry, The Texas A&M Health Science Center, airs every Monday morning on Daybreak at 6 am and Midday at noon on WFAA-TV, News 8 and later each week on TXCN, Texas Cable News, Channel 38 on most cable systems statewide.

You can also catch Dr. Niessen on the Open Road Cafe from 7:15 - 7:30 Monday through Friday on XM Satellite Radio Band 171.

ABOUT DR. NIESSEN

Linda C. Niessen, DMD, is clinical professor in the department of public health sciences at Baylor College of Dentistry-Texas A&M Health Science Center in Dallas and serves on staff at the Veteran's Affairs Medical Center in Dallas. She currently serves as vice-president for clinical education for Dentsply International.

A noted lecturer and writer, Niessen is the author of a textbook on geriatric dentistry titled Geriatric Dentistry: Aging and Oral Health. She is a recipient of the American Dental Association's Geriatric Dental Health Award for her work on providing dental care to people with Alzheimer's disease.

Niessen hosts Dental Health Check a weekly syndicated television news report on dental health. Originating on WFAA-TV, Dallas's ABC affiliate, Dental Health Check is the only syndicated dental news report of its kind in the country and reaches more than 1 million people weekly.

Dr. Niessen has served as president of the American Association of Public Health Dentistry, the American Association of Women Dentists, and the American Board of Dental Public Health, the certifying board for the specialty of public health dentistry. She is a member of the American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry and a Fellow in the American College of Dentists, International College of Dentists, and the American Association of Hospital Dentists. She is on the Board of Directors of Dental Health Programs Inc. located in Dallas.

She is a graduate of the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, and received her public health degree at the Harvard School of Public Health. In addition, Niessen earned a master's degree in public policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.

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