Rebecca Ortiz Bodensteiner, EdD, MAT, BSDH, RDHAP

Assistant Professor of Clinical Dentistry, Special Patient, Geriatric and Behavioral Dentistry. Assistant Professor of Clinical Dentistry, Special Patients, Geriatric, and Behavioral Dentistry

Assistant Professor of Clinical Dentistry, Special Patient, Geriatric and Behavioral Dentistry. Assistant Professor of Clinical Dentistry, Special Patients, Geriatric, and Behavioral Dentistry

Rebecca is a Registered Dental Hygienist (RDH) and a Registered Dental Hygienist in Alternative Practice (RDHAP). She works in the Special Patients Clinic at the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC and serves on the faculty for Ostrow’s Online Programs. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene from USC, a Master of Arts in Teaching from the USC Rossier School of Education, completed educational requirements for the RDHAP license at the University of the Pacific, and earned a Doctor of Education in Health Professions Education from A.T. Still University. Prior to returning to her alma mater to serve students and treat patients, Rebecca spent 23 years in private practice serving communities in Tulare and Visalia in Central California.