Community Dentistry and Population Health Faculty
Sarah Dirks DDS
Associate Professor (C/T), ACTS Program Assistant Director
- Community Dentistry & Population Health
Education, Licensure & Certifications
- Fellowship - Geriatric Medicine & Dentistry
- Fellowship - Substance Abuse/Interprofessional
- DDS, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, Texas
- BS - Psychology, Hastings College Hastings, Nebraska
Awards
- “Oral Health Champion” - Texas Oral Health Coalition
- ADA Action for Dental Health – “Texas Dentist Demonstrates Successful Model for Treating the Elderly in Nursing Homes”
- New York Times Interview - Why does my dentist give me so many x-rays?
- New York Times Interview - In Nursing homes, an epidemic of poor oral hygiene.
Affiliations
- Association of State & Territorial Dental Directors - Healthy Aging Committee
- Special Care Dentistry
- American Dental Education Association