Kristy Menage Bernie RDH, MS, RYT

Kristy’s career in dental hygiene has exceeded 30 years and includes a diverse and unique set of experiences. Clinician, change agent and educator, include a few of the roles she has embraced. Although Kristy practiced clinically after graduating with honors from the University of Maryland, she was soon ‘discovered’ at an evening study club by a hygienist involved in sales. Her ability to network opened the door to pharmaceutical sales with Scherer Laboratories, the makers of Gel-Kam, without any previous sales training or expertise. She excelled at sales and after relocating to California, she co-founded Educational Designs, Inc., an oral healthcare industry consulting company. 

In 2015, Kristy graduated with honors from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Master of Science in Dental Hygiene program. Her capstone research was awarded grant funding from the American Dental Hygienists’ Association (ADHA) and was published in the Journal of Dental Hygiene (JDH). She is currently on the Editorial Review Board for the JDH. Her roles in journalism include columnist, contributor and editor of one of the first online newsletters for the profession. She presently participates as an expert in virtual panels on a variety of dental-related topics. Additionally, she moderates the Facebook page Top Trending Topics in Dentistry, based on her most popular seminar.