Katie Poulsen is a Registered Dental Hygienist and has a Masters in Professional Communication from Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. She has been a clinical adjunct faculty member for Weber State's dental hygiene department and is a past-president of the Utah Dental Hygienists Association. Katie’s prior education guided her to study many aspects of communication within dentistry. Her primary research focused on dentist-dental hygienist communication dynamics and its effect on working relationships and patient satisfaction.