Ergonomics for the Dental Professional: Backing your Investment

Suzie Walters is Director of The Fitness Specialist program at Trident Technical College (TTC). She also serves as the advisor for the Fitness Lifestyle Initiative (F.L.I.) a service organization. She has always had a passion for teaching whether it is teaching the prevention of dental disease or overall health and fitness. She began teaching as Adjunct Faculty for Dental Services in 1996 while completing her undergraduate degree at Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC).

After seventeen years of teaching in both the dental assisting and dental hygiene programs at TTC she completed her Master’s in Public Health (MPH). This included an internship that involved the research and procurement of the equipment for the state of the art facility now called The InterTech Wellness Center, housed on TTC’s Main Campus. She is very involved with The Summerville Family YMCA where she continues to teach group exercise classes 2 nights a week. She currently resides in Summerville and continues to practice clinical hygiene 2 Saturdays a month for a small dental practice. In her spare time she enjoys cooking, baking and reading.