Bethany Palesh

Clinical Assistant Professor

Rm. 433

Phone: 816-235-2008
bap2dk@umkc.edu

Bethany Palesh, RDH, MS, received her Master of Science in Dental Hygiene from the University of Michigan in 2019. She joined the Department of Periodontics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City in March 2020. Bethany has over 11 years of clinical dental hygiene experience and has pursued a career in dental education so she can share with others her clinical expertise in providing nonsurgical periodontal therapy for patients. She is a current member of ADEA and the ADHA and serves as an advisory board member for the dental hygiene program at Johnson County Community College.