Susan Miklos

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Dr. Susan Miklos, DHSc., MSDH, BSDH, RDH, EFDA
Associate Professor
College of Health Sciences
Fones School of Dental Hygiene
Health Sciences Building, Room 420

Dr. Susan Miklos is a full time Associate Professor at the University of Bridgeport Fones School of Dental Hygiene, joining the Fones School of Dental Hygiene faculty team in 2015. Previous clinical teaching responsibilities include DHYG 199, DHYG 129, DHYG 130, DHYG 227, DHYG 228 and DHYG 201.
Her 40 plus years of experience in the arena of dentistry include working with the cleft palate team, clinical practice in expanded function dental assisting, dental hygiene, dental public health, health science education, and dental practice technology. As the coordinator of the Fones Dental Hygiene Health Center at the Jettie S. Tisdale Elementary School, she works in concert with second year students in the delivery of dental hygiene services. She keeps her professional affiliations current with membership with the American Dental Educators Association, American Dental Hygienists’ Association, ADHA, has chaired the ADHA Ethics Committee, ADHA – CT, and the Southeastern Dental Hygiene Association. Susan has served in multiple positions both on the local and state levels as secretary, vice-president and president elect leading to serving as the President of the Connecticut Dental Hygienists’ Association in the 100th year of dental hygiene as well as past service for the American Dental Hygienists’ Association Ethics Committee, Region A. She has served on the UB Senate as Secretary for a number of years.

Courses taught at the Fones School:
DHYG 123: Oral Anatomy & Embryology
DHYG 250: Dental Materials
DHYG 303: Advanced Clinical Concepts
DHYG 304: Dental Hygiene Internship

D.H.Sc., University of Bridgeport, 2024 Original research for course development
M.S.D.H., University of Bridgeport, 2014 Magnum Cum Laude - original research
B.S.D.H., University of Bridgeport, 2011, Irene Newman Award
A.S., Middlesex County College, Dental Hygiene 1995, Colgate Public Health Award
A.S., Harcum College, Expanded Functions Dental Assisting 1982

Connecticut Dental Hygienists' Perceptions of Dental Therapy Practice to Increase Access for Medicaid Patients (2024)

Implementation of the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) in the Assessment of Dental Materials (2021) - https://eds.p.ebscohost.com/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=0&sid=bb3a7970-3019-443a-8c08-a93e4b90d287redis

A Conceptualization of the Connecticut Dental Hygienists Experiences with Care Trends for the Medicaid Patient (2014) - https://scholarworks.bridgeport.edu/xmlui/handle/123456789/1078