Leah Spittle currently serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Dental Hygiene Program at the Texas A&M College of Dentistry.
Professor Spittle received her Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene from Texas A&M Baylor College of Dentistry, and Master of Science in Education for Health Care Professionals from Texas A&M University College of Medicine.
She has more than 13 years of experience in clinical practice as a registered dental hygienist in private practice dentistry.
Professor Spittle is an active member of the American Dental Hygienists’ Association, Texas Dental Hygienists’ Association, Dallas Dental Hygienists’ Association, Association for Dental Safety, Dental Hygiene Educators of Texas, and Sigma Phi Alpha Dental Hygiene Honor Society-Beta Chapter. She also currently serves as the President for the Sigma Phi Alpha Dental Hygiene Honor Society-Beta Chapter.
She currently serves as course director for Health Promotion & Disease Prevention and Microbiology. Additional clinical teaching responsibilities are in Preclinical Dental Hygiene, and Clinical Dental Hygiene courses I-IV and as the lead clinical dental hygiene faculty on the MC Cooper Dental Clinic rotation.