Todd Hartsfield, MD has been a dentist for 34 years. He spent 2 years as a dentist in the U.S. Army and had a full time family dental practice for 9 years in Louisiana. For 20 years he worked in children's dental public health programs in Canada with the First Nations and Inuit people. Dr Hartsfield became the Dental Director at the Inter Tribal Council of Arizona in October 2001. His focus is on early intervention with American Indian children and their caregivers to prevent dental disease. He travels to Indian reservations throughout Arizona to coordinate dental care for children and adults. He has trained numerous local tribal nurses, medical assistants, and parents to perform regular oral health risk assessments on the children on these reservations. He has also established fluoride varnish and xylitol chewing gum programs in which local, non-dental personnel on the reservations are trained in applying fluoride varnish and treat children in programs such as Head Start. According to Keith Dveirin, MD, Clara Vista Medical Associates, Dr Hartsfield is an excellent preceptor for this type of training, and one that the national AAP or other state AAP chapters may want to consider using in the future. Dr Hartsfield has extensive experience in the use of fluoride varnish and in the education of non-dental personnel in doing oral health assessments and recognizing early signs of dental decay. He has worked extensively in public health dentistry, both in the United States and Canada, as well as in private practice general dentistry. He brings a passion to this subject that is infectious and helps make him a great presenter.