Cara was a Director of the Foothill College Dental Assisting Program for over 31 years. She currently teaches part-time for the college. She received her Certificate in Dental Assisting from Foothill College, a B.S. in Dental Hygiene and a MS in Oral Biology at the University of California, San Francisco School of Dentistry. Cara acquired her licensure for Extended Functions in Dental Assisting/Hygiene at UCSF and also received a Certificate in Educational Technology from UCSC in 1999.
From 1994 to 2008 she taught in the RDAEF program offered at the UCSF School of Dentistry. Cara has been a training consultant for Invisialign and was a consultant for eHuman 3D tooth educational software.
Her publications include the 5th revision to Chasteen’s Essentials of Clinical Dental Assisting and Risk Management for the Dental Assistant. She also published several chapters (Medical/Dental History and Vital Signs) for Dental Hygiene Theory and Practice (Saunders/Elsevier).
