Education and Training

Ed.D., Nova Southeastern University, Higher Education and Leadership
M.S., University of Missouri Kansas City, Dental Hygiene Education
B.S., University of Missouri Kansas City, Dental Hygiene

Teaching Interests

Periodontal Instrumentation Techniques
Pain Control and Local Anesthestic Agents Use in Dentistry
Dental Public Health

Scholarly Interests

Dr. Kaz’s academic interests focus on specialized dental accreditation activities to include new dental school and dental hygiene program development. Dr. Kaz is a consultant for the Commission on Dental Accreditation in the area of predoctoral dental and dental hygiene education. She has served as a member of the Commission on Dental Accreditation’s Predoctoral and Dental Hygiene Review Committees and conducts mock site visits for dental and dental hygiene programs preparing for accreditation.

Awards and Honors

2018 Clinical Faculty of the Year Award, Dental Hygiene Class of 2019,
University of Missouri – Kansas City, School of Dentistry, Kansas City,
Missouri

2017 Alumni Achievement Award, University of Missouri – Kansas City, School of
Dentistry-Dental Hygiene, Kansas City, Missouri

2017 Distinguished Teacher Award, University of Missouri – Kansas City,
School of Dentistry, Kansas City, Missouri

2016 Distinguished Teacher Award, University of Missouri – Kansas City,
School of Dentistry, Kansas City, Missouri

2015 Clinical Faculty of the Year Award, Dental Hygiene Class of 2017,
University of Missouri – Kansas City, School of Dentistry, Kansas City,
Missouri