Effie Lewis

Dental Hygiene Instructor

B.S. in Dental Hygiene, University of Wyoming A.A.S in Dental Hygiene, Sheridan College

Effie started her dental career in South Dakota, where she was a certified expanded function dental assistant. She currently holds her Dental Hygiene License in Wyoming with expanded functions endorsements for local anesthesia, nitrous oxide, and lasers.

Effie Lewis has taught at Sheridan College in the Dental Program since 2004. She was a part-time clinical/lab instructor until May of 2009, when she became a full-time clinical/lab instructor and taught in Pre-clinic, Clinic I, Clinic II, Clinic III, and Dental Materials Lab. Lewis escorted students to Indian Health Services at various Montana clinics and Nursing Homes in Sheridan. In 2019, she started teaching the Dental Materials lecture and the Clinical Dental Technology hands-on lecture for patient record keeping.

Her philosophy is, “All students will learn more when they feel free to ask questions or for help with hands-on learning.” She strives to be an approachable instructor in all clinical and classroom interactions.

Lewis is a member of the Wyoming Dental Hygienists Association and the American Dental Hygienists Association. In addition, Effie is the chairperson of the Dental Hygiene Scholarship Committee, and she is interactive within the Dental Clinic at the Sheridan Veterans Affairs Facility.