Dr. Katherine France is an Assistant Professor of Oral Medicine at Penn Dental Medicine. She obtained both her DMD and Master of Bioethics (MBE) from the University of Pennsylvania and completed her Residency in Oral Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. France currently serves as the director of the Oral Medicine clinic at Penn Dental Medicine, practices in the Penn Dental Family Practice, and teaches clinically and didactically on a wide range of subjects relating to oral medicine, ethics and professionalism, and patient management. Her scholarly work focuses on how changes to medical care impact dentistry, including both delivery of safe care and recognition of trends and changes over time.