Lancette VanGuilder, RDH, BS  is the current Vice President of the American Dental Hygienists Association. 

She graduated from high school in Ely, Nevada in 1989 and obtained her dental hygiene degree from the University of South Dakota in 1995 and has been actively involved in dental hygiene practice, education, leadership and advocacy on the local, state and national level over the last 25 years.  Lancette lives in Sparks, Nevada and works as a clinician in private practice, in the corporate world as a professional educator and is an internationally recognized continuing education speaker for dentists, dental hygienists, dental therapists and dental assistants.

Lancette founded Community Dental Connections (A Nevada nonprofit) in 2019 in an effort to help adults and children thrive at home, work and school through optimal overall and oral health. 

Lancette has worked in many areas of public health including practicing as a public health endorsed dental hygienist with Future Smiles, supervising dental hygiene students and policy making/lobbying in Nevada and Washington, DC. She completed her Excellence in Non-Profit Management Certificate from the University of Nevada, Reno on March 23,2018.

She is a past president of the Nevada Dental Hygienists Association and served on the board of directors for the American Dental Hygienists Association as the District 12 Trustee, representing 6 states on the west/pacific coast between 2012-2016. Lancette has received many awards during her career starting with the Nevada Dental Hygienist of the Year.  She was recognized with the Innovative Career Vision Award for her work in all 7 professional roles of the dental hygienist and a finalist for the Women Celebrating Leadership Award for the Eastern Sierras. Lancette’s most notable accomplishments include receiving the 2018 National Professional Achievement Award from the American Dental Hygienists Association- recognizing her for her contributions across the entire nation for the advancement of the art and science of the dental hygiene profession over the last 15 years. In 2021,  she was named as one of the top 6 dental hygienists to know out of the 230,000 across the US by Dimensions of Dental Hygiene. In 2022, she received the Denobi "Global All-Star" Award for her work in public health, mobile dentistry and vaccination efforts.  She also received the highest honor given to a dental hygienist by the American Dental Hygienists Association,  The 2022 ADHA Award for Excellence, which has only been granted to a few select dental hygienists over the last 100  years. 

Lancette is passionate about ensuring that all communities have access to dental care, the power of prevention and the utilization of the dental hygienist.