Racial and oral health equity in dental school curricula.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The objective of this study was to assess the current efforts to move dental school curriculum beyond diversity and inclusion toward an anti-racism approach to racial equity.

Methods

In this cross-sectional study, an electronic Qualtrics survey was sent to 67 Dental School Associate Deans/Deans of Academic Affairs and 15 Dental Public Health (DPH) Residency Program Directors. Survey topics included oral health equity, Critical Race Theory (CRT), racism and the physiologic impacts of racism on oral health. Descriptive statistics were used to demonstrate frequencies.

Results

Overall response rate was 31.7% (DPH = 6, predoctoral Dental = 20). The majority of respondents that answered the question stated that the educational program offered instruction in oral

SUBMITTER: Demopoulos CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9544994 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature