Slipping through the cracks: Just how underrepresented are minorities within the dental specialties?

Date: 06/21/2022
Source: Slipping through the cracks: Just how underrepresented are minorities within the dental specialties?
Author(s): Tera Poole, Matthew Jura, George Taylor, Paul Gates, and Elizabeth Mertz

 

There is a lack of diversity in the dental workforce. Efforts to enhance underrepresented minority (URM) recruitment and retention within dental school exist, but little effort has been made to track URM providers through education and practice. This study assesses the status of workforce diversity in the dental specialties and the predictors of URM dentist specialization. SEE PUBLICATION