Disparities in health and health care due to race and ethnicity are a national problem. One
commonly proposed method to address disparities is to increase the number of …

To describe what is known about racial disparities in provided health care and to better
understand the dynamics of this issue within dentistry, this article draws on data from the …

Background In recent years, the dental school population has changed from being
predominantly white male to a more diverse racial and ethnic makeup. Noting this change in …

We recently demonstrated with the Florida Dental Care Study (FDCS) that the racial mix of
the dental practice attended was significantly associated with patient-specific service receipt …

Ethnic relations in multicultural metropolitan areas such as Los Angeles are extremely
complex and are probably reflected, at least in part, in the relations between dental …

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) report Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic
Disparities in Health Care is serving as a catalyst for the medical profession to re‐examine …

While many factors contribute to lack of access to dental care along racial and ethnic lines,
one of the most prominent factors is a lack of diversity among oral health professionals …

Purpose Provider bias has been shown to be a contributing factor to racial and ethnic
disparities observed in health care settings. The purpose of this study was to examine …

For many years, studies have identified a need for greater racial and ethnic diversity among
dental professionals. However, the ability of the field to collectively address the problem has …

Intercultural competence is an important component of the doctor‐patient relationship in the
multicultural climate evolving in the United States. We hypothesized that 1) exposure to …