Dental Clinics of North America

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  1. Copyright

    Dental Clinics of North America, Volume 69, Issue 1, 2025 Jan, Pages ii-ii
    ELSEVIER 1600 John F. Kennedy Boulevard • Suite 1800 • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19103-2899 http://www.dental.theclinics.com DENTAL CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA Volume 69, Number 1 January 2025 ISSN 0011-8532, ISBN: 978-0-443-31410-0 Editor: John Va...

  2. Inclusivity in Dentistry: Environments of Belonging and Equity

    Dental Clinics of North America, Volume 69, Issue 1, 2025 Jan, Pages i-i | Halpern, Leslie R.; Kaste, Linda M.; Southerland, Janet H.
    DENTAL CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA www.dental.theclinics.com January 2025 • Volume 69 • Number 1

  3. Forthcoming Issues

    Dental Clinics of North America, Volume 69, Issue 1, 2025 Jan, Pages x-x
    Forthcoming Issues April 2025 Prosthodontics Leila Jahangiri, Editor July 2025 Oral Cancer: An Update Alessandro Villa, Eric T. Stoopler and Thomas P. Sollecito, Editors October 2025 Modern Endodontics Sami M. Chogle, Mark Desrosiers and Asma A. K...

  4. Contributors

    Dental Clinics of North America, Volume 69, Issue 1, 2025 Jan, Pages iii-v
    Editors LESLIE R. HALPERN, DDS, MD, PhD, MPH, FACS, FICD Professor, Section Chief/Program Director, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residency, Department of Dental Medicine, New York Medical College, NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan, Valhalla, N...

  5. Contents

    Dental Clinics of North America, Volume 69, Issue 1, 2025 Jan, Pages vii-ix
    Preface: Inclusivity in Dentistry: Environments of Belonging and Equity xi Leslie R. Halpern, Linda M. Kaste, and Janet H. Southerland The “I” in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: The Challenge of Inclusivity in Dentistry 1 Leslie R. Halpern, Lind...

  6. Ageism and Ableism in Individuals Aging with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

    Dental Clinics of North America, Volume 69, Issue 1, 2025 Jan, Pages 103-114 | Wieseler, Christine, PhD; Chávez, Elisa M., DDS; Yellowitz, Janet A., DMD, MPH
    Biomedical and structural factors impact oral health for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). The onset of age prevalent chronic diseases and conditions can result in new cognitive or physical disabilities leaving individ...

  7. Inclusive Language to Support Health Equity and Belonging in Dentistry

    Dental Clinics of North America, Volume 69, Issue 1, 2025 Jan, Pages 17-28 | Haley, Colin M., DDS, MEd, MHA; Doubleday, Alison F., MA, MS, PhD
    Inclusive language in dentistry is essential for delivering high-quality, equitable care that respects and empathizes with patients from diverse backgrounds. It involves using language that avoids exclusion and bias, focusing on person-first terms...

  8. Advancing Dentistry Through Respectful Inclusion

    Dental Clinics of North America, Volume 69, Issue 1, 2025 Jan, Pages 69-82 | Fleming, Eleanor, PhD, DDS, MPH, FICD; Perez, Herminio L., DMD, MBA, EdD
    Dentistry has faced, and continues to face, challenges in expanding its ranks to include diverse, especially minoritized, people. American Indian/Alaska Native, Hispanic, and Black representation, for example, has not grown significantly in dentis...

  9. A Measure of Inclusion

    Dental Clinics of North America, Volume 69, Issue 1, 2025 Jan, Pages 29-38 | Russell, Stefanie L., DDS, MPH, PhD; Kaste, Linda M., DDS, MS, PhD, FAADOCR, FICD; Huang, Shulamite S., PhD;...
    Dentistry has traditionally been male-dominated in North America, although “primary care” dentistry disciplines, including dental public health (DPH), have greater gender equity than other areas. However, gender gaps are likely to persist, specifi...

  10. United States Dental School Deans’ Characteristics Through an Inclusive Lens

    Dental Clinics of North America, Volume 69, Issue 1, 2025 Jan, Pages 83-101 | Kaste, Linda M., DDS, MS, PhD, FAADOCR, FICD; Yuan, Judy Chia-Chun, DDS, MS, MAS
    The United States (US) population and the dental workforce are becoming increasingly diverse. Characteristics of the April 2024 cohort of the 65 permanently named deans at Commission on Dental Accreditation-recognized US dental schools show the mo...

  11. Sex and Gender Health Education Tenets

    Dental Clinics of North America, Volume 69, Issue 1, 2025 Jan, Pages 115-130 | Prasad, Joanne L., DDS, MPH; Rojek, Mary K., PhD; Gordon, Sara C., DDS, MS;...
    Sex and gender are essential components of person-centered care. This article presents and discusses four important tenets regarding sex and gender health that should be incorporated into dental education and oral health care to foster inclusivity...

  12. Inclusivity in Mentorship

    Dental Clinics of North America, Volume 69, Issue 1, 2025 Jan, Pages 131-144 | Chatmon, Benita N., PhD, MSN, RN, CNE; Campbell, Kendall M., MD; Mouton, Charles P., MD, MS, MBA;...
    The article explores the evolution and significance of mentoring, drawing from Greek mythology, particularly the story of Odysseus and Mentor. It defines mentoring as a developmental relationship beneficial for mentees, mentors, and organizations,...

  13. Models of DEIB

    Dental Clinics of North America, Volume 69, Issue 1, 2025 Jan, Pages 39-53 | Barrier, Kendra M., PhD, MSN, RN, CNE; Porche, Demetrius J., DNS, PhD, APRN; Campbell, Kendall M., MD;...
    This article represents a prologue of the discussion of the article “Models of DEIB: Part II–Exploring Models of Inclusion from other Health Professions for Dentistry”. It explores existing practices and philosophies from other disciplines that co...

  14. Models of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging

    Dental Clinics of North America, Volume 69, Issue 1, 2025 Jan, Pages 55-68 | Barrier, Kendra M., PhD, MSN, RN, CNE; Porche, Demetrius J., DNS, PhD, APRN; Campbell, Kendall M., MD;...
    This study describes examples of models and frameworks from other professions that could be applied toward creating environments of inclusion and belonging in dentistry. Examples are provided of activities, frameworks, and models that can serve to...

  15. Inclusivity in Dentistry: Environments of Belonging and Equity

    Dental Clinics of North America, Volume 69, Issue 1, 2025 Jan, Pages xi-xiii | Halpern, Leslie R., DDS, MD, PhD, MPH, FACS, FICD; Kaste, Linda M., DDS, MS, PhD, FAADOCR, FICD; Southerland, Janet H., DDS, MPH, PhD
    Leslie R. Halpern, DDS, MD, PhD, MPH, FACS, FICD, Editor Linda M. Kaste, DDS, MS, PhD, FAADOCR, FICD, Editor Janet H. Southerland, DDS, MPH, PhD, Editor The ethnic, racial, ability, aging, cultural, and linguistic diversity of the US population is...

  16. The “I” in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

    Dental Clinics of North America, Volume 69, Issue 1, 2025 Jan, Pages 1-15 | Halpern, Leslie R., DDS, MD, PhD, MPH, FICD; Kaste, Linda M., DDS, MS, PhD, FAADOCR, FICD; Southerland, Janet H., DDS, MPH, PhD
    Inclusion is an essential part of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Dentistry’s history has been such that the profession has experienced inclusion and exclusion, sometimes by choice and sometimes by the actions of others. This study reviews the c...