Tactical emergency medical personnel direct triage and resource allocation and administer immediate interventions.

Clinicians with obligations to patients and to organizations often assess patients in law enforcement for both therapeutic and nontherapeutic purposes.

Despite availability of good national oral health curricula for medical trainees, most physicians are ill-equipped to identify oral cancers or avoid unnecessary referrals.

Some patients who need general medical care before a dental intervention can suffer increased risk for poor outcomes if they have compromised access to care.

Division between medical and dental care exacerbates health inequity and forces many with compromised access to seek oral health care in emergency departments.

A culture of safety and respect in sites of health care education and work is foundational to the well-being of everyone in health care.

There are fewer Black men in US medical schools today than in 1970, although their contributions are key to building medicine’s capacity to equitably promote healing.

Redefining merit can promote meaningful inclusion and express institutional leadership in addressing social justice.

From clinical, ethical, and public health standpoints, diversification is foundational to just responses to the health needs of a pluralistic nation.