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.

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

High-resolution geographic information system tools map all general dentistry and periodontal practice locations as key sources of health inequity.

Five lessons from the patient-centered medical home could help motivate infrastructure investment, care innovation, and payment reforms critical to achieving equity.

Poor oral health has been neglected as a public health threat, despite recognition as “epidemic” in scale by the US Office of the Surgeon General.

COVID-19 teaches us how to design a unified health care system that transcends historical precedent.

On this episode of Ethics Talk, Dr Lisa Simon discusses her path from dentistry to medicine, and health journalist Mary Otto guides us through a history of oral health care in the United States.

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.

Retention, student progression, and career advancement milestones are at least as important as admissions in promoting just medical education opportunity.

Diversity standards in medical education accreditation do not guarantee diversity but stimulate schools’ activities to recruit and retain diverse students and faculty.