Objective: In 2021, US dental school deans were surveyed to update and expand ADEA deans' profiles developed in 2002 and 2014.
Methods: The American Dental Education Association (ADEA) and the Academy for Advancing Leadership (AAL) collaborated on an updated version of the 2014 dental deans' profile survey. On July 1, 2021, the research project was approved as exempt from IRB oversight.