Predoctoral US dental school applicants and first-time, first-year enrollees, 2023 Entering Class.

Purpose/objectives: This article aims to provide an overview of the characteristics of applicants and first-time, first-year enrolled predoctoral oral health students in the 2023 Entering Class, while highlighting trends over the past decade.

Methods: The study employs a descriptive analysis of predoctoral US dental school application data sourced from the ADEA Associated American Dental Schools Application Service (ADEA AADSAS) and Texas Medical and Dental Schools Application Services (TMDSAS) portals.

Results: Between 2013 and 2023, the number of first-time, first-year enrollees increased by 14%.

Trends in dental school faculty: An analysis of the results of the 2021‒2022 ADEA Dental School Faculty Demographic Census and 2018‒2019 ADEA Survey of Dental School Faculty.

Purpose/objectives: Each year, American Dental Education Association (ADEA) collects data on U.S. dental school faculty demographics, compensation, and vacant and lost positions.

Dentists of tomorrow 2023: An analysis of the results of the ADEA 2023 survey of U.S. Dental School Seniors.

Purpose/objectives: This study examines the journey of U.S. dental schools' predoctoral senior class of 2023, from the influences on and their motivations to pursue careers in dentistry, the aspects of their dental school experiences, plans upon graduation, and the investment in their careers.

Dentists of tomorrow 2022: An analysis of the results of the ADEA 2022 Survey of U.S. Dental School Seniors.

Purpose/objectives: This study examines the journey of US dental schools' predoctoral senior class of 2022, from the influences on and their motivations to pursue careers in dentistry, the aspects of their dental school experiences, plans upon graduation, and the investment in their careers.

Methods: The study is an analysis of the results of the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) Survey of Dental School Seniors, 2022 Graduating Class. Each year, ADEA surveys senior predoctoral students from the accredited US dental schools.

Faculty diversity, equity, and inclusion in academic dentistry: Revisiting the past and analyzing the present to create the future.

Aim: In 2021, NIDCR published the landmark report "Oral Health in America." It described that while oral health-related research and care has seen amazing progress, oral health inequities and lack of oral care for large segments of the US population have not improved. This situation plus the predicted increase of the diversification of the US population requires decisive actions to ensure that future dentists will be optimally prepared to provide the best possible care for all patients.

Anti-racism structures in academic dentistry: Supporting underrepresented racially/ethnically diverse faculty.

Objectives: The purpose of this paper is to describe the racialized barriers to recruiting and retaining historically underrepresented racially/ethnically diverse (HURE) faculty at U.S. dental schools and the linkages of these barriers to structural racism to assist dental schools in eliminating these hurdles through an antiracism framework.

Operational and financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on U.S. dental school clinics.

Purpose: This study assessed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on U.S. dental schools and their school-based clinic operations and finances during the first eight months (April to December 2020) of the outbreak.

Dentists of tomorrow 2020: An analysis of the results of the 2020 ADEA Survey of U.S. Dental School Seniors.

Purpose/objectives: This study examines the journey of U.S. dental schools' predoctoral senior class of 2020, from the influences on and their motivations to pursue careers in dentistry, aspects of their dental school experiences, to plans upon graduation and the investment in their careers.

Curricular and clinical approaches to addressing the opioid epidemic: Results from the 2019 ADEA opioid dental school survey.

Purpose/objectives: Dental educators have played a critical role in addressing the opioid public health crisis.

Methods: The American Dental Education Association (ADEA) conducted a semi-structured survey with all 66 accredited U.S.