Department of Dental Medicine/WMC/New York Medical College, Macey Pavilion, 100 Woods Road, Valhalla, NY 10583, USA.
Department of Oral Biology, University of Illinois Chicago College of Dentistry, 801 South Paulina Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Dent Clin North Am. 2025 Jan;69(1):1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.cden.2024.08.006. Epub 2024 Oct 25.
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 concept of inclusion in the context of the current need to create inclusive environments for a workforce that is culturally and structurally sound to serve all patients, including the underrepresented or marginalized, in integrated health care. Additionally, this article serves as an introductory roadmap to the papers in this Dental Clinics of North America issue discussing components of inclusivity in dentistry.
包容是多样性、公平性和包容性的一个重要组成部分。牙医学的历史表明，该专业经历了包容和排斥，有时是出于选择，有时是他人的行为。本研究在当前需要为文化和结构健全的劳动力创造包容环境的背景下审查包容的概念，以便为所有患者，包括代表性不足或边缘化的患者，在综合医疗保健中提供服务。此外，本文还作为北美牙科临床特刊中讨论牙科包容性组成部分的论文的介绍性路线图。
