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Reimagining Dental Education: Consensus Recommendations for Strengthening Faculty Pathways and Academic Career Success.

Journal of dental education · Khoynezhad S, Abou-Arraj R, Fox CH, Lee JS, Lepowsky S, Nör JE, Quock RL, Stanford CM, Mays KA · 2026-10-13

Dental schools face a shortage of faculty that threatens education quality. A working group developed five consensus recommendations, prioritising loan-repayment programmes and awareness campaigns to improve faculty recruitment and retention.

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