Dentists and oral health professionals

Policies and statements

• Dental Schools Council: An update on our work to tackle racism and inequality

Research and reports

• Household Income and Children’s Unmet Dental Care Need; Blacks’ Diminished Return (Open Access)
• Equality, diversity and inclusion within Dentistry: A profession wide commitment (.PDF)
• Racism and oral health inequities; An overview (Open Access)
• The impact of interpersonal racism on oral health related quality of life among Indigenous South Australians: a cross-sectional study (Open Access)
• The complexities of race and health (download the PDF).
• Joint Committee Report: Black people, racism and human rights (report and oral evidence transcripts available)
• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion within Dentistry: A profession wide commitment
• Access to oral care is a human rights issue: a community action report from the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, Canada (Open Access)
• Ethnic Inequalities in Healthcare: A Rapid Evidence Review - NHS Race & Health Observatory (download PDF)
• Pulse Oximeter Bias Highlighted in Rapid Review - NHS Race & Health Observatory (download PDF)
• Racial Bias in Pulse Oximetry Measurement (Correspondence)
• Ethnic disparities in health & social care workers’ exposure, protection, and clinical management of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK (Open Access)
• BAME: A report on the use of the term and responses to it (.PDF) - Birmingham City University
• Over half of ethnic minority NHS leaders consider quitting due to racism (Paywall)
• Mind the Gap: A handbook of clinical signs in Black and Brown skin
• Black Lives Matter: the impact and lessons for the UK dental profession
• The Lancet Series on racism, xenophobia, discrimination, and health - Selected papers.

Support and Advocacy Groups

• The Black, African and Asian Therapy Network (BAATN)
• Refugee Action - This charity supports refugees who wish to settle in the UK. In particular their Refugee Voices page is a helpful resource for understanding the lived experiences of those seeking asylum in the UK.
• The Runnymede Trust - An independent think tank focusing on race equality in the UK.
• Black & Brown Skin - Founded by medical student Malone Mukwende, this platform aims to educate clinical staff on the presentation of various conditions on black and brown skin. It includes free digital copies of Mukwende's book "Mind the Gap", along with online resources including head and neck conditions.

News and blogs

• General Dental Council - Black Leaders Matter: leadership in dentistry, part 1 and part 2.
• Office of the Chief Dental Officer (OCDO) sets up action group to tackle discrimination in dentistry
• British Dental Association - Dentistry and unconscious bias
• Diversity in dentistry: One practice's story
• How do we fight racism?
• Tackling racism in dentistry
• We need to talk about racism
• Final Report of the Diversity in Dentistry Action Group: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

General resources

• Civil Society Report: Race and Racism in England
• School of Health & Social Care: Procedure for raising concerns in partner organisations (.docx) - In alignment with the university’s policy statement on equality, diversity and inclusion, we have created a document that sets out how our School supports students and staff who experience racism and discrimination during practice placements. You may wish to develop something similar in your place of work.