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The objectives were to assess dentists\u2019 education, knowledge, attitudes, and professional behavior related to treating patients from the Deaf or HoH community and the relationships between these constructs.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 207 members of the American Dental Association and the Michigan Dental Association responded to a mailed or web\u2010based survey concerning their education, knowledge, attitudes, and professional behavior related to treating patients from the Deaf or HoH community.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>On average, the respondents disagreed that they were well educated in classroom\u2010based, clinical, or community\u2010based dental school settings (five\u2010point answer scale with 1\u00a0=\u00a0disagree strongly; mean\u00a0=\u00a02.29\/2.27\/2.35) or by their professional organization (mean\u00a0=\u00a02.00) about treating Deaf or HoH patients. However, the more recently the respondents had graduated from dental school, the better they described their education about this topic (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.29; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a00.001). Additionally, 45.9% agreed\/strongly agreed that they would like to attend a continuing education course about this topic; 68.9% agreed\/agreed strongly that negative consequences for patients\u2019 general health can occur; and 61.1% that patients cannot be well educated about oral hygiene if Deaf or HoH patients do not have appropriate interpretive support in dental offices. The better dentists were educated about this topic, the more knowledge they had (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.50; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a00.001). On average, the respondents agreed more strongly that they were comfortable treating adult patients who communicated orally than patients using American Sign Language (4.02\u00a0vs. 3.25; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a00.001).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>These findings show that efforts are needed to improve dental school and continuing education curricula about dental treatment for Deaf and HoH patients. The more recently the respondents had graduated, the more positively they described their education. 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