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The faculty who prepare future clinicians and scientists are in short supply, and this shortage compromises the quality of dental education and ultimately impacts the quality of care delivered to our communities.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To develop consensus recommendations to increase and sustain dental faculty for the oral health professions, addressing financial, debt, and pathway barriers to recruiting and retaining oral health faculty while strengthening research and scholarship.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Consensus process<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our group (Working Group 3) consisted of eight participants, including dental school deans, clinician\u2010educators, clinician\u2010scientists, national and federal leaders, and a summit scholar. The group reviewed national reports, peer\u2010reviewed literature, and program\u2010specific evidence before and throughout three facilitated working sessions. Consensus was defined as unanimous endorsement of each recommendation following structured deliberation, with no formal objections.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Recommendations<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The group advanced five recommendations: faculty loan\u2010repayment programs, earlier admission pathways, a public and professional awareness campaign, deliberate recruitment through existing fellowships and federal programs, and standardized accreditation expectations for faculty development. The public awareness campaign and the faculty loan\u2010repayment program were prioritized as near\u2010term and intermediate priorities, respectively, with success metrics and accountability anchored in annual reporting and a first review in 2028.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The academic career pathway can be improved and faculty better supported. Aligning the profession's stated priorities with meaningful financial and structural incentives would strengthen faculty recruitment and retention and sustain the workforce advancing oral health education and public health.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/jdd.70385","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,13]],"date-time":"2026-10-13T10:10:43Z","timestamp":1791886243000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Reimagining Dental Education: Consensus Recommendations for Strengthening Faculty Pathways and Academic Career Success"],"prefix":"10.1002","author":[{"given":"Shirin","family":"Khoynezhad","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Dentistry Louisiana State University  New Orleans Louisiana USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ramzi","family":"Abou\u2010Arraj","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Alabama at Birmingham  Birmingham Alabama USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Christopher H.","family":"Fox","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"International Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research  Alexandria Virginia USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Janice S.","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH  Bethesda Maryland USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Steven","family":"Lepowsky","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Dental Medicine University of Connecticut  Farmington Connecticut USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jacques E.","family":"N\u00f6r","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Dentistry University of Michigan  Ann Arbor Michigan USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ryan L.","family":"Quock","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry  Houston Texas USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Clark M.","family":"Stanford","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Dentistry University of Iowa  Iowa City Iowa USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Keith A.","family":"Mays","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Dentistry University of Minnesota  Minneapolis Minnesota USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,13]]},"reference":[{"issue":"10","key":"e_1_2_11_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"eS1","DOI":"10.21815\/JDE.018.109","article-title":"Advancing Dental Education in the 21st Century: Phase 2 Report on Strategic Analysis and Recommendations","volume":"82","author":"Formicola A. 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