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According to our conceptual framework, biomedically-oriented and whiteness-influenced dental education and the epistemically unequal character of health systems and training intertwine, generating a pattern of systematically compounded discredibility by dental staff towards Black patients. We then apply this conceptual framework to quantitative, qualitative, and review oral health studies, searching for empirical markers and evidence that further inform our understanding while shedding new epistemic light on their findings. 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