Dental/dental hygiene trainees discuss dental training/education and barriers to care. (2023)
The intrinsic motivation that you were talking about to go to do these things, I feel it just interplays into a lot of daily nuances that are really hard to police and change. If you want to do something in your heart, you need to feel safe there, you need to feel welcome there, you need to feel wanted there. Nobody’s going to put in effort in making that happen, when you need to do better . . . There’s a huge culture shift that needs to happen, of course, but it’s going to take time, because I think there’s just lots of more awareness right now, and so that’s uncomfortable for everybody. But once that we’re over that hump, I think we may be moving in a more positive direction, to motivate people to care about these things deeply.