{"id":39918,"date":"2025-01-06T09:43:16","date_gmt":"2025-01-05T22:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/?p=39918"},"modified":"2025-01-06T09:43:16","modified_gmt":"2025-01-05T22:43:16","slug":"creating-an-anti-racist-dental-profession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/creating-an-anti-racist-dental-profession\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating an anti-racist dental profession"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-estimated-reading-time yoast-reading-time__wrapper\"><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-icon=\"clock\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" style=\"display:inline-block;vertical-align:-0.1em\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M12 8v4l3 3m6-3a9 9 0 11-18 0 9 9 0 0118 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__spacer\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:1em\"><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__descriptive-text\">Estimated reading time: <\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__reading-time\">6<\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__time-unit\"> minutes<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/racism-in-dental.jpg\" alt=\"racism in dentistry\" class=\"wp-image-39919 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/racism-in-dental.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/racism-in-dental-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/racism-in-dental-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/racism-in-dental-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/racism-in-dental-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/racism-in-dental-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/racism-in-dental-696x464.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/racism-in-dental.jpg\" alt=\"racism in dentistry\" class=\"wp-image-39919 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/racism-in-dental.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/racism-in-dental-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/racism-in-dental-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/racism-in-dental-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/racism-in-dental-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/racism-in-dental-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/racism-in-dental-696x464.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">L-R: Dr Nicolas Reid, Latisha Sykora and Dr Jess Manuela<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-australia-still-has-a-way-to-go-in-creating-a-completely-anti-racist-dental-profession-but-a-recent-research-project-is-moving-things-forward-by-frank-leggett\">Australia still has a way to go in creating a completely anti-racist dental profession, but a recent research project is moving things forward. By Frank Leggett<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Racism is insidious and, frequently, a subconscious form of prejudice. Whenever someone points out that they saw a nice Chinese doctor or that the dentist was Aboriginal but did a really good job, the comment highlights a subconscious belief that one group of people is superior to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Racism can also happen on a grand scale. Last year, Australia held a referendum to recognise First Peoples of Australia. It was defeated 60 percent to 40 percent.<\/p><div class=\"bitem-article-desktop-720x300-in-text\" id=\"bitem-3234220765\"><!-- Bite 720x300 [async] -->\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">if (!window.AdButler){(function(){var s = document.createElement(\"script\"); s.async = true; s.type = \"text\/javascript\";s.src = 'https:\/\/servedby.engagemedia.com.au\/app.js';var n = document.getElementsByTagName(\"script\")[0]; n.parentNode.insertBefore(s, n);}());}<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\nvar AdButler = AdButler || {}; AdButler.ads = AdButler.ads || [];\r\nvar abkw = window.abkw || '';\r\nvar plc705185 = window.plc705185 || 0;\r\ndocument.write('<'+'div id=\"placement_705185_'+plc705185+'\"><\\\/'+'div>');\r\nAdButler.ads.push({handler: function(opt){ AdButler.register(165450, 705185, [720,300], 'placement_705185_'+opt.place, opt); }, opt: { place: plc705185++, keywords: abkw, domain: 'servedby.engagemedia.com.au', click:'CLICK_MACRO_PLACEHOLDER' }});\r\n<\/script><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA common distortion spread by social media was that blackfellas were coming to take your land and home,\u201d says Dr Jess Manuela, a dentist and palawa woman from lutruwita. She is also co-president and director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/idaa.com.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Indigenous Dental Association Australia <\/a>(IDAA), the peak body for Aboriginal dental clinicians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPeople need to take off the blinkers and see reality. Indigenous people in this country are suffering because of the ongoing effects of genocide and invasion. We\u2019re often told to get over it. Well, maybe that would be possible if we weren\u2019t seeing our people dying, youngsters killing themselves, the highest rate of incarceration, and the worst health outcomes. The referendum was a very difficult time for our mob.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-addressing-the-problem\">Addressing the problem<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Last June, the inaugural anti-racism in dentistry workshop was hosted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/health.adelaide.edu.au\/arcpoh\/indigenous-oral-health-unit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">University of Adelaide\u2019s Indigenous Oral Health Unit<\/a>. It was a launch of the research project\u2014\u2019The mouth as an expression of racial injustice: Building the evidence to foster an anti-racist dental health system in Australia\u2019, funded by the Medical Research Future Fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The workshop was attended by key stakeholders such as the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency and the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation. It was co-presented by members of the IDAA. The aim was to build a strategy for the research program so it can be presented to the general dental population down the track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cProjects like this are important,\u201d says Dr Chris Bourke, a Gamillaroi man, the first Indigenous dentist in Australia, and chair of the <a href=\"https:\/\/adc.org.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Australian Dental Council <\/a>(ADC). \u201cThis type of initiative is crucial in developing strategies for a healthcare system free from racism. At the ADC, ensuring culturally safe care and eliminating racism in healthcare are key objectives. We actively support projects that work towards this goal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Nicolas Reid is a member of the Dharug nation, a dentist working with the Royal Flying Doctor Service, and a director at the IDAA. \u201cWithout the research, we have no evidence to support any policy,\u201d he says. \u201cWithout policy change, it\u2019s difficult to change people\u2019s mindsets. I\u2019ve spoken to a lot of dentists who think it doesn\u2019t concern them because they don\u2019t treat any Aboriginal patients. Of course, if they\u2019ve completed training so they\u2019re mindful of their biases, it makes them a more compassionate and empathetic dentist. Care should always be delivered in a way that\u2019s equitable and non-racist. That benefits everyone no matter what their background. It\u2019s just better care.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-learning-not-to-be-racist\">Learning not to be racist<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Tackling racism in the dental profession starts at universities. One of the major aims of the anti-racism project is to co-design and implement an anti-racist curriculum for dental students that can be robustly evaluated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>Without the research, we have no evidence to support any policy. Without policy change, it\u2019s difficult to change people\u2019s mindsets. <br><br><strong>Dr Nicolas Reid, director, IDAA<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUniversities have a systemic racism issue that needs to be addressed,\u201d says Dr Manuela. \u201cWe\u2019ve had multiple complaints from students in the past few years saying they\u2019re experiencing racism. Usually, it\u2019s just ignorance from other dental students but there are also issues with academic staff.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the students who has lived this experience is Latisha Sykora, a Mudburra and Jingili woman who is a director at the IDAA. She\u2019s also a dental assistant, oral health therapist and dentistry student at South Australia\u2019s University of Adelaide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been a student for eight years and, unfortunately, I\u2019ve experienced a lot of racism,\u201d she says. \u201cI\u2019ve even had staff question why I would work in community. The negative attitudes and behaviours of professors and tutors impact all students. Australia is very welcoming and understanding of multiculturalism. Despite this, things are still dire for most of the Indigenous population. Why are we still at the bottom of the barrel?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-education-and-retention\">Education and retention<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Another aspect of the research program is investigating how to support the attraction, retention and wellbeing of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dental workforce. A 2021 report put the overall proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dental practitioners at less than 0.5 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe must address the disproportionate under-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in healthcare,\u201d says Dr Bourke. \u201cThe ADC emphasises the importance of promoting careers in oral health and the significance of cultural safety in dental education and practice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients receive culturally inappropriate care or are marginalised by the system, it engenders a distrust and antipathy to the provider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Inclusion Committee is trying to improve workforce participation,\u201d says Dr Reid. \u201cAnd that\u2019s not just dentists\u2014that\u2019s oral therapists, hygienists, assistants and front office staff. Often racism happens in the front office with how Indigenous people are spoken to on the phone or the way they are treated when they walk through the front door.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-hope-for-the-future\">Hope for the future<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Projects like the anti-racism research and workshop make the prospects of an anti-racist health system all the more promising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhile national improvements like a treaty haven\u2019t happened yet, small things such as an Acknowledgement or Welcome to Country before presentations is a great first step,\u201d says Latisha Sykora.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor the dental profession, I want to see an industry where all members are accepting, welcoming, honest and true. We need to be mindful of one another while providing thoughtful and unbiased care across the board. We\u2019re just getting started but that\u2019s a massive step in itself.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-when-talking-about-anti-racism-there-are-three-terms-that-are-important-to-understand\">When talking about anti-racism, there are three terms that are important to understand:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Cultural competence<\/strong>\u2014The simple definition is to be respectful and open to different cultural perspectives in order to interact and build relationships with people different from us.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Cultural responsiveness<\/strong>\u2014Value is placed on diversity, even if it conflicts with ideas, beliefs and values of your own culture. 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