Table 6. Summary of non-research publications including relevant web records identified in the scoping review.

Author; year/ Country	University/ Institution	Program description	Outcome variable/ Measurement instrument
The S-Miles To Go Mobile Dental Program; 1997/ USA [90]	Buffalo University	Mobile dentistry program for rural Chautauqua County children	Program has been successful in meeting this population’s oral health needs
Dental Training Expanding Rural Placements (DTERP) Program; 2013/ Australia [24]	Universities of Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Western Australia, Queensland, Griffith University, Flinders University	Program to improve rural access to dental services by expanding dental training through placements in rural settings	Outcome variables: 6-monthly performance and expenditure report, financial statements yearly and at the end of the project, final performance report at the end of the project Expected an increase in rural dental workforce after students’ regional or rural clinical training No results
NHS Education for Scotland; 2014/ Scotland [53]	Scottish Universities, e.g. University of Dundee, University of Edinburgh, and University of Glasgow	Scottish Dental Postgraduate Training Fellowship program, an initiative for rural Scotland	Expected to help intermediate and higher-level care in rural areas of Scotland by providing dental surgeons in these areas No results
RIDE: UWSOD Regional Initiatives in Dental Education; 2015/ USA [45]	University of Washington	Regional Initiatives Project in Dental Education for improving oral health access by increasing number of dentists	Ongoing program increased access to dental care to this rural population Exposed students to real-world experiences
Better Oral Health in European Platform; 2015/ Malta [66]	University of Malta	‘Our Drive for a Healthy Smile’ with the help of a mobile dental clinic	Helped in reducing oral health inequalities and providing dental students an opportunity to understand the community needs
European Commission; 2016/ Romania [89]	SAN-CAR—mobile dental health care with Constanta’s Ovidius University	SAN-CAR—mobile dental health care for rural communities in Romania and Bulgaria	Improved oral health and quality of life of rural population
Poche Centre for Indigenous Health- 5 Year strategy, Strategic plan 2016–2020: on Healthy Kids, Healthy Teeth, Healthy Hearts; 2016/ Australia [83]	University of Sydney	Healthy Kids, Healthy Teeth, Healthy Hearts program: To improve health services and capacity- and skill- building	Helped in establishing dental services by working with existing Aboriginal Health Services Created employment opportunities by engaging local Aboriginal people to deliver oral health services