Table 2.

Demographics of electronic survey responses. Age and gender identity were asked as optional, open-ended questions. Regular appointment faculty include both full-time and part-time faculty. Affiliate faculty volunteers are paid a nominal stipend, typically one or less day per week.

Faculty Demographics	Student Demographics
Total faculty responses, n = 42	Total student responses, n = 74
Regular faculty appointments, n = 33	Class of 2021, n = 8
Affiliate faculty appointments, n = 9	Class of 2022, n = 23
Time worked in dental education:	Class of 2023, n = 12
0–5 years, n = 8	Class of 2024, n = 31
6–10 years, n = 4	Students reporting age, n = 55
11–20 years, n = 10	Median age = 25 years
>20 years, n = 20	Mean age = 26 years
Teach in these predoc settings:	Age range = 21–44 years
Foundations, n = 9	Students reporting gender identity, n = 55
Preclinical dental courses, n = 21	Female/woman, n = 32
Clinical dental courses, n = 21	Male/man, n = 22
Clinic, n = 18	Genderqueer/non-binary, n = 1
Other, n = 1
Do not teach predoc, n = 3
Teach in >1 predoc setting, n = 18
Course director for predoc course, n = 22
Faculty reporting age, n = 30
Median age = 57 years
Mean age = 55 years
Age range = 29–75 years
Faculty reporting gender identity, n = 29
Female/woman, n = 13
Male/man, n = 16