Positive ethics and dental students

Recent negative publicity has drawn attention away from recognizing and celebrating the ways today's dental students differ in a positive fashion from previous generations of dental students who may have suffered the same ethical lapses we are hearing about now. Dental students are more diverse than their predecessors and learn to develop a sense of integrity that encompasses more toleration of alternative cultures. They are group-oriented, which expresses itself in sharing responsibility for their colleagues, both in educational settings and in their practices. With guidance from senior dentists and organized dentistry, they will contribute inclusiveness and group responsibility and thus strengthen the profession.