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Background. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, N.J., the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Battle Creek, Mich., and The California Endowment, Los Angeles, collaborated in funding a five-year (2002–2007) national demonstration program (Pipeline, Profession & Practice: Community-Based Dental Education [Dental Pipeline]) to reduce dental care access disparities. Fifteen dental schools were selected to participate in the Dental Pipeline program. The goals were to have senior students spend more time in community sites providing care to underserved patients; to prepare students to treat diverse, low-income patients; and to increase enrollment of underrepresented minority (URM) students.

Methods. A national program office at Columbia University in New York City administered the Dental Pipeline program. The participating dental schools developed networks of community clinics and practices for student rotations, established courses in cultural competency and public health and implemented new programs to recruit URM students.

Results. The average time senior students spent in community clinics and practices increased from 10 to 50 days; all schools developed courses in cultural competency and public health; and enrollment of UMR students increased 54.4 percent (excluding two of the schools) versus 16 percent in non–Dental Pipeline schools.

Conclusions. On average, the participating dental schools were successful in meeting program goals.

Abbreviations: Dental Pipeline: Pipeline, Profession & Practice: Community-Based Dental Education. • Kellogg: The W.K. Kellogg Foundation. • NPO: National program office. • RWJF: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. • TCE: The California Endowment. • URM: Underrepresented minority.

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