A new study by Dr Abanoub Riad, associate professor in the Department of Public Health at Masaryk University in Brno in the Czech Republic, has cast light upon the multiple structural inequalities that pertain within the field of dental research. In this interview with Dental Tribune International, Dr Riad not only shares his thoughts about these often-entrenched power imbalances, but also offers a range of productive measures to improve the global research landscape.