“Family is something that is very important to me, as well as work life balance,” said Angel Frazier, a fourth year dental student at UIC. I chose dentistry because of this, and when I shadowed my uncle (also a dentist), a lightbulb just went off: I knew right then I wanted to be a dentist.”
Frazier, grew up in the south side Chicago neighborhood of Roseland, and was the first of her siblings to attend
Pan-Asian Student Dental Association (PASDA) student members, Dr. Bin Yang, and Dr. Judy Yuan volunteered their time at a recent Chinatown Community Health Fair—an interdisciplinary event that involved UIC dental, medical,
As you begin your career exploration journey, here are some tips that we recommend.
In high school, take classes that prepare you for
Have you ever thought about why hand skills are so important in dentistry?
In order to perform dental procedures, a dentist must be able to work with precision on an extremely small scale. This requires exceptional hand-eye coordination to ensure the safety of patients and proficiency in the use of many different instruments.
These skills are even tested before students enter dental school. The
Our simulation environments
Since 2012, students from the Guanghua School of Stomatology, Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU) in Guangzhou city, Canton Province, China, visit the College of Dentistry as part of an extramural rotation program.
“Our students and faculty had the opportunity to meet dental students from a foreign country with a different culture and dental education system,” said
Now that you have chosen to become a licensed dentist in the United States, it’s important that you prepare a competitive application. US dental schools are extremely demanding academically, and the applicant pool is more competitive than ever. So, it is never too early to start preparing.
The program consists of a condensed 30 month schedule of coursework and clinical experience to deliver
There are many reasons for this.
Have you put some thought into how you will write your personal statement for application? How will you stand out among the hundreds of other applicants?
With over 11,000 potential candidates applying annually to US dental schools, competition has
