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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
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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
The University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry’s Hispanic Student Dental Association (HSDA) chapter hosted the Hispanic Dental Association (HDA) Student Regional Conference on Sept. 8.
“We gathered over 70 dental students from all over the nation including Boston, Los Angeles and even Puerto Rico,” said HSDA’s Veronica Ramirez, a dental student.
The conference theme was innovations in
When you think of becoming a dentist, most likely you think of the general, or family dentist who provides a wide range of dental care from teeth cleanings and fillings to root canals and implants.
While 8 out 10 dentists practice general dentistry, the profession
