Hi. I wanted to start a thread here to have a chance to hear about what people have to say about the Otago dental school.
I'm a 21 year old fifth year dental student here and was admitted to a number of other dental schools in Australia after completing HSFY. I chose Otago over others because people (professionals and students alike) said that Otago was an internationally renowned school and it would be ranked in top 10 dental schools world-wide... Some other comments were that students get much clinical experience here and get a solid foundation of knowledge by the time they graduate. One even said that hospitals in Victoria visit New Zealand before any other states in Australia to recruit dentists.
I can't say much and I don't know much because I only went to Otago. So for me its hard to objectively compare. As to what we get to do for example, in the fourth year we have to do at least 2 endo's, 2 indirect restorations, 2 complete dentures, 1 partial denture and 1 immediate denture and 30-40 direct restorations + perio review for every patient and a moderate number of exo's. As far as clinical sessions go we have 12hrs of GDP, 3hrs of Prosth and 3hrs paediatrics.
Any Otago graduates overseas or those who have worked with kiwis, what really is the standard of the dental education at Otago and how do you think our degree compares with others?
I'm a 21 year old fifth year dental student here and was admitted to a number of other dental schools in Australia after completing HSFY. I chose Otago over others because people (professionals and students alike) said that Otago was an internationally renowned school and it would be ranked in top 10 dental schools world-wide... Some other comments were that students get much clinical experience here and get a solid foundation of knowledge by the time they graduate. One even said that hospitals in Victoria visit New Zealand before any other states in Australia to recruit dentists.
I can't say much and I don't know much because I only went to Otago. So for me its hard to objectively compare. As to what we get to do for example, in the fourth year we have to do at least 2 endo's, 2 indirect restorations, 2 complete dentures, 1 partial denture and 1 immediate denture and 30-40 direct restorations + perio review for every patient and a moderate number of exo's. As far as clinical sessions go we have 12hrs of GDP, 3hrs of Prosth and 3hrs paediatrics.
Any Otago graduates overseas or those who have worked with kiwis, what really is the standard of the dental education at Otago and how do you think our degree compares with others?
