Graduating people who have not performed a single RCT on a real, live person is doesn't meet my definition of adequately prepared. Nor does 6 units total of fixed prosth (crowns + veneers + inlay/onlays + post/cores), or just 2 successful extractions.
BU's students don't complain, because in the end the low grad reqs are convenient - it's less work, less stressful. And if you're specializing like most of BU's students, the (lack of) clinical experience in DS doesn't matter. But for general dentists, it's not possible to practice independently upon graduating from BU. Even their own Dr. McManama tells eveyone doing general to do a GPR or AEGD because BU doesn't adequately prepare their students clinically.
BU's students don't complain, because in the end the low grad reqs are convenient - it's less work, less stressful. And if you're specializing like most of BU's students, the (lack of) clinical experience in DS doesn't matter. But for general dentists, it's not possible to practice independently upon graduating from BU. Even their own Dr. McManama tells eveyone doing general to do a GPR or AEGD because BU doesn't adequately prepare their students clinically.