shadowing dentists

How is everyone finding shadowing opportunities? I live in Maryland and with COVID, it's been impossible to find in-person shadowing opportunities. To make things harder, I can't just take a job in a dental office. I have a full-time job, am the primary bread winner, and have a 1.5 yo. I have...

Hi, Does anyone know how many experiences are too many to put on the AADSAS application? Is it recommended to group all your general dentist shadowing hours together and list the doctors in the description, or to list them all as separate experiences? I also have a question about listing...

Hello, I am looking to shadow/volunteer/assist a dentist in Philadelphia. I was hoping somebody could help me out with a connection to a dentist or dental group who helps potential students in this area as I am new to the area. I am having a lot of trouble finding somebody who is willing to let...

Hey guys, first time poster here. I’m currently a pre-dental sophomore at a private college, and I’m finding it really hard to find dental opportunities. I switched last April to pre-dental from premed and kinda feel left behind. I currently have 40 hours of dental shadowing and 10~ hours of...

I recently just decided to go to dental school and I’m going to be a junior in the fall. I don’t have any shadowing experience other than going on a global medical brigade and was able to shadow the dentists there for two of the days. I will be going on a co-op (paid internship) starting in...

I had visited a dental office twice over the past couple of months just helping out the dental assistants, watching the dentist on some of their procedures, with the hopes of one day asking the dentist if they would allow me to "officially" shadow them (My friend works there as a dental...

I previously shadowed and volunteered at a private clinic over a summer period and was wondering how I should list these experiences on my application. Should they both be under the same experience or split into two? For example, on Wednesdays, I would shadow the dentist, and Tuesdays and...

Hello all! I just had a quick question: I am applying to dental school this cycle, and I have the following amount of dental experience hours: Shadowing my family dentist: ~28 hrs Shadowing an oral surgeon’s practice: ~76hrs Shadowing a pediatric dentist: ~28 hrs Volunteering as a dental...

Hey everybody! First I want to say I really appreciate anytime you put in to reading/ replying to my post. Thank you in advance. I'm not asking about my chances per se, just looking for advice: SMP or informal local Postbacc. (BTW i’ve read EVERYTHING about my position here on SDN), but here’s a...

I was just curious, when a school says they have a reccomended ammount of shadowing hours, does that include hours with specialists or specifically general dentists? I’m looking at the dental college of georgia, and I saw somewhere that they prefer to see close to 300 hours of shadowing. Right...

Hey guys what do you think my chances are at schools like NYU, Temple, Nova, UCSF, University of Florida, Meharry, Boston University, Western U, amongst others. Along with 24 AA 23TS and 22PAT with my lowest section being a 22 I have a 3.4 overall GPA and 3.3 science. I have 350 hours of...

Hi guys! I'm currently looking for shadowing/ volunteering dental opportunities near the USC area, but no success. I found the UCLA dental volunteering program, but I don't know how easy it will be to commute during the school year. If anybody knows of any dental shadowing or volunteering...

Hey guys! I recently read somewhere that shadowing hours have to be from current year. I have some shadowing hours from 3 years ago but I've been working as a dental assistant for about 2ish years now. My question is, is there a dental school that requires shadowing hours to be current year...

Hello Pre-Dental Students! HoHoKus Dental Associates is looking for an aspiring dental school student to intern with us this year! This job will require you to interact face to face with patients, market our practice on social media, help fill our schedule, get insurance breakdowns and shadow...

Hello all! Here is my current situation: I will be starting my Senior year at the University of Florida in the Fall and I plan on applying to UF's College of Dentistry, as well as other colleges(I will more than likely be taking a Gap Year, I also need advice on this). My current Overall GPA is...