Adding schools & DDS/PhD

[DrReo]

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I was wondering what the policy for adding school to ones AADSAS application?

Also, I was wondering if anyone has considered a 7yr DDS/PhD program to help boost their resume' for a possible match in ortho, oral, or the like?

Thanks!

 

[Bruinlove]

a 7yr DDS/PhD program to help boost their resume' for a possible match in ortho, oral, or the like

I don't think it's a good idea. Ph.D is not something easy to achieve like M.S.

 

[lgwdnbdgr]

Also, I was wondering if anyone has considered a 7yr DDS/PhD program to help boost their resume' for a possible match in ortho, oral, or the like?

Combined DDS/PhD programs are REALLY hard to get into. Odds are, if you can get accepted to a combined program, you are a good enough student to match into Ortho without it. If you enter a "real" PhD program, it's probably going to take you an extra 5-7 years after dental school (and probably closer to 7, with a non-trivial chance of taking even longer). Probably not the most efficient use of your time.

 

[sl2obel2ts]

i think doing dds/phd just to get into speciality is the stupidest idea. schools select dds/phd applicants very carefully so that they work in academia and not to get you into speciality. And this is TONS of work.

 

[cobalt31]

not to mention those programs are for people who are innately passionate about research. if you want to boost your resume, you can still do research in dschool without wasting 3 years and someone else's spot.

now, a better question might be, should i do dds/phd so i don't have to pay for dental school? but i think that's silly too, unless you are legitimately interested in research as a career.

 

[Chesnok]

From what I know , it's very competitive-- meaning that at first you have to have great grades at the dschool, and then go to the PhD which is very competitive; so , I think at first you have to get into the dschool at first and then you may go PhD . (actually, I've heard from dental students that by the end of D-4 80% of students changed their minds about specializing-probably, it was enough for them to spend 4 years in dental school😉