...and applying for class of 2003. I don't think its a disadvantage at all for applying to dental school:
1) more experience (assuming you used your time well after undergrad)
2) more maturity
3) will be taken more seriously since you are willing to make a career change after so many years
The disadvantage comes when you are already IN dental school. If accepted, I'm sure I'm gonna have to study a little bit more than fresh undergrad'ers:
1) been a few years since I took hardcore science
2) after working full-time, you have to relearn your study techniques
3) all-niters. I'm an old man. I sleep at 11 at night
