Creighton and Residency Programs....

[Leine4]

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Hi all..... I am planning to attend Creighton in the fall. I know that they do not have any residency programs which is great, however I am wondering how difficult it would be to specialize if I decide to.

Thanks in advance...🙂

 

[DIRTIE]

I do not agree with that philosophy, I would much rather have all of the specialty programs. It would be really nice to have a Prosthodontics, perio, endo, pedo, as far as ortho it really doesn't make a difference. It is nice in one aspect to not have an OMFS because we get to do most thirds that come our way, but we don't get to see any of the big cases that you would if you rotated at the residency.
They say that you get to do the tough stuff instead of sending it to the the residents. Well it is more like you get to send the tough cases to the GPR or some outside dentist. It would be nice to be able to accept these cases and team up with a resident and see and learn from them too. I just don't think that you get the exposure in perio, endo, and prosth.

Also since you have not had the exposure or access to the residencies then you need to go and do more site visits, or externships to get the exposure. It is always nice to have a home program to apply to and also see how the process is and resident life. Otherwise it is sort of a mystery. You will be fine either way, don't worry Creighton I am sure is a great school, but I just don't buy into that spill that those schools like to sell you on that not having the graduate programs allows you to do more bigger cases and graduate more skilled and experienced.

Hi all..... I am planning to attend Creighton in the fall. I know that they do not have any residency programs which is great, however I am wondering how difficult it would be to specialize if I decide to.

Thanks in advance...🙂

 

[Vick K9 dentist]

I will disagree with the previous disagreement. I'm at Creighton and just matched for OMFS and just about everyone who applied matched to whatever they wanted to. Also, we DO get to do complex prosth cases, all of our own perio surgeries, all implant cases (including complex bone-grafting & sinus lifts), and just about all endo INCLUDING apicoectomies etc., (except the cases that you wouldn't touch with a 10 foot pole). I've done MORE than enough molar endo for my liking, and I've given away tons to other people. We still have prosthodonists, periodontists, oral surgeons, etc. on staff, so they treat US like specialty residents (to a degree) when we have opportunities to do anything complex. There is very little referred outside. I'm not saying schools w/ specialty programs are bad, I just think you get exposed to more when you have no specialties (at least in my case). Oh, except for ortho--we don't do crap for ortho (but who cares??).

 

[Squished Rat]

I will disagree with the previous disagreement. I'm at Creighton and just matched for OMFS and just about everyone who applied matched to whatever they wanted to. Also, we DO get to do complex prosth cases, all of our own perio surgeries, all implant cases (including complex bone-grafting & sinus lifts), and just about all endo INCLUDING apicoectomies etc., (except the cases that you wouldn't touch with a 10 foot pole). I've done MORE than enough molar endo for my liking, and I've given away tons to other people. We still have prosthodonists, periodontists, oral surgeons, etc. on staff, so they treat US like specialty residents (to a degree) when we have opportunities to do anything complex. There is very little referred outside. I'm not saying schools w/ specialty programs are bad, I just think you get exposed to more when you have no specialties (at least in my case). Oh, except for ortho--we don't do crap for ortho (but who cares??).

Where are you going for OMFS?

 

[DIRTIE]

Looks like I choose the wrong school. We can't even touch molar endo with a ten foot pole here, yet alone a file.

I will disagree with the previous disagreement. I'm at Creighton and just matched for OMFS and just about everyone who applied matched to whatever they wanted to. Also, we DO get to do complex prosth cases, all of our own perio surgeries, all implant cases (including complex bone-grafting & sinus lifts), and just about all endo INCLUDING apicoectomies etc., (except the cases that you wouldn't touch with a 10 foot pole). I've done MORE than enough molar endo for my liking, and I've given away tons to other people. We still have prosthodonists, periodontists, oral surgeons, etc. on staff, so they treat US like specialty residents (to a degree) when we have opportunities to do anything complex. There is very little referred outside. I'm not saying schools w/ specialty programs are bad, I just think you get exposed to more when you have no specialties (at least in my case). Oh, except for ortho--we don't do crap for ortho (but who cares??).

 

[armorshell]

I will disagree with the previous disagreement. I'm at Creighton and just matched for OMFS and just about everyone who applied matched to whatever they wanted to. Also, we DO get to do complex prosth cases, all of our own perio surgeries, all implant cases (including complex bone-grafting & sinus lifts), and just about all endo INCLUDING apicoectomies etc., (except the cases that you wouldn't touch with a 10 foot pole). I've done MORE than enough molar endo for my liking, and I've given away tons to other people. We still have prosthodonists, periodontists, oral surgeons, etc. on staff, so they treat US like specialty residents (to a degree) when we have opportunities to do anything complex. There is very little referred outside. I'm not saying schools w/ specialty programs are bad, I just think you get exposed to more when you have no specialties (at least in my case). Oh, except for ortho--we don't do crap for ortho (but who cares??).

Sounds about the same as Pacific. Are your students doing a lot of implant placement or mostly treatment planning/assisting?

 

[Vick K9 dentist]

we get to place all our own implants. I've placed 14 or 15 I think (with more coming hopefully!) but one guy in our class has placed like 40. We do all the treatment planning for them also, which can take forever, but its a good learning experience.

 

[armorshell]

we get to place all our own implants. I've placed 14 or 15 I think (with more coming hopefully!) but one guy in our class has placed like 40. We do all the treatment planning for them also, which can take forever, but its a good learning experience. Squished rat i'm going to UT-Memphis 4 yr.

Impressive!