Current UCLA Students... A Question

[Ali Cat]

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Hi!
I will be attending UCLA dental school next year and I've heard that some schools require you to collect teeth before school starts. So, my question is whether UCLA requires you to collect teeth and if so how many, etc. Thanks so much for your time and I hope to meet you guys next year. Have a good night. 🙂

 

[howui3]

Hi!
I will be attending UCLA dental school next year and I've heard that some schools require you to collect teeth before school starts. So, my question is whether UCLA requires you to collect teeth and if so how many, etc. Thanks so much for your time and I hope to meet you guys next year. Have a good night. 🙂

was wondering the same thing....do i have to start knocking my friends teeth out?

 

[burton117]

Check the poll for users who went to UCLA....

Poll: Which dental school did you go to?

 

[drhobie7]

yes, get teeth. get as many as you can.

 

[howui3]

yes, get teeth. get as many as you can.

what's the best way to store them?

 

[Revellian]

what's the best way to store them?

Provide the dentist with a jar of 10% buffered formalin. You'll have to include your contact information on the jar, as well as a description of the contents. I think I got directions for this the same time I got my acceptance letter, so if you haven't yet received information from UCLA about specifics, you should fairly soon. Hope this helps. Also, it may help to drop a jar off at a periodontist instead of an oral surgeon since they usually extract periodontally involved teeth that are otherwise healthy. That way you won't get any of the crappy teeth with dilacerated roots, or better yet 3rd molars with no roots at all, that oral surgeons provide. You'll need the teeth mostly for practicing endo, so ideally the teeth should have straight, fully developed roots.

 

[drhobie7]

Provide the dentist with a jar of 10% buffered formalin. You'll have to include your contact information on the jar, as well as a description of the contents. I think I got directions for this the same time I got my acceptance letter, so if you haven't yet received information from UCLA about specifics, you should fairly soon. Hope this helps. Also, it may help to drop a jar off at a periodontist instead of an oral surgeon since they usually extract periodontally involved teeth that are otherwise healthy. That way you won't get any of the crappy teeth with dilacerated roots, or better yet 3rd molars with no roots at all, that oral surgeons provide. You'll need the teeth mostly for practicing endo, so ideally the teeth should have straight, fully developed roots.

This is good advice. Yes, try perio. Although, I don't know how many teeth they extract. They will tend to be more endo friendly teeth.

 

[howui3]

Provide the dentist with a jar of 10% buffered formalin. You'll have to include your contact information on the jar, as well as a description of the contents. I think I got directions for this the same time I got my acceptance letter, so if you haven't yet received information from UCLA about specifics, you should fairly soon. Hope this helps. Also, it may help to drop a jar off at a periodontist instead of an oral surgeon since they usually extract periodontally involved teeth that are otherwise healthy. That way you won't get any of the crappy teeth with dilacerated roots, or better yet 3rd molars with no roots at all, that oral surgeons provide. You'll need the teeth mostly for practicing endo, so ideally the teeth should have straight, fully developed roots.

Thanks for the info.

 

[jk5177]

I started collecting about August of last year. Durin spring break, end of March, I'll be revisiting those doctors and gather the jars.

The instructions that came along w/ the accpetance letter tells you to buy them from a specific company, and that will run you more than fifty dollars. I don't think it is necessary to buy it from them if you can think of alternatives.