They take 6 american students, but that number is a little misleading at first. Those spots are first offered to any qualified Maine student who wants them. Dal has an agreement with the state of Maine (which is in dire need of dentists and has no dental school of its own) to save 6 seats. The way I understand it is that if those spots arent used up by Maine students, then they are opened up to the rest of the US, although I dont know if other states may have a simmilar program. This may seem a little unfair at the start, but the fact is, Maine rarely uses any of those seats, let alone all 6. Maine sends maybe 5 students to dental school a year, and most stay in the US (I turned down my interview invite at Dal for another school). There are a couple of reasons the agreement exists. 1) like I said, Maine realy needs dentists. 2) our "state" dental school is UCONN, and for those of us who want to go into general practice, thats not the best match. 3) Maine is geographicaly close to Dal. 4) Dal was built years ago with funds stolen when the French raided the British fort in Machais (Maine) and rumor has it this is a way to pay that back somewhat.
