Dental Experience = Shadowing hours

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Although I'm not completely sure, I've heard that the category of Dental Shadowing on the AADSAS application has been reworded to Dental Experiences this year. Does this mean that anything I would list as a dental experience counts towards my total shadowing hours? I'm trying to figure out if I'm at the required amount of hours for a school or not.

 

[wwdentist]

You are correct about the switch to Dental Experiences. All shadowing hours would fall under this label, but not all dental experiences may qualify as shadowing. When schools give a shadowing requirement, they are most likely looking for x amount of hours spent observing a dentist or specialist. I'm not sure what you are putting under dental experiences besides shadowing, but I'd be hesitant to rely on experiences that did not involve directly observing a dentist to fulfill shadowing hours.

 

[Pearl E. White]

Volunteering in the dental field would also fall under the category Dental Experiences.

 

[899424]

Good question! When I needed to shadow a dentist I didn't go in as a volunteer because I wanted to get paid so I went in as a different role. I got everything from that... paid, LOR, and what I needed on the app, and even wrote my personal statement from my experience there. Make sure you word it nicely on your app