Electives in dental school?

[Kouneko]

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Are you able to take electives while being in the dental school? Such as a language course or a music course etc. from their undergraduate department or graduate department?

 

[free99]

During our senior year we can opt to have a concentration in various disciplines (ie, prosthodontics, pediatric dentistry, omfs, esthetica, etc). Each concentration requires some extra coursework, so in that sense we can take electives. I haven't heard of anyone taking any undergraduate or graduate coursework in addition to the DDS courses with the exception of MBA or MPH dual degree students - but in those cases they are typically paying more for those degrees and tacking on an extra year to the DDS.

 

[schmoob]

Not that I know of. Honestly though, I wouldn't want it. You are paying for Dental School, so if there is time in your schedule it should be populated with coursework/training to make you a better dentist. Free99 hit the nail on the head.

 

[Upperbyte]

Our school offered electives for us in our third year.

 

[Greyangel6]

My school offers research electives for D1 and D2, operative skill development elective (to prepare for clinic), and in D3, there are elective courses like CAD/CAM, etc. But i agree with free99, focus on being a badass clinician first before getting into entrepreneurship courses, etc.

 

[OhioDMD]

IV sedation, advanced prosthodontics, VA hospital rotation and EGPE (basically a non-profit low income clinic that provided a ton of restorative) were available to qualified students at Pitt.

 

[sgv]

You prob could do it at Penn bc they spend more time outside of clinic than actually in clinic. lulz

 

[MahiMahi]

Are you able to take electives while being in the dental school? Such as a language course or a music course etc. from their undergraduate department or graduate department?

Why not take them while you're still in undergrad?