Foreign MD to DDS/DMD

[AKAZNYC]

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Hello guys
I have MD from medical school(not dental school) in foreign country and now doing research in US.
I want to ask if it is possible for me to apply for DDS? Do I need to go back to dental school in US
which allow me to apply for DDS and will they give any credit to my MD?
Thanks for any comment.😉

 

[tooth knockn]

Make an appt with a dental school advisor/ dean and ask.

 

[nguyenkimphat]

The first two years of dental school is like an easier version of the first two years of medical school. In the first two years of medical/dental school, students learn the basic biomedical sciences such as immunology, microbiology, biochemistry, gross anatomy, etc.

Compare the NBDE part 1 and the USMLE Step 1 - the content and subject matters covered on these two board exams are almost identical. The only difference is the degree of difficulty. The USMLE Step 1 is much more difficult than the NBDE Part 1.

So the fact that you already have an MD degree from a foreign medical school shows that you know almost all the basic sciences taught within a dental school. You are in a really good position. You need to contact dentals schools and ask for their advice/opinion. If the dean allows it, you might actually be able to skip the first two years of dental school and go straight to the third and fourth years, both of which are the clinical years.

 

[free99]

So the fact that you already have an MD degree from a foreign medical school shows that you know almost all the basic sciences taught within a dental school. You are in a really good position. You need to contact dentals schools and ask for their advice/opinion. If the dean allows it, you might actually be able to skip the first two years of dental school and go straight to the third and fourth years, both of which are the clinical years.

Highly unlikely being that most, if not all, dental schools begin some sort of clinical exposure within the first two years, which OP would not have gotten in his/her MD degree.

OP - is your undergrad degree from a US institution? Unfortunately I don't think you'll get any credit in dental school because of your MD, though that will almost certainly work in your favor in the admissions game.

 

[conrem]

Hello guys
I have MD from medical school(not dental school) in foreign country and now doing research in US.
I want to ask if it is possible for me to apply for DDS? Do I need to go back to dental school in US
which allow me to apply for DDS and will they give any credit to my MD?
Thanks for any comment.😉

Hey, what kind of research are you doing?
Thanks

 

[Dr. Dai Phan]

The first two years of dental school is like an easier version of the first two years of medical school. In the first two years of medical/dental school, students learn the basic biomedical sciences such as immunology, microbiology, biochemistry, gross anatomy, etc.

Compare the NBDE part 1 and the USMLE Step 1 - the content and subject matters covered on these two board exams are almost identical. The only difference is the degree of difficulty. The USMLE Step 1 is much more difficult than the NBDE Part 1.

So the fact that you already have an MD degree from a foreign medical school shows that you know almost all the basic sciences taught within a dental school. You are in a really good position. You need to contact dentals schools and ask for their advice/opinion. If the dean allows it, you might actually be able to skip the first two years of dental school and go straight to the third and fourth years, both of which are the clinical years.

While the first two years of the medical/dental education overlap with each other somewhat in some schools, there will be many dental courses that need to be mastered in the first two years before the students are allowed to treat dental patients. As such, skipping the first two years of the dental curriculum while having sufficient knowledge to treat a dental patient under supervision is not possible. DP