getting a license by doing a residency/DDS,is it the same?

[godbless]

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hi guys,
i have a question,as all of ur know there are 3 ways to get a license to practise dentistry in US: residency, advanced placement in DDS,bench exam(CA,MINNESOTA),but is it the same thing once we get the license?
doesnt the american patient want his doctor to have a DDS?
tomm if you tell ur patient that you have the license, but u did only a residency and not a DDS, will he still trust you for the treatment?
A license accquired after doing a one year AEGD program will let us have a private practise independently?with nothing to write next to our name on the business card?no DDS?
Will you and me ever go to a dentist in US who doesnt have a DDS?

 

[g3k]

hi guys,
i have a question,as all of ur know there are 3 ways to get a license to practise dentistry in US: residency, advanced placement in DDS,bench exam(CA,MINNESOTA),but is it the same thing once we get the license?
doesnt the american patient want his doctor to have a DDS?
tomm if you tell ur patient that you have the license, but u did only a residency and not a DDS, will he still trust you for the treatment?
A license accquired after doing a one year AEGD program will let us have a private practise independently?with nothing to write next to our name on the business card?no DDS?
Will you and me ever go to a dentist in US who doesnt have a DDS?

When I spoke to a couple dentists about this... this is what I got as a response.
I really think it doesn't matter as long as you get an associate position. Most patients don't ask what degree you have or which school you graduated from as soon as they come in. The main problem would be to get an associate position. Most dentists would prefer you to have obtained some official training in the US. A DDS/DMD would be prefered over our BDS/MDS. That is the main thing that will matter. As long as you can convince a dentist in giving you an associate position. I don't think its a problem.

 

[godbless]

When I spoke to a couple dentists about this... this is what I got as a response.
I really think it doesn't matter as long as you get an associate position. Most patients don't ask what degree you have or which school you graduated from as soon as they come in. The main problem would be to get an associate position. Most dentists would prefer you to have obtained some official training in the US. A DDS/DMD would be prefered over our BDS/MDS. That is the main thing that will matter. As long as you can convince a dentist in giving you an associate position. I don't think its a problem.

hi
thanks for ur reply,i have a clsoe relative who is a dentist, so i think i can get a job, but since i work in a dentist office, i take phone calls, new patients sometimes ask abt the doctor, where is he from,which school n they will look at the business card when they come in, so it bothers me.......

 

[g3k]

hi
thanks for ur reply,i have a clsoe relative who is a dentist, so i think i can get a job, but since i work in a dentist office, i take phone calls, new patients sometimes ask abt the doctor, where is he from,which school n they will look at the business card when they come in, so it bothers me.......

I really don't know what happens once you obtain the licensure. You may want to go talk to lot of dentists in the state you wish to work in. Here in Arizona, whatever experience I have, patients have never asked me about the dentist. So I really don't know. 😳

 

[Dushyant]

hi,
in one of the msg above godbless wrote .."Bench exarm in Ca"Is it that we dont have to take the advanced standing prog to get the license in Ca.and whats the diff in DMD n DDS.
secondly whats residency?is it like a post graduation or internship?
Hope someone helps....

 

[rarm1]

Licensure is up to the states... each state is different... Many only want to see a graduate of an ADA accrediated dental school, some also want a residency and/or exam.
Some states will accept a new year residency in stead of the dental degree.. many won't... some have restrictions as to where you can practice... ie no private practice.

Check where you want to go.

Once you have a licensure... you can practice according to what you license allows

 

[g3k]

Licensure is up to the states... each state is different... Many only want to see a graduate of an ADA accrediated dental school, some also want a residency and/or exam.
Some states will accept a new year residency in stead of the dental degree.. many won't... some have restrictions as to where you can practice... ie no private practice.

Check where you want to go.

Once you have a licensure... you can practice according to what you license allows

Thanks. Understanding licensure is upto the state but I heard it is always easier to get a job as an associate if we have a DDS/DMD from an accredited US Dental school?

 

[BABAK kabab]

Hi folks
Could you elaborate that residency part i mean other than than being degree ended or not is it something equal to advance program and same duration of time and who is offering that? Dental schools? or Dentistry board of states? these process are geting more confusing, aren't they?

 

[sreshta]

I got accepted in some colleges for PASS but dont have the money. The dentist I am working with told me that it is possible to get into a speciality program like Ortho or endo without doing DDS. Can anyone plzz tell me which colleges do that? Is a person allowed to practice with that program?

 

[nanonot]

check the PASS website and send emails to know about which schools admit nonCODA school graduates in specialty programs