Getting into residencies

[DancingBull]

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Hi guys, I am about to start dental school and I am wondering what are things that you guys think that I should do if I am aiming for competitive residencies such as ortho or OMFS?

 

[dmdluffy]

Get good grades, don't be a gunner that everyone hates, the usual. Just think of it like applying to dental school. Same principles apply.

 

[7 Iron]

Kiss a lot of ass when you take your courses in ortho and OMFS. Get to know the professors and program directors if you can.

 

[Contach]

Kiss a lot of ass when you take your courses in ortho and OMFS. Get to know the professors and program directors if you can.

Noone likes a kiss ass.

Get good grades above all else.

 

[AdamAustin]

There are 50 to 60 ortho residency programs in the UR. Ortho programs vary as to weather or not they offer master's degrees, and in their length, which can be 2 or 3 years.