Graduating from one dental shool over another

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Besides the residency what really is the difference in a school you graduate from besides the reputation of the school. Which really after you graduate doesnt mean anything.
Arent the first two years in any dental school generally exactly the same?

 

[MTD52]

Besides the residency what really is the difference in a school you graduate from besides the reputation of the school. Which really after you graduate doesnt mean anything.
Arent the first two years in any dental school generally exactly the same?

I don't know if you can necessarily call them exactly the same, especially if it's a place like Columbia (although that might be a random exception) where they have some of the same classes as med students, and many with them. But to answer your question as far as the big picture, this question comes up all the time, and from speaking to dental students, recent grads, and other dentists I know, it doesn't matter. You will get a good education anywhere and what matters is what you do with it. My girlfriend is a receptionist at a general dentist's private practice and none of the patients care where her boss went to school. You could argue that a better name school will give you a better chance at specializing (again, Columbia is a good example here), but I just read something yesterday that I think captured that very well - it is possible that people graduating from places like CU and UPenn aren't getting placed in specialties because of the school, but maybe just because they're smart enough and do well enough to obtain that position. Point being, if you can do it at an ivy league school, you can do it somewhere else.