Honestly, Do you have to be passionate about science to go into dentistry?

[Mr Celestial]

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[JamesOSU]

No, but it makes the first two years of dental school a lot tougher if you aren't, or at least have a good knack for sciences.

 

[CadetTpt06]

This honestly crosses my mind a few times every semester! I would say not necessarily, but you have to atleast find interest in the sciences to be successful....my $.02 👍

 

[Zubnaya Feya]

I think you don't need to be passionate about science to be a successful dentist, but you need to know sciences and need to keep up with scientific advances.

 

[sarah_bellum]

If you're not, it'll certainly make the first two years more miserable.

 

[Frederico Albin]

If you wanna be the best of the best, you need to lol 🙂

 

[Jake8]

Those who are truly passionate about science go into research and get the DMD - PhD degree later on.

The rest of us get through and move onto clinic

 

[PDizzle]

No, but you need to be both intellectually capable of learning/understanding science and determined enough to absorb and retain it.

Like others say, once your in clinic and have taken part #1, you can forget 80% of the core sciences you learned and still do well and become a great dentist.

If you, "hate" science I would seriously think out your decision to become a dentist for it will be a real rough two years, to say the very least!

 

[Contach]

what don't you like about science?

 

[chocltcake]

If you don't like science then major in something else and take the pre-reqs. There are so many people that major in chem, biochem, or bio just because it's the "pre-health path" and when they don't get in they're stuck with a career they don't like.

 

[DSpagnoli]

You will never get rid of science in the field of dentistry. If you don't understand key scientific concepts, you will never be able to keep up with (or understand) emerging and current dental materials. Part of your success in clinical practice depends on whether or not you choose to use evidence based dentistry -- which means you are going to have to understand science to understand why certain materials work or fail in a wide variety of situations. I don't know any dentists that do not regularly read dental relevant journals, so you will at least have to be scientifically literate to understand articles and continuing education. Thats not to say you can't be a dentist if you are not passionate about science, but the two kind of go hand in hand - and you are going to have to at least be GOOD at understanding science. This is why science is such a large part of pre-dental and dental curriculum.