How much dental experience do I need?

[ejoseph]

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Undergrad Ed: Clemson University

Cumulative Undergrad. GPA: 3.72

Science Undergrad. GPA: 3.77

1st DAT: Academic, Science, PAT: 21/22/18

Extracurricular/Research Activities: Nursing Home, Marching/Jazz/Symphonic Band, Cancer Research, Student Government, Hematology/Oncology Clinic

Schools Applied: UNC, Harvard, MUSC, MCG, Tufts

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I think I have pretty good stats, except for the fact that I have NO dental experience. I'm planning on shadowing my dentist soon and applying for the 2004 class, but I was wondering how many hours I should shadow my dentist. How much is considered enough? THANKS!!

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[Bickle]

Tufts prefers applicants who have at least 50hrs of shadowing experience. But I'm sure the avg applicant has alot more than that. (100-200hrs).

 

[NDBeast]

Looks like someone wanted to be a doctors in the first place. 🙂

 

[ItsGavinC]

Originally posted by ejoseph
I was wondering how many hours I should shadow my dentist. How much is considered enough? THANKS!!

You should do it until you understand the true importance of shadowing. It has NOTHING to do with "how much will get me in?".

 

[ejoseph]

you are very observant NDBeast.

Thanks GavinC for your advice. I guess I won't be applying to Tufts...lol. I plan on doing about a week's worth of observing (~10-12 hrs??). I just don't want to pale in comparison to the other candidates when it comes to dental experience. I worked in a cancer clinic for 18 hrs. Does the committee look at this as well? I mean it's not dental experience, but it is still considered clinical experience.