How to research procedure totals required to graduate?

[rek101]

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I'm in the process of applying and I'd like to better understand how to know the accurate procedure totals required to graduate.

I've read random forum posts stating that at one school or another, students barely did any root canals but at some other school they did dozens. Is there a way to research this and get reliable totals for # of extractions, root canals, and crowns that would be required to graduate?

Is this something I can call an admission department and ask or is it a taboo subject? When I try to look it up, it's not always listed. Thanks!

The schools in which I'm most interested are:
Temple
Tufts
BU
U of Maryland
U of Connecticut
Touro
Case Western

 

[Bingwen]

I'm in the process of applying and I'd like to better understand how to know the accurate procedure totals required to graduate.

I've read random forum posts stating that at one school or another, students barely did any root canals but at some other school they did dozens. Is there a way to research this and get reliable totals for # of extractions, root canals, and crowns that would be required to graduate?

Is this something I can call an admission department and ask or is it a taboo subject? When I try to look it up, it's not always listed. Thanks!

The schools in which I'm most interested are:
Temple
Tufts
BU
U of Maryland
U of Connecticut
Touro
Case Western

I don't know if you will find this information published anywhere but if you call those schools most admissions departments will know and probably share that information with you.

*** Remember though that each student will have a different experience depending on their patients. Some of the dental students at Midwestern have a lot of crowns but fewer restorations; more root canals but fewer ortho and the other way around. The best you are going to get are average numbers.

 

[rek101]

Thanks. I'll be making calls next week.

 

[Lane138]

It's very difficult to get these kinds of official numbers, not only because the requirements change year to year and because schools don't like to disclose such information, but also because there is great variation among students. One of my classmates somehow snuck by having done only half a root canal (which got referred to an endo resident), while I did 10 because that's what I liked doing.

Instead, I recommend chatting with 4th year students at these schools if you can. Ask them if they have difficulty getting patients or learning any procedures? For example, for a couple years Massachusetts Medicaid stopped covering dentures, so all 3 Boston schools had trouble fulfilling that requirement. Thank goodness the benefits were soon restored.

From what I noticed, Tufts is a great clinical school... near Chinatown. Lots of patients.