Indicating my Shadowing Experience (20 Hours, But a dental assistant)

[Buccal_Up]

Hello,

I was hoping for some advice on how to procede. I am a student that has been working as a dental assitant in my family practice for 2 summers now with many hours. As for shadowing, I shadowed two oral surgeons for about 20 hours total. I am not shadowing more as I have seen enough (honestly more than any shadowing amount) of how an office operates and what a dentist does. As a dental assistant, I am part of that right!

Anyway, how would I approach indicating that as many schools have a minimum shadowing experience?

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[DodobirdFiance]

Shadowing a specialty dentist does not count towards the required shadowing hours for the schools. Also dental assistant does not count (that's what I heard/read). You need to shadow general dentist (not paid) about ~100 hours.

 

[Thanhn]

Shadowing a specialty dentist does not count towards the required shadowing hours for the schools. Also dental assistant does not count (that's what I heard/read). You need to shadow general dentist (not paid) about ~100 hours.

I think you might be misinformed. Shadowing dental specialty does count towards your observation hours. If a school requires a certain amount from a GP (i.e. Baylor), then you have to meet that requirement.
I would say that being a dental assistant would also count as shadowing because you are assisting down in the nitty gritty. It's like clinical hours if you're Pre-Med: Clinical Hours as a CNA count just as much as shadowing would.

Read more here:
http://www.adea.org/GoDental/Application_Prep/Preparing_for_Dental_School/Shadowing.aspx