Is it worth it to get a DDS after residency?

[boooberry]

Hi,
I’m an international dentist graduated from top 5 dental school in the world in Europe. I am finishing up my residency now in the USA. Should I do a DDS? It’s being offered at my school for $150k for 2.5 years. I don’t NEED to do the DDS to find a job in one of the states that will take foreign grads but it seems nice to have.
Thank you.

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[D1Bound]

Hi,
I’m an international dentist graduated from top 5 dental school in the world in Europe. I am finishing up my residency now in the USA. Should I do a DDS? It’s being offered at my school for $150k for 2.5 years. I don’t NEED to do the DDS to find a job in one of the states that will take foreign grads but it seems nice to have.
Thank you.

I’m curious what residency you did

 

[boooberry]

I’m curious what residency you did

I did perio

 

[PerioDont]

why would you do it then? just practice as a perio in one of the states that accept you.

unless you want to spend 2.5 years and 150k...

 

[axiumgod]

Unless 2.5 years of doing SRPs and having perio exams nitpicked by faculty hygienists appeals to you…. I say skip the dds

 

[Silver_arrow]

Lol absolutely do not redo dental school if you graduated from an accredited US perio program.

I met a guy in dental school. He was in the advanced standing program. He told me he got into a perio program, as well as a advanced standing DDS program, after doing dental school in India. He rejected the offer for perio residency and instead did the advanced standing international dental program. Word for word he told me it was the biggest mistake and regret of his life. Hope he is doing well.

 

[D1Bound]

Lol absolutely do not redo dental school if you graduated from an accredited US perio program.

I met a guy in dental school. He was in the advanced standing program. He told me he got into a perio program, as well as a advanced standing DDS program, after doing dental school in India. He rejected the offer for perio residency and instead did the advanced standing international dental program. Word for word he told me it was the biggest mistake and regret of his life. Hope he is doing well.

Can someone that has only does a perio residency but no DDS do a crown if they so wanted to?

 

[ToothyMctoothface]

Hi,
I’m an international dentist graduated from top 5 dental school in the world in Europe. I am finishing up my residency now in the USA. Should I do a DDS? It’s being offered at my school for $150k for 2.5 years. I don’t NEED to do the DDS to find a job in one of the states that will take foreign grads but it seems nice to have.
Thank you.

dont! it'd be a waste of time and money. You should be able to practice in a few states or work as a faculty in most schools.

 

[Silver_arrow]

Can someone that has only does a perio residency but no DDS do a crown if they so wanted to?

This individual does have a DDS/DMD. He or she is just a foreign trained dentists.

As a periodontist you would no longer prep a crown. I don’t think malpractice insurance would cover that. The policy would pertain only to perio related procedures. Furthermore you wouldn’t want to prep a crown when you can do osseous surgery, crown lengthening and implants.

 

[D1Bound]

This individual does have a DDS/DMD. He or she is just a foreign trained dentists.

As a periodontist you would no longer prep a crown. I don’t think malpractice insurance would cover that. The policy would pertain only to perio related procedures. Furthermore you wouldn’t want to prep a crown when you can do osseous surgery, crown lengthening and implants.

But it sounds like they do not have an American DDS/DMD. So, can they or can they not do general restorative dentistry if they wanted? Can they restore an implant?

 

[ToothyMctoothface]

But it sounds like they do not have an American DDS/DMD. So, can they or can they not do general restorative dentistry if they wanted? Can they restore an implant?

Sounds like they do not have an american dds/dmd but a periodontal masters/certificate. They can practice as a periodontist, place implants, do the soft tissue management and send back to the GP for restorative.

 

[Silver_arrow]

there are some states, as the OP mentioned, that have historically accepted foreign DDS/DMD certificates for licensure.
This means that once they have a dental license, their DDS/DMD is worth the same as any domestic DDS/DMD and they can perform any dental procedure and bill for it.

As a periodontist, the OP can technically perform any general dentistry procedure in that state which they have a dental license. However in practicality, they will not since their malpractice insurance will only cover them for their speciality field. Also keeping all the supplies (dental handpieces, dental materials, etc) is just not practical for any periodontist to do. Another thing to add if any periodontist were to restore an implant crown or prep a crown etc there better be a damn good reason to do so. Their referring dentists would not be pleased.

 

[princesspeach]

I’m an IDP graduate who finished a DDS program. I only applied for the IDP program, not residency. In your situation, the decision comes down to whether or not you truly need to be flexible in terms of which states you can practice. I’m not sure of the details, but not all states will license a specialist without an accredited DDS. If that’s not a concern for you, then there’s really no benefit to doing so.

 

[Silver_arrow]

I’m an IDP graduate who finished a DDS program. I only applied for the IDP program, not residency. In your situation, the decision comes down to whether or not you truly need to be flexible in terms of which states you can practice. I’m not sure of the details, but not all states will license a specialist without an accredited DDS. If that’s not a concern for you, then there’s really no benefit to doing so.

OP : you should look into reciprocity.
Some states allow licensure based on having a dental license in another state for a specific time period (example 5 years). This is something you should investigate if it’s a concern for you (initial restrictions based on foreign DDS).
Seriously don’t redo dental school if you don’t have to.

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