😳Hi, guys, I have several question,
1. Anybody know about the 2-year implant residency at harvard?
2. As implantology is not yet an accredited specialty by ADA, can one become specialist after graduation from the program like graduates from pros, endo, omfs etc. programes?
3. some people say that the implant programe at LLU is generally considered the leading one, is that true?
4. Harvard is such a famous university allover the world. How's its dental school? Any body konws the rank of harvard school of dental medicine among US dental schools?
any reply will be highly appreciated!
1. I think this program was scrapped a while back at HSDM, and now they have decided to bring it back (just like they did with their post-doc endo program). As far as I know (and I may be wrong), both current residents are already specialists (one prosth and one perio). Actually, I think the first resident is enrolled in both programs simultaneously (Pros DMSc and Implant certificate).
2. Well, no.
3. There is not one good way to compare these programs objectively. It really depends what you are looking for. If you just want to place implants, you'd probably be better off taking CE courses and investing in upgrading your dental software and digital imaging.
I can tell you for a fact that Loma Linda is well accepted (as far as implant training is concerned), and Harvard is yet a born-again program, in search for a director, with too many question marks unanswered. I have no doubt that it will eventually be a great program, but until it carves a niche and finds some grounding again, Loam Linda would be the obvious way to go.
4. Nothing remarkable really. No one can tell how HSDM ranks among other schools. No one really can tell how any dental school ranks nationally for that matter. It all depends on what your plans are post-graduation. If you want to go into general practice, this is definitely not the school for you. In my experience, students who look for the "number one" dental school out there, usually just don't know what they want, and need some other source of assurance that they made the right choice.
Some random thoughts for ranking dental schools:
- Faculty recruitment and retention
- % of students declining acceptance letters
- AEGD/GPR placement
- Specialty placement
- Clinical units accomplished by graduation (competencies)
- Hours spent in clinic practice
- % of senior class graduating on time
- Entering class stats (DAT/GPA)
- NBDE scores
- Leadership
- Organized dentistry
- Regional boards passing rates
- Papers published
- NIH funding
- ...
