lots of questions on postgrad..

[dinesh]

For a foreign trained dentist:
Do you HAVE to go back to dental school for the final 2 years in the USA just to get liscenced? Or can you simply do board exams, and get into a residency ?

Do you have to go back for 2 years in Canada as well?

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[asterix]

For a foreign trained dentist:
Do you HAVE to go back to dental school for the final 2 years in the USA just to get liscenced? Or can you simply do board exams, and get into a residency ?

Do you have to go back for 2 years in Canada as well?

You do not have to do the Interntional dentist program to get into postgrad and once you do postgrad, you can take license exams so you can skip going to the IDP program altogether

 

[dinesh]

Is that for both the USA and Canada?

 

[fr.]

You do not have to do the Interntional dentist program to get into postgrad and once you do postgrad, you can take license exams so you can skip going to the IDP program altogether

Hi ithink ..by doing this you can just practice the speciality..(endo ,perio..ect,
and just in a certain state,that is after you take the state exam....or what do you think ?

 

[trimbak]

i m an internationally trained dentist. have applied for masters.
i wanted to know the type of questions they ask in personal interview ?
can u help ?
it will help me a lot

thanks

 

[retty]

hello
what masters have u applied for ? did u have to write any xams for the same.
thanks
retty susan

i m an internationally trained dentist. have applied for masters.
i wanted to know the type of questions they ask in personal interview ?
can u help ?
it will help me a lot

thanks

 

[BlueToothHunter]

Do you HAVE to go back to dental school for the final 2 years in the USA just to get liscenced?

It all depends on which state you want to practice. But the trend is that you will most likely to be required to have a dental degree from either USA or Canada. If you are really lucky, you may have to repeat the entire 4 years (e.g. University of Florida DMD program).

Or can you simply do board exams, and get into a residency ?

You can get into residency without any state dental licensure requirements. But then OMFS programs will require you to have a US citizenship (for the MD portion of the program) as well as an American or Canadian dental degree/dental license. Most AEGD residencies, MPH and MS (research alone), PhD programs may not require you to acquire dental licenses nor American/Canadian dental degree (Carribean excepted). Some states will allow you to get licensed after you've completed an ADA-accredited specialty program (and/or general dentistry programs, and oral pathology), but then you can only practice in that state as no other state dental board will grant you reciprocity or recognize your state clinical board exam (considered state-only exam although you may have completed a regional board-style clinical exam).

Do you have to go back for 2 years in Canada as well?

Most definately, yes.