Has anyone done an AEGD at luthern medical center? They seem to be all over the country with many locations. I am applying to residency this year and would like to know more information.
If you have completed an AEGD at an Luther Medical Center can you please provide insight on your experience?
Was it worth the 1 extra year of training?
I have heard there are some bad AEGD's out there and want to make sure LMC is a good program. Thanks in advance SDN!
Hi,
I was in your shoes last year and I could tell you my experience is that not all LMC AEGD program is the same. I took my time to visit many programs to find the program that best fit my needs. Based on my experience, I have been to programs where you would have no full time dental assistant/ shared assistant/ having a dedicated full time dental assistant to help you. My current program has a full time assistant to help us and I can tell you it make a huge difference. You can focus on learning and doing the dentistry part, instead of having to worry about set up, clean up, take xray, etc.
The other thing is you want to make sure the program has the patient population you would like to focus on. Some program might have 40-50% pedo patients, or some would have 40-50% geriatric patients, so just make sure you selecting the right place for your optimal experience.
AEGD definitely worth the 1 year experience. I definitely feel I have learn a lot from my program compare to people who graduated and work right away. I am currently with the LMC UCSF program (Pittsburg site) and I love my experience so far. We have no problem fulfilling our requirement (and got to do many endo, perio surgery, lots and lots of surgical extraction, laser, restored implants, more complicated Pros cases, etc.) We also have endo, perio, pros specialists at our site so we got to learn things the ideal way, very very good experience for me. In addition, the staffs here are very supportive, and I feel happy coming to work everyday.