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WOuld having both a DDS and MBBS(or MD) increase your chance of being accepted into a OMFS residencey(especially as an international student).
dinesh said:WOuld having both a DDS and MBBS(or MD) increase your chance of being accepted into a OMFS residencey(especially as an international student).
north2southOMFS said:Well dinesh,
I think the bad news is for dentistry(including OMFS), if your a foreign trained dental grad no matter if you have an MD you still need to go to dental school in the US if you want to get a full license in any state(except california maybe but they are all crazy there). You can however get OMFS training here and stay in the university system and work as a faculty member with a restricted liscence. (i think). An intern of ours from india (DDS in india) had this same trouble. Also basically there are only like 2-3 OMFS training programs in the country that take residents without US dental degrees. I know emory is one of them, i don't know the others.
You could however get the foreign MD and then take the USMLE steps 1-3, do an american internship and practice under your MD degree...i think. But it would be extremely shady doing OMFS when your not even board eligable. (or dental board eligable for that matter.)
north2southOMFS said:Well dinesh,
I think the bad news is for dentistry(including OMFS), if your a foreign trained dental grad no matter if you have an MD you still need to go to dental school in the US if you want to get a full license in any state(except california maybe but they are all crazy there). You can however get OMFS training here and stay in the university system and work as a faculty member with a restricted liscence. (i think). An intern of ours from india (DDS in india) had this same trouble. Also basically there are only like 2-3 OMFS training programs in the country that take residents without US dental degrees. I know emory is one of them, i don't know the others.
You could however get the foreign MD and then take the USMLE steps 1-3, do an american internship and practice under your MD degree...i think. But it would be extremely shady doing OMFS when your not even board eligable. (or dental board eligable for that matter.)
OMFS2B said:My understanding is if you work under your MD degree you can't do your own anesthesia. At our program this is the edge we have over ENT is that we can do a lot more procedures in our clinic because of our dental anesthesia credentials. I could be all-wrong as well.
I agree. The US is geographically tilted to the west. All the loose nuts roll out there.north2southOMFS said:...except california maybe but they are all crazy there...
dinesh said:So if I do decide to eeventually try my luck in the US(even redoing dental school for the 2 years , and then applying to a residency) would the MBBS aide in any great deal?
dinesh said:So if I do decide to eeventually try my luck in the US(even redoing dental school for the 2 years , and then applying to a residency) would the MBBS aide in any great deal?