Medicine to Dental

[ToothBlaster]

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I have heard that students who switch from medicine to dental have higher drop out rates in dental school.
Students who originally apply to medical school, then apply to dental school, and are accepted, have higher drop out rates from dental school than students who went straight for dental school. Is this the case? Why is that?

 

[JBieber]

bc they used dental as a backup. why do you like asking questions you know the answer to?

 

[Charmm]

bc they used dental as a backup. why do you like asking questions you know the answer to?

Also, dentistry is harder than medicine since you need to work on your hand skills.

 

[Daurang]

Two students in my class who dropped out after the first year when they got into med school the second school. Dental school used to be a backup plan for many med school rejects fifteen years ago.