Minnesota Students

[ultimateballer07]

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Can U of MN students answer this? How many students in a graduating class typically go on to specialize? With such a big emphasis on research, I would assume it'd be a sizable number.

 

[spazway]

I am a D1 and I... have no idea, to be honest. There seems to be no pressure to specialize, even if you get the grades. But the opportunity is there. There are definitely leadership opportunities through ASDA & plenty of other student groups. Like you said, the research opportunities are there. The administration is trying to make the curriculum more clinical, which I think is a positive. I know people specialize in peds, endo, perio, and the U has a post grad TMD/orofacial pain certification program, but I have no idea how common it is to do OMFS or ortho.

 

[spazway]

It seems that just over 1/3 of the class goes on to do some sort of post grad education, but that clearly includes AEGD/GPR.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...ggbMAA&usg=AFQjCNE4qvo3cS8fKeatW68CM-yCEIz9pA

 

[hellofuturedentists]

When I interviewed, they said most students there go on to be general dentists. Their emphasis seemed mainly on sending dentists to underserved populations.