OMFS after four years of private practice?

[drfred12]

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Haven't really been able to find any information on applying to OMFS after being in private practice. I have been in private practice for just over four years at this point. Class rank and GPA from dental school would have been in the top 25% or so. Is the NBME CBSE an option for me to take? From the website it appears it is strictly for current students. Looks like being in a private practice setting compared to applying directly out of dental school, or a GPR is looked down upon when applying to OMFS. Any one on here have success/failure of getting into an OMFS program after private practice?

Thanks for the help!

 

[Sublimazing]

Haven't really been able to find any information on applying to OMFS after being in private practice. I have been in private practice for just over four years at this point. Class rank and GPA from dental school would have been in the top 25% or so. Is the NBME CBSE an option for me to take? From the website it appears it is strictly for current students. Looks like being in a private practice setting compared to applying directly out of dental school, or a GPR is looked down upon when applying to OMFS. Any one on here have success/failure of getting into an OMFS program after private practice?

Thanks for the help!

You can take the CBSE whenever...it's on the AAOMS website

In terms of being out, that's probably program dependent...email some programs and set up some observationships

 

[Gary Seeba]

If you have a good work ethic thats the number one thing in my book.

 

[Contach]

If you have a good work ethic thats the number one thing in my book.

And all programs will want to see that you're as academically capable as the 'traditional' applicants. Some may look at your score from many years ago favourably (and you'd only want them to look if it's 88%+), but most will want you to take the CBSE, because someone who has been out of school for many years may struggle to go back to didactic learning. A quality CBSE score and the ability to prove that you'll work as hard as someone younger - as mentioned above (willingness to abandon the cushy private practice lifestyle) will make you a competitive applicant.

It's dooable, but I think few people who have been out of school for that long will dedicate the time it takes to doing well on the CBSE. I think this is why people have the (incorrect) conception that you can't go into OMFS after many years of private practice.