RavenclawMD3
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Oral surgery institute (OSI Nashville TN) is where oral surgery applicants’ dreams go to die (or at least postponed a year). I am writing this to hopefully save people a year of their life. For those who are not aware of this joke, it is an oral surgery practice that runs a pretend oral surgery “internship” to take advantage of recent dental graduates. It is NOT associated with a residency program. The hope is that you do this “internship” and in return you match into an oral surgery residency. In reality, you work for ~50k a year (about 100k less than you are worth) and make the OSI a ton of money and will likely not match anywhere. It is my humble opinion that if you cannot find a legit non-cat spot you would be better served just working as a general dentist and studying for the CBSE than being taken advantage of here. Their last couple year track record of not matching their “interns” supports this.
It should be said that I have no first-hand knowledge of what it is like actually being there and this is all my opinion. It could be a great place where you learn a ton, although I’ve heard rumors that it is not. In my opinion, all you need to know is that people do not tend to match out of here. I also believe that we should lend a helping hand to those who want to get into the dental/OS field and not take advantage of them to turn a profit. Go to a real non-cat, work hard, learn a ton and contribute to an actual program and people will have your back and help you be successful.
It should be said that I have no first-hand knowledge of what it is like actually being there and this is all my opinion. It could be a great place where you learn a ton, although I’ve heard rumors that it is not. In my opinion, all you need to know is that people do not tend to match out of here. I also believe that we should lend a helping hand to those who want to get into the dental/OS field and not take advantage of them to turn a profit. Go to a real non-cat, work hard, learn a ton and contribute to an actual program and people will have your back and help you be successful.