I think it means that the school focuses more on the clinical side of dentistry...you know, that actual part of dentistry that creates your income??
Anyways, when Temple says that, I think it means that they focus a lot more on clinic rather than didactic. Now before all the Columbians come out with their "we are doctors, we should know all of medicine" bullcrap, I just wanna remind them that ever dental student in the US has to learn a certain standard of medicine deemed sufficient by the ADA and take the same National Boards. However, other schools go into much more detail/depth. But c'mon, did I really go into dentistry to learn the medicine of the feet?
So while they are learning about the feet, I would rather be in the clinic, practicing procedures that I will be responsible for in my career.
Also at clinical schools, you get much more exposure to the clinical side of dentistry early on. For example, in the preclinics at Temple during yoru first year, from January to July, you spend the entire semester doing nonstop crown preps, provisionals, gold crown fabrications, etc while at schools such as BU (where most of my undergrad goes to), you dont even start metal and PFM preps until your 2nd year!
All I gotta say is this. Unless your a natural, Practice makes perfect. At first, I sucked so bad at doing anything clinical, but at the start of my second year, the clinical stuff is getting much easier...why? Cause Temple has made me do the damn stuff 1000 times already!!!
Hey Wildcat...when I was talking to one of your classmates abotu all the things Ive done at Temple during my first year, she was so amazed....she didnt even know half the stuff I was talking about.
2 years ago, I got accepted to both kinds of schools, but for me it was a no brainer. In my opinion, dentistry is a clinical profession and I wanted my tuition dollars to go the furthest and get the most clinical exposure I can get during my 4 years.
