where during dental school? or afterwards??
most student that do research is usually not wet bench type of stuff there is no time... most of it are survey's, reviews, reading existing articles etc... there are few that do research b4 school and sometimes in the summer but you only have 1-2 months off in the summer..
the type of research at vcu includes periodontal disease research (linking it to heart disease); oral cancer research; bacterial research; dental materials for restorative and ortho type of stuff...