residency = 4th year of D. School?

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is residency the fourth year of d. school?

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iambatman said:
is residency the fourth year of d. school?


That would make the rest of us Fellows....many times over!
 
stop making fun of me! :mad:

i just want to know when do you do your residencies? after dental school? or during dental school?
 
iambatman said:
stop making fun of me! :mad:

i just want to know when do you do your residencies? after dental school? or during dental school?


That wasn't making fun, that was utter confusion :D . Residencies are done after dental school
 
Jediwendell said:
That wasn't making fun, that was utter confusion :D . Residencies are done after dental school

so after d. school, i can't start a practice right away? wtf!

how long is residency?
 
Before the confusion runs amok. I will answer your question..


The first two years of dent school are all books, well, mostly books. The last two years of dental school are all clinic unless you go to a few select coastal dental schools that "teach by journal article". Oh, those guys also get a DMD, not a DDS. (DMD = smart but with brick hands :laugh: ). I can't wait for the replies to that.


The last two years of dental school is working on patients with clinical instructors overseeing you. Yes you can go and practice dentistry right after dental school, but I am a firm believer in at least a 1 year GPR or AEGD which is a general dentistry residency, I personally don't believe dental students are ready to "jump right in" after dental school. And I know some who really shouldn't have.


The reason they let you practice dentistry right after dental school is becuase you have to pass a clinical board exam. The ******s who run this exam and who invented this exam actually believe that there is 1 ounce of merit to a 2 day practical exam where your grade is more subjective than people picking lottery numbers. This is if your patient actually shows forthe exam. Oh yah, they also extort like 1 or 2 thousand dollars from you for the exam also.

Ok, so now you know.
 
north2southOMFS said:
...Oh, those guys also get a DMD, not a DDS. (DMD = smart but with brick hands...
Make sure you go to a DDS school because DMD schools aren't accredited and so you can't get a license.
 
OK guys, enough with making fun of the newbie.

Residency is 2 years if you want to want work on front teeth only. Add an additional year if you also want to do back teeth. An additional cosmetic fellowship will allow you to do tooth-colored fillings and porcelain crowns.

Obviously most opt for the full 4 yrs of residency just because patients hate being referred to other dentists or specialists all the time. It really all depends what you want out of your career.
 
12YearOldKid said:
OK guys, enough with making fun of the newbie.

Residency is 2 years if you want to want work on front teeth only. Add an additional year if you also want to do back teeth. An additional cosmetic fellowship will allow you to do tooth-colored fillings and porcelain crowns.

Obviously most opt for the full 4 yrs of residency just because patients hate being referred to other dentists or specialists all the time. It really all depends what you want out of your career.

^ wow! are all dental students hobo's like this person? i hope not!

i guess i came to the wrong place to get some info on what a residency really is. you punks need to get out more often...nobody else is laughing, just you lot!
 
I thought the replies were pretty damn funny. I was surprised to hear that question from a pre-dent. It would be a good idea to learn the basics of dentistry and dental education before you apply (or interview) or else you run the likely risk of making a fool out of yourself.
 
Hey, my post was correct! Well, maybe not so much the dig on the DMD's but the rest was good.


Besides, for future reference if you have a basic general dent question, i'd ask it on the gen dent board, the dental residency board is reserved for completely useless, nonimportant, and stupid threads and comments.

In fact, you will probably become stupider just for reading this board.
 
north2southOMFS said:
...In fact, you will probably become stupider just for reading this board.
...or at least get ridiculed by a bunch of bored OMFS residents.
 
iambatman said:
^ wow! are all dental students hobo's like this person? i hope not!

i guess i came to the wrong place to get some info on what a residency really is. you punks need to get out more often...nobody else is laughing, just you lot!

I think the mouse walked into the lions den... nope, no cheese in here, but while you're here, let me show you my 4 inch canines and razor sharp claws.
 
12YearOldKid said:
OK guys, enough with making fun of the newbie.

Residency is 2 years if you want to want work on front teeth only. Add an additional year if you also want to do back teeth. An additional cosmetic fellowship will allow you to do tooth-colored fillings and porcelain crowns.

Obviously most opt for the full 4 yrs of residency just because patients hate being referred to other dentists or specialists all the time. It really all depends what you want out of your career.


Hott off the ADA newsletter... ADA scientific counsel, 4 out of 5 dentists voted to begin hearings on the educational crisis involved with DMD granting schools. Of issue, is the concern that DMD's don't believe in using autoclaves to sterilize instruments, that flossing is only important in diabetic patients, and the use of local anesthetic should be limited only for removal of teeth.
 
Bifid Uvula said:
Hott off the ADA newsletter... ADA scientific counsel, 4 out of 5 dentists voted to begin hearings on the educational crisis involved with DMD granting schools. Of issue, is the concern that DMD's don't believe in using autoclaves to sterilize instruments, that flossing is only important in diabetic patients, and the use of local anesthetic should be limited only for removal of teeth.


Listen, coming from a DMD I can tell you that autoclaves are the work of commies and don't let any of those DDS bozos tell you different.

Flossing is only important for getting roast beef from between your toothpick holes, and local anesthetic has fluoride in it which is obviously bad. Just see the latest issue of Time magazine.

DMD's have NO hands on classes in dental school.
That is why we all go on to be orthodontists. :D
 
Jediwendell said:
Listen, coming from a DMD I can tell you that autoclaves are the work of commies and don't let any of those DDS bozos tell you different.

Flossing is only important for getting roast beef from between your toothpick holes, and local anesthetic has fluoride in it which is obviously bad. Just see the latest issue of Time magazine.

DMD's have NO hands on classes in dental school.
That is why we all go on to be orthodontists. :D

Who need to drill or hands on classes, when you can treat patients from a exclusively pharmacological approach as a DMD.
 
Jediwendell said:
DMD's have NO hands on classes in dental school.
That is why we all go on to be orthodontists. :D
That reminds me.....didn't you start your ortho residency this year? I hope it's everything you wanted. Better to figure it out now rather than 10 years down the road.
 
Bifid Uvula said:
...and the use of local anesthetic should be limited only for removal of teeth.
But that's the only procedure that cures Perio anyway.
 
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