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This topic was discussed during a practice management lecture. The ADA wants to accredit schools outside the U.S. Would this allow foreign trained dentists to practice freely in the U.S. without further education?
This all started when California gave full approval to a dental school in Mexico.
http://www.agd.org/library/2006/may/cover.asp
"The California Dental Board, under orders from its state legislature, also bypassed the traditional American Dental Association (ADA)-sanctioned process of accreditation, and since 2004 has independently granted full approval to a dental school program of Universidad La Salle in Leon, Mexico, for state licensure. Another program, Manipal College of Dental Sciences in Manipal, India, has applied to the California Dental Board for approval."
The glory days of dentistry may be over if we see a flood of new dentist, especially in the Southwest. The jobs will go to the lowest bidder.
This all started when California gave full approval to a dental school in Mexico.
http://www.agd.org/library/2006/may/cover.asp
"The California Dental Board, under orders from its state legislature, also bypassed the traditional American Dental Association (ADA)-sanctioned process of accreditation, and since 2004 has independently granted full approval to a dental school program of Universidad La Salle in Leon, Mexico, for state licensure. Another program, Manipal College of Dental Sciences in Manipal, India, has applied to the California Dental Board for approval."
The glory days of dentistry may be over if we see a flood of new dentist, especially in the Southwest. The jobs will go to the lowest bidder.