specialization

[Doogie Howser]

please don't hi-jack this thread into an argument about how you don't need the name of a school to get into a residency, i understand that it is ultimately down to the student on whether he/she gets in.

with that being said, which schools have a reputation for high board scores and which schools have a reputation for high amounts of specialization in their graduating class.

thanks

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[armorshell]

 

[Doogie Howser]

the reason why i went and started this thread is because every one of them pops up it very quickly gets hi-jacked by people yelling and screaming at each other (i've noticed this happens a lot by tx oms, heh) and not much useful information is derived out of them once that happens.

 

[armorshell]

All the information you're looking for already exists. Also, if you're expecting people to start being civil just beause you put a warning in your original post, realize this thread will probably be worse than all the others.

 

[dentalman]

Maybe that is because it doesn't really matter.

 

[Doogie Howser]

wow, i really must thank you for all of your help. you really answered my question to its fullest extent. thank god sdn is filled with helpful people like you.

 

[DDSY]

please don't hi-jack this thread into an argument about how you don't need the name of a school to get into a residency, i understand that it is ultimately down to the student on whether he/she gets in.

with that being said, which schools have a reputation for high board scores and which schools have a reputation for high amounts of specialization in their graduating class.

thanks

Generally speaking the schools with the best board scores and specialization rates are the ones that have higher average GPA and DAT. As you said, it is ultimately up to the students. . .

 

[gryffindor]

with that being said, which schools have a reputation for high board scores and which schools have a reputation for high amounts of specialization in their graduating class.

The answer to both parts of your question can be summed in one word: Harvard.

 

[ItsGavinC]

wow, i really must thank you for all of your help. you really answered my question to its fullest extent. thank god sdn is filled with helpful people like you.

Note to you: just becuase you don't like the answer, doesn't mean it is wrong. The user who stated that this has been discussed in MANY threads is correct. The search function would find answers much quicker.

 

[1992Corolla]

Let me save you about 20 seconds (the average time a search takes):

Meharry, Puerto Rico, Howard, Yale, Stanford, and Temple

 

[dentalman]

.

 

[Jone]

UCLA, Uconn, Harvard, Columbia, Upenn

 

[armorshell]

UCLA, Uconn, Harvard, Columbia, Upenn

Okay, you forgot a few. Allow me to update the list:

Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health

Baylor College of Dentistry, A Member of The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center

Boston University, Goldman School of Dental Medicine

Case School of Dental Medicine

Columbia University College of Dental Medicine

Creighton University School of Dentistry

Harvard School of Dental Medicine

Howard University College of Dentistry

Indiana University School of Dentistry

Loma Linda University School of Dentistry

Louisiana State University School of Dentistry

Marquette University School of Dentistry

Medical College of Georgia School of Dentistry

Medical University of South Carolina College of Dental Medicine

Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry

Midwestern University

New York University College of Dentistry

Nova Southeastern University College of Dental Medicine

Oregon Health & Science University School of Dentistry

Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine

Stony Brook University

The Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry, Temple University

The Ohio State University College of Dentistry

Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

University at Buffalo

University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry

University of California, Los Angeles School of Dentistry

University of California, San Francisco School of Dentistry

University of Colorado School of Dentistry

University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine

University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry

University of Florida College of Dentistry

University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry

University of Iowa College of Dentistry

University of Kentucky College of Dentistry

University of Louisville School of Dentistry

University of Maryland, Baltimore College of Dental Surgery

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Dental School

University of Michigan School of Dentistry

University of Minnesota School of Dentistry

University of Mississippi School of Dentistry

University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Dentistry

University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Dentistry

University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Dental Medicine

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Dentistry

University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry

University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry

University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine

University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine

University of Puerto Rico, School of Dentistry

University of Southern California School of Dentistry

University of Tennessee College of Dentistry

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Dental Branch

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Dental School

University of Washington School of Dentistry

Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry

West Virginia University School of Dentistry

 

[EmanUT]

armor, give the guy a break. He was asking which schools have the best reputation for specializing. By reading his first sentance, he understands that it is up to the student. I agree with you that students from every dental school in the country will specialize, but it is ignorant to say that every school produces the same number of specialists.

With that said, some schools are significantly better at producing specialists than other schools. While on the interview trail, I was told a few times that ~80% of dental grads to general dentistry while ~20% go on to specialize. At Maryland, they told me that less than 15 students out of 130 continue to speciality programs. There are tons of other schools out there with similar numbers. Schools like Creighton, Nova, Marquette, etc. have really good clinical reputations and the vast majority of their students go on to practice general dentistry. At Harvard (~90%), Columbia (~50), Penn(~25%), UCLA (~50%) and UCSF (unsure) we were told a significantly higher number of students went on to specialize. These schools have curriculums designed to give the students more opportunities and exposure to the specialty programs.

So yes, you can specialize by going to any dental school in the country, but those mentioned earlier have a better reputation for getting graduates into specialty programs.

 

[PChemGrad]

...

Doogie Howser was a M.D. not a DDS/DMD. So are you in the wrong thread? Just wondering, everyone over here loves dentistry, are you leaving med school or something?

The schools with the best rate of specalization tend to be (not always) the hardest ones to get into.

 

[gryffindor]

armorshell, you forgot to include all the Canadian schools since they are equivalent to the American schools, just way harder to get into.

 

[Doogie Howser]

Doogie Howser was a M.D. not a DDS/DMD. So are you in the wrong thread? Just wondering, everyone over here loves dentistry, are you leaving med school or something?

haha made this name back when i was thinking about med school, but i figured that i would choose the better profession.

thank you to the people who actually answered my question.

 

[aphistis]

Closing.