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Hello people. I'm thankful for all the knowledge I've been able to gain from you all. Thanks for all the candid responses. I tried searching for this but got nothing useful.
Here's what I want to know:
I know some schools let classmates clean each other's teeth and some students assist upperclass men. BUT other than the simple stuff, are students allowed to do 'significant' work on other students? For schools that have specialty programs, are those 'graduate' students allowed to work on other dental students? I know different schools will have different policies so if y'all don't mind, please enlighten us. Thanks.

 

[Dr. Dai Phan]

Hello,

You will be allowed to render treatments to other students as part of the learning process with reversible and simple tasks during the first two years. While I was in school, we performed cleaning and obtain pocket depths as well as giving local anesthetic to each other as part of the learning process. However, in the final two years, you can provide or recieved dental treatments from your classmate if the operator is qualified to do such and you are registered as the dental school patient. This work of course is supervised by the faculty dentist. DP

 

[duh?]

Hello,

You will be allowed to render treatments to other students as part of the learning process with reversible and simple tasks during the first two years. While I was in school, we performed cleaning and obtain pocket depths as well as giving local anesthetic to each other as part of the learning process. However, in the final two years, you can provide or recieved dental treatments from your classmate if the operator is qualified to do such and you are registered as the dental school patient. This work of course is supervised by the faculty dentist. DP

Thanks DP. You're always so helpful. 🙂

 

[Biogirl361]

yep,
i second what he said as being how it works at my school. you can get just about anything you want done as long as you go through the normal channels of registering as a patient, and you'll be treated just like anyone else who comes in (of course this also means you have to pay like a normal person, or with a small discount!) as far as practice, just easy stuff like cleanings and impressions, and probably the scariest will be giving/receiving the blocks 😱

 

[duh?]

yep,
i second what he said as being how it works at my school. you can get just about anything you want done as long as you go through the normal channels of registering as a patient, and you'll be treated just like anyone else who comes in (of course this also means you have to pay like a normal person, or with a small discount!) as far as practice, just easy stuff like cleanings and impressions, and probably the scariest will be giving/receiving the blocks 😱

Thanks Biogirl361 👍

 

[aphistis]

Hello,

You will be allowed to render treatments to other students as part of the learning process with reversible and simple tasks during the first two years. While I was in school, we performed cleaning and obtain pocket depths as well as giving local anesthetic to each other as part of the learning process. However, in the final two years, you can provide or recieved dental treatments from your classmate if the operator is qualified to do such and you are registered as the dental school patient. This work of course is supervised by the faculty dentist. DP

Everything Dr. Phan said. Dental students make good patients (or at least mine have 😀). I'm giving a D1 a mouthful of sealants tomorrow morning, and making night guards for other students is pretty common.

 

[Dr. Dai Phan]

Hello,

I believe that by undergoing through actual dental procedures make you relate better with patients. If you know how annoying it is to have injection on the palate on in the anterior areas you will be likely to "take it easy" on your patients. If you know how NASTY the acid etching taste for composite bonding, you will be less likely to get that stuff all over the patient's tounge! If you know how uncomfortable it is to be jamed with that perio probe into the pocket, then you would ease up on the pressure. I have gone through it all except having complete dentures... DP