Teeth collection

[lhtran07]

UT Memphis wants their students to collect extracted teeth for pre-clinical course work. But in my acceptance packet they don't say how many teeth I need to collect. Anybody have any idea?

Also, any recommendations/advice on how to do this? Should I just ask a few GP's if they can help me or do OMFS guys do more extractions?

 

[iJackTeeth]

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Also, any recommendations/advice on how to do this? Should I just ask a few GP's if they can help me or do OMFS guys do more extractions?

a GP should do, worst come to worse, you can always pull your own teeth out for use

 

[DDSAg09]

OMFS will have a bunch of thirds. I'm got a few GP's, an OMFS, and a perio collecting for me. I'll probably keep the best of what I collect and help some friends out if I've got extras. I think my school (Baylor) requires 60 from what a current D1 told me but she said to have some extras too.

 

[Quattro DMD]

My school told me not to collect thirds, but I'm just having the GP I shadowed collect for me. There's plenty of time to collect teeth anyway.

 

[trixie2126]

Does anyone know how many teeth you have to collect for Temple, and by when??? Also, do you need a certain number for each kind of tooth (such as a certain number of molars, incisors, etc)???