The Cheaper the Better?????????

[papichulo]

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I was just thinking, if cost is the most important issue when choosing a dental school, which seems to be the opinion of a large group of people, why didn't more predents apply to Canadian schools? If you come back to the states to practice, you pay US dollars on your Canadian dollar loans! I'll trade loonies and toonies for US dollars any day!

 

[amichail]

correct me if I'm wrong,... Many Canadian schools are not ADA certified. Thus after receiving a Canadian education, if your intentions are to practice in the US, you will have to come back and be considered for international education for a year or two. Why do you think you see so many canadians at your interviews here in the states... and must of them, it is there 2nd or 3rd time applying, and consequently have to apply to big expensive private schools.
I would go to the cheapest school, IN THE COUNTRY, that excepts me.

 

[papichulo]

Hmmmmmmm, if that is all accurate, I guess that clarifies my question! Thanks!

 

[Cymbidium]

Most canadian school only take 2 or 3 international students and 1 or 2 "out of province" (province=state) students. So there's just no chance of getting in.

My mom is Canadian and I would have tried to get citizenship and applied, but it still would have been a waste because I didn't have residency in a certain province.

 

[prez_al]

Canadian schools are difficult to get into (I got into Columbia yet cannot get into a Canadian school) and also way fewer schools and each one is like a state school.

 

[lnsip9reg]

i was looking into UBC Vancouver, and the cost savings isn't there. their tuition is actually pretty high, and higher than some state schools here!

i think this goes to show you that the high cost of a dental education is actually pretty fair. fortunately some states do subsidize the cost, and a few private schools try to keep costs down.

 

[dddsmack]

correct me if I'm wrong,... Many Canadian schools are not ADA certified. Thus after receiving a Canadian education, if your intentions are to practice in the US, you will have to come back and be considered for international education for a year or two. Why do you think you see so many canadians at your interviews here in the states... and must of them, it is there 2nd or 3rd time applying, and consequently have to apply to big expensive private schools.
I would go to the cheapest school, IN THE COUNTRY, that excepts me.

Most canadian schools fly in the staff for you to take the boards wherever you are. Take Dalhousie for example, one year they flew in the staff for the western regionals and nine poeple took them from home in nova scotia. No additional education is required, except educating your kids as to what Z is instead of Zeb.

 

[amichail]

ok. my bad, I was misinformed.

 

[apaul]

i thought it was zed. . . hmmm 🙄

 

[gryffindor]

correct me if I'm wrong,... Many Canadian schools are not ADA certified. Thus after receiving a Canadian education, if your intentions are to practice in the US, you will have to come back and be considered for international education for a year or two. Why do you think you see so many canadians at your interviews here in the states... and must of them, it is there 2nd or 3rd time applying, and consequently have to apply to big expensive private schools.
I would go to the cheapest school, IN THE COUNTRY, that excepts me.

Canadian and US schools are equivalently accredited ("ADA certified" as you called it, although "ADA certified" applies to dental products and not dental schools). You do not have to do an international dental program in the US if you are a Canadian dental school graduate. You can have a Canadian DDS and practice in the US, and vice versa. You may have visa issues at the border which is a separate topic, but your DDS is equal in both countries.

But, like one of the posters mentioned above, it is much more difficult to get into a Canadian school than many of the private US schools since there are fewer spots.

 

[Nomar]

I agree it is much harder to get into Canadian schools. I am not so sure about being able to practice in either country. I was under the impression you would have to write the boards for the other country if you wanted to practice there.

 

[Flyingdentist]

What about getting a US degree and practicing abroad? Like the UK or Spain or something?

 

[gryffindor]

I agree it is much harder to get into Canadian schools. I am not so sure about being able to practice in either country. I was under the impression you would have to write the boards for the other country if you wanted to practice there.

You may have to take licensing exams specific to each country or state, but your DDS degree would be recognized equivalently. This is not the same situation as those who earn dental degrees in other countries and then have to re-enroll in 2 - 3 years of dental school again when they come here in order to practice in the US or Canada.

 

[DDSY]

I agree it is much harder to get into Canadian schools. I am not so sure about being able to practice in either country. I was under the impression you would have to write the boards for the other country if you wanted to practice there.

Is it true that Canadian dental schools are harder to get into than Canadian medical schools? Is this b/c of the nationalized healthcare system?

 

[Nomar]

Not sure, I dont really have interest in medicine so I havent looked at any Canadian med schools. Although I know a guy that I work with wants to one day get into plastics and he isnt even going to apply to Canadian med schools.