Undergrad DDS

[ReallyCuteGirl]

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Just out of curiosity, did anyone have a Dentist as a professor during undergrad? Like maybe for anatomy or pathology or sumthing?

 

[Vicviper]

My undergrad research PI was a dentist, but that was about it.

EDIT: JUST REALIZED THIS WAS MY POST ONE THOUSAND!!!! W'oot!!! 🙂

 

[AuFox]

I had a professor who was a ER Doctor/Surgeon for Human Anatomy. I assume he didn't like it because he looks no older than 45.

Just wondering, what makes you curious?

 

[Blarelli]

I have a dentist teaching 'Pre-dental orientation'. I'd be a little concerned if he wasn't one.

 

[ReallyCuteGirl]

I had a professor who was a ER Doctor/Surgeon for Human Anatomy. I assume he didn't like it because he looks no older than 45.

Just wondering, what makes you curious?

Because I would like to do some teaching on the side, preferably undergrad for like anatomy or something. So just wanna know if that's possible with a DDS.

 

[Stephie3]

schools could really garner more enrollees if they advertised that they hired real professionals as advisors (dentist to advise for pre-dental, doctor to advise for pre-med etc.). seriously, advisors at my school basically only know what classes you need to take (because the school gives them a list), but beyond that, they only know about being a professor. it can really mess up your plans if you don't take the initiative to find out everything for yourself.

p.s. my anatomy teacher wasn't a dentist,but he told me he had wanted to be a dentist as a kid

 

[Vicviper]

You're right, having people who actually know what the heck they're talking about would have been very helpful. I know my first pre-health adviser gave me some totally ass backwards advice.

 

[Stephie3]

yeah i know i was given some bad advice from advisors. professors have the responsibility of being an advisor for college kids, but at the same time, they have to secure their own jobs. many professors must recruit students into their departments just to keep their department from getting shut down. this leads to departments fighting over students (the physics teacher thinks you should major in physics, the chem teacher thinks you should major in chem)

when i started out, i decided to major in medical technology (something i thought was practical for getting a stable job). that way if i didn't get into dental school for some reason, i could at least find a job with decent pay. however, i had a teacher (whom is one of my favorite teachers actually) convince me to be a chemistry major. so i became a chem major.

seriously though, i knew way back then that i didn't want to go to grad school for chem research, so like what else could i do with a chem degree if i didnt get into dental school?? (ok i know its possible to find a job, but not any that i would want) but i changed my major out of pressure from the professor. they also wanted to funnel me into medical school.

anyways, all this made the dental school admissions process 5 more times as stressful for me because i knew i didn't really have a solid backup plan being just a chem major (unless i wanted to be a lab tech..woohoo).

i think students should be told UP STRAIGHT beginning in their freshman year that their advisors serve mainly just to tell them what pre-requisites they need and that students need to do their own research about applying, when to take standardized tests, etc. because some kids would just expect their advisors to help them with that.

 

[cmills66]

i think students should be told UP STRAIGHT beginning in their freshman year that their advisors serve mainly just to tell them what pre-requisites they need and that students need to do their own research about applying, when to take standardized tests, etc. because some kids would just expect their advisors to help them with that.

spot on