what kinda dentist to shadow?

[Driller23]

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Hi Guys,

I already have 50 hrs of shadowing time with a general practitioner.

Just to get a wider outlook, I have decided to shadow a periodontics specialist. I was just wondering, do dental schools value shadowing general dentists more than specialists or not really?

I am just worrying whether they will think I obtained to narrow a view by shadowing this periodontics dentist (even though I have 50 hrs of general dent. too). Does it matter at all?


Any opinions?

 

[dexadental]

Dental schools like to see that you shadowed different specialists and dentists, the more the better obviously. Familarize yourself with different specialties to gain a better understanding, but in the end, it is good to shadow a general dentist because afterall, this is primarily what you are going to dental school for (or the adcoms like to think of it that way). Good luck.