2 personal anecdotes:
1. I majored in German/Biology/Chemistry, but dropped the German major to graduate early - Interestingly enough, I spent the majority of the time @ my BU interview talking about Germany, and the Dean of Admissions was tickled pink (or seemed to be) to be grilling me about my study abroad program - go figure =)
2. My clinic partner majored in medical biology @ BYU and is blowing everyone out of the water in anatomy - because he's already had histology and gross anatomy - so they're just review courses with a slightly different focus for him.
It will SERIOUSLY benefit you in dental school to have taken upper level bio courses, particularly anatomy.
That said, some of my favorite undergrad classes were field biology, which i feel are still contributing to my quality of life =)
Also, a few of my classmates took jewelry-making courses - and their experiances have been very useful in the lab courses - waxing, casting gold crowns, etc.
You don't have to major in anything specific, however dental school will be less painful for you initially if you take a few bio courses beyond the bare minimum. I realize you just recently started looking @ dentistry, however if you're even thinking about specializing, you have to have stellar grades in dental school - which will be greatly facilitated by having taken a lot of the science courses already - or at least enough to not have to play "catch up" for every single science class - there's simply not time to do that and get all of your restorative work done to specs.
Don't let that scare you, though.
😍 Dentistry is a GREAT profession, and private practice is a world away from the D1 and D2 years!!!
Best of luck!!!
