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Just wondering over the past years why really good dental schools were shut down like Northwestern, Loyola, SLU...Why? There's already a shortage I was just wondering why.
Just wondering over the past years why really good dental schools were shut down like Northwestern, Loyola, SLU...Why? There's already a shortage I was just wondering why.
yeah emory DS started just hauling out crappy dentists around the time they got chopped.
Just wondering over the past years why really good dental schools were shut down like Northwestern, Loyola, SLU...Why? There's already a shortage I was just wondering why.
Is there a shortage of dentists??
I always find this statement hard to understand because you see a dental clinic on every single block.
Think of the other kinds of specialties in medicine.. If you look in the yellow pages you only see a handful of derms, opthalo, oncology, gyn and even family physicians.. but then when you go to the dental section you just see a never-ending, long list of hundreds and hundreds of dental clinics...
Is there a shortage of dentists??
I always find this statement hard to understand because you see a dental clinic on every single block.
Think of the other kinds of specialties in medicine.. If you look in the yellow pages you only see a handful of derms, opthalo, oncology, gyn and even family physicians.. but then when you go to the dental section you just see a never-ending, long list of hundreds and hundreds of dental clinics...
Is there a shortage of dentists??
I always find this statement hard to understand because you see a dental clinic on every single block.
I meant a shortage of dental schools. There's only about 50 wheras theres 160 or more med schools not including DO and Carribean.
1. I was just saying, statisically speaking, it's almost harder to get into dentistry than med school because of the limited number of schools.
2.There are about 200 medical schools you can apply to comparable to 50 dental schools around the country.
3.I'm not talking about shortage of doctors and dentists, I'm talking about the shortage of schools.
1. Med schools are generally harder to get into, in my opinion, because it requires a little more responsibility and hardwork to become a physican over a dentist just because dentistry is so specialized into one area of medicine. It's the fact that med schools only want the best and the brightest because they want the best possible statistics for their school. Dental school, although not at all less stressful, is a little less demanding in my opinion and have more lenient admissions. I don't know if I make sense or if I am directly answering your question but it's the best answer I can give.
2. Yes there is a greater capita per need for doctors than dentists but more often than not, a dedicated student will get into med school somehow if they either go DO, which IMO is easier to get into than dental, or go to the Carribean.
3. Shortage of schools doesn't directly correlate to shortage of dentists, my main point is that there are more limitations. Shortage of dentists can also be caused my dental students who drop out, don't graduate, change careers, ect.
Where do people get 6000 dentists are retiring every year?
I heard that there could be as many as 10 new schools opening up over the next decade. There could be another private one in Florida, and California.
Also, there are about 3 times as many medical schools (MD + DO) here in the States compared to dental schools.
wow. You surely present a unique/somewhat ignorant and offensive/inferior viewpoint.
1. Have you started school yet? How would you know which one is more stressful? Just curious. Both schools are stressful in thier own right. You'll see when you have biochem/micro and anatomy tests in one week and you have a couple of gold crowns to wax and cast. I am pretty sure there are mediocre students in both professions. Just because you are a medical or dental student doesn't mean you are he best and the brightest
2. DO is just as competitive...this is like saying a DDS school is more difficult to get into than a DMD school, for they are the same degree.???
3. If there were only 5 dental schools would your statement make sense? So going from 70 dental schools down to 55 or so will = shortage of dentists. Why do you think more have been opening up recently? When 6,000 are retiring and schools are graduating 4500 then you will get a shortage over a period of time.
Sorry, less than stellar applicants (like yourself, perhaps?) will not get an easy way in.
the decision to build dental schools should not be based on the amount of dental applicants. Doesn't it seem more practical to base this decision on the supply and demand of dentists in the marketplace. So your reasoning for a shortage is void.
Sorry, less than stellar applicants (like yourself, perhaps?) will not get an easy way in.
I read it somewhere on a dental journal before.
It was also mentioned during my MWU interview. I think it was from Dr. Simonsen's presentation.
Other factors is state support especially state schools. Note the case of East Carolina. In that case UNC told the state that if you are going to set up another one then you should make us bigger. UNC is getting brand new facilities allowing them to increase class size to 120. Other things are economics of the area. There is no point in setting up a dental school if studies show that the patient pool is going to be lacking. Private support is also another one.
Yup. That's why I am a little skeptical about the new dental school that's about to open up in Cali. There are already 3 other dental schools within the greater LA area and the location of the new school doesn't exactly have a large patient population...
Other factors is state support especially state schools. Note the case of East Carolina. In that case UNC told the state that if you are going to set up another one then you should make us bigger. UNC is getting brand new facilities allowing them to increase class size to 120. Other things are economics of the area. There is no point in setting up a dental school if studies show that the patient pool is going to be lacking. Private support is also another one.
Dental applicants should be one of the factors not the only factor.
I think the amount of dental applicants should not be factored or factored very little especially now when there is such an abundance.
The thing about LA is that there is such a large population of poor that they could stick about half a dozen schools and still have enough to go by for each school. People that show up in student clinics are generally low income people who probably come from dumps and don't do a good job taking care of themselves.
Number of applicants are cyclical. Right now we are at a high point. What if it drops? If there are a lot of schools does this mean that less qualified applicants get into the profession?
I think if there was such a shortage in applicants, the ADA should consider incentives.
Plus, I dont believe there is a cut off in DAT/GPA that dictates potential competance in dentistry. Currently, I think there is a superficial inflation of pre-dental stats just as there may be a deflation of stats if there was a shortage in supply. This would not dictate the ability of newly graduated dentists, imo. Do you think the current breed of new dentists will have superior ability compared with veteran dentists currently in practice (whose pre-dental stats arent relatively comparable).
Is there a shortage of dentists??
I always find this statement hard to understand because you see a dental clinic on every single block.
Think of the other kinds of specialties in medicine.. If you look in the yellow pages you only see a handful of derms, opthalo, oncology, gyn and even family physicians.. but then when you go to the dental section you just see a never-ending, long list of hundreds and hundreds of dental clinics...
yeah emory DS started just hauling out crappy dentists around the time they got chopped. buts its due to finances usually.
Georgetown Dental would be awesome to go to, they need another Dental School in DC
I think GWU should open up a dental school. and University of Miami. something private in chicago would be sick too.
I know what you mean. I don't think there is a shortage at all. If you need a dentist just pick up the phonebook and look one up...its that simple. 🙄
I mean just take North Carolina for example. 81 Dentists graduate EVERY YEAR! how can there be a shortage??? take an exponent to that 81 and you might even get a surplus!