How Many Years Of University Before You Can Become A Dentist?
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009 at
7:28 pm
I am doing a project in school about the job of your dreams and i’m intrested in becoming a dentist- well actually an orthodontist. I have found out that you need to go to university to become a dentist before you can take a college course on orthodontics but i’m not sure how many years of university do you need to become a dentist. what about an orthodontist?
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Well, you need to become a doctor that means. So to start 4 years of general studys, under the pre dental …or pre med. major. THEN after 4 year, you do another 4 years IN medical school, under dental. After 8, maybe 9 years depending how well you do, you can go on to a 2 year training sort of thing, for Orthodontists. So youre looking anywhere from 10 to 13 years depending on how well you do, and how many classes you take a semester.
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All orthodontists are, first of all, dentists, but only about six percent of dentists are orthodontists. Admission to orthodontic post-graduate programs is extremely competitive and selective.
It takes many years to become an orthodontist. As in medicine, the educational requirements are demanding.
First, an orthodontist must complete college. Next is a three- to four-year graduate program at a dental school in a university or other institution accredited by the American Dental Association (ADA). Finally, there are at least two or three years of advanced specialty education in an ADA-accredited orthodontic residency program. The program is difficult. It includes advanced knowledge in biomedical, behavioral and basic sciences. The orthodontic resident learns the complex skills required to both manage tooth movement (orthodontics) and guide facial development (dentofacial orthopedics).
Only dentists who have successfully completed this advanced specialty education may call themselves orthodontists.
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As a former pre-dentistry major, I know that some colleges and universities offer pre-dentistry as a concentration, so what usually happens is you apply to the university/college and major in some field of science, in my case it was biology and with that you take chemistry, organic chemistry, math, etc., (lots of science and math courses). You’ll work towards a Bachelor’s degree in Biology or whatever science you selected, then you take the DAT (Dental Admissions Test), which is the admissions test for dental school, it measures your aptitude and abilities in the areas of science and math. After taking the test, submit the test scores to the dental schools that you are interested in going to. Case Western Reserve and Ohio State are two popular ones that I know of (because I’m in Ohio). After that you apply to dental school, if you get accepted, you spend 4 years in dental school, (just like medical school) and then some people go on to specialize in other areas to become orthodontist, endodontist, etc. in which you continue on with schooling beyond the initial 4 years (approximately 2-3). I hope that I have answered your question sufficiently. Good luck