Please note: 皇冠体育大学 does not offer a 牙科 program. This information is merely for the purpose of providing an overview of dental medicine and dental school requirements to our undergraduate students.
口腔医学 is the branch of healthcare devoted to oral health. Dentists diagnose and treat conditions relating to teeth, 牙龈, and other tissues in and around the mouth. 的y also play a key role in the early detection of oral cancer and other systemic conditions that manifest themselves in the mouth. Oral healthcare professionals practice prevention, 教育, 研究, 恢复, 手术, 和更多的. 的 degree awarded from dental school is a Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.) or Doctor of 医学 in 牙科 (D.M.D.).
Most dentists are general practitioners (DDS/DMD), but many choose to pursue further training to become a specialist. 的 ADA recognizes 12 different dental specialties: Dental Anesthesiology, 牙科及公共卫生, 牙髓学, 口腔颌面病理学, 口腔颌面放射学, 口腔颌面外科, 口腔医学, Orofacial疼痛, Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, 小儿牙科, 牙周病和口腔修复学
受训成为牙医
Dental school is four years (although there are a few accelerated programs that last 3 years), with typically one year of residency in general dentistry afterward. Recognized ADA specialties such as Oral and Maxillofacial 手术 and Orthodontics require additional post-graduate training which can last two to six years.
In 2020, the average annual tuition of the first year of dental school ranged from $53,000 to $70,000 for students attending private or out-of-state dental schools. Public schools are usually less for in-state tuition, costing about $40,000 per year. More well-known private schools might cost as much as $72,300 annually. In 2019, 有11个,148名申请者, of which 6231 (approximately 55%) matriculated into dental school.
的 expected salary for a general dentist is $140,000-$190,000, 和130美元,000-$260,专家：000.
When 研究ing your dental school list, you may wish to consider how many people go on to specialties from that school.
本科准备
牙科 requires a strong academic background as well as excellent manual dexterity, 精细运动协调, 强烈的空间意识. In addition to STEM pre-requisites (see below), art courses or hobbies using manual skills are recommended.
学术准备
的 ADEA provides a helpful four-year 皇冠体育时间 为本科生. 查看我们的 牙科前计划指南.
个人准备
阴影: 阴影 a dentist is recommended or required by most dental schools, with durations ranging from 50-200 hours. A few programs require shadowing in multiple offices.
牙科 requires excellent fine motor skills. It is important to continue developing manual dexterity throughout college (e.g., knitting, art, sculpture, sewing).
申请过程
入学测试
的 牙科入学考试（DAT） is required for admission to US Dental schools. 考试是多项选择题, and covers biology (expanding in January 2022), 化学（普通和有机）, math problems/quantitative reasoning, 知觉能力, 阅读理解. 总分是30分. In 2020, the average GPA for matriculants was 3.44 (3.2科学). 的 average DAT scores for matriculants in 2020 was 19.学术（阅读/写作）19分.7 .感性能力.科学版3张.
的 fee for the DAT is $510 (2022). Applicants experiencing financial hardship can apply for a partial fee waiver that covers 50% of the DAT fee. A full practice test (3hrs 5mins) can be purchased at www.艾达.org 以100美元的价格. 学生 have recommended DAT Bootcamp and DAT Destroyer for preparation.
应用程序
Dental school applications are submitted through a centralized service called the ADA AADSAS (Associated American Dental Schools Application Service). 的 application cycle generally opens in late May to early June, and there is an advantage to submitting early. 有一个 fee to use the service (in 2021, $259 for first school and $112 for each additional school), and individual schools may require a supplemental application fee ranging from $20-200. 有一个 学费援助计划 to help lower the application cost for qualified applicants. ADEA提供了“申请人快速指南以及… 应用程序指令 在他们的网站.
的 Prehealth Advising Office maintains a copy of the current ADEA Official Guide to Dental Schools as well as online access to the ADEA Dental School 探索r, for use during advising appointments.
当你申请时, please check “yes” for the Advisor Release at the beginning of the AADSAS application.
推荐信: Applicants are permitted up to 4 letters (in addition to the Health Sciences Committee letter, 如果他们选择要求的话). Some dental schools REQUIRE a letter of recommendation from a dentist that you shadowed, 所以要注意这个! Besides the letter from a dentist, you should plan to get letters from 2 science faculty and an advisor.
的 committee letter plus other letters will be sent to all dental schools via the AADSAS; you cannot choose which letters are sent to which school.
更多的资源
提示和指南
协会
- American Association for Dental Research
- American Dental Education Association
- 美国牙科协会
- American Student Dental Association
- 全国牙科协会
- 口腔医学概述 -探索健康事业
- Video about why one student decided to become a dentist (2019)