Category Archives: Dental Students

New dental school to open in Western Texas to address shortage

El Paso, Texas — In an effort to address a shortage of dentists in the region, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso announced Sept. 6 that it will open the state’s fourth dental school, estimated to open in 2020. According to ADA News, the Woody L. Hunt School of Dental Medicine will be the first dental… Read More »

Specialty pathway: Q&A with specialist Dr. Marcus Johnson

For Dr. Marcus Johnson, the challengeof endodontics, and what he calls its basic principle — saving the natural dentition — is a genuinely intriguing pursuit. “I love the fact that within one or two visits, most patients can get back to their normal lifestyle and routine — pain free,” said the New York City-based dentist. His passion for… Read More »

In seeking to address ethical dilemmas, new licensure exam shifts focus on patients

Buffalo, N.Y. — Every year, hundreds of patients enter the halls of dental schools throughout the country volunteering to receive treatment as part of a clinical licensing exam for graduating dental students. Some of these patients have waited weeks and months to have dental care provided during the clinical exam process. For the vast majority, the treatment is… Read More »

ADA Success readies dental students for life after school

In an effort to help dental students prepare for life as a dentist and boost student engagement with the ADA, the New Dentist Committee and Office of Student Affairs is launching an enhanced series of ADA Success programs for the 2016-17 academic year. The program continues to build on the reformatted and re-branded program, which launched in 2015,… Read More »

ADA council looks at ways dental students can pay off loans

Dental students are graduating with unprecedented amounts of student loan debt. Based on American Dental Education Association data, the average dental school graduate in 2014 carried $247,227 in student loan debt, up from $221,000 in 2013. With this in mind, the ADA Council on Access, Prevention and Interprofessional Relations in June organized a dental loan repayment panel to… Read More »

Visit ADA CareerCenter

Peruse dental-related job opportunities across the country on the ADA CareerCenter website. The ADA CareerCenter is the official online job board of the ADA and job seekers and employers can search or post job opportunities for general dentists, specialists and other qualified professionals. Sign-up at careercenter.ADA.org for those looking to upload their resume, receive new jobs via email,… Read More »