Editor’s note: This is the latest article in a New Dentist Now blog series, My New Dentist Life, following a new dentist’s first year experiences out of dental school. The views expressed in this article are the personal opinions of the author and are not intended to reflect the views, positions or policies of the ADA or the… Read More »
As soon as you walk across that stage and shake your dean’s hand, you’re not magically imparted with all the dental wisdom in the world. What happens is that you’re entrusted to understand your limitations as a new dentist while you’re granted the opportunity to experience the practice of dentistry and consistently strive to be a better practitioner.… Read More »
Austin, Texas — As Dr. Ensy Atarod makes the transition from being a “new dentist” to a dentist, she looks back at her time at the ADA Institute for Diversity in Leadership as transformative. “As a new dentist I knew graduation did not mean the end of learning, but what dental school failed to tell us was as… Read More »
And just like that, you’ve graduated. With a degree, dental license and a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration number in hand (and an empty wallet), you’re off to practice dentistry in the real world. From time to time, you may find yourself reminiscing about the “good ol’ days” of what dental school used to be like. While I won’t… Read More »
“What should I do after I graduate from dental school?” Recently, I was on a panel of dentists speaking to third- and fourth-year dental students. This was the question on the top of their minds. This is the question that I had to answer for myself just over two years ago. I considered every reasonable possibility that I… Read More »
“It’s all about relationships” is a phrase I hear just about every day from my mentor. And throughout my path to my new dentist life—from dental school and my involvement in organized dentistry to my current associateship—that phrase has been proven right. First, some background: Four years and about forty wrinkles ago, I started my journey through dental… Read More »