If I wanted to be a dentist what would I need to study?

Question

I am in the 11th grade, I need to know what subjects deal with dentistry. Also what should I study in college and for how long?

Answer 1

Study whatever you want in college. Just make sure you complete the required courses that dental schools want.

College usually takes about 4 years. Dental school takes another 4 years.

Since you're still in high school, consider the dental programs you can do straight out of high school. Might save you a couple of years and guarantee admission.

I'm not sure what dapoetic is talking about. First, I thought he wasn't talking about the US. Then, he listed all these US schools. So, I can only assume he doesn't know anything about dentistry.

Answer 2

You should do as well as you can in college and try to get into a school that has strong science programs. There are some schools in the country that have pre-professional degrees (pre-med, pre-law, pre-dentistry), but those are just undergraduate degrees and you still have to go to dental school. Also if you major in one of those and you decide you don't like denistry then you're left with a very specialized degree that may not be of much use.

I would suggest majoring in biology, chemistry, bio-chem...something along those line. You will need lots of science to get into dentistry school. Dentist are afterall doctors.So you are esentially going to have to apply to medical school after your undergrad. Getting a science degree would also help you pass the MCAT which is required for med school.

Search for schools that have reputable science degrees. If would also look into school that have a medical school affiliated with them. So, if you do well in undergrad you're a little more likely to get accepted to your school for graduate and professional studies.

You're looking at (at least ) 4 years in undergrad
4 years of med school
and another 2 years of dental training
and that's not including any additional training like oral surgeon, or othodonits or periodontis that you choose to do

Some great medical schools are:
University of Pennsylvannia
Boston College
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
and of course pretty much all of your Ivy's have good medical schools (Harvard, Brown, Princeton, Yale)

Answer 3

Probably biology - make sure you look into joint degree programs at universities that can spell out your program and save you a year of schooling by combining courses.

Answer 4

focus on science classes (physiology, human anatomy, chemisty, microbiology, cell and molecular biology). You have to try to get into dental school.

Answer 5

Biology physiology science and maths