Career Exploration
- Register for the ADEA GoDental Newsletter, and stay up to date on Pre-Dental information
- Future Dentists
- Visit the American Dental Assocation (ADA) page to examine specialty options for dentists. The ADA also has a link to information on financing your dental education.
- Army Dentistry at Work
- American Student Dental Association blog
Experiential Learning Opportunities
- Shadowing: It is recommended, and actually required by some schools, that you shadow/observe dental professionals. We encourage you to shadow your own primary dentist as well as additional primary dentists and dental specialists. Ask your dentist for suggestions. Also, visit the ADA site for information on career mentoring.
- Research opportunities at UC and beyond
- Cincy Smiles Foundation
- Division of Oral and Maxillofacial surgery - UC College of Medicine
Dental Associations
- The American Student Dental Association (ASDA) offers great information and membership to pre-dentistry students.
- The American Dental Education Association (ADEA) offers pre-dental students a newsletter and the website GoDental to give insights, inspiration, and tools they can use.
- Related Careers: visit the ADA page on careers related to dentistry.
- We encourage you to spend time exploring the other sections of the ADA website to familiarize yourself with current issues within the profession.
- The University of Minnesota offers the only Dental Therapy program in the United States.