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. 
• Manual dexterity: (from adea.org) "Dental school is a demanding environment that involves seamlessly blending science and art while developing, mastering and demonstrating prowess in a variety of areas—including manual dexterity. Understanding the significance of manual dexterity in dental careers will help students reconfirm if dentistry is the right fit."
• Research opportunities at UC and beyond

• Cincy Smiles Foundation
• Division of Oral and Maxillofacial surgery - UC College of Medicine

• Summer Health Professions Education Program (SHPEP)

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.

Applying to Dental School

• The Pre-Professional Advising Center offers application workshops in spring semester for upcoming dental school applicants. Contact the PPAC for details at (513)556-2166 or preproadv@uc.edu.
  
  
• The ADA has information on the Dental Admissions Test (DAT), a link to all DMD/DDS programs and more.
  
  
• The ADEA offers a wealth of information for pre-dentistry students and is the portal to the Associated American Dental Schools Application Services (AADSAS).