How to become a dental someone help please i'm from ireland?
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You should be able to find work as a dental assistant and you do not require a license or certification for this in most states.  Certification is OFFERED to allow you to more clinical procedures, but it is not required.  The thing is, you WILL be limited to dental assisting.  You would not become an assistant dentist.  In fact, I have had a foreign dentist as a patient and she decided to become an assistant as a fast track to an income, as her foreign dental degree was worthless in the job market.\n\nIn order to get licensed, you will need to be certified by a USA dental school to take the licensing examination.  NO school will do that without a minimum of two years education in their facility.  When they certify you, their reputation sits with you as you take the board examination.  Funding rests on the number of successful candidates.  They can not afford to just let you try it once under their name and see how it goes.\n\nMany dental schools have 2-to-3 year programs to retrain foreign dentists so that they can be certified to take the licensing board examinations.\n\nOften, if you are experienced, you will be able to work in the dental school as a pre-clinical or clinical instructor, so you can have some help paying your expenses this way.\n\nhttp://www.dental.upenn.edu/academic/PASSprogram/pass-program.html describes one such program.
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I think this site will help you along.\nhttp://www.dentist4all.com/
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first, find out if usa dental schools will accept transfer of your indian dental school credits, if not then you'll have to start again by\n\nreapplying to us dental schools and if that doesn't work then...\n\napply to post bac dental programs at universities, this means that you'll need to retake the basic sciences again and reapply to us dental schools.  since most programs have relationships with their own dental schools or another programs.  you should be able to get in
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Try contacting these people,,\n\nUniv of Tx Dental college\n\nhttp://www.db.uth.tmc.edu/clinic-pat/Patient_Information/becoming1.htm\n\nHere's another list of organiations/agencies\n\nhttp://www.hd.co.harris.tx.us/chs/dental/Dental%20Web%20Docs/Dental%20Access%20Intro%20Page.htm\n\nMost of these places are overloaded,,and there's usually waiting lists and "red tape"...\nIt's frustrating,,but stick with it.\n\nThanks for trying to help your friend\n\nGood luck to Y'all
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the truth is nhs dentists are no longer happening,im on a low wage cant afford private,i have to go to the hospital for treatment and wait all day,i havent had my own dentist for 6years,nhs website is useless if you live in rural wales scotland ect.good luck but if you got money go private
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I would not only contact but I would visit the dentist school I planned on attending and ask them what they recommend you to take. That usually heads off problems in the long-run finding out you should have taken this or that class or that you wasted your time and money taking other things. I would NOT rely on the current school for recommendations. They may claim to know what you need to take but I've never seen it. I have seen over and over and over courses recommended that are not needed, which could have been avoided, then the student has to spend that much longer getting the classes he/she needs to get in the desired university.
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Dental assistant\nMedical assistant\nPharmacy assistant\nJunior Colleges have a large number of certificate opportunites, check with one in your community
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Where do you want to end up practicing? Going to school in London will make it harder to get licensed in the US, and vice versa. The earning potential for a dentist is higher in the US and the types of cases are quite different due to the cultural importance people in the US put on unnatural pearly whites. But work is just that and should not be the biggest deciding factor. Given you have the opportunity, go where you will be happiest.
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Some colleges or universities that have dental schools offer free or reduced-cost dental care, if you are willing to let the senior students, who haven't graduated, do the work (under the supervision of the instructors, of course!)\n\nYou could also check with your local Department of Human Services ("Welfare") to see if you or your family qualify for any assistance.\n\nContact local churches (Catholic Charities, for example) to see if they have any aid available.\n\nCall The United Way in your area. They may have some leads for you.\n\nHope this helps!
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Go to dental. a few years and a lot of money
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hmmmm! yes go to>>\nhttp://forums.studentdoctor.net/archive/index.php/f-155.html now try and be a good dentist! Good Luck!
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The vast majority of applicants to dental schools in the United States have completed as a minimum a bachelor's degree. Prerequisite courses for dental schools across the country include 1 year of biology with their corresponding labs, 1 year of chemistry with labs, 1 year of organic chemistry also with labs and a year of physics. Students applying to North American schools are then required to then take the DAT or Dental admissions test. If admitted, dental school is 4 years (a few are 3) plus between 2-3 years to specialize in areas such as prosthedontics, endodontics, oral and maxillofacial surgery etc.\n\nAll in all it takes about 8 years inclusive of a bachelor's degree to earn the DDS or DMD degree which are both equivalent degrees. Hope this helps. Check out Wikipedia for more detailed info or the American Dental Association's website www.ada.org
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i believe that dentistry takes the shortest time (5 yrs+ 1 practical training) but i guess it differs from one place to another. but i have to warn u that it's not easy. my fiance is a dentist and it's hard for both of us to handle it. if u want to literally help people, go for red cross. many of them require u to know first aid only and u can master that in a couple of short courses.\n\ngood luck:)
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Anyone can.  I applied a few years back and I live in Ireland.  Wasn't successful tho.  :o(
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www.simplyteeth.com  ....this is a great website I used it alot whilst I was at uni studying to become a dental nurse.....hope if helps......oops sorry i read question wrong.......like the other lady suggested talk to a Dental Nurse  they will give u all the info you need.
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being a dentist requires the exact same college prep as being a medical doctor...  you should be a pre-med major in some sort of biology. most dental students have a 4-yr degree in biology, chemistry, biochemistry, zoology, microbiology, etc.  other majors are accepted, but you must take the prereqs designated by the dental school you wish to attend.  you should also join your college's pre-dental society.
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You will need to successfully complete a dentistry program in college/university, which requires high science marks from high school.  Such programs can be expensive.  Then I believe you work as an assistant for an established dentist for a period of time before you're allowed to be licensed.