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Asked by Dr.kuldeep gupta - In PG Courses -
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Here is a good and detailed article for you which will talk about career options after your graduation in detail
I
have always believed that every specialization is good in itself,
having its own share of uniqueness and a person can be the best in just
any field he is in by commitment and hard work. Like any other dental
graduate I had this time in my life when deciding on what I do after my
graduation was a big question. This has been quite a perennial question
in all the freshly graduated students. With so many specialization to
choose from and with the options of general or specialized practice one
is left quite confused what to do and whom to ask for guidance. Let me
try to address various career options available to a dental graduate.
1) Academics: One
can choose to be in academics being a full time academician. This is
possible after any specialization (i.e. periodontics, prosthodontics,
etc..), one can be a full time faculty in the department of his /her
field of specialization. An additional PhD would be helpful for a full
time faculty.
2) Basic research: A
good training in basic research is necessary and can be attained with a
good masters or PhD program. Additional training can also be obtained
by working as post doc in specific areas of interest. Areas such as
biomaterials, immunology, microbiology are few areas one can look into
but generally the field of research vastly depends on ones own
interest. Basic research mainly deals with research carried out in the
lab setup or studies on animal models or epidemiological studies. Basic
research is always in demand and is the cornerstone for all the new
techniques and new materials been developed.
3) Clinical research: A
specialization in any particular field with additional training in
research is necessary. This field basically deals with clinical testing
of the materials discovered/invented in the lab (basic research).
Translation of the results obtained in the lab setting into a clinical
setup, for example, testing various bone graft materials already tested
in animals on to human subjects ,looking for efficacy of drugs, or
testing different tooth implant systems in a clinical setting. This is
a very interesting field especially to those who are good clinicians
and are inclined towards research. Specialized program for training in
clinical research are also available.
4) General or specialized private practice: This
is possible with either a DDS/BDS alone or with additional specialized
training in various fields respectively. Various centers and institute
provide specialized training in implants, cosmetic and esthetics
dentistry, endodontics and others which span from few days to few weeks
or a year. Such training helps those candidates who are not much
interested in a masters program but want additional knowledge to start
their own specialized dental office.
5) Combination of the above: Few
individuals who are good at multitasking do try this by being a part
time academician and part time into private practice. Also the other
combination which usually works out is being a academician and
researcher. These combinations can often be rewarding as they help
being adjunctive to each other and also keep out boredom of a single
routine job.
6)Private Sector: Those
who are not into the usual dental jobs and have a eye for change can
sign up for business school. Now what am I talking about? Well a master
in business administration will help you to join the private sector as
a consultant for various industries dealing with dental materials/
dental consumer products. A master in hospital management/ public
health may help you to work at administrative position in various
hospitals. Those interested in research in private sector can think of
working in industries with clinical testing various dental materials
and dental consumer products with a PhD or good research experience at
hand.
7) Organisations and Goverments: Masters
in public health would help those interested in epidemiologic studies
or taking up jobs which include making strategies to combat disease and
helping governments and non government agencies plan and induct
preventive programs. They also have options of joining agencies like
WHO or various UN agencies.
The
various options to the dentist in so many different countries are
limited and these graduates look to continue their future studies in
countries like USA and UK. I have received so many emails asking for
the procedure to get into US dental schools. Let me try to briefly sum
up few steps in how to go about it.
The
first thing to be understood is that you need to get license to
practice in US, most of which can be learned by visiting the ADA website (http://www.ada.org/prof/prac/licensure/us.asp). All
international dental graduates (other than from US and Canadian dental
schools), are required to complete an additional 2-3 years of DDS
training in a US dental school. The list of the dental schools can be
found on the ADA website (http://www.ada.org/prof/ed/programs/search_ddsdmd_us.asp) and
the requirements of each university mentioned on the respective
websites. Ideally you would need your TOEFL scores, 2-3 letters of
recommendations and statement of purpose and national board examination
scores (http://www.ada.org/prof/ed/testing/natboard/index.asp). The
other important thing to be noted is that the fees for the dental
schools vary between 60,000 – 85,000$ per year and financial aid to
foreign dentist in form of scholarships/stipend is mostly not available
and other financial aids are very limited, the exact details of this
can be found on the university website. More information can be also
found on http://www.studentdoctor.net/
Many students initially join the masters in public health/oral biology, this also helps them adjust to US and to prepare for the national board exams. Kaplan
used to provide I-20 to students who enroll for their national board
examination training, which students can use to apply for the F-1 visa.
This has been very recently stopped, you can find more of it on this
groups (http://groups.msn.com/dentalsurgery/general.msnw).
A good score in NBDE exams is essential as there is a very stiff
competition for the limited seats of the Advanced DDS program for the
international graduates.
Those
wishing to go in for PhD need to submit your GRE scores, TOEFL scores,
recommendation letters and statement of purpose. Mostly the PhD
students are paid a monthly stipend and have the tuition fees covered
by the university/department. You need to decide which university you
want to apply by looking in to each university website and finding out
if research in area of your interest is been carried out in that
university. Also important is to find out if that particular professor
with whom you want to work has an approved grant and is willing to
sponsor you, and this can be found by looking up the university website
and/or by directly contacting the professor. These are few of the pre
requisites of an application. Most universities offering doctoral
studies can be found on http://www.perio.org/education/us.html
Wishing every aspirant the very best!
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