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Dentistry Career

From a first interest in teeth and science to a registered dentist: subject choices, dental school, admissions tests, clinical requirements, licensing, the first associate post, specialising and owning a practice.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

Then open the Marketplace in the app, search for Dentistry Career, and click Install. It goes into your own files, and works offline from then on.

What it installs.

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🧰 Professions & Trades

Dentistry Career

Becoming a dentist: science subjects, dental school, licensing, associate positions, specialising and opening a practice.

  1. Testing whether dentistry suits you
  2. Dentist, hygienist or dental therapist route decision
  3. Science subject choices for dental school entry
  4. Work experience in a dental practice
  5. Building evidence of manual dexterity
  6. Shortlisting accredited dental schools
  7. Dental school funding and kit costs plan
  8. Dental school application and personal statement
  9. Dentistry career document folder
  10. Weekly study plan through dental school
  11. Clinical requirements and procedure log
  12. Continuing professional development record
  13. Registration, licence and indemnity renewal calendar
  14. Infection control and decontamination checks
  15. Monthly case reflection and peer review
  16. Medical emergency drills and life support renewal
  17. Posture, hand and back care routine for dentists
  18. Quarterly mentor check-ins in dentistry
  19. Radiograph quality and radiation safety audit
  20. Dental and head and neck anatomy study
  21. Preclinical simulation lab skills
  22. Local anaesthesia technique practice
  23. Dental radiography and interpretation
  24. Dental charting and clinical record keeping
  25. Treatment planning and informed consent
  26. Managing anxious patients and children in the chair
  27. Restorative and endodontic competence building
  28. Periodontal assessment and prevention advice
  29. Choosing general practice, hospital or public dental service
  30. Dental student debt repayment plan
  31. Loupes and personal instruments purchase decision
  32. Professional indemnity and dental association membership
  33. Weighing an associate dentist contract
  34. Postgraduate dental qualification decision
  35. Choosing a dental specialty
  36. Dental admissions test sitting
  37. Dental school admissions interview
  38. Final year clinical and written examinations
  39. Dental licensing examination sitting
  40. Foundation, internship or compulsory service year
  41. Applying for your first associate post
  42. First three months as a qualified dentist
  43. Supporting a teenager who wants to study dentistry
  44. Graduate entry or career change into dentistry
  45. Studying dentistry overseas or on another island
  46. Registering as a dentist in another country
  47. Returning to dentistry after a career break
  48. Supervising dental students and new graduates
  49. School screening and community oral health outreach
  50. Buying into or opening a dental practice

Where it starts.

Each project arrives with its purpose, milestones and first tasks written out. Here is how the first three read.

Testing whether dentistry suits you

Dentistry attracts students who are strong in science and like the idea of a respected, well-paid health career, but the daily reality is close, precise handwork in a small space for eight hours, with patients who are often nervous and sometimes in pain.

First tasks

  • Write down every reason you are drawn to dentistry in 15 minutes
  • Ask your own dentist for a 20-minute conversation about their working week
  • Compare dentistry with medicine and dental hygiene on years of study and cost
  • Record your decision and the reasons behind it

Dentist, hygienist or dental therapist route decision

Three main routes lead into clinical dental work: the dentist degree of five years or more, and the shorter hygienist and dental therapist programmes that focus on prevention, gum care and, for therapists, simple fillings and children's treatment.

First tasks

  • Find the dental council or board website for the country you plan to work in
  • List entry grades, course length and fees for all three routes
  • Read the published scope of practice for hygienists and therapists
  • Write down the route you chose and why

Science subject choices for dental school entry

Most dental schools ask for chemistry and biology at the advanced level, often with physics or mathematics, and a missing subject is far harder to fix at 18 than at 15. Checking the requirements now, at CSEC and CAPE, A level, or as US and Canadian pre-dental prerequisites, means your subject choices keep dentistry open rather than closing it quietly.

First tasks

  • Look up the entry subjects for three dental schools on their admissions pages
  • Set your current subjects beside each school's list
  • Book a meeting with your guidance counsellor about any gap
  • Write your final subject plan in your career folder

Make it yours.

Install Dentistry Career, then tell Aurum the date you're aiming for. It checks whether the plan fits the weeks you actually have.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

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