They have come from 19 states to enter the dental school’s four-year doctoral program 74 are Indiana residents.Īlthough more than half the students are biology majors, the class reflects a diversity of interests, with undergraduate majors in such wide-ranging fields as architecture, communications and religious studies 64 members pursued their undergraduate studies at colleges and universities in the Hoosier state.ĭuring the white coat ceremony, students of both classes were presented with a white medical coat embroidered with their own names and the school’s in recognition of their entry into the health care community. IU’s traditional DDS class of 2017 is composed of 57 women and 47 men selected from a national applicant pool of 1,412 candidates. Their anticipated graduation date is 2015. The 22 members of the International Dentist Program come from 10 nations and were selected from an applicant pool of 157 dentists. IU’s International Dentist Program, which is tailored to individual student progress, is expected to reduce the training from the four years required in the traditional DDS program to two years for students who have already received dental degrees abroad.
The schools participate in a centralized advanced-placement application process for international dentists that is managed by the American Dental Education Association. and Canadian dental schools that have organized similar programs. dental school is required of foreign-trained dentists who wish to become licensed to practice in the U.S.Įarlier this year, IU joined about two dozen other U.S. to earn a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree at IU. The international program offers an opportunity for dentists who received their degrees outside the U.S. Joining the incoming dental students for this year’s ceremony on the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis campus were 22 dentists enrolled in the dental school’s inaugural International Dentist Program. INDIANAPOLIS – As they took their first step onto the educational path to their careers in dentistry, 104 new Indiana University dental students pledged their commitment to professionalism and high ethical standards during an IU School of Dentistry white coat ceremony Aug.
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