dental student profiles

The Dental Picture: the ADEA Official Guide to Dental Schools 2011

If you’ve ever contemplated a career in dentistry, two sites might warrant review: “Becoming a Dentist,” at http://becomeadentist.org/why-to-choose-dentistry, and the “Meet a Dentist” site at http://explorehealthcareers.org/en/Career/1/Dentist. The second site comes to you under the auspices of the ADEA, which also publishes a guide that profiles dental schools and explains the pathway to becoming a DDS, The ADEA Official Guide to Dental Schools ($35 at the ADEA website, www.adea.org). Considering the average 2010 graduate from USC’s dental school was encumbered with $283,000 in debt, it is a publication well worth the price.