<p>Ask for a friend. Thankx!</p>
<p>i dont, but the most recent ranking is the 1994 one i believe. dental schools decided to boycott the US news rankings. </p>
<p>texas-san antonio ended up #1 that year if i remember correctly.</p>
<p>Marquette University in Milwaukee just built a brand new facility just for dentistry. I do believe they are in the top 10 now.</p>
<p>Dental schools aren't ranked. They all have the same programs and same qualificiations. There is absolutely nothing to rank besides your own personal preference.</p>
<p>There is no way to rank Dental schools. Some of the good ones include:</p>
<p>Indiana University
University of California-Los Angeles
University of California-San Francisco
University of Iowa
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities</p>
<p>"Dental schools aren't ranked. They all have the same programs and same qualificiations. There is absolutely nothing to rank besides your own personal preference."</p>
<p>are you sure acerockolla? i'm pretty sure some dental schools are better than others. just because US News doesnt have them ranked (due to dental school boycott) doesn't mean that all the dental schools are the same. </p>
<p>"There is no way to rank Dental schools. "</p>
<p>why? how come dental schools don't have any quantifiable measurements, but medical schools do? </p>
<p>perhaps dental schools were just disgusted with the US News rankings while other professional schools aren't, even though they use the same categories of measurement:</p>
<p>and my "pre-dentistry" friends say UCSF, UCLA, and UOP are the top 3 dentistry programs in CA.</p>
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It really doesn't matter what dental school you go to, much of your learning will be after you graduate. Your state school is probably a good choice, so you can save your money for practice start up. If you want to specialize, it may make make a ~very~ slight difference.</p>
<p>I'm a fairly successful private practice general dentist in a southern state. I guarantee most of my patients don't know I went to Penn. If I told them, they'd probably ask me about Joe Paterno . My local reputation is what matters. If I was to hire an associate, as long as they had a U.S. education and license, it wouldn't make a difference what school they went to. Most of my peers feel the same way.
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<p>Here's some great advice from a practicing dentist(audiofile) who frequents this board.</p>
<p>i'm not an expert in this area, but how come that philosophy doesn't hold up for medical schools? </p>
<p>why do people have to get into better medical schools? if you're a doctor, aren't you a doctor?</p>
<p>University of Pennsylvania!!!!! America's first university!!!!!</p>
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why do people have to get into better medical schools? if you're a doctor, aren't you a doctor?
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<p>I would think most premeds are just happy to get into at least one med school. But I'm guessing that there is a want to get into a better medical school due to the type of people medicine attracts(usually pretty academically competitive). However, I think med schools matter for getting into competitive residencies. Unlike doctors, many dentists are able to and do practice right after dental school and therefore don't apply for residencies. For the few that want to specialize though, the school matters somewhat.</p>
<p>Go to the American Dental Association site - they have an entire site dedicated to dental education, including a list of accredited dental programs. Good starting point for anyone interested in dentistry. here's the link:
<a href="http://www.ada.org/prof/ed/index.asp%5B/url%5D">http://www.ada.org/prof/ed/index.asp</a></p>
<p>Harvard</p>
<p>UC-San Francisco</p>
<p>Columbia</p>
<p>U Michigan</p>
<p>U Pennsylvania</p>
<p>Tufts</p>
<p>SUNY Buffalo</p>
<p>NYU</p>
<p>SUNY Stony Brook</p>
<p>UCLA</p>
<p>Yeah, I was just about to mention NYU. </p>
<p>I think I saw some sort of ranking in the US News and World Report. Could be that my reading comprehension is deteriorating.</p>
<p>The most current rankings are available here:
Dentalschools’s</a> Blog</p>
<p>RANK NAME
1 University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry
2 University of Washington-Health Sciences School of Dentistry
3 University of Colorado Denver
4 State University of New York at Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine
4 Harvard University School of Dental Medicine
6 University of California at Los Angeles School of Dentistry
7 University of Maryland Baltimore College of Dental Surgery
8 University of California at San Francisco School of Dentistry
9 University of Michigan School of Dentistry
10 Columbia University College of Dental Medicine
11 University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine
12 University of North Carolina School of Dentistry
13 University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine
13 University of Southern California School of Dentistry
13 Oregon Health and Science University School of Dentistry
16 Louisiana State University School of Dentistry
16 University of Nevada Las Vegas School of Dental Medicine
18 Medical University of South Carolina College of Dental Medicine
18 State University of New York at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine
20 University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine
21 University of Minnesota School of Dentistry
22 University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry
22 Medical College of Georgia School of Dentistry
22 Case Western Reserve Univ. School of Dental Medicine
22 Creighton University School of Dentistry
22 Ohio State University College of Dentistry
27 University of Texas Hlth Science Cnt-San Antonio Dental School
27 University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry
27 Baylor College of Dentistry Component of Texas A & M Health Sci Ctr
30 University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry
30 Nova Southeastern University College of Dental Medicine
32 University of Iowa College of Dentistry
33 University of Alabama School of Dentistry at UAB
34 Indiana University School of Dentistry
35 Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine
35 Tufts University School of Dental Medicine
35 University of Florida College of Dentistry
35 Univ. of Texas Hlth Science Cnt-Houston Dental Branch
35 University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey Dental School
35 University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry
35 A.T. Still University Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health
42 Loma Linda University School of Dentistry
43 Marquette University School of Dentistry
44 University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Dentistry
45 University of Tennessee College of Dentistry
45 University of Kentucky College of Dentistry
47 Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry
48 West Virginia University School of Dentistry
48 University of Louisville School of Dentistry
50 New York University College of Dentistry
51 University of Mississippi School of Dentistry
52 Temple University The Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry
53 Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine
54 Howard University College of Dentistry
55 Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry</p>
<p>What do you call the guy who graduated last in the class at Meharry?</p>
<p>Answer: Doctor of Dental Surgery.</p>
<p>I doubt it, since he'll probably fail the NBDE. Moreover, that's not a very meaningful statement. You call the person who graduates last in his class at Cooley an attorney, but he still can't get a job. </p>
<p>However, I do agree that prestige of dental schools is not important. Like medicine, there is a relative scarcity, so there is no need for selection by credentials (unlike in, say, consulting or law).</p>
<p>Going to a prestigious dental school can get you into a graduate program. For example, orthodontists make more money than general dentists, because there are very few orthodontists. Why are there so few? Because it's damn hard to get into a program.</p>
<p>however, there is no need to be picky about the prestige of the graduate program. any school will do.</p>