You Ask, We Answer: I’m considering both dental hygiene and dentistry – what are the different tracks?
在考虑你的选择时,我认为考虑哪条职业道路更适合你是有道理的。 牙科保健员和牙医的工作不同。 牙科保健师做大量的牙齿清洁工作,并在各种程序中协助牙医。 然而,除了清洁之外,牙医还要检查x光片并进行各种程序,同时还要监督他们的牙科保健人员。 也有能力作为一个牙医专门在正畸或牙周病,例如。
由于牙科需要额外的专业知识,它比牙科保健师需要更多的培训。 在完成本科学位后,包括各种牙科学校的先决条件课程,你就会去牙科学校。 我们很幸运,现在在华盛顿州有两所牙科学校-华盛顿大学(UW)和太平洋西北健康科学大学(PNWU)在亚基马。 我们有一个很好的记录,让PLU的学生去华盛顿大学的牙科学校。 PNWU’s dental school is brand new, so we haven’t yet sent anyone there, but we have a strong relationship with PNWU, including a partnership that guarantees six seats per year for PLU students into their Master of Arts in Medical Sciences Program.
For pre-dental students at PLU, our 学前健康科学咨询小组 has many years of experience helping our students stay on track and meet their goals. 更广泛地说,我们为学生提供机会,包括卫生专业学校韦德体育举办的信息会议。 Our curriculum is strong, and our faculty are invested in our students’ successes – because we have small class sizes and all of our labs are taught by professors, our faculty are able to write strong letters of recommendation for students when they’re applying to dental schools.
Guest blogger: 安·欧曼博士 (aumanaj@plu.edu), Dean of Natural Sciences, Professor of Biology
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