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Application Guide 2023:
Dentistry
Ultimate Dentistry Work Experience Guide 2023
Dr. Sonal Gandhi
Dental Admissions Expert
Introduction
Dentistry is a highly specialised and competitive field that requires a combination of rigorous academic training and practical experience. For aspiring dentists, gaining relevant dental work experience can be a crucial step towards achieving their career goals. However, navigating the dental industry and finding opportunities that align with individual interests and goals can be challenging.
With our Ultimate Dentistry Work Experience Guide 2023, we aim to provide comprehensive and tailored guidance to help both students and parents understand the meaning behind good work experience in the field of dentistry. Our guide is designed to equip students with the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in their journey towards becoming a dentist.
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The Importance Of Dental Work Experience in 2023
A key component of your application to dental school is the portfolio of work experience that you can create. Not only does this benefit your understanding of the dental career, but it also significantly enhances the likelihood of your application’s success.
Dentistry is a complex career with the option to consider different directions and pathways after receiving the degree. There is no better way to understand its unique benefits and drawbacks than by seeing dentists at work first-hand. Being a dentist is certainly not for everyone, and by undertaking a significant amount of varied dentistry work experience you can better ascertain if it’s something that you want to commit yourself to.
Additionally, dental schools want to take in students who understand these drawbacks and are not looking at the career through rose-tinted glasses. These students are more likely to be committed and work hard, and less likely to drop out. Work experience shows that you have put time and effort into considering what a career in dentistry entails and whether or not it really is right for you.
Given this, you should try to undertake as much varied work experience as possible before applying to dental school. There is plenty of dental work experience for 16-year-olds & 17-year-olds and even younger pupils. There is always something available, from Year 12 dental work experience to Year 10 dental work experience or even earlier.
Finding dental work experience for 14 & 15-year-olds can be more challenging as many dental practices and hospitals have a minimum age of 16, but if you are keen to get started early then you should look at our guides for volunteer work experience or online work experience during covid.