Why Dentistry?
The average yearly _________ of a dentist is $151,000.
Salary
We require 8 credits including lab and lecture of this subject defined as the study of living organisms, divided into many specialized fields that cover their morphology, physiology, anatomy, behavior, origin, and distribution.
General Biology
3.7 is the average ______ of a student accepted to our dental school
GPA
VCU has the only ______ in the state, so we are it if you're looking for in-state tuition!
Dental School
Dentistry is an art so dentists are able to exercise ______________. The ability to produce through imaginative skill.
Creativity
We require 8 credits including lab and lecture of this subject defined as a basic science that deals with the composition and properties of substances and of the changes they undergo.
General Chemistry
This exam is designed to assess an applicants potential for success and consists of four sections: Survey of Natural Sciences, Perceptual Ability, Reading Comprehension, and Quantitative Reasoning.
DAT - Dental Admission Test
VCU students work together as a _____ to get through classes and clinics. They help each other out and become a sort of family.
Team
Dentists can choose from a number of career options including private practice, education, the military, and this. Exhaustive investigation sometimes done in a laboratory setting.
Research
We require 8 credits including lab and lecture of this subject defined as the branch of science concerned with the nature and properties of matter and energy. Including mechanics, heat, light and other radiation, sound, electricity, magnetism, and the structure of atoms.
Physics
We recommend at least 150 hours of this activity involving observing a dentist treating patients and running a dental office.
VCU Dentistry has a marketing department to attract ___________ for students to treat, so students are not required to recruit them on their own.
Patients
Although the dentist is often portrayed as the “lone practitioner,” in actuality, dentistry is a ______-oriented profession. Working together with a dental hygienist, assistant, lab technician, and other health professionals
Team
We require 3 credits of lecture of this subject defined as the branch of science concerned with the chemical and physicochemical processes and substances that occur within living organisms.
We like to see applicants with a commitment to those around them displayed as this activity.
Community Service and Volunteering
There are 10 dental specialties that require completions of this variety of program after dental school. VCU has a 98% acceptance rate for graduates wanting to enter these programs.
Residency
Dentists can be independent in their careers. They can own their own _____________ right after dental school allowing them to set their own career goals.
Business or Practice
We require 8 credits including lab and lecture of this subject defined as the chemistry of carbon compounds, especially those found in living things.
Organic Chemistry
We like to see applicants engaged in these, activities pursued in addition to the normal course of study.
Extracurricular Activities
VCU also has a medical school, pharmacy school, and nursing school to name a few so there is opportunity for this, IPE for short.
Inter-professional Education