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tenthmed · Guest

CA-DDS has been ranting about worldwide dental education. One of the
repliers stated that he/she had gone to the best dental school in the
US. IIRC, Temple and NYU were had their accreditation "on probation" in
the late 1970>s. PENN and Harvard are overrated - in my hands-on, boots
on the ground, direct experience.

So which is it. Seems that North Carolina had the "best" rating in the
'70>s. How about today? I say that the US/Canada schools are all the
same, each with various strengths and weaknesses i.e academics,
research, clinical experience, and that ratings are always going to be
very subjective.

IMO, in the final analysis, the schools are all the same - it>s the
individual dentist who decides what he does with his basic education and
how good he will be.

Discuss amongst yourselves.

CA-DDS tired of BS · Guest

[quote]
IMO, in the final analysis, the schools are all the same - it>s the
individual dentist who decides what he does with his basic education and
how good he will be.

[/quote]
I agree, not exactly the same, but I am sure you can find good dentists
even in developing countries.

I went to school in Western Europe, , soon after I moved to the US , the
NDBE 1 and 2 were a piece of cake, quite similar with what I studied back
home, and knowing that some students fail them WHILE in dental school ( when
everything is fresh in your head) makes me believe that US schools are NOT
better than European schools

But there are jerks like newbie@bix.net who will always look down on an
European dentists , for example.

By the way, am I the only one with a real email address here?

ca_dds@yahoo.com

"tenthmed" <tenthmed@biznet.com> wrote in message
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[quote]CA-DDS has been ranting about worldwide dental education. One of the
repliers stated that he/she had gone to the best dental school in the US.
IIRC, Temple and NYU were had their accreditation "on probation" in the
late 1970>s. PENN and Harvard are overrated - in my hands-on, boots on the
ground, direct experience.

So which is it. Seems that North Carolina had the "best" rating in the
'70>s. How about today? I say that the US/Canada schools are all the same,
each with various strengths and weaknesses i.e academics, research,
clinical experience, and that ratings are always going to be very
subjective.

IMO, in the final analysis, the schools are all the same - it>s the
individual dentist who decides what he does with his basic education and
how good he will be.

Discuss amongst yourselves.[/quote]

CA-DDS tired of BS · Guest

Besides that, you can be book smart and have 4 legs instead of 2 hands and
two legs.

When you work with 2 legs, you are a bad dentist (even with a 4.0 GPA from
the best school in the world)

Good dentistry requires patience, ethics and skills.

That is one huge difference between DDS and MD, as DDS , you need manual
dexterity- see those "dentists" with no clue about molar endo

"tenthmed" <tenthmed@biznet.com> wrote in message
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[quote]CA-DDS has been ranting about worldwide dental education. One of the
repliers stated that he/she had gone to the best dental school in the US.
IIRC, Temple and NYU were had their accreditation "on probation" in the
late 1970>s. PENN and Harvard are overrated - in my hands-on, boots on the
ground, direct experience.

So which is it. Seems that North Carolina had the "best" rating in the
'70>s. How about today? I say that the US/Canada schools are all the same,
each with various strengths and weaknesses i.e academics, research,
clinical experience, and that ratings are always going to be very
subjective.

IMO, in the final analysis, the schools are all the same - it>s the
individual dentist who decides what he does with his basic education and
how good he will be.

Discuss amongst yourselves.[/quote]

Guest

On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:17:20 -0400, tenthmed <tenthmed@biznet.com>
wrote:

[quote]CA-DDS has been ranting about worldwide dental education. One of the
repliers stated that he/she had gone to the best dental school in the
US. IIRC, Temple and NYU were had their accreditation "on probation" in
the late 1970>s. PENN and Harvard are overrated - in my hands-on, boots
on the ground, direct experience.
[/quote]
Suspect that an 'accreditation committee' makes this determination.
Actually doubt it means much, prolly a donation thingy.
There a student that transferred from Harvard, said the focus was on
'research' and clinical training was lacking there. Hence the move.
[quote]
So which is it. Seems that North Carolina had the "best" rating in the
'70>s. How about today?

I say that the US/Canada schools are all the
same,
Nah, that can>t be true.[/quote]

[quote]each with various strengths and weaknesses i.e academics,
research, clinical experience, and that ratings are always going to be
very subjective.
[/quote]
Agree on that.
[quote]
IMO, in the final analysis, the schools are all the same
[/quote]
That can>t be true, just by definition.

[quote]- it>s the
individual dentist who decides what he does with his basic education and
how good he will be.
[/quote]
This is true of any field of study, and any individual.
However, you cannot decide to have 'talent' , 'good eyesight'
nor 'good hand-eye co-ordination'.

For example, there are a plethora of wannabe guitar players.
There are few 'stars' and even fewer 'true masters'.
Same is true of any musical instrument.

Why would dentistry be any different ?

[quote]
Discuss amongst yourselves.
[/quote]
What ?!? you are gonna drop out of the conversation ?

Steven Fawks · Guest

[quote]But there are jerks like newbie@bix.net who will always look down on an
European dentists , for example.
[/quote]
Noone, including newbie has said there is anything wrong with European
dental schools or those dentists. You aren>t reading for content, and
he has a little less patience with someone on a rant.

[quote]By the way, am I the only one with a real email address here?
[/quote]
guess so.

Steve

Steven Fawks · Guest

[quote]
IMO, in the final analysis, the schools are all the same

That can>t be true, just by definition.
[/quote]
I agree, but the "best" school, it the one that sends you
an acceptance letter!

;-)
Steve

John & Ninetta · Guest

[quote]IMO, in the final analysis, the schools are all the same - it>s the
individual dentist who decides what he does with his basic education and
how good he will be.
[/quote]
Good point...I completely agree with it.

I think that upon graduation, depending on the strengths of the school, you
maybe more skilled in certain aspects of dentistry, but after 3 months of
clinical practice, we are all the same. After that, we each develop our
skills/interests that make each of us a little different from one another.

JMO

John

Guest

On Sat, 25 Oct 2008 08:07:32 -0500, Steven Fawks
<tuthjockey@myturbonet.com> wrote:

[quote]

IMO, in the final analysis, the schools are all the same

That can>t be true, just by definition.

I agree, but the "best" school, it the one that sends you
an acceptance letter!

;-)
Steve
[/quote]

Got one rejection, and two acceptances.
Gladly the second acceptance was from
my first choice.

Make no mistake, accepted the first offer,
and gave that slot to another after first choice
came to fruition.

Kept the rejection letter for some years, should
have had it framed.

Guest

On Sat, 25 Oct 2008 09:26:00 -0400, "John & Ninetta"
<jsuljak@sentex.net> wrote:

[quote]IMO, in the final analysis, the schools are all the same - it>s the
individual dentist who decides what he does with his basic education and
how good he will be.

Good point...I completely agree with it.
[/quote]
Think that the above analysis is very simplistic.
[quote]
I think that upon graduation, depending on the strengths of the school, you
maybe more skilled in certain aspects of dentistry,
[/quote]

[quote]but after 3 months of
clinical practice, we are all the same.
[/quote]
Couldn>t disagree more.
You iterated that after 3 months the talented lose their talent,
and the un-talented suddenly gain talent that they never had ?

[quote]After that, we each develop our
skills/interests that make each of us a little different from one another.

[/quote]
Believe that *all* are unique from conception.

Nature and Nurture shape us in different ways,
but all individual creatures are 'one offs'.
Even roaches.

[quote]JMO

John

[/quote]

Guest

On Sat, 25 Oct 2008 08:05:21 -0500, Steven Fawks
<tuthjockey@myturbonet.com> wrote:

[quote]
But there are jerks like newbie@bix.net who will always look down on an
European dentists , for example.

Noone, including newbie has said there is anything wrong with European
dental schools or those dentists. You aren>t reading for content, and
he has a little less patience with someone on a rant.
[/quote]
Yep, my usenet temperament is a bit quick to ignite.
[quote]
By the way, am I the only one with a real email address here?

guess so.

Steve
[/quote]

Prolly, cuz of that ole hag spammer from yesteryear.

Mark & Steven Bornfeld · Guest

tenthmed wrote:
[quote]CA-DDS has been ranting about worldwide dental education. One of the
repliers stated that he/she had gone to the best dental school in the
US. IIRC, Temple and NYU were had their accreditation "on probation" in
the late 1970>s. PENN and Harvard are overrated - in my hands-on, boots
on the ground, direct experience.
[/quote]
True for NYU. The real reasons are clouded in secrecy, but it wasn>t
really much of a secret. NYU went from a 4-year to a 3-year curriculum
the year before I entered. The academic year was lengthened from 9
months to 11 months. The graduation requirements remained the same.
This still left a 3-month reduction in actual classroom and clinic time,
and a large number of students found themselves unable to graduate on
time. There was also a transition year where students entered in the
middle of the year for a 3 1/2 year curriculum. The clinic quite
predictably was overcrowded. This apparently was a brazen attempt to
take advantage of federal "capitation" grants that funded the schools
for every student enrolled. There was a shortage of patients to fulfill
requirements of the bloated enrollment. Added to this was the fact that
the University had promised funding for a new building for years, but
was in no hurry to come up with the money. The AADS lowered NYU>s
accreditation status from "full" to "provisional", which was one step
removed from pulling their accredidation altogether. This was a not so
subtle shove for NYU to come up with the money--which they finally
did--but not in time to benefit me.
BTW, there was once a brochure hanging in the locker room stating that
U. of Michigan had the #1 dental school in the country. There were no
other rankings, and the ranking criteria were not given.

Steve

[quote]
So which is it. Seems that North Carolina had the "best" rating in the
'70>s. How about today? I say that the US/Canada schools are all the
same, each with various strengths and weaknesses i.e academics,
research, clinical experience, and that ratings are always going to be
very subjective.

IMO, in the final analysis, the schools are all the same - it>s the
individual dentist who decides what he does with his basic education and
how good he will be.

Discuss amongst yourselves.
[/quote]

--
Mark & Steven Bornfeld DDS
http://www.dentaltwins.com
Brooklyn, NY
718-258-5001

John & Ninetta · Guest

<Newbie@bix.nex> wrote in message
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[quote]On Sat, 25 Oct 2008 09:26:00 -0400, "John & Ninetta"
jsuljak@sentex.net> wrote:

IMO, in the final analysis, the schools are all the same - it>s the
individual dentist who decides what he does with his basic education and
how good he will be.

Good point...I completely agree with it.

Think that the above analysis is very simplistic.

I think that upon graduation, depending on the strengths of the school,
you
maybe more skilled in certain aspects of dentistry,

but after 3 months of
clinical practice, we are all the same.

Couldn>t disagree more.
You iterated that after 3 months the talented lose their talent,
and the un-talented suddenly gain talent that they never had ?

[/quote]

No, I>m talking about experience. I meant that those with less than average
clinical skills in dental school are exposed to more and more clinical cases
in general practice, so their technical abilities can only improve. It is
after working a while that you gain more confidence, and hopefully realized
your limitations. We begin to differentiate from each other after a bit of
work in the real world, and then "talent" as you call it is what really
separates us after that point.

I draw this comparison as I went to two dental schools, one for my general
DDS and another for graduate training. My office in grad school was in the
senior dental student clinic and was involved in a fair amount of dental
student teaching, so I saw what that second school>s dental students were
exposed to. I can honestly state that my training was better in fixed
prosthodontics in that I had at least done a few bridges during my dental
school. At this second school, I watched some students graduate without
doing a fixed bridge on a live patient. I couldn>t believe it, but it
happened. At the same time, I only did a handful of cases, which is
probably the average of dental students in Canada, and I admit its not a
whole lot of cases. However, once that kid graduates, I>m sure he>ll do a
couple of fixed cases and we>ll be pretty much on the same page for fixed
prosthodontics after a few months in terms of fixed prosthodontic
experience.

John

[quote]After that, we each develop our
skills/interests that make each of us a little different from one another.

Believe that *all* are unique from conception.

Nature and Nurture shape us in different ways,
but all individual creatures are 'one offs'.
Even roaches.

JMO

John

[/quote]

Brian · Guest

On Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:11:22 GMT, Mark & Steven Bornfeld
<bornfeldmung@dentaltwins.com> wrote:

[quote] True for NYU. The real reasons are clouded in secrecy, but it wasn>t
really much of a secret. NYU went from a 4-year to a 3-year curriculum
the year before I entered. The academic year was lengthened from 9
months to 11 months. The graduation requirements remained the same.
This still left a 3-month reduction in actual classroom and clinic time,
and a large number of students found themselves unable to graduate on
time. There was also a transition year where students entered in the
middle of the year for a 3 1/2 year curriculum. The clinic quite
predictably was overcrowded. This apparently was a brazen attempt to
take advantage of federal "capitation" grants that funded the schools
for every student enrolled. There was a shortage of patients to fulfill
requirements of the bloated enrollment. Added to this was the fact that
the University had promised funding for a new building for years, but
was in no hurry to come up with the money. The AADS lowered NYU>s
accreditation status from "full" to "provisional", which was one step
removed from pulling their accredidation altogether. This was a not so
subtle shove for NYU to come up with the money--which they finally
did--but not in time to benefit me.
BTW, there was once a brochure hanging in the locker room stating that
U. of Michigan had the #1 dental school in the country. There were no
other rankings, and the ranking criteria were not given.

Steve
[/quote]
What year was that?

When I was in the Army from 1972-1974, my CO would not accept anyone
being assigned under him who went to NYU. That was the only school he
had that policy for.

Amatus Cremona · Guest

I am still getting 250+ spam messages a day on my main email address from
having posted it on UseNet a few years back. I am thinking of dropping the
address and the domain name because of it.

--
/

Amatus

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<Newbie@bix.nex> wrote in message
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[quote]On Sat, 25 Oct 2008 08:05:21 -0500, Steven Fawks
tuthjockey@myturbonet.com> wrote:

But there are jerks like newbie@bix.net who will always look down on an
European dentists , for example.

Noone, including newbie has said there is anything wrong with European
dental schools or those dentists. You aren>t reading for content, and
he has a little less patience with someone on a rant.

Yep, my usenet temperament is a bit quick to ignite.

By the way, am I the only one with a real email address here?

guess so.

Steve

Prolly, cuz of that ole hag spammer from yesteryear.[/quote]

Amatus Cremona · Guest

[quote]BTW, there was once a brochure hanging in the locker room stating that
U. of Michigan had the #1 dental school in the country. There were no
other rankings, and the ranking criteria were not given.

[/quote]
#1 in research and getting prepared for specialty training maybe.


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