Well I see no one has started this thread yet and it seems like it was both useful and interesting in previous years. Has anyone received any interview invitations?
Nothing yet
I'm surprised because last year people were posting interview dates by mid-July. Either no one is responding to this thread or schools are lagging in reviewing applications?
A friend of mine was offered an interview at Tufts earlier this week
How do endodontists feel about implants?
I personally think the statistics that we usually hear for implants and endo success rates are exaggerated. In my residency, the implants placed by oral surgery residents had no where near a 90% success rate. Most of them appear to have been placed correctly. Nowadays general dentists are placing implants so again, I doubt it's 90%+
I attended a CE course by Dr. Kim, the Endo program director at UPenn who gave these endo success rates:
Vital tooth - 93% success
Necrotic tooth - 74% success
Re-treat when root canal morphology is present - 84% success
Re-treat when root canal morphology is absent - 40% success
Surgery - 85%
Can't remember the source of these statistics, I could only write so fast!
Anyways, back to the main topic, what other programs have you all heard from? Please also post date notified, thanks and good luck to everyone
That's true, I did not account for the 0-2mm from the apex, thanks for the clarification. You are also definitely correct about implant failures and quality of the bone, especially long-term when a patient has peri-implantitis which can sometimes be very destructive. My one question is: you mentioned the compounding of RCT + re-treatment + surgery = approx 99% success rate which sounds great statistically, but how realistic is it? I ask this because I only have limited experience as a dentist, but are many patients inclined to go through re-treatment and then surgery? And would a general dentist even refer if the re-treatment fails? Sorry I know we're getting off topic here
Which Florida invited you?
UF Gainesville. Didn't apply to Nova so can't speak on them.
hey, 2 questions
1-when did get the email that your UF app was complete
2-when did you get the interview invite