I need some feedback on qualifications for admittance into an ortho residency. Here is my resume. 2006 DMD grad. I completed 2 years of GPR. I've been in practice for over a year now. I was exposed to ortho during a steady rotation in GPR. Currently, working at a dental clinic where I've been treating ortho patients for the 2 monhts. I am not planning on applying for another year or so. That should turn out to be entering year 2011 or 2012. My GPA in dental school was around a 3.0, and boards were in the low 80's. I recently had some publications and think I can get some good recommendations. What are my chances of getting into ortho? What schools? Truely appraciate any feedback, thank you for your honestly in advance.
Ortho Programs Qualifications for Private Prac DMD
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I think your best chance is if you apply to all 55 ortho programs in the US ans see who catches.
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Why did you say this?
Thanks for all your responses. It looks like there are some optimistic views out there. Basically, it seems it'll come down to applying and spending the money to go through the application process and, hopefully, interviewing grind. I am learning a straight-wire technique and treating patients with it at the present time, the question is if this will be sufficient enough to complete my desire for orthodontics. I realize that doing an orthodontic residency is much more comprehensive. In your "opinion" (those already in ortho residency or GP practicing ortho with a straight-wire or tip-edge technique), what are the pro's and con's of beginning an ortho program when I'm already treating patients for orthodontics?
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Loma Linda loves private practice guys but you have to be teachable. You should really think about retaking boards to be more competative as many people come out of private practice to do ortho and still have competative stats.
If you want to know my opinion about why you should do an ortho residency when you are already treating ortho cases, then you might want to think about the difference between the training of a hygenist who has had a couple of weekend courses on general dentistry and is now set free to do all that he/she wants to do. You wont like that analogy but it is quite accurate. You dont know what you dont know. Legally, you are required to practice at the level of a specialist if you are going to provide specialist care but the reality is that you aren't. You'll probably never be called on it but is it honest? At the end of the day, I think you can probably adequatly treat simple cases, but what is simple? How do you know for sure its simple and that you didn't miss somethingn or that you did what a well trained orthodontist would have done? With more training could you have affected a better outcome on that "simple case"? Leveling and aligning teeth is not ortho. Providing optimal facial esthetics, optimal function of the teeth and jaws, and optimal occlusion in the most efficient manner is orthodontics. Their are many side factors that are also as important such as long term changes in the hard and soft tissues of the face and teeth and how your Tx will affect that. Long term retention. Long term perio and resotrative concerns. Growth and Surgery. Root resorption and trauma to he teeth etc.....
