Programs
Clinical Shadowing Program
Students are encouraged to take advantage of the Alumni Shadowing Directory to get clinical experience with dentistry techniques and patient interactions through assisting a Tufts Dental Alumni with his/her patients for a day. The directory contains a list of Tufts Dental Alumni who are practicing near Tufts and are easily accessible via public transportation. To obtain a copy of the directory, students must complete and submit a consent form and an immunization form to Amanda Stone.
Impressions Day
The purpose of this program held every Spring is to expose underrepresented minority students to the wide array of careers in dentistry as well as provide an in-depth look for students who have already expressed an interest in the field. During the day, students learn about requirements and prerequisites to enter dental school, are exposed to PAT instruction, engage in a student panel and students participate in mock interviews. There is also time allotted in the program for hands on activities that will allow students to take alginate impressions on typodonts.
Summer Programs
Many of our current and past pre-dental members have participated in the following programs, and they come highly recommended.
is a free (full tuition, housing, and meals) six-week summer academic enrichment program that offers freshmen and sophomore college students intensive and personalized medical and dental school preparation
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Contact Annie Li (SHPEP Scholar 2021) with any questions!
is a 2-week interactive program that afford each participant a birds-eye exposure to the various aspects of the practice of dentistry at the New Jersey Dental School in Newark, New Jersey.
at the NIH provides an opportunity to spend the summer working side-by-side with some of the leading scientists in the world in an environment devoted exclusively to biomedical research. (Requirements: Age 16+, U.S. citizen or permanent resident, enrolled in high school or U.S. college/university or U.S. medical or dental school.)
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