The Doctor of Dental Surgery degree (D.D.S) or the Doctor of Dental Medicine degree (D.D.M.), according the to the American Dental Association. Qualifying students receive their dental degrees from colleges of dental medicine. Students can attend dental schools in the United States and abroad to become dentists.
Becoming A Dentist
To become a dentist, a student has to obtain a pre-dentistry degree, which is a two- to four-year course of study that concentrates on science and health subjects. Once she's finished that phase of study, the student must apply and be accepted by a school of dentistry. Dentistry degrees usually are four-year courses and involve about two years of lecture and laboratory classes, followed by two years of clinical work supervised by licensed dentists. When the student graduates with her dentistry degree, she has to pass state licensing exams before she can begin to practice.
In the Northeastern United States
Dental colleges in the northeastern United States include the University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine; Boston University School of Dental Medicine; Harvard School of Dental Medicine; Tufts University School of Dental Medicine (Massachusetts); the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey; Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center School of Dental and Oral Surgery (New York); New York University College of Dentistry; School of Dental Medicine, SUNY at Stony Brook; the University at Buffalo School of Dentistry; the University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry; the University of Pennsylvania School of Dentistry; Howard University (Washington, D.C.); and West Virginia University School of Dentistry. (information through section 5 is from reference 3)
In the Southern United States
Dental schools in the South are the University of Alabama School of Dentistry; the University of Florida College of Dentistry; the Medical College of Georgia, School of Dentistry; the University of Kentucky School of Dentistry; the University of Louisville School of Dentistry (Kentucky); the University of Mississippi, School of Dentistry; the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Dentistry; the Medical University of South Carolina; Meharry College of Dentistry (Tennessee); Baylor College of Dentistry (Texas); the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio; and the University of Texas--Houston Dental Branch.
In the Midwestern United States
Midwestern dental schools include the University of Illinois School of Dentistry; the Indiana University School of Dentistry; the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry; Crieghton University School of Dentistry (Nebraska); the University of Nebraska Medical Center; Case Western Reserve University School of Dentistry (Ohio); Ohio State University, School of Dentistry; and the University of Oklahoma School of Dentistry.
In the Western United States
Students can study dentistry in the western United States at Loma Linda University School of Dentistry (California); the University of California Los Angeles School of Dentistry; the University of California San Francisco School of Dentistry; the University of Southern California School of Dentistry; the University of the Pacific School of Dentistry (California); the University of Colorado, School of Dentistry; and the University of Washington School of Dentistry.
Australian, Japanese, Canadian and Chilean Dental Colelges
Australia has one dentistry school at the University of Queensland, School of Dentistry.
Japan has two dental colleges: Kagoshima University Dental School and Niigata University School of Dentistry.
Canadian dentistry colleges are Dalhousie University School of Dentistry, McGill University Faculty of Dentistry, the University of Manitoba School of Dentistry and the University of Western Ontario.
One dentistry school is in Chile, the University of Chile Dentalnet School of Dentistry. (all remaining information from resource 1)
European Dental Colleges
The University of Copenhagen School of Dentistry is Denmark's dental college. In Finland, the University of Helsinki, Institute of Dentistry teaches dental studies.
Germany has several dental colleges: Free University Berlin; the Humboldt University Berlin, School of Dentistry; Philipps University of Marburg School Dental Medicine; University of Saarland, Germany; and the Department of Orthodontics; Dental Unit of the Medical School.
The Istituto di Clinica Odontoiatrica is in Italy.
Two dental colleges are in Norway: Det Odontologiske Fakultet and the University of Oslo--Faculty of Dentistry. In Sweden, dental students attend the Faculty of Odontology at The Karolinska Institute, the Karolinska Institutet, or Lund University, Faculty of Odontology. The University of Bern, Dental School is in Switzerland.
In the United Kingdom, there are five dental colleges: The Eastman Dental Institute, University Of London; King's College School of Medicine and Dentistry; United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St. Thomas's Hospitals; The University of Birmingham; and the University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff Dental School.
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