Dentistry ranks second to medicine in the number of Concordia students who enter professional schools each year. Concordia predental students work closely with faculty advisors and the HPAC to maximize successful applications.
Most dental schools require the following college science background courses:
Because most dental schools expect applicants to have completed a bachelor’s degree before entering their programs, other required college courses also serve to satisfy Concordia’s graduation requirements.
Dental schools do not mandate a specific academic major but most Concordia predental students major in either biology or chemistry. All schools require the Dental Admissions Test, which is generally taken sometime in the junior year.
Predental students establish close connections with area dentists through Concordia’s Cooperative Education in Dentistry program. Mentored by experienced practitioners in nearly all specialties of dentistry, students emerge from this program with strong experiential bases for their motivation for a career in dentistry.