Dentistry School Prospective Students Department Tour Programs of Study Faculty and Staff Facilities Field Trips Undergrad. The dentist focuses attention on the mouth and facial regions of the body.
Most dentists are in private practice.
Their responsibilities include cleaning of teeth and checking for possible problems - cancer, gingivitis, and other diseases. Twenty percent of dentists focus their energies in specialties such as endodontics, oral surgery, oral pathology, orthodontics, pediatric dentistry, periodontics, prosthodontics, or public health dentistry. These specialties usually require 2 more years of schooling. Admissions to most dental schools requires the DAT, which should be taken in the spring of the student's junior year. Students in dental school must pass several tests to practice dentistry.