Dental assisting students pay a rental instrument fee divided between the fall and spring semester. The Indiana University School of Dentistry s Faculty Council has ruled that each student shall purchase all required textbooks. Those textbooks identified as recommended textbooks may be purchased or ordered through the bookstore at the student s option.
Students are responsible for the security of their instruments and equipment.
Each student is assigned a locker. Eye Glasses Students are required to provide protective lenses for themselves, and to wear them at all times while operating in the clinics or working in the laboratories. For those students who do not wear corrective lenses, safety glasses may be purchased in the Dental Student Instruments Office. All programs in dentistry require visual acuity. Students should have a professional eye examination before entering their first year and should be re-examined frequently throughout their educational and professional career.