Pre-Dentistry Pre-Professional Program

The minimum requirement for admission into a dental school is three years of undergraduate coursework, however, some students will have completed a four-year degree program prior to beginning dental school. The following options exist at Tennessee Tech:

(1) complete three years of undergraduate work including specific dental school requirements at Tennessee Tech, apply and if admitted, complete the clinical program and receive a degree from the dental school (no degree from Tennessee Tech),

(2) complete three years of specified courses in the pre-dental concentration of the "Applied Chemistry" Curriculum at Tennessee Tech, apply, and if admitted, receive a B.S. degree in chemistry from Tennessee Tech after successfully completing one year of dental school (a DDS degree is awarded from the dental school after completion of the 4-year clinical program), or

(3) begin in the pre dental curriculum (non degree) at Tennessee Tech and later change into a degree granting curriculum to receive a B.S. degree from Tennessee Tech, then apply for admission into dental school. Option (3) is the most viable of these options for attaining admission into dental school.

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