Tennessee Tech University

The minimum requirement for admission into a dental school is three years of undergraduate coursework, however, most 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.

Meharry College of Dentistry - http://www.mmc.edu/

University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Dentistry - http://www.uthsc.edu/dentistry/

University of Alabama, Birmingham (UAB) School of Dentistry - http://www.dental.uab.edu/

University of Kentucky School of Dentistry - http://www.mc.uky.edu/dentistry/

University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine -  http://sdm.uchc.edu/

University of Louisville School of Dentistry - http://louisville.edu/dental/