Likely Required Courses
(contact prospective institutions early for specific requirements)
- Biology 1151, 1152
- Chemistry 1551 (Math 1431 (or equivalent) is a pre-requisite to Chemistry 1551) and 1552 (inorganic); Chemistry 2551 and 2552 (organic).
- Integral and Differential Calculus Math 2231 and 2232. The sequence to Math 2231 and
2232 is Math 1431 > Math 1432 > Math 2231 > Math 2232.
Also consider taking Biology 2150, Ecology; Zoology 2250, Comparative Zoology; and/or Zoology 2260, Invertebrate Zoology.
Dental School Admission
Entrance to dental school is very competitive. Applicants will likely be required to take the DCAT.
Dental Schools in the United States
Alabama
- University of Alabama School of Dentistry
California
- Loma Linda University School of Dentistry
- University of California Los Angeles School of Dentistry
- University of California San Francisco School of Dentistry
- University of Southern California School of Dentistry
- University of the Pacific School of Dentistry
Colorado
- University of Colorado, School of Dentistry
Connecticut
- The University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine
District of Columbia
- Howard University
Florida
- University of Florida College of Dentistry
Georgia
- Medical College of Georgia, School of Dentistry
Illinois
- Midwestern Illinois, College of Dental Medicine
- University of Illinois School of Dentistry
- Southern Illinois School of Dental Medicine
Indiana
- Indiana University School of Dentistry
Iowa
- University of Iowa School of Dentistry
Kentucky
- University of Kentucky School of Dentistry
- University of Louisville School of Dentistry
Louisiana
- Louisiana State University School of Dentistry
Maryland
- The National Naval Dental School
- University of Maryland School of Dentistry
Massachusetts
- Boston University School of Dental Medicine
- Harvard School of Dental Medicine
- Tufts University School of Dental Medicine
Michigan
- University of Detroit Mercy, School of Dentistry
- University of Michigan School of Dentistry
Minnesota
- University of Minnesota School of Dentistry
Mississippi
- University of Mississippi, School of Dentistry
Missouri
- University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Dentistry
Nebraska
- Creighton University School of Dentistry
- University of Nebraska Medical Center
New Jersey
- University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
New York
- Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center School of Dental and Oral Surgery
- Long Island College Hospital, Department of Dentistry
- New York University College of Dentistry
- School of Dental Medicine, SUNY at Stony Brook
- University at Buffalo School of Dentistry
- University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry
North Carolina
- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Dentistry
Ohio
- Case Western Reserve University School of Dentistry
- Ohio State University, School of Dentistry
Oklahoma
- University of Oklahoma School of Dentistry
Oregon
- Oregon Health Sciences University School of Dentistry
Pennsylvania
- Temple University School of Dentistry
- University of Pennsylvania School of Dentistry
- University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine
South Carolina
- Medical University of South Carolina
Tennessee
- Meharry College of Dentistry
- University of Tennessee School of Dentistry
Texas
- Baylor College of Dentistry
- University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- University of Texas - Houston Dental Branch
Virginia
- Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry
Washington
- University of Washington School of Dentistry
West Virginia
- West Virginia University School of Dentistry
Wisconsin
- Marquette University School of Dentistry
Contact Information
Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Division
Berg Instructional Center (BIC), Room 2E06
(630) 942-3210