Touro College of Dental Medicine Holds White Coat Ceremony for First Advanced Standing Students

SEVEN STUDENTS IN TOURO COLLEGE of Dental Medicine’s Advanced Standing International Dentist Program (IDP) marked their transition into clinical work at a white coat ceremony in December. They are the first IDP participants to take part in the ceremony, a milestone for both them and the program, which began just this past July. The students, who hail from five different countries, donned their white coats with the assistance of their faculty clinical practice leaders and recited the Touro College of Dental Medicine oath, the culmination of the additional effort and time they devoted to qualify for TCDM’s program.

Touro College of Dental Medicine’s Advanced Standing International Dentist Program is designed to provide qualified dentists educated outside of the United States with the education and experience required to practice dentistry in the U.S. Participants earn a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree following an intensive, two-year didactic and clinical program.

IDP students begin coursework with advanced standing, starting at the third year of the standard curriculum. After earning their D.D.S. degree, they are qualified to apply to take their U.S. dental licensure exams.

Touro College of Dental Medicine Advanced Standing students in International Dentist Program receive their white coats in ceremony at the college in December. They are, from left: Priscila Pena Diaz, Drialys Felipe Rodriquez, Nancy Shailesh Doshi, Mozdeh Mematollahi, Ankita Patel, Harpreet Bajwa, Lauren Castillo.