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Ellen Noumi DMD AS 2020 Knowing that the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) was the first in the U.S. to transition to be entirely digital dentistry was a great influence on my decision when it came to applying to schools: Digital dentistry is the future of dentistry. At the same time, here at GSDM, we learn both conventional dentistry and digital dentistry, and we are now learning how to treatment plan case by case and to pick what matches best for each patient. We can do conventional dentistry that we are trained to do and we can do digital dentistry and that depends on each case. The combination of these skills—both conventional and digital dentistry—makes us more competitive on the job market than other students who may have only done conventional dentistry and need a lot of practice on digital dentistry.
Here at GSDM, they are orienting us to the future of dentistry. We now have the mentality of digital dentistry: Anything new, we will be able to use that because we already have a strong foundation in digital dentistry.
Ya-Ting Yu DMD AS 2021 (PROS 17 PERIO 19) I have been at BU for six years—I finished my prosthodontics and periodontology specialties and now am starting my DMD —and have been lucky enough to witness the evolution of digital dentistry at the school. With digital dentistry, we have virtual planning we can show the patient, which helps the patient visualize the end result and better understand what we are trying to do. For a patient with an extensive rehabilitation case, that could be a big financial investment. Sharing the virtual image of what we can do can help those patients decide whether they want to make that investment —they know what they will be ending up with. And of course, we can also provide more accuracy, precision, and success for our patient. Digital dentistry technologies provide more precise diagnosis, and a more efficient treatment process. Digital dentistry is the future—I am so glad BU is preparing every student to have this ability.
Mark Pugliese DMD 2022 When you factor in the value of the education here—what we get with digital dentistry, and what that would cost to get after school in terms of continuing education, and time away from patients, and travel time and expenses—it made it such a value coming to GSDM, being able to graduate prepared with digital dentistry skills and ready to treat patients with that right away. It’s invaluable. The technology that we’ve had exposure to will make me a more competitive dentist, not just versus all other students coming out, but also against dentists, wherever I’m at. Having the knowledge of being able to use 3D scans, being able to 10
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