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Exploring the Dental Field

  • Books/Journals
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  • Internships
  • Organizations
  • Research Opportunities
  • Volunteer Work
  • Web Resources

Books/Journals

  • Tough Questions, Great Answers: Responding to Patient Concerns About Today's Dentistry by Robin Wright
  • Opening a Dental Practice (Dental Economics) by Robert H. Schaper
  • Designing Your Perfect Dental Practice: Foundations of Clinical Success by Jay M. Hislop D.D.S.
  • The Mystery Patient's Guide to Gaining & Retaining Patients by Suzanne Boswell
  • Preparing to Enter Dental School by Shailer A. Peterson
  • The National Institute of Dental Research: Research Training and Career Opportunities in Dental Sciences by NIDCR
  • Opportunities for Minorities in Dental Research Supported by National Institute of Dental Research by NIDCR
  • Journal of the American Dental Association
    http://www.ada.org/prof/resources/pubs/jada/index.asp

Informational Interviews

Alumni ICAN
http://alum.mit.edu/cs/ican/

Networking 101

Internships

UROPs
http://web.mit.edu/urop/index.html

Wetfeet.com
http://internships.wetfeet.com/home.asp

Organizations

American Dental Education Association
http://www.adea.org

American Dental Association
http://www.ada.org/

Massachusetts Dental Society
http://www.massdental.org/

International Dental Associations
http://www.ada.org/ada/organizations/foreign.asp

American Student Dental Association
http://www.asdanet.org/

Research Opportunities

UROPs
http://web.mit.edu/urop/index.html

Beth Israel Hospital: Research Jobs
http://www.bidmc.harvard.edu

American Association for Dental Research (AADR)
http://www.iadr.com

National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
http://www.nidcr.nih.gov

ASDA Handbook: A Resource Guide for Dental Students
http://www.asdanet.org

Volunteer Work

MIT Opportunities

Medlinks: Students Promoting Health at MIT
http://web.mit.edu/medlinks/www/

Public Service Center
http://web.mit.edu/mitpsc/: community service opportunities through programs sponsored and co-sponsored by the MIT

Non-MIT Opportunities

Volunteer Solutions, Inc.
http://www.volunteersolutions.org/

Summer Program Listing by Health Professions Advisory Program (HPAP)
http://hpap.syr.edu/spstate.htm

Idealist
http://www.idealist.org/

Boston Public Health Commission – Boston Medical Reserve Corps
http://bostonmrc.org/

Guidestar: Donor's Guide to the Nonprofit Universe
http://www.guidestar.org/index.jsp

Web Resources

Journal of Dental Education
http://www.jdentaled.org/

Associated American Dental Schools Application Service
https://aadsas.adea.org/aadsas2006/

Predental.com
http://www.predental.com

Dental Admissions Test
http://www.ada.org/prof/ed/testing/dat/index.asp

The NIH National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
http://nccam.nih.gov/

MIT Biology Department
http://web.mit.edu/~biology/www/index.html

MIT Chemistry Department
http://web.mit.edu/~chemistry/www/index.html

Northeast Association of Advisors for the Health Professions (NEAAHP)
http://www.neaahp.org/

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