Resources
Temple University | TUSoD | American Association of Women Dentists | American Dental Association |
American Dental Education Association | Hispanic Dental Association | National Dental Association | Native American Health Center for Excellence Consortium | Pipeline Profession and Practice | Student National Dental Association (SNDA) | The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
| Temple University: A comprehensive public research university with more than 34,000 students. It has a distinguished faculty in 17 schools and colleges, including schools of Law, Medicine, Pharmacy, Podiatry, and Dentistry, and a renowned Health Sciences Center. Temple is one of Pennsylvania's three public research universities, along with the University of Pittsburgh and Penn State University. Temple University is the 28th largest university in the United States, and it is the 6th largest provider of professional education (law, dentistry, medicine, pharmacy, and podiatric medicine) in the country. Its Undergraduate Admissions web page is full of information for those interested in studying at Temple. |
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| The Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry:
Temple is the second-oldest dental school in continuous existence in the United States and, for 140 years, has provided men and women with a strong academic and clinical background for the practice of general dentistry. The common thread running throughout the clinical program over the years has been excellence in clinical dentistry. The prospective students web page offers informacion on requirements for admission, a description of the academic year and the courses, programs, Tuition and Costs, and more information. |
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| American Association of Women Dentists:
Founded in
1892, the AAWD represents women dentists across the United States, Internationally and in the Uniformed services. |
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| American Dental Association: Seven of ten U.S. dentists are members of the American Dental Association. Founded in 1859, the ADA is the professional association of dentists committed to the public's oral health, ethics, science, and professional advancement. You might find their career resources particularly useful. |
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| American Dental Education Association: ADEA members include all U.S. and Canadian dental schools, advanced dental education programs, hospital dental education programs, allied dental education programs, corporations, faculty, and students. One of its core values is expanding the Diversity of Dental Education. The Association values diversity and believes that those who populate dental education-students, faculty, staff, administrators, and patients-should reflect the diversity of our society. The ADEA has established a Center for Equity and Diversity. |
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| Hispanic Dental Association: To encourage entry of Hispanics into oral health careers, the Hispanic Dental Association administers four different scholarship funds. Each fund has its own unique purpose, and each has its own benefactor. |
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| National Dental Association: NDA is the premier dental organization for ethnic minorities. It represents a family of 10,000 dentists, students, hygienists, assistants, spouses, and the communities they serve. It is the parent organization of the Student National Dental Association, and umbrella to the National Dental Hygienists Association, the National Dental Assistants Association, and the Auxiliary to the NDA (spouses). |
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| Native American Health Center of Excellence Consortium: Established in 1993 at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in the Colleges of Dentistry and Medicine, the Native American Center of Excellence Consortium is designated as the only Native American Center among the dental schools in the United States and only one of four located in a College of Medicine. |
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| Pipeline Profession and Practice: A five-year program designed to help increase access to dental care for underserved populations, to increase the number of underrepresented minorities and low income individuals in the profession and to provide training in cultural competence, funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The California Endowment. |
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| Student National Dental Association (SNDA): An organization of approximately 1,100 minority dental student members who are from African-American, Hispanic, and Native backgrounds from among the approximately 21,000 dental students enrolled at the 56 US dental schools. Since 1970, SNDA has become an integral minority students and minority dental health practioners, with the ultimate goal of improving the health manpower distribution among the minority population as defined by the Department of Health and Human Services. SNDA Regional and National meetings are held annually to advance and refine the collective efforts of the organization. |
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| The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: As the nation's largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to improving the health and health care of all Americans, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation works with a diverse group of organizations and individuals to identify solutions and achieve comprehensive, meaningful and timely change. |
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