Pre-Dental Program
The pre dental program at Parkside is designed to help you gain the necessary academic and professional requirements that will help you become a competitive candidate for professional dental schools. We offer exceptional learning opportunities in a small class setting which helps with your success.
Parkside’s pre-dental program gives you the strong educational base you need to pursue a career as a dentist. If you are uncertain if a career in dentistry is for you, find out why others pursue and have great success in the field.
Why dentistry?
- Restore oral health and transform patients health
- An independent career
- Shape the future of oral health care
- Choose from a number of dental career options
- Exercise creativity in your daily work
- Work as a collaborative team
- Provide benevolent care to community
* According to the American Dental Education Association
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ACCEPTANCE RATE
UW-PARKSIDE PRE-DENTAL ACCEPTANCE RATE 2001-2023
Medical Schools Parkside Students Attended
Doctor of Dental Surgery
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India
| Marquette | SIU | |
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Indiana
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UIC
| UIC |
Source: Dr. Bryan Lewis, Associate Dean, College of Natural and Health Sciences; Director, Center for Health Sciences and Pre-Health Programs 2001-2023 acceptance rates information, University of Wisconsin-Parkside.
Students hoping to gain acceptance into professional health programs can pursue a major in any department/discipline throughout the university.
As a student in the Pre-Dental program you will receive
- Assistance in obtaining shadowing/internship experiences with local dentists
- Help to ensure that you are choosing the correct career pathway
- Experience required to gain acceptance into dental school
Common science and math pre-requisite classes that are required by most dental schools
General Biology | BIOS 101 and 102 | 8 credits | 1 year
General Chemistry | CHEM 101 and 102 | 10 credits | 1 year
Organic Chemistry | CHEM 321, 322, and 323 | 11 credits | 1 year
Physics | PHYS 105 and 106 | 10 credits | 1 year
Biochemistry | BIOS 307 | 3 credits | 1 semester
Other classes you may want to consider taking as electives to help you prepare for dental school include:
Anatomy | BIOS 300 | 4 credits
Physiology | BIOS 341 | 3 credits
Microbiology | BIOS 303 | 4 credits
Neuroscience | BIOS 420 | 3 credits
Accredited dental school programs can be found at the National Dental Association Website.
Below is a list of just a few dental schools our graduates attended
Marquette
SIU
Indiana
UIC
NYU
PROGRAM CONTACT INFO
Bryan Lewis | 262-595-2327 | lewisb@uwp.edu
