Hawthorne-based Touro College of Dental Medicine at New York Medical College is one of the few programs training students with some of the newest dental innovations and techniques, according to The New York Times.
Touro's dental program, which started in 2016, trains students to use digital scanners and 3D printers for same-day crown replacements. Additionally, students are trained to use lasers that remove the need for anesthetic and digital tools for detecting oral cancer.
"We designed the school to address the practice world of 2030 — not the practice world of 1985," Edward Farkas, DDS, Touro's vice dean and chairman of dentistry, told The New York Times.
Around 3,600 applicants applied to the dental school's 113 spaces this year, according to Dr. Farka, adding that other schools with similar dental training have much higher tuition costs.
Most of the innovations aren't commonly used due to the high cost and a lack of training. Only 15 percent to 20 percent of dentists currently have digital scanners, Ronnie Myers, DDS, dean and professor of dental medicine at Touro told The New York Times.
The students also treat the public in Touro's Dental Health clinic. Theresa Gucciardo-Perry, a Touro clinic patient, told The New York Times that after being treated with the new technology, she will never go back to traditional dentistry treatment.
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Touro's dental program, which started in 2016, trains students to use digital scanners and 3D printers for same-day crown replacements. Additionally, students are trained to use lasers that remove the need for anesthetic and digital tools for detecting oral cancer.
"We designed the school to address the practice world of 2030 — not the practice world of 1985," Edward Farkas, DDS, Touro's vice dean and chairman of dentistry, told The New York Times.
Around 3,600 applicants applied to the dental school's 113 spaces this year, according to Dr. Farka, adding that other schools with similar dental training have much higher tuition costs.
Most of the innovations aren't commonly used due to the high cost and a lack of training. Only 15 percent to 20 percent of dentists currently have digital scanners, Ronnie Myers, DDS, dean and professor of dental medicine at Touro told The New York Times.
The students also treat the public in Touro's Dental Health clinic. Theresa Gucciardo-Perry, a Touro clinic patient, told The New York Times that after being treated with the new technology, she will never go back to traditional dentistry treatment.
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