Oklahoma
| Maximum Class Size | 52 |
| In-State Enrollees | 49 |
| Out-of-State Enrollees | 3 |
| 4-Yr Total Tuition and Fees These values come from the 2018-19 Commission on Dental Accreditation report. They include the total tuition and fees to complete the program, DO NOT include cost of living, and may slightly overestimate the program's cost, as some minor costs are optional (student health insurance, laptop, etc.). | $283,580 |
| 4-Yr Total Tuition and Fees (in-state) These values come from the 2018-19 Commission on Dental Accreditation report. They include the total tuition and fees to complete the program, DO NOT include cost of living, and may slightly overestimate the program's cost, as some minor costs are optional (student health insurance, laptop, etc.). | $119,476 |
| Average Accepted Overall GPA | 3.69 |
| Average Accepted Science GPA | 3.59 |
| DAT Academic Average | 19.7 |
| Crowns Required | 15 |
| Avg. # Crowns Completed | 18 |
| RCTs Required | 12 |
| Avg. # RCTs Completed | 12 |
| Arches of Dentures Required | 8 |
| Avg. # Arches Completed | 11 |
| Required Shadowing Hours | 100 |
| Anatomy Credits | Not required |
| Biochemistry Credits | 3 |
| Biology Credits | 16 |
| General Chemistry Credits | 8 |
| English Credits | 6 |
| Math Credits | Not required |
| Microbiology Credits | Not required |
| Organic Chemistry Credits | 8 |
| Physics Credits | 8 |
| Physiology Credits | Not required |
| Psychology Credits | 3 |
| CASPer Required | N/A |
| Canadian Acceptances | N/A |
| Other International Acceptances | N/A |
| Accepts Canadian DAT? | N/A |
| Advanced Standing Entrance Year | 3 |
| Advanced Standing Students | 9 |
"Our school sets up a mentorship program where you are set up with a mentor that is currently working as a dentist in the community. When you are filling out the application, you can even preference if you would like to have a mentor that works for a free clinic, a private practice, a chain, etc."
"You have to assist your clinic partner during 2nd year no matter what. So even if your partner is doing a procedure for which they don’t need an assistant, you have to just sit there and not do anything when you have a huge exam coming up."
"I dislike when medical school or pharmacology faculty come to the dental college and teach us using the same slides as the med/pharm students. The slides are very intense and rarely circle back to teach the specific impact or relevance for the practice of dentistry."
What are the best things about attending University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry?
One very appealing aspect of OUCOD is the early exposure to hands on skills. During your first full semester, you are in clinic every week working alongside third and fourth year students. During this time, you get to see how clinics inside the school work, are able to assist, and get up close and personal with procedures you will soon learn to do. During the spring semester, you do a lot more preclinical work including operative dentistry, learning to take x-rays, and learning other important skills like taking impressions. The summer going into your second year, you start seeing your very first patient for a cleaning. For me, this pace was exactly what I needed to learn new skills at a fast rate without being overwhelmed.
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