This seven-year program will teach you to be a confident, ethical and qualified dentist. You’ll build skills through practice-based learning, in a degree built to meet the community's changing oral health needs. When you study the Dental Medicine BS-DMD, you will: - access the latest technology, facilities and teaching laboratories; - understand how to make treatment decisions that are most appropriate for patients as individuals; - gain confidence in treating patients through simulation and practice-based experience; - develop leadership skills to enable contribution to the dental community; - learn the skills to make informed decisions by critiquing research and evidence.

Students who are in their fourth semester at FDU and who meet the application criteria may apply. Applicants must have had secondary school preparation in English, mathematics, biology, chemistry and physics. Please speak to the FDU prehealth advisor for additional information on application criteria. Following evaluation of applications by FDU and the Rutgers School of Dental Medicine (RSDM) admissions office, the Joint Admissions Committee will decide which applicants to interview at FDU and RSDM. The interview at RSDM will be conducted by a member of the RSDM Admissions Committee. The final decision will be made by the Joint Admissions Committee following review of the interviewers' comments.