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Pre-Professional Programs

Pre-Dental

As a dentist, you can build a lifetime of impact on the health and quality of life of your patients. At Saint Ben’s and Saint John’s, we help students start that journey with a strong science background, immersed in the liberal arts and enhanced with powerful, valuable co-curricular learning experiences.

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Why Study Dentistry at CSB & SJU?

  • Trained and committed faculty advisors from different areas
  • Prerequisite courses and study resources that help students succeed on the DAT exam
  • Interdisciplinary health-focused programs of study
  • Experiential opportunities in local clinics and volunteer organizations
A dental professional wearing blue gloves holds dental tools over a black-and-white X-ray image of teeth. The tools include a dental mirror and a probe, used for examining detailed aspects of the teeth and gums shown in the X-ray.
Two smiling female students are seated at a lab desk, collaborating on a science project with various equipment and papers spread out before them. More students work at other desks in the background, indicating a busy classroom lab setting.

Program Objectives:

  • To prepare well-rounded applicants for dental school, building on a strong curricular foundation in the natural and behavioral sciences
  • To provide students the resources to approach the study of health along creative, interdisciplinary paths
  • To provide students opportunities to gain clinical exposure and learning through a variety of co-curricular experiences

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