{"id":47197,"date":"2000-05-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2000-05-24T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2000\/05\/24\/unmc-graduating-dental-class-finishes-second-in-nationwideexam\/"},"modified":"2022-08-29T10:55:14","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T15:55:14","slug":"unmc-graduating-dental-class-finishes-second-in-nationwideexam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2000\/05\/24\/unmc-graduating-dental-class-finishes-second-in-nationwideexam\/","title":{"rendered":"UNMC Graduating Dental Class Finishes Second In Nationwide\n\nExam"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This years graduating class of the University of Nebraska Medical Center<\/p>\n

College of Dentistry ranked second nationwide in an examination taken by<\/p>\n

all of the nations dental students.<\/p>\n

Students in their final year of dental school take Part 2 of the American<\/p>\n

Dental Associations National Board Examination during the first week of<\/p>\n

December. UNMC recently learned that its students finished a collective<\/p>\n

second on the test. There are 55 dental schools in the United States.<\/p>\n

“I’m extremely proud of our students’ accomplishments on this examination. <\/p>\n

These results reflect well on both our students and our faculty, said<\/p>\n

John Reinhardt, D.D.S., dean of the UNMC College of Dentistry. The most<\/p>\n

recent examinations (National Board, Part 2) test clinical and scientific<\/p>\n

knowledge, and it’s great to know that our students’ knowledge base is<\/p>\n

so strong.”<\/p>\n

The examinations that the dental students completed in December were<\/p>\n

their second set of board examinations as UNMC students.<\/p>\n

After their first year of dental school, UNMC students also must pass<\/p>\n

board examinations covering the basic sciences of dentistry. The UNMC students<\/p>\n

who took that examination last summer ranked fifth in the nation.<\/p>\n

Curtis Kuster, D.D.S., director of admissions and a faculty member in<\/p>\n

the UNMC College of Dentistry, said those numbers are particularly impressive<\/p>\n

because many universities students take the exams after their second year<\/p>\n

of dental school.<\/p>\n

The students who took the second part of the board exam graduated from<\/p>\n

UNMC on May 5. Dental students must pass the board examinations to graduate<\/p>\n

and to take a licensure examination. Students must pass the licensure exam<\/p>\n

to practice dentistry.<\/p>\n

Over the past five years, UNMC students have had a 97-percent passing<\/p>\n

rate on the national board tests, said Myron Pudwill, D.D.S., assistant<\/p>\n

dean for student affairs and alumni affairs for the College of Dentistry.<\/p>\n

That compares with a national average of about 87 percent.<\/p>\n

UNMC is the only public academic health science center in the state.<\/p>\n

Through its commitment to research, education, outreach and patient care,<\/p>\n

UNMC has established itself as one of the country’s leading centers for<\/p>\n

cancer research and treatment, solid organ transplantation and arthritis.<\/p>\n

During the past year, nearly $31 million in research grants and contracts<\/p>\n

were awarded to UNMC scientists, and UNMCs funding from the National Institutes<\/p>\n

of Health increased by 28 percent, going from $16.2 million to $20.7 million.<\/p>\n

UNMC’s educational programs are responsible for training more health professionals<\/p>\n

practicing in Nebraska than any other institution.<\/p>\n


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