Dentistry

your list is very good however most of the stuff are extra-curriculars and you need mostly super-curriculars! super-curriculars are things like reading a book based on dentistry, reading articles, listening to ted talks, doing MOOC'S (very good for showing interest). get work experience within a dental clinic & make sure to write everything down so u don't forget when writing your personal statement. also your GSCE grades are really good! keep up with the good grades however the most important thing is UCAT so make sure to revise for that over the yr12 summer (don't worry about it rn) but also don't leave it last minute (you need atleast 6-8 weeks)

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Personally I found finding supercurriculars for dentistry really hard to find, here are some off the topic of my head:
- Watching Tedtalks about dentistry (there are plenty on Youtube), these tend to made for the public so aren't as difficult as academic journals (there's a really good one by the Geriatric tooth fairy on looking after the oral health of the aging population)
- Getting a subscription for Dentistry (it's free as it generates its revenue from advertisement), also E-alerts for BDJ and BMJ (british dental/medical journal respectively), I would try read the opinion pieces and news sections as some of the research published can be difficult to understand and you might run the risk of misinterpretting them and getting incorrect information
- Books such as Face to Face (Jim McCaul) on Oral and Maxfax surgery (could be related to your volunteering), Jaws (Kahn and Ehrlich) on alternative orthodontics (highly enjoyable!), Teeth (Mary Otto) on the holistic effects of oral health
- I would avoid the book It's all in your mouth, a lot of the claims that the books makes are not evidence based and can be very misleading as the author presents them as fact rather then speculation and theory (if you're interested in research and analysing quality of research I would recommend Bad Science or anything Ben Goldacre writes, not strictly dent related but good nonetheless)
- Nothing but the Tooth by Yang is good, but the dentist is American so just be aware of some differences to British and NHS dentistry (e.g. In the UK we don't really have medical/dental insurance, and if we do it works in a different way)
- As for MOOCs (these are all free), University of Sheffield has a very good one, so goes Uni of Glasgow, and UPenn (the UPenn one is very science heavy and definitely takes the most amount of time, not really worth it), be aware that some dent moocs are for graduates (like the dental implants one I tried to slog through, definitely wouldn't recommend)

Hope that helps Ultimately admissions teams know that books/supercurricular reading on dentistry is difficult to find and there aren't as many resources as med so you can still do med related supercurriculars as well (but remember to reflect on how these can be related to dent!):

I would also recommend:
- Books: Medical Ethics (Dunn and Hope), Do no harm (Marsh), When Breath Becomes Air (Kalanthi), Bad Science (Ben Goldacre)

oh my gosh this is so much and actually quite informative thank u so much! these are definitely being added to my list right now. You mentioned that this was difficult to get through, I assume you have gone through the process and are in uni/year13 right now? How are u finding it (whatever stage ur in)? And i agree! finding things to do is quite difficult because more things are targeted for those doing medicine, as in universties hold so much 'getting into med' courses, that wouldnt necessarily relate to dent which can be annoying. But for now ive applied for a few things (A biological molecules course at imperial college london, and the r2p course at birmingham), which I hope go well!

UCAT-wise, Im thinking of starting small revision in January, maybe around an hour a week, not too much. But obviously increase this when the summer comes closer (june time? considering i will also have my mocks to prepare for), as ill probably sit it in august

first of all, thanks for your reply! its been hard finding dental work experience as ive been rejected everywhere, hence why I will just go to a hospital and ask to go specifically to the maxillofacial area! Ive heard of MOOC but dont exactly know what it is, do you have any specific examples or lists?