PAGD Keystone Explorer Winter 2019 20

6 www.pagd.org Q dentistry issues Describe your graduating class demographics. Do you or did you have a dentist mentor? How did you find this relationship? William (Penn Class of 2021) – “Our class has 155 dental students total—130 traditional dental students (80 female, 50 male) and 25 Program for Advanced Standing Students (PASS) who are foreign-trained dentists who want to practice dentistry in the United States.” Kevin (Temple Class of 2022) – “140 dental students, 55 percent female to 45 percent male.” STUDENTS VETERANS Michael (Pitt Class of 1983) – “85 percent male, 15 percent female. Two African-American males, and two Asian-American males.” Ann (VCU Class of 1996) – “76 students, 14 women, 62 men.” Dan (Maryland Class of 1985) – “About 30 percent female, 70 percent male. And maybe 10 percent minority students.” Carol (Penn Class of 1988) – “We were the first year that they decreased the enrollment by half. I only had 75 students in my class. There were 13 girls.” Amy (Penn ‘20) – “I have had multiple dentist mentors throughout the years. Each mentor has individually shaped my career and dental school experience in every phase of my education. I would not be as prepared, creative, or successful without them.” STUDENTS VETERANS Carol (Penn ‘88) – “While I was in dental school, I spent a summer working in the dental clinic. Here, I met a local oral surgeon who ran the residency program. Upon graduation, he invited me to come to the study club that met every Tuesday over lunch at the hospital. He is the one who told me there was a practice for sale and that it would be a much better opportunity than the current associateship that I was in.” Dan (Maryland ‘85) – “No. As a matter of fact, I was looked on as competition by nearby practices.” Ann (VCU ‘96) – “The senior partner at my group practice. He retired my third year there. He was the one who encouraged me to leave the group practice and start my own practice. He was a strict but fair person. He even came to the satellite office on his day off to help me with my first implant crown.” D E N T I S T R Y F R OM generation to generation PAGD members highlight and compare the struggles, successes, and experiences of long-time dentists and their new dentist colleagues.