The modern dentist is, thus, trained to practice preventive dentistry, and the dental-school curriculum prepares the student to treat the many complicated and related diseases of the body as they relate to the mouth. For this reason, dental schools expect essentially the same premedical preparation as medical schools, and the predental student should follow a program similar to the premedical program. The book Your Future in Dentistry is available on loan from the Predental Advisor.

Some dental school catalogues may claim that a baccalaureate degree is not necessary for admission, or that two or three years of undergraduate training are sufficient. Only in very unusual circumstances, however, will dental schools accept candidates without the degree. Hence, predental students are advised to complete their undergraduate work.