Hand Skills & Dexterity

Dental schools screen hard for fine motor ability, and most applicants answer this badly.

5 questions · Written by Victoria Young, DDS

Tell me about something you've done that required real precision with your hands.Manual dexterity evidence. Dental schools screen for this and most applicants…
Dentistry requires strong fine motor skills. Do you have any hobbies that demonstrate your hand skills?Direct evidence of dexterity. Dental schools screen for this explicitly, and…
How do you know you have the dexterity for this? What's your evidence?Whether you can make an evidence-based claim about yourself instead of…
Tell me about a physical skill you were genuinely bad at when you started. How long did it take to get good?Learning curve tolerance. Almost everyone is bad at handpiece work at first —…
You'll be working upside down, in a mirror, in a two-inch space, for hours. How do you think you'll handle that?Whether you've thought about the physical reality of the job rather than an…

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