<p>Just make sure you plan properly & get your prereq’s in. There are certain science classes you need to have for dental school. Also, you will have to take the DAT (junior year, I think). I would guess getting the science courses in before you take it would be wise.</p>
<p>I think you are wise to study something that interests you. A majority of students who enter college thinking they will be doctors or dentists do not actually ever become doctors or dentists. It’s not that they “can’t” go into these fields; they choose to do something else. My daughter is one of those students! She realized that she is good in science, but she doesn’t actually “like” it. That got her to thinking about what she DOES like … and now she is moving in a totally different direction with her education. </p>
<p>If you end up going to dental school, having studied something else makes you more well-rounded … if you choose not to go to dental school, you will be set with an alternate career. </p>
<p>And if it helps, the pre-health adviser at Vanderbilt told us that med schools like non-science majors!</p>