Source: indy reporter (@Indy_reporter_) on X
This Indiana Dental Board meeting gets pretty wild when they start discussing foreign-trained dentists applying to become dental hygienists.
I posted the time stamps so you know where to look.
⏱️ 3:24–3:28: They debate whether foreign BDS degrees actually meet Indiana’s requirement for education “substantially similar” to a DDS/DMD.
⏱️ 3:36–3:47: Then they start digging into the transcripts. One member points out missing periodontics (gum disease), preventive dentistry and radiology, a 1.95 GPA, and one applicant who apparently had only 20 days of perio training.
The concern?
“I just worry about the safety, the preparedness.”
⏱️ 3:33–3:35: They also realize applicants could spend nearly $2,000 on exams before the board even decides whether their education qualifies them.
⏱️ 3:48–3:52: Then they get into immigration and criminal background checks.
⏱️ 3:52–3:59: They settle on reviewing applications individually because they’re apparently getting them from all over the world.
And then someone suggests sending the applications 10–20 at a time instead of 100 right before a meeting.
At one point, they joke about needing sleeping bags for how many applications they are getting.
And someone later admits they were scrolling through some transcripts thinking:
“Yeah, because some of these I had a hard time just trying to find the English part of the transcript. I was like scrolling going where is there an English word?”
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