Your Students Know Their ABCs.
What About Their Rx's?
Today’s new grads are stepping into faster-paced clinics, treating more medically complex patients, and facing rising risks tied to polypharmacy.
MedAssent DDS was built to bridge the gap—transforming foundational pharmacology knowledge into real-world clinical confidence.
Designed specifically for dental and hygiene students, it helps them apply what they’ve learned to everyday patient care, one medication decision at a time.
Despite a solid foundation in pharmacology, many students still struggle to apply that knowledge with real patients.​​​
In a recent survey*:
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83% of students lacked confidence in looking up medication information for patients
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65% found existing resources inadequate
It’s time to rethink how we prepare the next generation—so they graduate ready, confident, and equipped for real-world practice.
How do you typically feel when tasked with looking up medication information for a patient?
* From an October 2024 survey of 54 students
Real Tools for the Real-World Gaps You See in Clinic
From "I think I remember this" to "I know what to do next"—MedAssent DDS helps students get there faster, without adding to your plate.
Patient-Focused Med Reports
Students practice thinking like clinicians with real-world med lists. Our Med Reports train them to evaluate medication risks, treatment implications, and when to pause for a consult—all in one clear, timestamped summary per patient.
Dentistry-Specific Drug Intelligence
Say goodbye to generic databases. We cover 13,000+ medications with insights tailored for dental workflows—epinephrine and local anesthetic warnings, oral side effects, treatment considerations, and more. Best of all, no sifting through dense pharmaco-kinetics required.
Rx Check: Safe Prescribing Reinforced
Whether they’re dosing antibiotics or managing polypharmacy, students get pharmacist-reviewed guidance, alternative options, and real-time one-click interaction checks—tools they’ll actually use in practice. Plus, our pediatric dosing calculator makes managing pediatric patients a breeze.
Self-Assessment & Clinical Milestone Tracking
We work with your program to tailor assessments and milestones to your curriculum—whether you're tracking EPAs, prescribing readiness, or clinical growth. No grading, no extra admin—just actionable insight into student progress.
Exclusive Mobile App Access
Equip your students with just-in-time, clinically relevant medication support—wherever they are. From med lookups to interaction checks, the app reinforces pharmacology in real-world contexts, right from their pocket.
How It’s Changing the Way Students Learn
For the same price as a drug reference book, our students now have access to the MedAssent DDS web portal which offers easily searchable drug information with a focus on oral implications.
We are using this tool to enrich students' pharmacology projects and their clinical experience. The feature we are most excited about is that the portal allows students to search for possible drug interactions.
We have found that MedAssent DDS offers our students a superior interactive learning experience, and our Pharmacology professors report that, because of the interactive nature of the website and ease of looking up information, students use this resource more often than traditional methods.
Harold Jennings, RDH
Associate Director of Dental Hygiene Programs, Plaza College
Director of Part-time Evening and Weekend Track, Plaza College
Immediate Past President, New York Dental Hygienists' Association
Let’s Build Something That Works for Your Program
We partner with schools like yours to build stronger, smarter graduates. Schedule a quick call to walk through the platform, ask questions, and explore how we can best support your students.