The SCII was used to evaluate the similarity of interests of a sample of practicing dentists and those interests of a sample of dental students. The two groups were found to have similar interest patterns, except for business and office considerations. While the SCII's specific vocation scale for dentistry did not yield very strong positive results in terms of identifying the dental students, it did reveal useful interest patterns. As a general instrument for self-assessment, or for counselors advising the young about a vocation in dentistry, the SCII has some utility if the pattern of interests is used.
A sample of dental students was inventoried on their vocational interests as freshmen. They were reinventoried as seniors with the same instrument. While most interests were found to be reliable over time for the group, male dental students lost some of their orientation toward physicians and females were found to have lost some social orientation. Male students' orientation was found to be investigative while that of females was found to be primarily artistic‐investigative.
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