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Kilgore International Dental Model Teeth

November 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Check them out at the store: Kilgore Dental Model Teeth.
One set of PERMANENT teeth: 16 (8 Upper and 8 Lower – LEFT) anatomically shaped teeth set mounted on a plastic card held in place with wax. Excellent anatomy and ideal for student use. Ideal for use with dental anatomy notes for a great visual aid [...]

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Tags: Anatomy · Dental Store

Anatomy Acronym: Retroperitoneal Organs

August 4th, 2008 · No Comments

This one is all the abdominal retro peritoneal viscera: Ursula Uses Kids to Deliver All Lemon Pies except Sue’s Tasty Crust

Ureters
Urinary bladder
Kidneys
Duodenum (2nd/3rd parts)
Adrenal glands
Large intestine
Pancreas (head and neck of)
EXCEPT (not retroperitoneal)

Sigmoid
Transverse
Colon

Others include: esophagus, rectum, bladder, uterus, aorta, inferior vena cava.
Any more?  These will be on boards!

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Tags: Anatomy · National Boards

Complete Dentures, Restorative Dentistry IV

March 31st, 2008 · No Comments

Not only is this class a beast, the quizzes are very hard to study for and perform well on. We have a quiz in a couple of days on anatomical locations in the mouth. I have attached a couple of sheets you can download and look at if you wish to see what [...]

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Tags: Anatomy · Restorative Dentistry · Sophomore Year

CN Review | Cranial Nerve One - Olfactory Nerve

March 21st, 2007 · 2 Comments

Welcome to the first cranial nerve review out of a 12 part series of all 12 cranial nerves. These reviews will attempt to overview the cranial nerves by following their pathways and branches and innervations throughout the head and body.
OLFACTORY NERVE - CN #1
Function: Detection of chemicals using olfactory epithelium receptors for odor, receptors [...]

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Tags: Anatomy · Cranial Nerves

Dental Head and Neck Anatomy

March 13th, 2007 · 2 Comments

One of the most feared subjects in dental school could arguably be the head and neck anatomy portion of gross anatomy. With close to an infinite number of terms this class can be physically and mentally challenging. Having suffered and lived through this section and midterm I can hopefully add some insight [...]

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Tags: Anatomy · Classes

Directional Terms to Memorize

January 31st, 2007 · No Comments

Starting dental school with a little bit of knowledge can help to decrease the new stress of having to learn a large amount of new material. I hope that this new section called ‘education’ will provide a good overview of concepts and terminology you can use before or after you start dental school. [...]

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Tags: Anatomy · Classes · Education · Restorative Dentistry

First Gross Anatomy Test in Dental School

January 25th, 2007 · No Comments

Hit the ground running for this class. The first day of school we were given a few small packets of information and a syllabus with the required reading. It didn’t seem like very much material considering we were given a whole trees worth of paper for biochemistry the previous semester. Our first [...]

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Tags: Anatomy · Classes · Temple Dental