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In no particular order a small list of essential items to help you study well:

Lots of pens and pencils. I think I have used 20 pencils this past semester. Those cheap Bic mechanical ones that cost like 5 bucks for a box. I love them. I used pencils more than pens.
Paper. […]

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Orthodontics II + Lab
Endodontics I + Lab
Periodontology II (our third one)
Oral Pathology
Pharmacology
Pediatric Dentistry + Lab
Oral Radiology + Lab
Restorative Dentistry IV (removable) + Lab
Anesthesia & Pain Control (mine or the patients?!?) + Lab
I have never had to read so much in my entire life. I bet I will read more in this semester than I […]

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Pathology can be one of the more difficult topics in dental school for many reasons. Many people have never taken the class before and much of the terminology and concepts are new. Newer topics are always harder to learn then concepts that you are reviewing or have seen before. Another reason could […]

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I was sitting in pre-clinic today working away on a PFM crown wax cutback when I heard someone scream my name. I turned around to see an pre-dental interviewee rushing up to my seat. “It’s really you!” At first I was surprised as I didn’t know anyone interviewing today. Then it […]

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Since you haven’t been thoroughly entertained for a while I thought I would give one reason why this is the case: Summer Vacation - otherwise known to me as doing nothing but having fun. It’s not that doing this website isn’t fun, but there are several things I was doing that took priority. […]

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Now that I have made the plastic form I can start to make the three unit bridge. Vaseline the teeth you have prepared so the acrylic doesn’t stick to them. You don’t use vaseline in a patient, their saliva lubricates everything enough so the acrylic doesn’t stick. Mix the liquid monomer with […]

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It’s a vacuform also called vacuumform or vac-u-form. It is a device used to suck down heated plastic onto a figure or mold allowing the plastic to take the shape of the mold. I find it very fun to use and am still building up courage to use it on my face. […]

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I had an interesting conversation with a good friend of mine the other day. He works for a large lab and gets to see all sorts of lab work that is sent into the lab from dentists and the work that is done by the lab and sent back out to the dentists. […]

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Here is our class photo. I found these while cleaning out some folders on my computer. They were taken a while ago. What do you guys think?  If you don’t already know who I am can you guess where I am sitting?

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I went to a talent show when I was younger and watched this man attempt to eat a Big Mac. That seems easy enough, until you hear how he was trying to eat the Big Mac. He opened his mouth bigger than anything I have ever seen and tried to swallow the whole […]

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