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I was going to commit myself if I had to study for another minute. My eyes were going cross eyed all by themselves because I had been reading so much. I studied about 4 hours a day for the first month, then boosted it up to 6 hours a day for a couple […]

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I had an admissions duty day last week with a few of my classmates. We basically helped a junior student, also on admissions duty, admit a new patient into the school. Here is how it went:
We showed up on time, signed our name for attendance, and received a 100 page packet on the […]

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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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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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Has anyone ever heard of this before? I found it during a late study night when taking a break. I don’t remember how I found it, but I downloaded an article by the inventor of the technique, Joseph Kravitz, DDS, MS. The article was featured in Practical Procedures & Aesthetic Dentistry pg. […]

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The best thing about this class is some of it coincides with the head and neck anatomy portion of dental school and you can learn while using the bathroom. Learning the cranial nerves can be a difficult thing to do. Especially when trying to juggle all the other classes and restorative projects. […]

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Are you one of those students who took the DAT and said to yourself, “I am done with that stupid test and never have to remember anything about the Krebs cycle or gram positive bacteria ever again!�?
I was.
You are in for a major disappointment when you get to biochemistry and realize that that stupid circle […]

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I know everyone is looking forward to some very cool articles and I promise that they are on the way. Right now I am preparing for finals which start THIS FRIDAY! Here is the break down:
Friday: Intro to Periodontology - An interesting class with very specific tests. We meet once a week […]

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Every couple of weeks I go to Google News and type in the word ‘dentist’ or ‘dentistry’ or another related word and see what is happening in the world or what is making headlines in the dental world.
Try it out by using the links below where I have already chosen the search parameters.
Dentist
Dentistry
As of this […]

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There are six types or classes of cavities which are used daily in dental school and of course in private practice.  It is always good to get exposure to this terminology before school (or as a review).  By your second semester of dental school this should be second nature. I have usd terminology in these […]

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