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Vocabulary words are for fifth graders! Think again. While learning about the basic sciences and dentistry you will no doubt come across many words that you have never heard of. How many of you knew what epistaxis was before dental school? Maybe a few of you. What about rhinorrhea? […]

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Many students get anxious when thinking about what they want to do after dental school. There are many options ranging from teaching to private practice to further education and even working in the dental industry, but not doing dentistry (like sales, etc.)
One of our readers has set up a website that helps you to […]

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One of our many classes during the brutal second semester of second year is oral pathology. Oral pathology is the class in dental school where you learn about everything that can go wrong in the mouth from pizza burns to much more serious diseases. The textbook we use is Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology, […]

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I am sure all of us have dreamed up or imagined what our practice will be like when we are actually done with school and confident to start out on our own. Whether it be the classic family practice with popular magazines next to comfortable couches and children’s toys in the corner, or the […]

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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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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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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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Am I the only dental blog? I ventured out into the realms of Google this last week in search of other dental related blogs in the hopes that I am not the only dental student or dentist (knock on wood) who likes to blog. I was also interested in networking with others to […]

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