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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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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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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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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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When you are in undergraduate class and the professor tells you you have a quiz tomorrow, you usually go home, watch three hours of TV, play with your kids, or hang out with friends, then go to sleep at 10pm. In the morning you wake up and 10 minutes before class you cram 15 […]

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Everyone who is about to start dental school always wonders how much they will have to read, how much they will have to learn, how hard it is, etc. I can speak for the first semester at Temple, so if anyone else has something to add, please feel free to contact me.
Our schedule is […]

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