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Dental Boards Part I is OVER!

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 of weeks and then 12 hours a day for a week. Then I was so BURNED out that I stopped studying for three days before I took the test. I reviewed a little dental anatomy the day before the test. We also had three classes during this time (finals are next week), add patients and duty days in the clinics and my extracurricular activities and family (who were largely ignored for 2 months) – It has been fairly busy. I was a little disappointed in the test though. It was in almost no way similar to any back test I took. More on this in a minute, here is how my studies went.

I started with Dental Decks. These are a great resource for a number of reasons. They are a good review. Even now, i could pull them out and learn something new. I think in future months I will sort through them and find the ones that are most pertinent Continue reading

Anatomy Acronym: Retroperitoneal Organs

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!