r/DentalSchool

I’m a D2 about to transition to the clinic as long as I pass all exit exams. I’m worried about my hand skills. We have 3 practicals per semester. Out of the 9 we’ve had this year I’ve passed 4 of them on the first try. I’ve passed all of them on the second try and have always been able to pass the class but I’m worried I’m not ready for the clinic or if I’ll ever be able to be a good dentist. Even when I pass I’m getting Bs and B-s. How worried should I be? Bc I’m feeling sick thinking I chose the wrong profession.

Have a very low class rank because I was certain of general so I just passed my classes. Entering d3 year now and have been interested in omfs and the work they do. Fairly confident in my ability to take the CBSE if i needed to score well enough, but not sure if its worth the hassle of studying if a low class rank would completely disqualify me. Curious if anyone else has been in this situation or if they have advice?

To people who have finished D2. What advice would you have given your Pre-D2 self?

Any tips/tricks/videos helped with preparing the distal and disopalatal line angle of an upper molar? I find it really hard to get good vision and accessability in this area.

Helloo

Im a dental intern and im currently doing my surgery round . We do alot of extractions for wisdom teeth and remaining roots , pretty complex stuff . Ive been struggling with elevator usage , particularly elevator wedging .

No matter how much work i observe , it just seems like i cant get that elevator tip wedged between the root and the bone to create lever . Is this a problem with force or with direction of insertion ??? I try to wedge mesiobucally for most teeth and some times distobucally but i still dont get a wedge.

I see some instructors insert the elevator almost horizontally into the interdental space instead of going apically and parallel to the axis of the root to force the tooth out .

Does anyone have some advice or links to educational papers or videos that could be of help . I would really appreciate it !!!

AMA

Hi everyone, I’m currently deciding as to whether I should apply to dental or medical school. I really want to become a dentist because dentists have had a huge impact on my life & drastically reduced my pain throughout my life. However, I had surgery on my my non dominant hand when I was a child which resulted in my right thumb being smaller & slightly deformed compared to my left thumb & restricted mobility. I typically wear a prosthetic throughout the day so it looks almost identical to a real thumb. I was wondering whether I should even apply for dental school given my disability? Any advice would be much appreciated

I’m a 3rd year dental student and I’ve been getting a decent amount of hands-on experience lately; restorations, root canals, fissure sealants, etc. As far as I can tell, things have been going well and my cases are turning out successful.

But I can’t shake this constant fear in the back of my mind about causing harm to a patient, especially from iatrogenic reasons or doing something suboptimally without realizing it.

Have any of you ever actually caused harm or made a mistake that affected a patient? If so, how did you deal with it afterward, both clinically and mentally?

And more importantly, how did you get over that fear (or did you ever)?

Would really appreciate hearing honest experiences.

I just did a pulp exposure in the operative exam,

so frustrated

A warm welcome to all incoming dental students. Congratulations on your acceptance. I'm sure you all have many questions and we'll do our best to aggregate them here. I'm going to make this a weekly thread every Monday.

Anyone fail the Florida Jurisprudence Exam? How was the retake and were there any repeat questions? Also, is it the same number of questions (67)?

TIA!

I’m an incoming D1 and I was wondering if anyone has any advice for me! I noticed that there’s not much info about Tufts here.

I would be grateful to hear about its education, clinicals, curriculum, research, specialty match, dental school vibe, or anything really! I would appreciate the advice from current students as well!

**Please do not mention about cost since I got the HPSP :)

Do not go to this program if your life depends on it

As the question states are they a growing specialty ?

I'm an incoming D1 and want to do endo. The more I research, the more I see that getting in straight out of school is very hard. While I understand that endo residencies value experience and excellent diagnostic skills, I'd like to match right out of school and not have to practice for a couple years as a GP or do a GPR/AEGD. Now given that I won't get as much experience as other endo applicants who are 3-5 years out, I want to do prepare in advance and everything I can while in school to make me a competitive applicant. So, I wanted to ask if people who got in right out of school into endo residencies could share their story and experience. Like what did you do to ensure you got enough endo experience, did you do research, or other things that u think helped. My school also has an in-house endo program so I'll definitely be actively working to develop good connections with the coordinators but i'm open to hearing what else I could do. Any advice is appreciated! Thanks

Any recommendations on how to get straight A's in dental school while still having a life? I'm averaging a mix of As and Bs. My grade last semester was 3.8 and I want to get a 3.9 this second half. What I did last semester was just rereading slides and tapping over the answers. I will take any recommendations to improve

Hi everyone. I am looking for some insight on what it would be like to be a mom in dental school. I know the course load is absolutely insane. I’m not looking to specialize so I don’t have to be top of my class or anything haha. Is it doable to still spend quality time with my kids and do well (pass)? I hear such vast differences in how long people study. I’m totally fine with studying daily but it’s more so having some down time with my kids at night. Is it really 6-10 hours a day nearly everyday of the week? If that’s the case I may wait until my kids are older. I just don’t want to stretch myself too thin at their expense. Thanks!

I apologize in advance if this is not the correct thread for this question, I’m still really new to all of this who the best people to ask are. Thank you!

I’m a transferee from the other blue school in pasay. May kakilala naman ako na lumipat, but clueless kami sa system dito hahaha. If anyone is from UC or graduated from this school, do u guys have some tips and advice? How do things work here? Can i do walk ins if di ako makapag-prelist ng chair? May mga forbidden techniques ba kayo eme hahahah kidding aside.. Huhu pls fill me in! I wanna be productive this incoming sem🥹🥹🥹