Best feeling ever. I thought I failed it for sure, lol. I used dental decks, dental boards mastery app, and past ASDA exams from J to N. I first used dental boards mastery app, dental decks and then ASDA papers.
Yay. I passed the exam.
Dental Boards Mastery app was a "fun" way of learning the material. It is kinda pricey (about $50) though, but I think it was worth it. I really felt I learnt all the concepts especially for dental anatomy/occlusion, anatomic sciences and the section on growth and development. And some of their mnemonics were helpful. However, the sections on biochemistry/physiology and microbiology/pathology were definitely lacking in some topics. For those 2 sections, I mainly used the decks. So I definitely would not use this app as a stand-alone study material but would use it initially to learn the main, general concepts. For all the wrong answers I got, I made sure I understood the explanations and made notes off of them. I would also look up on wikipedia to enhance my understanding.
I didn't really care too much for dental decks. It was a bit of a headache to sift through. Like if I I wanted to go back and re-learn a concept, it was annoying to go through all the cards to find which concept I wanted to learn. I would rather use the First Aid Book. Alot students in my class raved about it.
I did the 5 of the most recent past ASDA papers (J to N) and it was definitely way too easy compared to the real thing. There were some repeats, but it was worded in a different way. I'd say I got about 5-10 repeats, but some of my classmates said they got a lot more.
For anatomy and occlusion, I also went through these 2 exams (each with 100 questions) on this website: http://quiz.dentalebooks.com/tag/part-i/ . They had helpful explanations.
A helpful resource I used for anatomic sciences was this webpage (it's about 3 pages): http://www.caribbeanmedstudent.com/notes/anatomy-block-2/ . It lists exceptions, comparisons, structural relationships and more mnemonics. I also studied those 2 diagrams at the end about the cranial nerves, and parasympatheic ganglia. I felt those diagrams were very useful for the exam.
Yay. I passed the exam.
Dental Boards Mastery app was a "fun" way of learning the material. It is kinda pricey (about $50) though, but I think it was worth it. I really felt I learnt all the concepts especially for dental anatomy/occlusion, anatomic sciences and the section on growth and development. And some of their mnemonics were helpful. However, the sections on biochemistry/physiology and microbiology/pathology were definitely lacking in some topics. For those 2 sections, I mainly used the decks. So I definitely would not use this app as a stand-alone study material but would use it initially to learn the main, general concepts. For all the wrong answers I got, I made sure I understood the explanations and made notes off of them. I would also look up on wikipedia to enhance my understanding.
I didn't really care too much for dental decks. It was a bit of a headache to sift through. Like if I I wanted to go back and re-learn a concept, it was annoying to go through all the cards to find which concept I wanted to learn. I would rather use the First Aid Book. Alot students in my class raved about it.
I did the 5 of the most recent past ASDA papers (J to N) and it was definitely way too easy compared to the real thing. There were some repeats, but it was worded in a different way. I'd say I got about 5-10 repeats, but some of my classmates said they got a lot more.
For anatomy and occlusion, I also went through these 2 exams (each with 100 questions) on this website: http://quiz.dentalebooks.com/tag/part-i/ . They had helpful explanations.
A helpful resource I used for anatomic sciences was this webpage (it's about 3 pages): http://www.caribbeanmedstudent.com/notes/anatomy-block-2/ . It lists exceptions, comparisons, structural relationships and more mnemonics. I also studied those 2 diagrams at the end about the cranial nerves, and parasympatheic ganglia. I felt those diagrams were very useful for the exam.
Hi, I will take part 1 in dec. Going through dental deck 12-13 .. it's OK or should I buy latest one
hello dear,Yay. I passed the exam.
Dental Boards Mastery app was a "fun" way of learning the material. It is kinda pricey (about $50) though, but I think it was worth it. I really felt I learnt all the concepts especially for dental anatomy/occlusion, anatomic sciences and the section on growth and development. And some of their mnemonics were helpful. However, the sections on biochemistry/physiology and microbiology/pathology were definitely lacking in some topics. For those 2 sections, I mainly used the decks. So I definitely would not use this app as a stand-alone study material but would use it initially to learn the main, general concepts. For all the wrong answers I got, I made sure I understood the explanations and made notes off of them. I would also look up on wikipedia to enhance my understanding.
I didn't really care too much for dental decks. It was a bit of a headache to sift through. Like if I I wanted to go back and re-learn a concept, it was annoying to go through all the cards to find which concept I wanted to learn. I would rather use the First Aid Book. Alot students in my class raved about it.
I did the 5 of the most recent past ASDA papers (J to N) and it was definitely way too easy compared to the real thing. There were some repeats, but it was worded in a different way. I'd say I got about 5-10 repeats, but some of my classmates said they got a lot more.
For anatomy and occlusion, I also went through these 2 exams (each with 100 questions) on this website: http://quiz.dentalebooks.com/tag/part-i/ . They had helpful explanations.
A helpful resource I used for anatomic sciences was this webpage (it's about 3 pages): http://www.caribbeanmedstudent.com/notes/anatomy-block-2/ . It lists exceptions, comparisons, structural relationships and more mnemonics. I also studied those 2 diagrams at the end about the cranial nerves, and parasympatheic ganglia. I felt those diagrams were very useful for the exam.
