dentistry

hello, i am a freshman (and a half) kinesiology major desiring to attend a dental school. i graduated high school in May 2016 and I've been going to school year-round since. I plan to graduate a year early which would be in 2019 and I want the keys to success to being able to enter dental school...

Hello everyone. I am currently in my clinical years. Since Day 1 I am always worried about practical skills and hoping that I would survive this school. I managed to enter clinical years but I still feel that I am not good enough for dentistry. I am lacking of the skill and the artistic part of...

Calling all students interested in dentistry!! UCSF ASDA is proud to announce our third annual Intro to Dentistry Day on February 18th from 8a-5p! We have revamped our day with exciting new speakers, sim lab activities, a scavenger hunt and break out sessions with our dental students. All...

Hi all, I'm a D1 and have just been introduced to operative dentisty. As of now, we're working on class I amalgam preps. I've been told a number of different techniques, and I'd just like to hear imput from some of the more experienced dentists on this forum as to what their protocol is/bur...

Hey everyone. So I'm currently in my second semester at dental school and in a dilemma. I'm doing pretty well in my classes, and finding that I can keep up with them fine. However, lab is basically kicking my butt. I spend tons of time in the lab (some faculty even tell me that they have never...

As a child, I ate lots of sugar and neglected my teeth. I didn't take care of them to the bet of my ability, but now that I'm older I learned the importance of it and really changed my bad habits. I'm paying the price for not taking care of my teeth when I was younger now because I've had...

I am currently a second year student at Texas university and decided I want to do dentistry. My pre-dental advisors all recommend that i major in some biological science if I wanna increase my chances of getting into Texas A&M (Baylor) college of dentistry. But I honestly am thinking of doing...

Motivation: You're working toward snagging the number 1 job in America. Here's the 2017 list: http://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/rankings/the-100-best-jobs What more motivation do you need? (Okay, also look up motivation videos on YouTube. They're pretty great). You got this!

Hey everyone! So I started studying for the DAT early December and it's scheduled for February 8 (about 2 months of studying). The first month I spent about 6 hours a day in average studying and have been studying 8-10 a day since the beginning of January (1 month before test). I've seen some...

Hey guys! I have an interview next week and was wondering if anyone had any tips for me! This could be certain questions I should definitely be ready for, how to approach the interview day, any things that you did that made you stand out from everyone else, etc. Thank you!!

Hey guys! I have an interview coming up at University of Maryland School of Dentistry and had a couple questions for anyone who has interviewed there before. Does anyone remember any of the questions they were asked? Was the day (mainly the interview) stressful? Any tips you suggest for the day...

Hi everyone, some of my friends are planning to run their own dentistry... And I'm not pretty sure how they could manage it... Because for me, running my own business is not as easy as I think... So, this is a few doubt I had in me... Hopefully, some of the veterans here can help me solve it...

It has always been my dream to get into medical field until someone suggested dentistry instead. Now I'm reconsidering it and honestly I think I'm falling more towards on dental right now but I'm not so sure if that's truly my passion. I know both fields are very different and require a lot of...

I have an interview for the HKU (hong kong u) BDS in less than 2 weeks (I applied as a non-jupas) but I would like to prepare for some of the questions they will be asking (and I can't really find much recent experiences with HKU BDS online :/) Is there anyone who have heard about HKU BDS...

Looking for DAT Destroyer and Math Destroyer! Preferably 2016 or 2017. Message me if you're selling!

I hate to be that person but I am so torn! I've read previous threads about others making this decision. I have not heard from my in state school (Tennessee) so I could get an acceptance there later or it could be a rejection. I like to think I'm one of the bright ones whom if I heard back from...

Hey guys, I'm a first year kinesiology student at the University of Calgary but I will be dropping out to pursue dentistry in Europe. The main school I want to get into is in Poznan. Anyone else planning to apply there? Any tips for the interview and entrance exam? Thanks!

Hello Everyone, I experienced a problem that I definitely didn't expect I would-especially because the pre-health committee at my school told me that I wouldn't be able to get in to dental school. I was fortunate enough to receive acceptances from multiple dental schools, and I would really...

I am a dentist and have a lot of loans. I was interested in joining the Iowa NG to get help with repayment but was wondering if there was anyone who had experience with this. I am interested in getting information regarding deployment risk, and the 1 month training in San Antonio TX. I am...

so I am making a new thread with a poll to be updated and give some inspiration to peeps who think they are too old for d-school.

I'm a pre-dental student here at CSULB and I plan on applying to USC's Ostrow School of Dentistry in the near future. One of the required prerequisites is 1 year of General Biology but my school offers only 1 semester of General Biology. I contacted their admissions office and they advised that...

Hello Everyone, So I know this a common question, but I wanted to ask it based on my own situation. So I am fortunate in the sense that I have a strong application for Dentistry, and I think I could also do good in Pharmacy if I changed my direction. Basically, if I have both options, I want...

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Specialty Finder helps dentists instantly find specialists that compete for your business. We help increase production for both parties. No longer fear losing patients because of outside referrals. Increase patient retention & satisfaction by having specialists perform procedures in your...

Hi everyone, I'm wondering if anyone here has/is studying dentistry in Australia? I've received an offer from the University of Sydney, but I'm having trouble getting a big enough loan from a bank to cover expenses. Because I'm leaving Canada the amount a bank is willing to loan is much...

Is it possible to take postgraduate in psychology , after we've done studying as bachelor of dentist?

Hey guys I am in a dilemma here as to whether or not I should attend the university of Sydney dental school next year. Any advice given will be greatly appreciated so please just throw in ur $0.02. I am certain that without a doubt I want to be a dentist (many hours on shadowing, uncle is a...

I need some advice. I have my DAT in 5 days! YES 5 days!!! I feel pretty good about my sciences and everything else for the most part except for QR. honestly, I feel like I'm going to get like a 10 on it. I have no clue what to do.. I don't wanna focus all of my time on QR because I feel like...

Hey folks, I'm a medical student working on an interdisciplinary project to study the prevalence of periodontal disease in patients attending a local clinic. I've run into difficulty in establishing the criteria for the various stages of periodontal disease. I am aware of the markers and how...

@orgoman22 I understand the explanation of the answer to this problem, but I am still confused by answer choice 'd' (2X -->X + Y). I am having trouble thinking of an analogous real-world scenario in which you would have 2 of the same starting molecule/atom on the left side, and end up on the...

Hello folks, I'm a 35 years old software engineer working in Canada. I have an undergraduate degree in computer engineering from India ('03; 7.45 CGPA) and Masters degree in operations research from uWaterloo ('07; ). Since then I have been working as a Software Engineer in the IT. I'm married...

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A bit about myself. I graduated in May 2015 from a college in the U.S. as an international student. I wanted to do medicine but at the same time have been told numerous times how hard it is for international students to get in. Hence I got discouraged and slacked off during junior and senior...

I recently graduate from undergrad with the intention of working at a dental office for the duration of my gap year. Well.... plans kinda fell through very last minute sadly and now I've kinda frantically been trying to figure things out this whole summer. Does anyone know of any gap year...

Hi SDN'ers, while I am planing for my Fall class schedule, I am kinda having a conflict with which type of physiology class to take this Fall. One class is an intro to human physiology class with lab but it's a lower division class (btw, I'm going to be a senior student this Fall), so I don't...

Hi guys, I am very new to the process (new to the research stage lol) and just wanted to throw some feelers out to see if I could potentially be a competitive applicant GPA wise. I have a few more pre req's to get before applying. I'm thinking about applying to Dalhousie's Dental program for...

Hey guys, Are you satisfied in dentistry? Are you intellectually stimulated? Do you feel a sense of altruism? Are you frustrated your scope is the mouth only, or is it enough? Would you do it again?

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I am bilingual. Right now, I am self learning a third language for fun. Just curious, has any of you found foreign languages useful? If so, which language(s) did you study? It does not have to be directly related to dentistry

I already have my PS done and ready to submit! I don't want to explain in details why I want to be in a dentist, it has many personal touches and because I don't want someone else to steal the idea but basically the summary is: 1. came from third world country--> horrible teeth --> now beautiful...