Book recommendations for incoming dental students

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Would love to hear any dental related book suggestions you all have for incoming dental students! Anything comprehensive or just interesting.
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I would read Shillingburg's "Fundamentals of Fixed Prosthodontics" and Neville's "Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology" from cover to cover.
Don't even think about surviving the first year of dental school if you don't know these texts like the back of your hand. I know people who didn't, it was ugly.
 
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Svart Aske said:
I would read Shillingburg's "Fundamentals of Fixed Prosthodontics" and Neville's "Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology" from cover to cover.
Don't even think about surviving the first year of dental school if you don't know these texts like the back of your hand. I know people who didn't, it was ugly.
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Same, I didn't study the book during orientation they asked me to stand up and point out the radiolucent traumatic bone cyst inferior to the mandibular canal. I panicked and picked the maxillary sinus. I was humiliated.
 
Svart Aske said:
I would read Shillingburg's "Fundamentals of Fixed Prosthodontics" and Neville's "Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology" from cover to cover.
Don't even think about surviving the first year of dental school if you don't know these texts like the back of your hand. I know people who didn't, it was ugly.
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Please tell me you are kidding
 
dentalschool123 said:
Please tell me you are kidding
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Not at all. A guy was asked by the course director on the first day of pre-clinical lab to discuss the anatomic considerations of major connector design in removable prosthetics. He fumbled his answer and we never heard from him again. Last I checked he was an insurance salesman.
 
Svart Aske said:
Not at all. A guy was asked by the course director on the first day of pre-clinical lab to discuss the anatomic considerations of major connector design in removable prosthetics. He fumbled his answer and we never heard from him again. Last I checked he was an insurance salesman.
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Very funny lol
 
Svart Aske said:
I would read Shillingburg's "Fundamentals of Fixed Prosthodontics" and Neville's "Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology" from cover to cover.
Don't even think about surviving the first year of dental school if you don't know these texts like the back of your hand. I know people who didn't, it was ugly.
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No need to be rude about it.
I just have a lot of free time and was looking to read something dental-related.
 
Svart Aske said:
I would read Shillingburg's "Fundamentals of Fixed Prosthodontics" and Neville's "Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology" from cover to cover.
Don't even think about surviving the first year of dental school if you don't know these texts like the back of your hand. I know people who didn't, it was ugly.
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this is hilarious lol. Don't forget Wheeler's "Dental Anatomy and Occlusion"
 
knoxvillepredentkid said:
No need to be rude about it.
I just have a lot of free time and was looking to read something dental-related.
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the books posted in the thread are def useful once in dental school though. Many of your classes will have material from them. U can get them pretty cheap used, pick em up and look through them if ur interested..I had a dental anatomy book in undergrad that I looked at from time to time, I study it much but, lol the pictures were cool.
 
cloth_alert00 said:
the books posted in the thread are def useful once in dental school though. Many of your classes will have material from them. U can get them pretty cheap used, pick em up and look through them if ur interested..I had a dental anatomy book in undergrad that I looked at from time to time, I study it much but, lol the pictures were cool.
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Are older editions going to be much different or would they still be relevant?
 
weaselodeath said:
Are older editions going to be much different or would they still be relevant?
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Anatomy is anatomy is anatomy. This is true with most subjects in sciences since the actual science changes very little. Histology doesnt change, math doesnt change, biochemistry doesnt change, etc. That's why buying newer, more expensive versions of books for these is stupid.
 
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knoxvillepredentkid said:
Would love to hear any dental related book suggestions you all have for incoming dental students! Anything comprehensive or just interesting.
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If you want to prestudy in a relaxed way, why not just buy the dental decks? They're like 2-300 dollars and you could hit like 50-100 cards a day which would take like 1-2 hours max. You would probably forget most of it, but I don't see how it would hurt. Not like you are having fun 24 hours a day on a summer break, I'm sure you will have 1 hour of downtime where you're bored
 
Vicviper said:
The Way of Kings.
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Second this. And third it.

The Name of the Wind is freaking amazing. Probably the best fiction book I've ever read.

As for non-fiction goodness, anything that has to do with WWII after a fashion. There is a fantastic biography on Winston Churchill "the Last Lion" which is long but amazing. "Boys in the Boat" was incredible. "Devil in the White City" was good.

PM me for more if you desire. I read a LOT. Even in school. Audiobooks are wonderful if you have any sort of commute to school/work.

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Pls read this, written for all budding future dentists: "More Than a Mouthful: The Adventures of a Dentist"

Its not a reference book, but rather a collection of memoirs of Dr. Sandesh.

Had real fun reading it, also very informative.

for budding dentists, this is a nice one for learning what to do/ what not to do as a dentist.

Happy Reading!!
 
Vicviper said:
I'd say to just relax and take some time off! Year one of dental school is intense. I'd recommend reading something fun. Anything Brandon Sanderson writes is amazing, in particular The Way of Kings.
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Seconded. Love Sanderson. However... Mistborn > Stormlight
 
Roy Williams said:
Seconded. Love Sanderson. However... Mistborn > Stormlight
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Man. Totally disagree. Mistborn was good, but it kinda has Dragonball Z disease. Every book was an extended leveling up sequence where the main character got more angsty the more powerful he was.
 
weaselodeath said:
Man. Totally disagree. Mistborn was good, but it kinda has Dragonball Z disease. Every book was an extended leveling up sequence where the main character got more angsty the more powerful he was.
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BluntForceTrauma said:
False. XD
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Lol i know i'm in the minority. I mean i loved both. Oathbringer was fantastic. Still loved the first mistborn trilogy more though. Maybe its because it was the first Sanderson books I read, so it's just what stuck with me the most first. The second mistborn trilogy isn't as good I don't think. Also having a hard time finishing Elantris. I'm about a quarter of the way through (and have been for a while), but keep just putting it down and am not drawn to come back and finish it.
 
For Mistborn I liked the Wax and Wayne series a bit more... it had a very different feel though, and I think that's what I liked a bit more. Way of Kings, Shadows of Self, and Warbreaker are my favorites I think. Things really start to get interesting when you realize that ALL of the books are connected through the Cosmere, and there are crossover characters in every book. That blew my mind when I found out. These aren't spoilers, but IE - Zahael the Sword Master from Way of Kings / Stormlight is Vasher from Warbreaker. And Hoid / Wit is in EVERY book, yes every book.
 
Vicviper said:
For Mistborn I liked the Wax and Wayne series a bit more... it had a very different feel though, and I think that's what I liked a bit more. Way of Kings, Shadows of Self, and Warbreaker are my favorites I think. Things really start to get interesting when you realize that ALL of the books are connected through the Cosmere, and there are crossover characters in every book. That blew my mind when I found out. These aren't spoilers, but IE - Zahael the Sword Master from Way of Kings / Stormlight is Vasher from Warbreaker. And Hoid / Wit is in EVERY book, yes every book.
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Warbreaker was so good! And it was nice to have a Sanderson book that was essentially a standalone. I had no clue there was crossover but that does seem like something he would do. You definitely can't fault his planning ability, followthrough, or ambition.
 
weaselodeath said:
Warbreaker was so good! And it was nice to have a Sanderson book that was essentially a standalone. I had no clue there was crossover but that does seem like something he would do. You definitely can't fault his planning ability, followthrough, or ambition.
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They're all part of his "cosmere". It's good stuff.

Sidenote, he also is a professor at my undergrad. Crazy to see him teaching classes hah

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The Complete Pre-Dental Guide to Modern Dentistry by John Syrbu is a good basic introduction to the different dental procedures and specialities. Highly recommend for pre-dental and incoming dental students.

Currently casually going through Concise Dental Anatomy and Morphology by James Fuller. Helpful concepts I can apply while dental assisting so far although you might need a typodont model around as a reference.

I also have Anatomy of Dental Medicine by Erik Schulte which I like to skim through and look at the pictures.
 
cloth_alert00 said:
this is hilarious lol. Don't forget Wheeler's "Dental Anatomy and Occlusion"
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All seriousness about Wheeler's - how useful is it? Is it like a "I'll use it a couple of times for this course/never open it again" or a yeah I'm going to definitely refer back to it later on throughout my dental school career and potentially after that? - is it one of those books worth buying new for like 125 bucks or used for like 45 bucks?
 
futuresurgeon00 said:
All seriousness about Wheeler's - how useful is it? Is it like a "I'll use it a couple of times for this course/never open it again" or a yeah I'm going to definitely refer back to it later on throughout my dental school career and potentially after that? - is it one of those books worth buying new for like 125 bucks or used for like 45 bucks?
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Used 100%

The only books to buy new are either required new editions (and lets be real, you can probably get away with older versions on this) and language books (if you're learning russian, you want to not have everything marked up). Everything else, used is the way to go.
 
Bumping this! Getting a little bored and still have more than a month before I start school. I want to read something that'll be a productive use of my time (rather than Netflix 24/7 currently 😛). Not really looking for novels or anatomy books, maybe something business related? Just don't know where to start though. Help would be greatly appreciated 🙂

* Did look into some of the books that were mentioned here earlier (like Teeth & More than a Mouthful) and they're on their way to me, but I'm an avid reader and would like a couple more 🙂
 
artist2022 said:
Bumping this! Getting a little bored and still have more than a month before I start school. I want to read something that'll be a productive use of my time (rather than Netflix 24/7 currently 😛). Not really looking for novels or anatomy books, maybe something business related? Just don't know where to start though. Help would be greatly appreciated 🙂

* Did look into some of the books that were mentioned here earlier (like Teeth & More than a Mouthful) and they're on their way to me, but I'm an avid reader and would like a couple more 🙂
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Listen to the shared practices podcast. I love it, it’s about going from a D4 to a practice owner and it’s veryyy thorough but easy to understand.
 
predent2151 said:
Listen to the shared practices podcast. I love it, it’s about going from a D4 to a practice owner and it’s veryyy thorough but easy to understand.
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Perfect! There are tons! Do you have any book recommendations that are similar? I'll definitely check this out thank you🙂
 
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